TOP GUITAR PLAYERS AROUND THE WORLD !!!

1. Jimi Hendrix - At one point, JIMI Hendrix couldn't get a break in Nashville, and he has ended his backup days with Little Richard in a contract dispute. He quickly realized, however, the value of innovation in playing guitar, as well as in putting on a stage show that fans would remember forever. Many fans claimed that he was the greatest guitarist ever to pick up the instrument. At the very least of his creative drive, technical ability and such cool effects as wah-wah and distortion for ever transformed the sound of the rock and roll. It was his cool innovation, and his ability to play his guitar in any position with any body part, that consistently placed him as one of the top rated guitarists ever. Amazing right ?

2. Eric Clapton - Mr. Clapton cannot only brag that he is considered one of the greatest rock guitarists and as one of the greatest blues guitarists, but also that he has drawn huge crowds for his classical guitar concerts all over the world. His playing style is smooth and chords almost seem to flow from his fingertips.

3. Robert Johnson - Recorded his own songs for the first time on November 23, 1936 in San Antonio, in Texas. Although modern guitar players will often complain that Robert Johnson was out of time, out of tune, and people cannot understand his vocals, style of playing was unlike any thing else at the time, and set to the pace for future generations of blues players. Johnson is also the guitar player often accused of having made the deal at the cross -roads, selling his soul to the devil in order to be able to play the instrument.

4. Eddie Van Halen - The lightning speed of fingers and innovative sounds of Eddie Van Halen's guitar are easily recognizable. They are even more impressive when taking into consideration that he is completely self taught, having never had any type of lesson from others. It has often been said, that it is easy for Eddie to be creative in his playing techniques because he was never told by anyone how he could or could not play.

5. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Being Born on October 3 1954 , in the Oak Cliff Section of Dallas in Texas. Easily one of the most well known modern blues guitarists, Vaughan's music seemed to be pulled from the depths of his soul at that times. While his playing was smooth, it was the sheer amount of emotion in every note of music that drew people to his music.