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Vannyboy's Top 10 Guitarists of All Time

Written by Vannyboy | May 10, 2024 5:45:19 PM

Well, it's finally here! What we have all been waiting for, and by "we" I mean Mattyman!

Here is my Top Ten Guitarists Of All Time List.

A while back, a famous ragazine that I will not give credit to, but let's just say it rhymes with Moling Mtong Ragazine, gave their own Top 250 guitarists of all time. They were wrong on almost everything. Their list didn't even make sense, as they had people like Kurt Cobain on it. Now, songwriter? Sure! Trendsetter? Oh, yeah! Great guitarist?! Even HE wouldn't have classified himself as that! So, I thought I'd set those jackasses straight!  

For a Gen-Xer, I gave this an incredible amount of thought and time. I'm a guitarist and it means a lot to me. As Gen-Xers, music was our greatest gift. We got to have the best of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s! We are spoiled, for sure.

Rustheads, I know this is pretty long. Like, Long Dong Silver-level long. But I had a lot to say about every one of these cats, and the higher up I went, the more I had to say. That is why each guitarist has their own link below and page, because if I put it all on one it would be 666 miles long.

Please let me know what you think about my list and how I am totally correct. Enjoy!

I'm old enough to dance the night away,
Vannyboy

 

Honorable Mentions

Number 10 - Prince

Number 9 - Jimi Hendrix

Number 8  - Stevie Ray Vaughan

Number 7 - Roy Clark

Number 6 - Jake E. Lee

Number 5 - George Harrison

Number 4 - Tony Iommi

Number 3 - Angus and Malcolm Young

Number 2 - Randy Rhoads

Number 1 - Edward Van Halen