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100 Great Guitarists
This list compliments of Mojo Magazine 
List arranged alphabetically by first name.

      Artist - Cut (or album) - Year released

Albert King - Blues Power (Live wire/Blues power) - 1969 - Gibson Flying V 
Angus Young - For those about to rock (AC/DC) - 1981 - Gibson SG 
B.B. King - Sweet Little Angel - (Live at the Regal) - 1965 - "Lucille" Gibson Archtop 
Bernard Butler - How about you (The Sound of McAlmont & Butler) - 1995 - Gibson ES-355 
Bert Jansch - Angie (Bert Jansch) - 1965 - Yamaha acoustic 
Billy Gibbons - Nasty Dogs & Funky Kings (ZZ Top, Fantango!) - 1975 - Gibson Les Paul 
Bo Diddley - Mumblin' Guitar (Have Guitar will Travel) - 1959 - Square Gretsch 
Bob Mould - Friend, You got to fall (Songs and Stories) - 1987 - Ibanez Rock 'n' Roll Junior 
Bonnie Raitt - Give it up or let me go (Give it up) - 1972 - National Resonator 
Buddy Guy - Five long Years (Damn right I've got the blues) - 1991 - Fender Stratocaster 
Carl Perkins - Matchbox (Carl Perkins) - 1957 - Gibson ES-5 switchmaster 
Carlos Santana - Sampa Pa Ti (Abraxis) - 1970 - Yamaha SG 2000 
Charley Patton - A spoonful blues (Founder of the delta blues) - 1989 - Stella 
Charlie Christian - Solo Flight (Genius of electric guitar) - 1988 - Gibson ES-150 
Chet Atkins - Chinatown,My Chinatown (The RCA Years) - 1952 - Gretsch Chet Atkins 
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode - 1958 - Gibson ES-350 
Clarence White - Cuckoo Bird (Everly Brothers Single) - 1969 - Custom Fender Telecaster 
Cliff Gallup - Crusin' (Gene Vincent & the Blue caps, Guitar Player Mag. Giveaway) - 1991 - Gretsch Duo-jet 
Curtis Mayfield - People get ready (Originals) - 1965 - Fender Stratocaster 
David Gilmour - Shine on you crazy Diamond (Wish you were here) - 1975 - Fender Stratocaster 
Dick Dale - Misirlou (The best of..) 1962 - Fender Stratocaster 
Duane Allman - Dreams (Allman Brothers Band) - 1970 - Gibson Les Paul 
Eddie Cochran - My Way (Legendary Master series) - 1972 - Gretsch Chet Atkins 
Eddie Hazel - Maggot Brain (Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) - 1971 - Fender Stratocaster 
Eddie Taylor - I'm Gonna Love You (J Reed & E Taylor, Ride 'em on down) - 1955 - Gibson ES-355 
Eddie Van Halen - Eruption ( Van Halen) - 1978 - Custom Linn Ellsworth 
Eldon Shamblin - Faded Love (Bob Wills, Classic Western Swing) - 1950 - Gibson Super 400 
Elmore James - The sky is crying (The history of..) - 1990 - A cheap Kay 
Eric Clapton - Crossroads (Wheels of fire) 1968 - Custom Fender Stratocaster 
Ernie Isley - Summer Breeze (Isley Brothers, 3+3) - 1973 - Fender Stratocaster 
Frank Zappa - Watermelon in Easter hay (Joe's Garage) - 1978 - Gibson SG 
Freddie King - Have you ever loved a woman ( Texas Sensation) - 1960 - Les Paul Gold Top 
George Harrison - Something - 1969 - Rickenbacker 360 - 12 
Guitar Slim - The things I used to do (The things I used to do) - 1953 - Telecaster 
Hank Marvin - Sleepwalk (The Shadows) - 1961 - Fender Stratocaster 
Hubert Sumlin - 300 pounds of joy (Single) - 1990 - Gibson Les Paul Gold Top 
Ike Turner - Prancing ( Unissued track given away with Guitar Player Mag.) - 1959 - Fender Stratocaster 
J Mascis - Freak Scene (Dinosaur Jr's Bug) - 1988 - 1963 Fender Jazzmaster 
James Burton - It's up to you (Ricky Nelson's All my best) - 1992 - Fender Telecaster 
James Williamson - Search & Destroy (The Stooges, Raw Power) - 1973 - Les Paul custom 
Jeff Beck - Where were you? (Guitar shop) - 1989 - Fender Esquire 
Jerry Garcia - Dark Star (Live Dead) - 1969 - Irwin Custom 
Jimi Hendrix - Are you experienced, the whole album - 1967 - Fender Stratocaster 
Jimmy Nolen - Papa's got a brand new bag - (Any James Brown compilation) - 196? - Vox 335 copy. 
Jimmy Page - In my time of dying (Physical Graffiti) - 1975 - Gibson Les Paul 
John Cipollina - The Fool (Quicksilver messenger service) - 1968 - Gibson SG 
John Fahey - When you wore a tulip (After the ball) - 1973 - Yamaha Acoustic 
John McGeogh - Spellbound (Siouxsie & the Banshees, Juju) - 1981 - Yamaha SG1000 
John McLaughlin - Dream (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Between Nothingness & Eternity) - 1973 - Rex Double neck Gibson 
John Squire - Shoot you Down (The Stone Roses) - 1989 - Gretsch Country Gentleman 
Johnny Marr - The Queen is dead - 1986 - Fender Stratocaster 
Johnny Ramone - It's alive (Whole album) 1979 - Mosrite Ventures 
Joni Mitchell - Coyote (Hejira) - 1976 - Martin D-45 
Jonny Greenwood - Just (Radiohead, The Bends) - 1995 - Fender Telecaster 
Keith Richards - Jumpin' Jack Flash - 1968 - Fender Telecaster 1950's 
King Sunny Ade - Sunny Loni (Live live Juju) - 1988 - Fender Telecaster 
Kurt Cobain - Serve the servants (In Utero) - 1993 - Fender Jaguar 
Leo Kottke - Ojo (6 & 12 String Guitar) - 1969 - Taylor 12 string 
Leo Nocentelli - Sophisticated Cissy (The Meters, Good old funky music) - 1990 - Fender Stratocaster 
Les Paul - How high the moon (The Legend & the Legacy) - 1991 - Gretsch Chet Atkins :-)) 
Link Wray - Rumble (The best of..) - 1994 - Danelectro Guitarlin 
Lou Reed - I can't stand it (Velvet Underground, V.U.) - 1985 - Gretsch Country Gentleman 
Lowell George - Fat man in the Bathtub ( Dixie Chicken) - 1973 - Fender Stratocaster 
Mark Knopfler - You and your friend (Dire Straits, On every street) - 1991 - Fender Stratocaster 
Mark Ribot - 16 shells from a 30-Ought-6 (Tom Waits, Big Time) - 1988 - Fender Telecaster 
Marv Tarplin - Tracks of my tears (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Single) - 1970 - Gibson Les Paul Custom 
Merle Travis - Merle's Boogie (Capital Classics) - 1948 - Custom Merle Travis/Paul Bigsby 
Mick Green - My Babe (Johnny Kid & The Pirates, Classic & Rare) - 1993 - Fender Telecaster 
Mick Ronson - The width of a circle (The man who sold the world) - 1971 - Gibson Les Paul 
Mike Bloomfield - East West (The Butterfield blues band, East - West) - 1966 - Gibson Les Paul 
Neil Young - Like a Hurricane (Decade) - 1977 - Gibson Les Paul 
Nile Rodgers - Good Times (Chic, Risqué) - 1979 - Fender Stratocaster 
Pete Townshend - My Generation - 1965 - Rickenbacker 1997 
Peter Green - The supernatural (John Mayall's Hard rain) - 1967 - Gibson Les Paul 
Peter Tosh - Get up, Stand up (The Wailers, Burnin') - 1973 - Gibson Les Paul Sp. 
Phil Manzanera - In every home a Heartache (Roxy Music, For your pleasure) - 1973 – Gibson Firebird 
Prince - I wanna be your lover (Prince) - 1979 - Cheap Telecaster Copy 
Richard Thompson - Can't Win (Watching The Dark) - 1988 - 1959 Fender Stratocaster 
Ritchie Blackmore - Highway Star (Deep Purple, Made in Japan) - 1972 - Fender Stratocaster
Robbie Robertson - Unfaithful Servant (Rock of ages) - 1972 - Fender Telecaster 
Robert Fripp - Sailor's Tail (Islands) - 1971 - Ferandez Sustainer 
Robert Johnson - Come on in my kitchen (the complete recordings of..) - 1937 - Gibson L1 
Robert Lockwood - Hard time getting Started (The Chess Box) - 1952 - Gibson L7 
Roger McGuinn - Mr Tambourine man - 1965 - Rickenbacker 360 - 12 
Ron Asheton - TV eye (The Stooges, Fun House) - 1970 - Fender Stratocaster 
Rory Gallagher - Shadow Play (Stage Struck) - 1980 - Fender Stratocaster 
Ry Cooder - Vigilante Man ( The Purple Valley) - 1972 - Customised Fender Stratocaster 
Scotty Moore - That's all Right (Elvis's The Sun Collection) - 1954 - Gibson Super 400 
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - That's all (Lucky Millinder's Apollo Jump) - 1941 - Gibson SG Custom 
Steve Cropper - Green Onions - 1962 - Fender Telecaster 
Steve Jones - Bodies ( Never Mind the Bollocks ) - 1977 - Gibson Les Paul 
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy (Texas Flood) - 1983 - Fender Stratocaster 
Syd Barrett - Baby Lemonade (Barrett) - 1970 - Fender Telecaster 
T Bone Walker - Your my best poker hand (The Complete..) - 1946 - Gibson ES-150 
The Edge - Bullet in the blue sky (Joshua Tree) 1987 - Gibson Explorer 
Tom Verlaine - Marquee Moon (Television's Marquee Moon) - 1977 - Fender Jazzmaster 
Toni Iommi - Supernaut (Black Sabbath, Vol 4) - 1972 - Gibson SG Jr 
Wayne Kramer - Looking at you ( Back in the USA) - 1970 - Fender Stratocaster 
Wes Montgomery - Montgomeryland Funk Chase (Far Wes, Pacific Jazz) - 1959 - Gibson L5 
Zoot Horn Rollo - Big eyed beans from Venus (Cpt. Beefheart, Clear Spot) - 1972 - Danelectro 



 

                           

                  





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