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Who is the best lead guitarist?

Who is the best lead guitarist of the past 60 years?

Now think hard... there are many famous guitarists out there.

Just to name a few...

Chuck Berry, Jimmy Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, etc...

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    There is no single best.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hendrix according VH1's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Steve Wai

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Oh this could be a problematical selection... you in basic terms desire me to %. 2 that ought to not be in there? am i able to %. 3 that i think of could desire to stay as a exchange? Chuck Schuldiner, Marty Friedman, and Micheal Ammot Yeah... Uh... it incredibly is problematical... i'm going to could desire to think of roughly it extra... Jeff Loomis i think, yet he's an exceptionally amazing participant... and... i'm going to pass away it at that for now. ok, I could desire to believe Roxel in this one. Jason Becker because of the fact i haven't listened to diverse his paintings.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    YouTube - US Air Guitar 2006 Championships -

    He almost killed himself, but he won

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgovxp4zKlE

    or Hendrix - who used to take the guitar to the toilet with him

  • Didy
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Jimmy Page.......Hands Down ...........

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH_zCUkf44c

  • 1 decade ago

    jimmy page

  • 1 decade ago

    slash from Guns and Roses

  • 1 decade ago

    well i love nuno bettencourt, tony clarkin, andy galloway and zakk wyld.

  • 1 decade ago

    Slash.

    Erica got it right.

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