Brazilian rock magazine Roadie Crew has polled 330 of the world's top guitarists to find out who their, erm, top guitarists of all time are.
Loads of fancy widdlers from the likes of Guns N´ Roses, Kiss, Megadeth, Scorpions, Twisted Sister, Blue Öyster Cult, Heart, Uriah Heep, Yes and Dio were asked to name their own personal favourite six-string merchants.
The Top 20 results are as follows:
01. Jimi Hendrix
02. Eddie Van Halen
03. Yngwie J. Malmsteen
04. Randy Rhoads
05. Ritchie Blackmore
06. Jimmy Page
07. Tony Iommi
08. Steve Vai
09. Jeff Beck
10. Michael Schenker
11. David Gilmour
12. Dimebag Darrell
13. Allan Holdsworth
14. Uli Jon Roth
15. Angus Young
16. James Hetfield
17. Brian May
18. Marty Friedman
19. Joe Satriani
20. Jason Becker
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