The best guitarists 
are considered the backbone of the music 
industry. The guitar players are those who play the guitar and different variations of guitar family instruments such as
acoustic guitars
classical guitars
bass
electric guitars.
The guitar is probably originated in Spain early in the 16th century. It obtained from the Guitarra Latina, a late-medieval instrument with a waisted body and four strings. The early guitar is narrower and deeper than the modern. Several changes occurred in this amazing instrument from the 16th to 19th century.
The guitar is given further prominence as a concert instrument by Andres Segovia. The composers such as HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS and MANUEL DE FALLA wrote amazing and serious works for it.
The guitar players 
may choose any of the various methods for sounding the guitar. The several methods are as following:
- The finger-picking depending on the kind of strings used (either nylon or steel)
- Strumming with the fingers
- Guitar pick. It is made up of â â â â , bone, metal, plastic, paper, or leather.
- Melodic Flatpicking
- Melodic finger-picking.
Best guitarists:
Different guitarists may use different methods for selecting notes and chords. It includes â â â â â â â â â , thumbing, the barre means a finger lying beyond many or all strings at a particular fret), and âbottleneckâ. They may also use steel-guitar slides, usually made of metal or glass.
Nowadays, everyone wants to be a guitarist. However, there are just a few talented artists who manage to master and handle this highly-revered tool or instrument.
If you are wondering who is the best guitarist then it is a difficult task. we take some guitarists from the huge list and discuss their lives, success, and achievements. The most influential leaders and popular guitarists are discussed below:
Johnny A.
Johnny A is an American musician with a great guitarist. He is also an amazing songwriter. He was born on 14 Nov 1952 in Malden Massachusetts, United States). He became interested in the music industry when he was growing up in the Boston area. Johnny A has gained a reputation as one of the talented and amazing guitarists by united and melding the timeless tone and taste with completely contemporary technique.
He starts his beginning from the drums at the age of six. His parents bought him a Lafayette Electronics guitar for $49 when he exposed to The Beatles. He formed a band in 1970 named Streets. They had various popular radio singles that include âWhat Givesâ, which took the top spot on WBCN "The Rock of Boston. The Street toured with amazing artists like Bob Seger and the famous American rock band Aerosmith that formed in Boston. In 1979, they also participated in the first WBCN âROCK ânâ ROLL RUMBLEâ. His genres are instrumental rock, jazz, and blues.
He made the Hidden Secret band in 1980 and had local hit singles including "No More Lonely Nightsâ. It occupied the top spot on WBCN for 26 weeks with great success. His other band Heart on fire took second place in the 1986 WBCN. He will continue to give local hit singles. He also worked as a sideman with the famous drummer and percussionist Mingo Lewis, American duo songwriters Delaney & Bonnie.
He also worked with Derek & the Dominos the J.Geils Band and the lead successful solo artist Peter Wolf. He also worked on Wolfâs albums and co-produced the album of âlong lineâ of the Wolf. He also joined them on a World tour.
He re-released his first album in 2000 with Steve Vai. It received great popularity and then in 2003, it is picked up for distribution by Danny Goldberg at Artemis Records, and Gibson Custom Guitar company.
He released âOne November Nightâ in 2010 and also became the recipient of the Boston Music Awardâs Blues Artist of the Year 2010. âDrivenâ is released in 2014 and play as a guitarist in 2015 when he joined â The Yardbirdsâ.
Nita Strauss:
Nita Strauss is one famous and talented guitarist of the modern age. She is an American rock musician and solo artist. She is the current touring guitarist for Alice Cooper and has a successful and bright career. She was born on 7 Dec 1986.
She joined the likes of the Steve-Vai and Joe Satriani in 2018 in having their own signature Ibanez model. She was the first female signature artist. She shows on the covers of the worldwide print magazines that include Guitar World and Guitar Player.
The genres and the category of her music are
Heavy metal
Hard
Rock
Tribute music
Instrumental metal
Deathcore
In 2014, STRAUSS was the official in-house guitarists for the
Los Angeles Kiss
The Arena football team whose owner is PAUL Stanley
Gene Simmons of Kiss.
She is featured as the main guitarist for the seven songs that are released on Jan 21, 2016, on a Dockerâs Guild Album. In 2017, she appeared in the Netflix documentary Hired â â â .
She has done multiple teaching tours and taught the guitar clinics in Europe, South America, United States, Canada, and Asia. She has written a lot of articles for the Premier Guitar magazines. She was tapped as a celebrity judge at the UK Guitar Show to select the Young Guitarists of the year 2019.
The next one on the list is
John Mayer:
John Mayer is also an American singer , amazing guitarist , songwriter, and also a stunning record producer. He was born on 16 Oct 1977 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and his age is 43 years. Mayer is a versatile, mature, and reflective artist and guitarist . He is that talent who is never afraid of change.
He has command of the instruments like Vocals, guitar, and keyboard. The category of his music is pop, soft rock, and blues-rock. He moved to ATLANTA in 1997 with Clay Cook and make the two-man band called Lo-Fi Masters with Clay. His first play Inside Wants Out was released after his appearance at a 2001 South by Southwest Festival when he was signed to Columbia Records.
His two albums named Room for Squares in 2001 and Heavier Things in 2003 achieved great success. His playing is heavily affected by Blues as a musician such as B.B King and Buddy Guy. He won the Grammy Award in 2003 for the best male pop vocal performance. He has given this ward for his single âYour Body Is a Wonderlandâ.
By 2005, he moved out from Acoustic music and begun performing blues and rock music. He was also released the live album Try while forming the John Mayer Trio. His third album Continuum in 2006 get a remarkable success and earned a lot of awards.
His fifth album âBorn and Raisedâ was inspired by the pop music of the Laurel Canyon. His sixth album named is âParadise Valley and by 2014, he had sold a total of over 20 million albums worldwide.
The latest album named is âSearch for Everythingâ was released in 2017.
Jack White:
Jack White is an American stunning singer and guitarist born on 9 July 1975. He is a multi-instrumentalist and producer. He has a net worth of $50 million dollars. The talent and his playing style touched music fans and different guitarists worldwide. He has also achieved great success as a solo artist and also in other bands.
He won the 12 Grammy Awards and get great success for their three solo albums. Due to this success, he was reached no 1 on Billboard charts. He was also the lead singer and guitarist of a couple of the White Stripes. In 2012, he released his debut solo album. The name of that album is Blunderbuss. The second Lazaretto studio album was released in 2014 and the third one was released in 2018. All these three albums have a great achievement.
The category of his music is blues rock, garage rock, revival, alternative rock, folk, or country. He has a command of Vocals, guitar, drums, piano, mandolin, or bass guitar.
Tom Morello:
Morello is famous for his unique and creative style and sound. He uses the different techniques or methods like
⢠Unconventional guitar pedals
⢠Unorthodox picking
⢠Tapping techniques
⢠Clever incorporation of feedback.
TOM is a stunning and amazing American musician, born on May 30, 1964. He uses different guitars and gear played. They are very important for the amazing sound of the Morello. He repeatedly says that prefers cheap guitars and hardware. The expensive guitars may ruin your playing and potential as an artist. He was a member of the supergroup Prophets of Rage. The âNightwatchmanâ and âStreet Sweeper Social Clubâ are his famous acoustic solo acts.
The genres of his music taste are Alternative metal, funk metal, heavy metal, rap metal, nu metal, â â â â â â â â punk, and folk. He is also known for his political views and does the âNightwatchmanâ to offer an outlet for his views. He became interested in politics in their high school.
John Frusciante:
John is one of the most distinctive guitarists of the 20th century. He has the great and amazing ability to blend funk, rock, and contemporary elements. He uses the funk elements that means
- the use of hard, staccato, and rhythmic guitar riffs
- percussive 16th-note muting
and
3. extended dominant chords.
At the age of 18, he joined the Chilli Peppers and first appear in 1989 on the bandâs album called Motherâs Milk. The second album named âBlood Sugar Sex Magikâ became his superhit album. He fell into drug addiction and quit in 1992. He rejoined the band in 1998. The next album âCalifornicationâ sold copies of 15.4 million. Frusciante was ranked the 18th no of the âgreatest guitarists of all the timeâ by Rolling Stoneâs in 2003 and number 42 in Gibson list of the â50 Best Guitarists of All Timeâ.
Orianthi:
Orianthi is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter. She is famous for her session work with Michael Jackson in 2009. His debut single âAccording to Youâ ranked at no 3 in Japan, No 8 in Australia, and number 17 in the US. His second album âBelieveâ get great achievements in 2009. She is considered as one of the â12 Greatest Female Electric Guitaristsâ by Elle magazine. She is also the winner of the â2010 Breakthrough Guitarists of the Yearâ award.
The genres of her music are rock, pop-rock, hard rock, alternative rock, pop-punk, blues rock, and alternative metal. At 11 age, she took her electric guitar and take the difficult decision to leave high school. She decided to give her whole life to this instrument after seeing Carlos Santana in one concert. At the age of 18, she shares the stage with Carlos Santana.
Our next genius guitarist is
Tas Sultana:
Tas Sultana is one of the talented and hard-working singers, songwriters, and multi-instrumentalists. She is described as a âone-person band. She is also an engineer and producer. She has been dubbed one of the strong working music exports in Aus. Her global success story is perfect for an autobiography. Her first 2016 single âJungleâ gives her so much popularity.
Her second album named âTERRA FIRMAâ. From the age of three, she is playing the guitar. She starts her career through busking. Millions of people had been viewed her recordings in 2016 on Youtube. She uses Psychedelic rock, alternative rock, reggae rock, lo-fi elements in their songs. She plays very well instruments like guitar, vocals, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, trumpet, pan flute, saxophone, mandolin, and percussion.
Pat Metheny:
Pat Metheny is a versatile guitarist. His style of playing the guitar is unmatched. He contributes widely to the Jazz genre. He is an amazing and talented American jazz guitarist and composer. He has a net worth of $10 million. He was born in 1954. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group. He is also known for his duets, solo works, and other side projects.
He won 20 Grammy awards and has three amazing gold albums. He fuses the Jazz, Jazz fusion, Latin Jazz, and progressive jazz elements in their songs. He has worked with the influential figures like
⢠Steve Reich
⢠Ornette Coleman
⢠Herbie Hancock
⢠Jim Hall
⢠Milton Nascimento
⢠David Bowie.
He is the only one who wins the GRAMMY AWARD in ten different categories.
St. Vincent:
St. Vincent is a mysterious artist born in 1982. He uses the different sounds, textures, and tones very wisely and innovatively. Create the different tunes. She is an American
⢠Musician
⢠Singer
⢠Songwriter
⢠Producer
she was a member of Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevenâs touring band. She gives hit albums like Marry Me in 2007, Actor in 2009, Strange Mercy in 2011, St.Vincent in 2014, and Masseduction in 2017. She released one collaborative album named âLove This Giantâ with David Byrne. She was added twice in NPRâs â200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Womenâ in 2018.
When she was a kid, she became fascinated with the guitar. She first experienced this instrument in the movie La Bamba and picked up the actual instrument when she was 12. She fuses rock, pop, art-rock, and indie rock elements in their songs and has the command on the instruments like vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and percussion.
David Gilmour:
He was born on 6 March 1946. He is an English musician whose playing style has captivated the hearts and minds of the millions. The sound of this guitar seemed to have the personality of its own in all his recordings and live performances. He creates an openly distinctive sound distinguishing by simple, huge-sounding riffs and rich, ambient chordal textures.
He plays the bass, keyboard, banjo, mandolin, drums, and saxophone. He became a member of the rock band called Pink Floyd. In 1968, he joined as a guitarist. He is also a co-lead vocalist. He released the four solo albums. He has produced a variety of the artist. One famous name is Dream Academy. In the 2008 Q Awards, he was awarded the Outstanding Contribution.
Jimmy Page:
He is called the father of modern rock music. This cool English musician is born in 1944. He is a songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He achieved great success as a guitarist.
His style involves various guitar tunings, technical and melodic solos. He has an aggressive, distorted guitar tone with great eastern-influenced acoustic work. He participated in a number of the groups like XYZ, The Firm, The Honeydrippers, Coverdale-Page, and Page and Plant. He has also participated in the 2008 documentary âIt Might Get Loudâ.
He is called the most influential and greatest guitarist of all time. He also worked in various guest performances with many artists both live or in-studio recordings. He was ranked no two in Gibsonâs list of âTop 50 Guitarists of All Timeâ and number four on Classic Rockâs â100 Wildest Guitar Heroesâ in 2017. His playing styles have captured the million hearts and minds. He uses the rock, blues, folk, hard or heavy metal elements in their music and sounds.
## Summary:
There is a huge list of the great and amazing guitarists who achieved great success and achievements. They influence or attract other people with their amazing tones. Their passion and the dedication for their instrument âguitarâ and the constant hard work and commitment to challenging themselves as a musician is an understandable example of professionalism to brimming your dreams no matter what.
Conclusion:
Last but not the least, there are a lot of other famous and best guitarists present in the world who are giving amazing sounds and albums. Everyone wants to be a guitarist but some people know the actual meaning of this instrument â guitarâ. Dedication to music, passion, and expression are the main three important keys for any guitarist to be a good guitar player. The dream of every guitar player is to produce the lifelong gift of good music and these artists above have given us the chills and tears when they perform on a stage with our favorite bands.
Frequently Asked Question:
There are some frequently asked questions by the people about the best guitarists and guitar are as follows:
Q1: Can anyone become good at guitar?
You need a lot of practice for becoming a good guitarist even those who are blessed with natural abilities. You need years of practice to become a good guitarist. So, anyone can become a good guitar player. It is a learned skill but you donât need musical talent to play the guitar.
Q2: Who are World No 1 guitarists?
Jimi Hendrix ranks no 1 with 99 total scores, Jimmy Page ranks on the second no with a total score of 72, Eric Clapton ranks on number three with a total score of 62. Jimi has been voted the greatest guitarist of All Times by readers of the Louder website.
Q3: Who is the most skilled guitarist?
Jimi Hendrix is called the most innovative and skilled guitarist of all time with great talent.
Q4: Who is the fastest guitarist?
The relatively- unknown US metal Playerâ John Taylorâ is the fastest player. He has also declared the fastest player in the Guinness Book of Records. He plays âFlight of the Bumblebeeâ at a record 600 BPM.
Q5: What is the hardest guitar style to Play?
If we say to play hardest from the musical standpoint then STEEL guitars are âhardestâ. Flamenco is also technical to play because of its
idiosyncratic picking
strumming
and
percussion techniques. Fingerstyle jazz is pretty demanding musically.
Q6: What is the net worth of Jimi Hendrix?
The net worth of the greatest artist Jimi Hendrix is $150 thousand.
Q7: Was Jimi Hendrix left-handed?
He was naturally left-handed but he did learn to play with the right hand due to his father. His father believed that left-handed was a sign of the Devil so he did learn to play guitar with his right hand on the demand of his father.