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I would've added Angus and Malcom, , Tom Morrello, and Jimmie Vaughnn but didn't have room.

cmon.. tom morello is a top ten ^^

Almost dude, almost.

hehe anyway you, for sure, know the top ten guitarists better then me

1.) Jimi Hendrix
2.) Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band
3.) B.B. King
4.) Santana
5.) Eric Clapton
6.) Steve Vai
7.) Stevie Ray Vaughn
8.) Pete Townshend of The Who
9.) Joe Satriani
10.) Dimebag Darrel of Pantera

tom merrelo duhh and slash plus jimi hendrix beats them all

Good list zoot Dimebag should've been on my list.

Thanks. There were others I would like to add, but all of the people up there are pioneers in the art of guitar playing in some way or another. The others I could think of are just really good haha.

The funny but kinda messed up thing is that almost all of them did drugs.

1. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
2. Kirk Hammet of Metallica
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen
5. Eric Clapton
6. Carlost Santana
7. Tom Scholz of Boston
8. Ted Nugent
9. Joe Perry of Aerosmith
10. Dave Murray of Iron Maiden

1.Kirk Hammett - Metallica
2.Buckethead - Buckethead
3. Dan Jacobs - Atreyu
4.Synyster Gates - Avenged Sevenfold
5.Brian "Head" Welch - KoRn, Brian Head Welch
6.Daron Malakian - System of a Down
7.Zacky Vengeance - Avenged Sevenfold
8.Mike Spreitzer - Devildriver
9.Mikko Lindstrom - H.I.M.
10.James Hetfield - Metallica

In no order:

Eddie Van Halen
Eric Johnson
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Tom Scholz
Santana
Eric Clapton
Dimebag

I don't listen to enough music to conclusively put a list together though.

sterotypical lists so far...

1.John Petrucci-Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment
2.Ron Jarzombyek-Spastic Ink, solo
3.Michael Romeo-Symphony X
4.Tim Millar and the other guitarist for Protest the Hero
5.Joe Satriani-Solo
6.Mohammad Suicmez-Necrophagist
7.Paul Waggoner- Between the buried and me
8.Paul Gilbert-solo
9.Jason Becker-i don't actually know
10.Jimmy Page or Tom Morello...can't decide

If you haven't heard a name on that list...go look 'em up, it will most likely change the way you look at guitarists permanently.

I've heard of all of those, but, like I said, I listed mostly people who are pioneers in the art, not just because they're good.

I would have added Brad Delson , from Linkin park =p