In the guitar world, many major guitar players have taken music to the next level. It is quite hard to scrutinize and come up with a list of the top electric guitar players in the world. But there have been some players who were effortlessly creative and played music without any flaws, and the following are some of such players.
Jimi Hendrix:
Jimi Hendrix is an American guitar player, and he is also one of the most influential guitar players of all time. His mainstream career was only for a short while, but he was celebrated more than anyone else. He is a perfect example for embodying the music as he creates it. Jimi recorded the song Voodoo Child in just one take, and he improvised most of the parts in the song. His performances were excellent in a studio and still much better in a live show.
Eddie Van Halen:
Eddie was an American- Dutch Musician and songwriter. He was considered as one of the most influential guitar players of all time. In the year 2011, the Rolling stones had ranked him in the 8th position in a list of top 100 greatest guitar players in the world. Guitar world had voted him as number one in the 100 greatest guitarists of all time in the year 2012. His two-hand tapping method, vibrato and picking skill influenced an entire generation of guitar players.
Yngwie Malmsteen:
Yngwie Malmsteen is a Swedish guitar player who was quite popular for his neoclassical metal music. The time magazine had ranked him in the top 10 electric guitar players of all time in the year 2009. He loved using the Fender Stratocaster, and it was popularly known as the duck as it had a yellow finish. Yngwie Malmsteen has released about 20 albums and most of them were very famous and hit the top charts.
Slash (Saul Hudson):
Slash is popularly known for playing the lead guitar in the band Guns N’ Roses. Slash was considered as one of the greatest guitar players in the world, and he has made some excellent music. Slash is also famous for playing with other musicians. Some of his epic works include November Rain, Sweet Child o’ Mine, Live and Let Die etc. Slash left Guns N’ Roses and had a side project which was called Slash’s Snakepit, and he also co-founded Velvet Revolver, and in the year 2016, he returned to his former band. In the year 2010, he was ranked in the top 50 Guitar players in the world by Gibson Guitar Corporation.
Kirk Hammett:
Kirk Hammett is an American lead guitarist and was famous for playing the lead guitar in the band Metallica. He was in a band named Exodus before joining Metallica. Kirk had formed Exodus in the year 1979, and he was about 16 at that time. Kirk became interested in music after listening to his brother’s collection of music.