MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE LEAD GUITARISTS - A LIST / RANKING

1.  Jimmy Page
2.  Pete Townshend
3.  Jimi Hendrix
4.  The Edge
5.  Keith Richards
6.  David Gilmour
7.  Neil Young
8.  Joe Perry
9.  Peter Buck (REM)
10.  Robbie Krieger (The Doors)
11.  Ritchie Blackmore
12.  Eric Clapton
13.  Johhny Marr (The Smiths)
14.  Dave Davies
15.  George Harrison
16.  Mick Jones (The Clash / Big Audio Dynamite)
17.  Angus Young
18.  Tom Scholz (Boston) 
19.  Frank Zappa
20.  Chuck Berry
21.  Denny Laine (Wings)
22.  Dave Mason (Traffic) 
23.  Keith Levene (Public Image Ltd.) 
24.  Bob Dylan
25.  Joe Walsh
26.  Ron Wood 
27.  Randy California (Spirit)
28.  Alex Lifeson (Rush)
29.  Andy Summers
30.  Kurt Cobain
31.  Jack White
32.  John Lennon
33.  Lindsey Buckingham
34.  Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues) 
35.  Slash
36.  Ray Davies
37.  Bruce Springsteen
38.  Robert Smith (The Cure)
39.  Arlo Guthrie
40.  Joe Strummer (The Clash) 
41.  Pete Ham (Badfinger)
42.  Lou Reed
43.  Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam)
44.  Brian Jones
45.  Steve Howe 
46.  Dave Sharp (The Alarm)
47.  Prince
48.  Mark Knopler
49.  Paul Stanley
50.  Pete Shelley (The Buzzcocks)
51.  Tom Petty
52.  Nick Lowe
53.  Buddy Holly
54.  Ace Frehley
55.  Roy Orbison
56.  Billy Corgan
57.  Stephen Stills
58.  Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) 
59.  Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane / Starship)
60.  Ron Asheton (The Stooges) 
61.  Brian James (The Damned) 
62.  Ann Wilson
63.  Nancy Wilson
64.  Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
65.  Steve Marriot (The Faces)
66.  Glenn Frey (The Eagles)
67.  Rick Neilsen (Cheap Trick) 
68.  Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls)
69.  Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
70.  Duane Allmann
71.  Alanis Morrisette
72.  James Young (Styx)
73.  Elvis Costello
74.  Dave Edmunds
75.  Jeff Lynne
76.  Tommy Shaw (Styx)
77.  Chris Difford (Squeeze)
78.  Brian May (Queen)
79.  Roger Steen (The Tubes)