with a whole lot of guitarists who made their mark with their abilities, placing them in an all time greatest list can be a tricky process. A lot have been inspirational to the new breed of guitar players while a whole lot imposed their influence in music and in other different fields. They have weathered the test of time, which makes it deserving to call them legends of the guitar.
A number of accomplished guitarists and starting guitar novices look up to these legends. There may be a new generation of guitar geniuses who will make it to fame or not, but they have a lot of things to do to measure up to the heroes in this list and become an all time great. Here are the heroes and why they are, truest sense of the word, legendary.
There is only one Jimi Hendrix. Rocketed to fame in the late’60s by performing at the Monterey Pop Festival and then later at Woodstock in’69, Hendrix broke a number of guitar conventions and set a trail where other guitarist would soon follow. Hendrix pioneered the guitar feedback using his famed Statocaster and was the first to integrate overdriven amplifiers in his music genius.
Jimmy Page is next on the list, but that does not mean he is the second best. Known primarily as the lead guitar for Led Zeppelin, Page was also a core member of the Yardbirds. His dedication to stage showmanship can be seen every time he plays his Gibson Les Paul Classic while making wild antics in the stage. He is ranked as the ninth greatest guitarist in the Rolling Stones top 100 list.
Carlos Santana fuses guitar playing with his Latino flavor. With his Gibson SG electric guitar, he creates music infused with something that can be described as mystical and magical, whether the genre is rock, blues, jazz fusion and salsa. Santana’s music is inspiring no doubt, which really incites other Latin guitarist to step up and make some music.
Also a former original Yardbirds member, Eric Clapton is perhaps the most accomplished guitarist of his generation. With his popular Eric Clapton Artist Signature Stratocaster, he strummed his guitar all the way and won a number of Grammy awards and received three Hall of Fame inductions. When Clapton plays, expect everybody to fall silent and get spellbound.
These are the legends of guitar playing. But they are not the same. The one thing these guys all have in common is that there is literally no end to their natural talent to really play the guitar.
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