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12 Inch Poll: Re-Ranking the Greatest Guitarists From ‘Total Guitar’ Magazine

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 28: Brian May of Queen performs onstage during the 2019 Global Citizen Festival: Power The Movement in Central Park on September 28, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

For as long as rock musicians have been shredding tasty licks on electric guitars, rock fans have been arguing about who does it best.

 

Total Guitar Magazine ran a reader’s poll earlier this year to determine the 100 Greatest Guitarists and Queen’s Brian May was crowned Greatest Rock Guitarist, edging out Jimi Hendrix. Look, I get it. It makes much more sense to have a guy who is still alive and can give your magazine a good cover feature interview at the top of your list. And Brian May is a legend. But May over Hendrix just doesn’t feel right.

 

So let’s sort things out in this week’s 12 Inch Poll. I took the Top 6 axemen from the Total Guitar Top 100 list and put them in the poll below. Vote for who you think should sit at the top, and then we’ll see how our Top 6 lines up with theirs.

 

Adam 12 is the Program Director of Boston's ROCK 92.9, heard weekdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. He's been flexing his encyclopedic rock knowledge in New England for over 2 decades, both on-air and online, at WBCN, WFNX, Boston.com, and indie617. At ROCK 92.9, he keeps you in the know on the big stories from the Boston music scene and writes about great places to eat, drink (beer), and to spend time outdoors in and around Boston.
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