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- Plini. Plini Roessler-Holgate is a 26-year-old Australian guitarist who creates instrumental music that leans heavily towards prog metal. Favouring uniquely shaped Strandberg guitars with Fractal and Atomic devices for his clean and heavily distorted guitar tones, he can be both emotive with singing sustained notes and highly virtuosic with blazingly precise syncopated phrasing.
- Mateus Asato. The 24-year-old LA-based Brazilian guitarist is part of the developing neo-soul movement that favours clean guitar tones and sophisticated chord vocabulary, which is as much inspired by jazzers such as pianist Bill Evans or guitarist Joe Pass as by soul icons like Stevie Wonder.
- Lari Basilio. Like Mateus, Lari is also an LA-based Brazilian guitarist with a rhythmic fingerpicking/ chord based style as well as being an impressive pick-wielding rock soloist.
- Nick Johnston. Schecter-endorsee Nick Johnson, born in 1987, is a big fan of single coils - he has three in his signature S-type, not even opting for the humbucker found in the bridge position of many Super S-types.
- Joe Satriani (Joseph Satriani) We were genuinely perplexed about which guitarist to put in the lead position. But after weighing all of the options, we concluded that Joe Satriani is the best candidate for the position.
- Steve Vai (Steven Siro Vai) What can we say about Mr.Steve Vai.? He is the guitarist who brought many different elements into Guitar playing. Innovation, Experimentation, Unique Techniques, He is among the few Musicians who are not afraid to experiment with their sound.
- Eddie Van Halen (Edward Lodewijk Van Halen) We couldn't have made this list without the great Eddie Van Halen. He is the guitarist whose stage antics and playing style altered how people perceived playing the electric guitar.
- Yngwie Malmsteen (Yngwie Johan Malmsteen) Yngwie Malmsteen is the Only Neo-Classical Guitarist Listed here. He was included on this list due to his classical influences and excellent guitar playing skills.
- Brian May. Arise, Sir Brian Harold May, the greatest guitarist of all time, the player most regal, and the one whose pathway to the summit began in the most unorthodox fashion, with a father-and-son woodcraft project converting a fireplace into one of the most inventive electric guitars ever made, the Red Special.
- Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix was the supernova of creativity that the electric guitar had been waiting for. It’s tempting to say that Hendrix was ahead of his time, and yes, it’s true, he was.
- Jimmy Page. Years honing his chops as an on-call session musician had prepared Jimmy Page for what was to come, namely being guitarist and producer of the biggest rock band on the planet, a band whose creative ambition matched the scale of their success.
- Eddie Van Halen. We can argue over who is the greatest guitarist of all time but surely none have been more entertaining than Eddie Van Halen, whose hot-wiring of hard rock norms was like a power-up for electric guitar culture, making a spectacle of the instrument that could rival the Super Bowl, Hollywood, the aurora borealis… great herds of wildebeest migrating across the Serengeti.
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Guitar Virtuoso. The talented, flamboyant lead guitarist was always one of rock's most cherished roles, but it wasn't until the late '80s that the Guitar Virtuoso reigned supreme in mainstream rock.
From the resonating echoes of the past to the electrifying crescendos of the present, guitar virtuosos have shaped the very fabric of music history. This list is a journey through the corridors of time, a celebration of 25 extraordinary individuals who, with their nimble fingers and unquenchable passion, have elevated the guitar from a mere ...
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This list is a journey through the corridors of time, a celebration of 25 extraordinary individuals who, with their nimble fingers and unquenchable passion, have elevated the guitar from a mere instrument to a portal of sonic enchantment.
