Greatest Guitar Players of All Time
May 16, 2012 4:07 pm
If you’ve ever heard a dazzlingly talented musician play a rousing guitar solo, then you know the skill involved in making a guitar achieve its greatest range of sounds. Read on to learn about give of the most gifted musicians ever to pick up a guitar:
Jimi Hendrix, 1942 – 1970
Jimi Hendrix is widely considered one of the innovative guitarists ever in existence, known for his ability to produce highly original sonic effects on the guitar and also much-admired for his emotionally nuanced style of playing. He is particularly noted for his skill with the electric guitar, held by many music experts and fans to be the greatest electric guitarist of all time. Hendrix’s style involved unique uses of the electric guitar amplifier, and he popularized a sonic technique that involved the use of guitar amplifier feedback.
Jimmy Page, 1942 – present
Jimmy Page is an English guitarist known for his stirring and breathtakingly skilled performances on the guitar. Rolling Stone Magazine has noted his talent at “power riffing” on the guitar and many music experts consider him one of the most influential guitarists in rock music history. He is most famous as the guitarist for the hugely popular band Led Zeppelin but he has also had significant success as a solo performer.
Eric Clapton, 1945 – present
Eric Clapton is an English guitarist whose talents have landed him in the top ranks of Rolling Stone Magazine’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” list. Many music experts consider him one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time, celebrated for his unique playing style that combines fascinatingly disparate influences and bursts with a blues and soul flavor. He is also known having popularized particular models of electric guitars.
Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – present
Eddie Van Halen is a Dutch-born musician who is revered as the lead guitarist of the hugely popular hard rock band Van Halen. When it comes to his technique on the guitar, he is known for his innovative performance style that emphasizes a blues-based rock tone. His intensely virtuosic solos feature signature moves like guitar-tapping, volume swells, and the use of high frequency feedback on the amplifiers.
Pete Townshend, 1945 – present
Pete Townshend is an English musician famous for both his long-time role as the lead songwriter and guitarist of “The Who” and for his own solo career. He is well known for his remarkable skill on the guitar (entirely self-taught). He’s also beloved for his showmanship on the guitar, his ability to keep audiences riveted by his combination of talent and on-stage charisma – he has become wildly popular for signature moves likes making big mid-air leaps during solo riffs, playing his guitar in an innovative rapid windmill motion, and dramatically destroying his guitar at the climax of a set.
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