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Your Favorite Living Jazz Guitarists: Rankings

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

1
Pat Metheny
guitar
2
John Scofield
guitar
3
Bill Frisell
guitar, electric
5
Julian Lage
guitar, electric
7
George Benson
guitar
10
11
12
13
Larry Carlton
guitar
14
Mike Stern
guitar
15
Ralph Towner
guitar
16
Kevin Eubanks
guitar
17
Kenny Burrell
guitar, electric
18
Lee Ritenour
guitar
19
Nels Cline
guitar, electric
20
Jeff Beck
guitar
21
Marc Ribot
guitar
22
23
Ben Monder
guitar
24
Terje Rypdal
guitar
27
Lage Lund
guitar
28
Mike Moreno
guitar
29
Robben Ford
guitar
30
Martin Taylor
guitar
31
Bobby Broom
guitar
32
33
Lionel Loueke
guitar, acoustic
34
Adam Rogers
guitar
35
36
37
Dave Stryker
guitar
38
Frank Gambale
guitar
39
Frank Vignola
guitar
40
Earl Klugh
guitar, acoustic
41
42
Steve Khan
guitar
43
David Torn
guitar, electric
44
Miles Okazaki
guitar
45
46
Jimmy Bruno
guitar
47
48
Stanley Jordan
guitar, electric
49
Ulf Wakenius
guitar
50
Bill Connors
guitar
51
Wayne Krantz
guitar, electric
52
Robert Fripp
guitar
53
Eivind Aarset
guitar
54
Mimi Fox
guitar
55
Vernon Reid
guitar
57
58
Norman Brown
guitar
59
Andy Summers
guitar
60
Sheryl Bailey
guitar
61
Nguyen Le
guitar, electric
62
63
Joe Morris
bass, acoustic
64
Nir Felder
guitar
65
66
Jeff Parker
guitar
67
68
Jakob Bro
guitar
69
On Kaa Davis
guitar, electric
70
71
Jack Wilkins
saxophone
72
Fareed Haque
guitar
73
Oz Noy
guitar, electric
74
Peter White
guitar
75
Dom Minasi
guitar
76
77
Marc Ducret
guitar
79
Eric Clapton
guitar and vocals
80
81
Ava Mendoza
guitar
82
Howard Alden
guitar
83
84
David Gilmore
guitar
85
Bob DeVos
guitar, electric
88
Pete McCann
guitar
89
Marvin Sewell
guitar
90
Tim Miller
drums
91
92
John Etheridge
guitar, electric
93
Roni Ben-Hur
guitar
94
Henry Johnson Jazz
guitar and vocals
95
Derek Trucks
guitar
96
Mick Goodrick
guitar, electric
97
Jack DeSalvo
guitar
98
Al Di Meola
guitar
99
Marc Antoine
guitar
100
Jocelyn Gould
guitar
101
Andy Brown
guitar
102
Reg Schwager
guitar
103
Ed Cherry
guitar
104
Brandon Ross
guitar
105
Dean Brown
guitar, electric
106
Will Bernard
guitar
108
Gray Sargent
guitar
109
Elliott Sharp
guitar, electric
110
Dan Wilson
guitar, electric
111
Nigel Price
guitar, acoustic
112
Steve Herberman
guitar, electric
113
John Basile
guitar
114
Brad Shepik
guitar
115
Joel Harrison
guitar, electric
116
117
Larry Koonse
guitar, electric
118
Fred Frith
guitar
119
Jacob Young
guitar
120
121
Samo Salamon
guitar, electric
122
123
Amanda Monaco
guitar
124
Rez Abbasi
guitar, acoustic
125
126
Mark Wingfield
guitar, electric
127
128
129
130
John McLean
guitar
131
Henry Kaiser
guitar
132
Rodney Jones
guitar
133
134
Ken Navarro
guitar
135
Egberto Gismonti
guitar, acoustic
136
Rob Luft
guitar
137
Bruce Forman
guitar
138
Adrian Belew
guitar
139
140
141
Anthony Pirog
guitar, electric
142
143
John Tropea
guitar
144
Sylvain Luc
guitar
145
John Pisano
guitar
146
Ry Cooder
guitar
147
Phil Upchurch
guitar
148
Lorne Lofsky
guitar
149
Paul Brown
guitar
150
151
152
153
Leni Stern
guitar, electric
154
Keith Rowe
guitar
155
John Stein
guitar
156
157
158
Rolf Sturm
guitar
159
Susan Alcorn
guitar, steel
160
Bruce Edwards
guitar
161
Will Brahm
guitar
162
Mike DeMicco
guitar
163
Marvin Horne
guitar
164
Danny Embrey
guitar, electric
165
Rotem Sivan
guitar
166
167
168
Dave Chappell
guitar
169
170
Kevin Breit
guitar
171
172
John Storie
guitar
173
Paul Jackson Jr
saxophone, tenor
174
Will Graefe
guitar
175
Tony Romano
guitar
176
Dave Miller
guitar
177
Sanjay Mishra
guitar
178
Tom Dempsey
guitar
179
B.D. Lenz
guitar
180
Thomas Dahl
guitar
181
182
Chris Platt
guitar
183
Linda Taylor
guitar, electric
184
Sam Raderman
guitar
185
Slava Grigoryan
guitar, acoustic
186
Tom Ollendorff
guitar, electric
187
188
Lula Galvão
guitar
189
190
191
Sara Niemietz
guitar and vocals
192
193
Ant Law
guitar, electric
195
196
Jan Akkerman
guitar
197
Tim Mirth
guitar
198
Nino Josele
guitar
199
200
Blake Mills
guitar and vocals

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