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100 Greatest Rock Guitarists
Rock Songs at nuTsie Criteria: - Guitarists are ranked for their impact, influence,
creativity, versatility, originality, technical skill and lasting
popularity in the genre of Rock guitar.
Acoustic Guitarists
Blues Guitarists
Jazz Guitarists
Newly added names are in Red   (*=R.I.P.)      Last updated 5-3-05
Edited By: Lew/Eric
  1. Jimi Hendrix* - Jimi Hendrix Experience
  2. Eric Clapton - Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & The Dominos, Solo
  3. Jimmy Page - Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm
  4. Jeff Beck - Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, Solo
  5. Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen
  6. Stevie Ray Vaughan* - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
  7. Joe Satriani - Solo
  8. Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmores Night
  9. Steve Vai - David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Solo
10. David Gilmour - Pink Floyd, Solo
11. John Petrucci - Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment
12. Randy Rhoads* - Quiet Riot, Ozzy
13. Allan Holdsworth - Solo
14. Paul Gilbert - Mr. Big, Racer X, Solo
15. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force, Solo
16. Phil Keaggy - Glass Harp, Solo
17. Jason Becker - Cacophony, David Lee Roth Band, Solo
18. John Mclaughlin- Mahavishnu Orchestra
19. Duane Allman* - Allman Brothers Band, Derek & the Dominos
20. Chuck Berry - Solo
21. Eric Johnson - Solo
22. Steve Howe - Yes, Solo
23. Neal Schon - Santana, Journey, Solo
24. Brian May - Queen
25. Gary Moore - Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Skid Row, Solo
26. Bo Diddley - Solo
27. Steve Morse - Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse Band, Solo
28. Carlos Santana - Santana
29. Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath
30. Buckethead - Solo, Praxis, Thanatopsis, The Deli Creeps, Cornbugs, GNR,
31. Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits, Solo
32. Marty Friedman - Cacophony, Megadeth, Solo
33. Nuno Bettencourt - Extreme, Mourning Widows
34. Shawn Lane* - Black Oak Arkansas, Willy, Solo
35. Kirk Hammett - Metallica
36. Uli Jon Roth - Scorpions, Solo
37. Terry Kath* - Chicago Transit Authority
38. Alex Lifeson - Rush
39. Frank Zappa* - Mothers of Invention, Solo
40. Rory Gallagher* - Solo
41. Dimebag Darrell* - Pantera
42. Peter Green - Fleetwood Mac, Solo
43. Robin Trower - Procal Harum, Solo
44. Slash - Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver
45. Mick Taylor - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Rolling Stones
46. Robert Fripp - King Crimson
47. Tom Morello - Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave
48. Michael Schenker - Scorpions, UFO, MSG, Contraband
49. Ry Cooder - Solo
50. Angus Young - AC/DC
51. Keith Richards - Rolling Stones, Solo
52. Michael Angelo Batio - Nitro, Solo
53. John Squire - Stone Roses
54. Pete Townshend - The Who
55. Steve Hackett - Genisis
56. Zakk Wylde - Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society
57. George Harrison* - Beatles, Traveling Wilberys, Solo
58. Alvin Lee - Ten Years After
59. Dave Davies - Kinks
60. Jerry Cantrell - Alice In Chains, Solo
61. Steve Stevens - Billy Idol
62. Johnny Winter - Solo
63. Dickie Betts - Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts & Great Southern
64. John Cipollina* - Quicksilver Messenger Service
65. Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
66. Steve Cropper - Booker T. & MG's/Stax sessions
67. Adrian Belew - King Crimson
68. Joe Bonamassa - Solo
69. Steve Lukather - Toto, Solo
70. Jerry Garcia* - Grateful Dead
71. Joe Perry - Aerosmith
72. Prince - Prince & The Revolution
73. Kim Mitchell - Max Webster, Solo
74. Adrian Smith - Iron Maiden
75. Dave Murray - Iron Maiden
76. Neil Young - Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, Solo
77. Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top
78. Tony MacAlpine - Solo
79. Mike McCready - Pearl Jam
80. Adam Jones - Tool
81. Gary Hoey - Solo
82. Leslie West - Mountain, Solo
83. Peter Frampton - Humble Pie, Frampton's Camel, Solo
84. Dick Dale - Del-Tones
85. Vito Bratta - White Lion
86. Mickey "Guitar" Baker - 50's sessions/ Mickey & Sylvia
87. John Frusciante - Red Hot Chili Peppers
88. Ronnie Montrose - Montrose, Edgar Winter Group
89. Mick Ronson* - David Bowie, Solo
90. Roy Buchanan* - Solo
91. Warren Haynes - Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule
92. Vinnie Moore - Alice Cooper, Solo
93. Robbie Krieger - Doors, Solo
94. Chris DeGarmo - Queensryche
95. Jake E. Lee - Cutting Crew, Ozzy, Badlands, Solo
96. Glen Tipton - Judas Priest
97. Joe Walsh - James Gang, Eagles, Solo
98. K.K. Downing - Judas Priest
99. Eddie Hazel* - Funkadelic
100. Alex Skolnick - Testament

101. Doug Aldrich - Burning Rain, Dio, Whitesnake, Solo
102. Michael Romeo - Symphony X
103. Vernon Reid - Living Colour
104. Gary Richrath - REO Speedwagon, Solo
105. Link Wray - Link Wray and his Ace-Men
106. Allen Collins* - Lynyrd Skynyrd
107. Larry "Ler" Lalonde - Primus
108. Randy Bachmann - Guess Who, BTO
109. Jeff Healy* - Jeff Healy Band
110. Greg Howe - Solo
111. Dave Navarro - Janes Addiction
112. Scott Gorham - Thin Lizzy
113. Ted Nugent - Ambouy Dukes, Damn Yankees, Solo,
114. Vivian Campbell - Dio, Whitesnake, Def Leppard
115. Paul Kossoff* - Free, Back Street Crawler
116. Ritchie Kotzen - Poison, Mr Big, Solo
117. Brian Robertson - Thin Lizzy, Motorhead
118. Andy Summers - Police
119. John Sykes - Blue Murder, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy
120. Scotty Moore - Elvis Presley
121. Gary Rossington - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Band
122. Ty Tabor - Kings X, Jelly Bean, Poundhound, Jughead, Platypus
123. John Fogerty - CCR, Solo
124. Ron Wood - Faces, Rolling Stones
125. Ace Frehley - Kiss
126. Akira Takasaki - Loudness, Lazy
127. Michael Wilton - Queensryche
128. Cliff Gallup* - Gene Vincent's Blue Caps
129. Richie Sambora - Bon Jovi
130. George Lynch - Dokken, Lynch Mob
131. Reb Beach - Winger, Dokken
132. Nick Drake* - Solo
133. Tommy Bolin* - James Gang, Deep Purple
134. Kerry King - Slayer
135. Thurston Moore - Sonic Youth
136. Harry Cody - Shotgun Messiah
137. Lowell George* - Little Feat
138. Tracii Guns - Guns N Roses, L.A. Guns
139. Tom Scholz - Boston
140. Buck Dharma - Blue Oyster Cult
141. Jorma Kaukonen - Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna
142. Richard Thompson - Fairport Convention, Solo
143. Trey Anastasio - Phish
144. Janick Gers - Iron Maiden
145. Mick Box - Uriah Heep
146. Johnny Marr - Smiths, Electronic, Johnny Marr & The Healers
147. Blues Saraceno - Poison, Solo
148. Lowman Pauling* - "5" Royales
149. Timo Tolkki - Stratovarius
150. Mike Einziger - Incubus
151. John Christ - Danzig
152. Jonny Greenwood - Radiohead
153. Phil Collen - Def Leppard
154. Andy Timmons - Danger Danger, Ceili Rain
155. Steve Gaines* - Lynyrd Skynyrd
156. Ron Asheton - Iggy Pop, Stooges
157. James Burton - Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley
158. Mark Kendall - Great White
159. Lindsey Buckingham - Fleetwood Mac
160. Jennifer Batten - Jeff Beck, Michael Jackson, Solo
161. Matthias Jabs - Scorpions
162. Carl Perkins* - Solo
163. Wayne Kramer - MC5
164. Nils Lofgren - E Street Band
165. Michael Sweet - Stryper
166. Robbie Robertson - The Band, Solo
167. Frank Hannon - Tesla
168. Trevor Rabin - Yes
169. Brian Setzer - Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra
170. Martin Barre - Jethro Tull
171. Kim Thayil - Soundgarden
172. Pat Travers - Pat Travers Band
173. Dave Mustaine - Metallica, Megadeth
174. Rik Emmitt - Triumph
175. Eddie Cochran* - Solo
176. Frank Marino - Mahogany Rush
177. Justin Hayward - Moody Blues, Solo
178. Tommy Skeoch - Tesla
179. Warren DeMartini - Ratt
180. Syd Barrett* - Pink Floyd
181. Don Felder - Eagles
182. The Edge - U2
183. Brad Gillis - Night Ranger, Ozzy
184. Andy Powell - Wishbone Ash
185. Mick Mars - Motley Crue
186. Billy Duffy - The Cult
187. Randy California* - Spirit
188. Eric Bell - Thin Lizzy
189. Lita Ford - The Runaways, Solo
190. Jeff Hanneman - Slayer
191. Mick Jones - Foreigner
192. Stone Gossard - Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog
193. Duane Eddy - Solo
194. Mike Campbell - Tom Petty/ Heartbreakers
195. Glen Buxton* - Alice Cooper
196. Daron Malakian - System Of A Down
197. Steven Stills - Buffalo Springfield, CSN&Y, Solo
198. Roger McGuinn - Byrds, Solo
199. J. Mascis - Dinosaur Junior, The Fog
200. James Hetfield - Metallica

John Petrucci
Kenny Wayne Sheperd
Tom Morello
Buckethead
Marty Friedman
Zakk Wylde
Vito Bratta
Dimebag Darrell
Mike McCready
Jerry Cantrell
Eddie Van Halen
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Yngwie Malmsteen
Randy Rhoads
Eric Johnson
Paul Gilbert
Steve Morse
Jason Becker

Jimmy Page
Richie Blackmore
David Glimour
Duane Allman
Brian May
Carlos Santana
Tony Iommi
Angus Young
Ry Cooder
Mick Ronson

Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Frank Zappa
Keith Richards
Peter Green
Pete Townshend
Dave Davies
Steve Cropper
George Harrison
Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley
Mickey "Guitar" Baker
Scotty Moore
Lowman Pauling
Cliff Gallup
James Burton
Eddie Cochran
Link Wray
Carl Perkins


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All names past 200 are unnumbered and alphabetical.
John 5 - Marylin Manson, Solo
Johnny A. - J.Geils Band, Solo
Jan Akkerman - Focus
Dave Alvin - Blasters
Sam Andrew - Big Brother
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - Doobie Brothers
Brendan Bayliss - Umphrey's McGee
Brian Benoit - Dillinger Escape Plan
Steve Blaze - Lillian Axe
Mike Bloomfield* - Electric Flag
James Dean Bradfield - Manic Street Preachers
Erik Braunn - Iron Butterfly
Paul Burlison* - Rock 'n' Roll Trio
Toy Caldwell - Marshall Tucker Band
Jeff Carlisi - .38 Special
J. Randall Casey
Alex Chilton - Big Star
Steve Clark* - Def Leppard
Kurt Cobain* - Nirvana
Rusty Cooley
Billy Corgan - The Smashing Pumpkins
Ian Crichton - Saga
Dean DeLeo - Stone Temple Pilots
Rick Derringer - McCoys, Edgar Winter, Solo
Mark Doyle
Elliot Easton - The Cars
Mattias "IA" Eklundh - Freak Kitchen
Francesco Fareri
Mark Farner - Grand Funk Railroad
Roger Fisher - Heart, Clever Bastards
Oz Fox - Stryper
Reeves Gabrels - Tin Machine, Solo
Eric Gales - Eric Gales Band
Noel Gallagher - Oasis
Mel Galley - Trapeze, Whitesnake
Amos Garrett
Henry Garza - Los Lonely Boys
Neil Geraldo - Pat Benatar
Guthrie Govan
James Gurley- Big Brother
Rana Hasan
Michael Hauser* - Widespread Panic
Yusi Hirotatchi
Marty Lee Hoenes - Donnie Iris
Wolf Hoffmann - Accept
Josh Homme - Queens Of The Stone Age
James Honeyman-Scott - Pretenders
Dan Huff - Giant, session player
Steve Hunter - Alice Cooper, Lou Reed
James Iha - Smashing Pumpkins, APC
Chris Impellitteri - Impellitteri
Bobby Ingram - Molly Hatchet
Ernie Isely - Isley Brothers
Jesse Johnson - The Time
Mick Jones - The Clash
Ronnie Jones
Ira Kaplan - Yo La Tengo
The Great Kat
Danny Kirwan - Fleetwood Mac
Greg Koch
Joel Kosche - Steve Walsh
Bruce Kulick - Kiss, Union, Solo
Andy Latimer - Camel
Kerry Livgren - Kansas
Jeff Loomis - Nevermore
Jimmy Lyon - Eddie Money, Greg Kihn Band
ANAND Mahangoe
Hank Marvin - The Shadows
Dave Mason - Traffic, Solo
Lars Eric Mattsson
Curtis Mayfield - Impressions, Solo
Henry McCullough - Wings
Thomas McRocklin
Mike Miller - Godhead
Bob Mould - Husker Du
Bill Nelson - Be-Bop Deluxe
Jimmy Nolen - (The J.B.'s)
John Norum - Dokken
Aldo Nova
Michael Orlando
Andy Partridge - XTC
Marcus Paus - Mr. Cucumber
Rod Price - Foghat
Robert Quine* - Richard Hell & Voidoids
Mick Ralphs - Mott the Hoople, Bad Company
Johnny Ramone* - Ramones
Josh Ramos - Ramos
Elliot Randall - Steely Dan
Chris Rea
Nile Rodgers - Chic
Omar Rodríguez-López - The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In
Todd Rundgren - Utopia, Solo
Stevie Salas
Claudio Sanchez - Coheed and Cambria
Al Schnier - Moe.
Andy Scott - The Sweet
Tommy Shaw - Styx, Damn Yankees
Kevin Shields - My Bloody Valentine
Hillel Slovak* - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Roger Steen - The Tubes
Leigh Stephens - Blue Cheer, Solo
Nick Sterling
Travis Stever - Coheed and Cambria
Joe Stump
Terry Syrek
Marv Tarplin - Miracles/Motown
Ron Thal - Bumblefoot
Tommy Thayer - Kiss, Black N' Blue
Pat Thrall - Pat Travers Band, Meatloaf
Mark Tremonti - Creed, Alterbridge
Walter Trout - Walter Trout and the Radicals
Ike Turner
Vinnie Vincent - Kiss, Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Jeff Watson - Nightranger, MSG
Ben Weinman - Dillinger Escape Plan
Paul Weller - The Jam, The Style Council
Jack White - The White Stripes
Snowy White - Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy
Roy Z - Bruce Dickinson Band
Neil Zaza
Billy Zoom - X
Vinnie Zummo

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