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Greatest Guitar Legends {By: Keith Ramirez}

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 lot of established guitarists and struggling guitar novices look up to these names. Whether this new breed of guitar virtuosos are slated for fame or not, they have a long way to go before they can be considered an all time great. Here are the legends of the guitar and the reasons why they are epic.

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.

Second best is the incredible Jimmy Page. Known to many as the main axeman of the celebrated rock band Led Zeppelin, Page first was a part of a band known as the Yardbirds. With his Gibson Les Paul Classic, Page conjured pure music when he was on stage and on fire. 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 people play the guitar but they are not all the same in terms of styles. The only things these legends share in common is that there is no limit to what they can bring to the table. They know how to rock your world with their guitars.

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