Top 10 Best Guitarists of All Time

#10 Brent Mason

Top Strength: Thumb Picking

#9 Stevie Ray Vaughan

Top Strength: String Raking

#8 David Gilmour

Top Strength: Mature Simplicity

#7 Eddie Van Halen

Top Strength: Tapping & Whammy  Bar

#6 Jimi Hendrix

Top Strength: Inventing New Techniques

#5 Derek Trucks

Top Strength: Electric Slide Guitar

#4 Steve Vai

Top Strength: Technical & Harmonic Prowess

#3 Tommy Emmanuel

Top Strength: One Man Band

#2 Pat Metheny

Top Strength: Jazz Voicing & Picking

#1 Guthrie Govan

Top Strength: All-Around Technical Virtuoso

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