Jimi Hendrix has been voted the greatest electric guitar player of all time in a magazine poll.
The readers of Tim Magazine put him ahead of the likes of B.B. King, Jimmy Page, Les Paul and Keith Richards.
The full top ten was as follows:
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Slash
3. B.B. King
4. Keith Richards
5. Eric Clapton
6. Jimmy Page
7. Chuck Berry
8. Les Paul
9. Yngwie Malmsteen
10. Prince
To see who hit the top ten in Gigwise's countdown of the world's greatest guitarists, click through below:
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50. Angus Young of AC/DC - There are few more exhilarating sights in music than Angus Young tearing across the stage with a manic glint in his eye and a guitar in his hands. The Australian is famed for his ridiculous school uniform stage clothes, pretending to have fits while playing and general madcap behaviour. But his antics and simplistic style mask a more than competent musician. (wenn)
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