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Your Favorite Living Jazz Guitarists: Rankings

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This poll closes on November 30, 2022 | Voters: 198

1
musicians/pat-metheny
Pat Metheny
guitar
2
musicians/john-scofield
John Scofield
guitar
3
musicians/bill-frisell
Bill Frisell
guitar, electric
4
musicians/john-mclaughlin
John McLaughlin
guitar
5
musicians/julian-lage
Julian Lage
guitar, electric
6
musicians/kurt-rosenwinkel
Kurt Rosenwinkel
guitar
7
musicians/george-benson
George Benson
guitar
8
musicians/peter-bernstein
Peter Bernstein
guitar
9
musicians/john-pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
guitar
10
musicians/mary-halvorson
Mary Halvorson
guitar
11
musicians/russell-malone
Russell Malone
guitar
12
musicians/charlie-hunter
Charlie Hunter
guitar
13
musicians/larry-carlton
Larry Carlton
guitar
14
musicians/mike-stern
Mike Stern
guitar
15
musicians/ralph-towner
Ralph Towner
guitar
16
musicians/kevin-eubanks
Kevin Eubanks
guitar
17
musicians/kenny-burrell
Kenny Burrell
guitar, electric
18
musicians/lee-ritenour
Lee Ritenour
guitar
19
musicians/nels-cline
Nels Cline
guitar, electric
20
musicians/jeff-beck
Jeff Beck
guitar
21
musicians/marc-ribot
Marc Ribot
guitar
22
musicians/gilad-hekselman
Gilad Hekselman
guitar
23
musicians/ben-monder
Ben Monder
guitar
24
musicians/terje-rypdal
Terje Rypdal
guitar
25
musicians/wolfgang-muthspiel
Wolfgang Muthspiel
guitar
26
musicians/jonathan-kreisberg
Jonathan Kreisberg
guitar
27
musicians/lage-lund
Lage Lund
guitar
28
musicians/mike-moreno
Mike Moreno
guitar
29
musicians/robben-ford
Robben Ford
guitar
30
musicians/martin-taylor
Martin Taylor
guitar
31
musicians/bobby-broom
Bobby Broom
guitar
32
musicians/mark-whitfield
Mark Whitfield
guitar
33
musicians/lionel-loueke-14716
Lionel Loueke
guitar, acoustic
34
musicians/adam-rogers
Adam Rogers
guitar
35
musicians/pasquale-grasso
Pasquale Grasso
guitar
36
musicians/bireli-lagrene
Bireli Lagrene
guitar
37
musicians/dave-stryker
Dave Stryker
guitar
38
musicians/frank-gambale
Frank Gambale
guitar
39
musicians/frank-vignola
Frank Vignola
guitar
40
musicians/earl-klugh
Earl Klugh
guitar, acoustic
41
musicians/carlos-santana
Carlos Santana
guitar
42
musicians/steve-khan
Steve Khan
guitar
43
musicians/david-torn
David Torn
guitar, electric
44
musicians/miles-okazaki
Miles Okazaki
guitar
45
musicians/paul-bollenback
Paul Bollenback
guitar
46
musicians/jimmy-bruno
Jimmy Bruno
guitar
47
musicians/liberty-ellman
Liberty Ellman
guitar
48
musicians/stanley-jordan
Stanley Jordan
guitar, electric
49
musicians/ulf-wakenius
Ulf Wakenius
guitar
50
musicians/bill-connors
Bill Connors
guitar
51
musicians/wayne-krantz
Wayne Krantz
guitar, electric
52
musicians/robert-fripp
Robert Fripp
guitar
53
musicians/eivind-aarset
Eivind Aarset
guitar
54
musicians/mimi-fox
Mimi Fox
guitar
55
musicians/vernon-reid
Vernon Reid
guitar
56
musicians/james-blood-ulmer
James Blood Ulmer
guitar
57
musicians/steve-cardenas
Steve Cardenas
guitar
58
musicians/norman-brown
Norman Brown
guitar
59
musicians/andy-summers
Andy Summers
guitar
60
musicians/sheryl-bailey
Sheryl Bailey
guitar
61
musicians/nguyen-le
Nguyen Le
guitar, electric
62
musicians/romero-lubambo
Romero Lubambo
guitar
63
musicians/joe-morris
Joe Morris
bass, acoustic
64
musicians/nir-felder
Nir Felder
guitar
65
musicians/scott-henderson
Scott Henderson
guitar
66
musicians/jeff-parker
Jeff Parker
guitar
67
musicians/matthew-stevens
Matthew Stevens
guitar
68
musicians/jakob-bro
Jakob Bro
guitar
69
musicians/on-kaa-davis-19510
On Kaa Davis
guitar, electric
70
musicians/anthony-wilson
Anthony Wilson
guitar
71
musicians/jack-wilkins
Jack Wilkins
saxophone
72
musicians/fareed-haque
Fareed Haque
guitar
73
musicians/oz-noy
Oz Noy
guitar, electric
74
musicians/peter-white
Peter White
guitar
75
musicians/dom-minasi
Dom Minasi
guitar
76
musicians/steve-tibbetts
Steve Tibbetts
guitar
77
musicians/marc-ducret
Marc Ducret
guitar
78
musicians/philip-catherine
Philip Catherine
guitar
79
musicians/eric-clapton
Eric Clapton
guitar and vocals
80
musicians/gene-bertoncini
Gene Bertoncini
guitar
81
musicians/ava-mendoza
Ava Mendoza
guitar
82
musicians/howard-alden
Howard Alden
guitar
83
musicians/chico-pinheiro
Chico Pinheiro
guitar
84
musicians/david-gilmore
David Gilmore
guitar
85
musicians/bob-devos
Bob DeVos
guitar, electric
86
musicians/jean-paul-bourelly-17238
Jean-Paul Bourelly
guitar
87
musicians/david-fiuczynski
David Fiuczynski
guitar
88
musicians/pete-mccann
Pete McCann
guitar
89
musicians/marvin-sewell
Marvin Sewell
guitar
90
musicians/tim-miller
Tim Miller
drums
91
musicians/kazumi-watanabe
Kazumi Watanabe
guitar
92
musicians/john-etheridge
John Etheridge
guitar, electric
93
musicians/roni-ben-hur
Roni Ben-Hur
guitar
94
musicians/henry-johnson-jazz
Henry Johnson Jazz
guitar and vocals
95
musicians/derek-trucks
Derek Trucks
guitar
96
musicians/mick-goodrick
Mick Goodrick
guitar, electric
97
musicians/jack-desalvo
Jack DeSalvo
guitar
98
musicians/al-di-meola
Al Di Meola
guitar
99
musicians/marc-antoine
Marc Antoine
guitar
100
musicians/jocelyn-gould
Jocelyn Gould
guitar
101
musicians/andy-brown
Andy Brown
guitar
102
musicians/reg-schwager
Reg Schwager
guitar
103
musicians/ed-cherry
Ed Cherry
guitar
104
musicians/brandon-ross
Brandon Ross
guitar
105
musicians/dean-brown
Dean Brown
guitar, electric
106
musicians/will-bernard
Will Bernard
guitar
107
musicians/corey-christiansen
Corey Christiansen
guitar
108
musicians/gray-sargent
Gray Sargent
guitar
109
musicians/elliott-sharp
Elliott Sharp
guitar, electric
110
musicians/dan-wilson
Dan Wilson
guitar, electric
111
musicians/nigel-price
Nigel Price
guitar, acoustic
112
musicians/steve-herberman
Steve Herberman
guitar, electric
113
musicians/john-basile
John Basile
guitar
114
musicians/brad-shepik
Brad Shepik
guitar
115
musicians/joel-harrison
Joel Harrison
guitar, electric
116
musicians/randy-napoleon
Randy Napoleon
guitar
117
musicians/larry-koonse
Larry Koonse
guitar, electric
118
musicians/fred-frith
Fred Frith
guitar
119
musicians/jacob-young
Jacob Young
guitar
120
musicians/matt-hollenberg
Matt Hollenberg
guitar
121
musicians/samo-salamon
Samo Salamon
guitar, electric
122
musicians/marco-cappelli
Marco Cappelli
guitar
123
musicians/amanda-monaco
Amanda Monaco
guitar
124
musicians/rez-abbasi
Rez Abbasi
guitar, acoustic
125
musicians/stephane-wrembel
Stephane Wrembel
guitar
126
musicians/mark-wingfield
Mark Wingfield
guitar, electric
127
musicians/otomo-yoshihide
Otomo Yoshihide
guitar
128
musicians/matt-munisteri
Matt Munisteri
guitar
129
musicians/trey-anastasio
Trey Anastasio
guitar
130
musicians/john-mclean
John McLean
guitar
131
musicians/henry-kaiser
Henry Kaiser
guitar
132
musicians/rodney-jones
Rodney Jones
guitar
133
musicians/chris-standring
Chris Standring
guitar
134
musicians/ken-navarro
Ken Navarro
guitar
135
musicians/egberto-gismonti
Egberto Gismonti
guitar, acoustic
136
musicians/rob-luft
Rob Luft
guitar
137
musicians/bruce-forman
Bruce Forman
guitar
138
musicians/adrian-belew
Adrian Belew
guitar
139
musicians/dominic-miller
Dominic Miller
guitar
140
musicians/trevor-giancola
Trevor Giancola
guitar
141
musicians/anthony-pirog
Anthony Pirog
guitar, electric
142
musicians/chieli-minucci
Chieli Minucci
guitar
143
musicians/john-tropea
John Tropea
guitar
144
musicians/sylvain-luc
Sylvain Luc
guitar
145
musicians/john-pisano
John Pisano
guitar
146
musicians/ry-cooder
Ry Cooder
guitar
147
musicians/phil-upchurch
Phil Upchurch
guitar
148
musicians/lorne-lofsky
Lorne Lofsky
guitar
149
musicians/paul-brown
Paul Brown
guitar
150
musicians/brandon-seabrook
Brandon Seabrook
guitar
151
musicians/jonathan-butler
Jonathan Butler
guitar
152
musicians/randy-johnston
Randy Johnston
guitar
153
musicians/leni-stern
Leni Stern
guitar, electric
154
musicians/keith-rowe
Keith Rowe
guitar
155
musicians/john-stein
John Stein
guitar
156
musicians/gabriel-vicens
Gabriel Vicéns
guitar
157
musicians/hristo-vitchev
Hristo Vitchev
guitar
158
musicians/rolf-sturm
Rolf Sturm
guitar
159
musicians/susan-alcorn
Susan Alcorn
guitar, steel
160
musicians/bruce-edwards
Bruce Edwards
guitar
161
musicians/will-brahm
Will Brahm
guitar
162
musicians/mike-demicco
Mike DeMicco
guitar
163
musicians/marvin-horne
Marvin Horne
guitar
164
musicians/danny-embrey
Danny Embrey
guitar, electric
165
musicians/rotem-sivan
Rotem Sivan
guitar
166
musicians/charles-ellerbe
Charles Ellerbe
guitar
167
musicians/james-chirillo
James Chirillo
guitar
168
musicians/dave-chappell
Dave Chappell
guitar
169
musicians/nelson-riveros
Nelson Riveros
guitar
170
musicians/kevin-breit
Kevin Breit
guitar
171
musicians/michael-howell
Michael Howell
guitar
172
musicians/john-storie
John Storie
guitar
173
musicians/paul-jackson-jr
Paul Jackson Jr
saxophone, tenor
174
musicians/will-graefe
Will Graefe
guitar
175
musicians/tony-romano
Tony Romano
guitar
176
musicians/dave-miller
Dave Miller
guitar
177
musicians/sanjay-mishra
Sanjay Mishra
guitar
178
musicians/tom-dempsey
Tom Dempsey
guitar
179
musicians/bd-lenz
B.D. Lenz
guitar
180
musicians/thomas-dahl
Thomas Dahl
guitar
181
musicians/hedvig-mollestad
Hedvig Mollestad
guitar
182
musicians/chris-platt
Chris Platt
guitar
183
musicians/linda-taylor
Linda Taylor
guitar, electric
184
musicians/sam-raderman
Sam Raderman
guitar
185
musicians/slava-grigoryan
Slava Grigoryan
guitar, acoustic
186
musicians/tom-ollendorff
Tom Ollendorff
guitar, electric
187
musicians/jessica-ackerley
Jessica Ackerley
guitar
188
musicians/lula-galvao
Lula Galvão
guitar
189
musicians/tim-fitzgerald
Tim Fitzgerald
guitar
190
musicians/wg-snuffy-walden
WG Snuffy Walden
guitar
191
musicians/sara-niemietz
Sara Niemietz
guitar and vocals
192
musicians/christophe-goze
Christophe Goze
guitar
193
musicians/ant-law
Ant Law
guitar, electric
194
musicians/charlie-ballantine
Charlie Ballantine
guitar
195
musicians/evgeny-pobozhiy
Evgeny Pobozhiy
guitar
196
musicians/jan-akkerman
Jan Akkerman
guitar
197
musicians/tim-mirth
Tim Mirth
guitar
198
musicians/nino-josele
Nino Josele
guitar
199
musicians/wendy-eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg
guitar
200
musicians/blake-mills
Blake Mills
guitar and vocals

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