No ano de 2003, a revista "Rolling Stone" lançou a lista dos 100 melhores guitarristas de todos os tempos. A lista é praticamente composta por guitarristas de rock e blues. muitos de vocês poderão discordar da escolha, tal como eu mas, o mais importante é que Jimi Hendrix é considerado o nº 1.

Na minha opinião, só nao sei porque é que guitarristas como: Slash, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, Michael Romeo, John Petrucci entre outros, não estão na lista.

* 1 Jimi Hendrix
* 2 Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)
* 3 B.B. King
* 4 Eric Clapton
* 5 Robert Johnson
* 6 Chuck Berry
* 7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
* 8 Ry Cooder
* 9 Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
* 10 Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
* 11 Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
* 12 Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
* 13 Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
* 14 Jeff Beck
* 15 Carlos Santana
* 16 Johnny Ramone (Ramones)
* 17 Jack White (The White Stripes)
* 18 John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* 19 Richard Thompson
* 20 James Burton
* 21 George Harrison
* 22 Mike Bloomfield
* 23 Warren Haynes
* 24 The Edge (U2)
* 25 Freddy King
* 26 Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine e Audioslave)
* 27 Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
* 28 Stephen Stills
* 29 Ron Asheton (The Stooges)
* 30 Buddy Guy
* 31 Dick Dale
* 32 John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
* 33 Lee Ranaldo e Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
* 35 John Fahey
* 36 Steve Cropper (Booker T. and the MG's)
* 37 Bo Diddley
* 38 Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac)
* 39 Brian May (Queen)
* 40 John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
* 41 Clarence White (The Byrds)
* 42 Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
* 43 Eddie Hazel (Funkadelic)
* 44 Scotty Moore
* 45 Frank Zappa
* 46 Les Paul
* 47 T-Bone Walker
* 48 Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
* 49 John McLaughlin
* 50 Pete Townshend
* 51 Paul Kossoff (Free)
* 52 Lou Reed
* 53 Mickey Baker
* 54 Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane e Hot Tuna)
* 55 Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
* 56 Tom Verlaine (Television)
* 57 Roy Buchanan
* 58 Dickey Betts
* 59 Jonny Greenwood e Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)
* 61 Ike Turner
* 62 Zoot Horn Rollo (The Magic Band)
* 63 Danny Gatton
* 64 Mick Ronson
* 65 Hubert Sumlin
* 66 Vernon Reid (Living Colour)
* 67 Link Wray
* 68 Jerry Miller (Moby Grape)
* 69 Steve Howe (Yes)
* 70 Eddie Van Halen
* 71 Lightnin' Hopkins
* 72 Joni Mitchell
* 73 Trey Anastasio (Phish)
* 74 Johnny Winter
* 75 Adam Jones (Tool)
* 76 Ali Farka Toure
* 77 Henry Vestine (Canned Heat)
* 78 Robbie Robertson (The Band)
* 79 Cliff Gallup (The Blue Caps)
* 80 Robert Quine (The Voidoids)
* 81 Derek Trucks
* 82 David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
* 83 Neil Young
* 84 Eddie Cochran
* 85 Randy Rhoads
* 86 Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
* 87 Joan Jett
* 88 Dave Davies (The Kinks)
* 89 D. Boon (The Minutemen)
* 90 Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper)
* 91 Robby Krieger (The Doors)
* 92 Fred "Sonic" Smith e Wayne Kramer (MC5)
* 94 Bert Jansch
* 95 Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)
* 96 Angus Young (AC/DC)
* 97 Robert Randolph
* 98 Leigh Stephens (Blue Cheer)
* 99 Greg Ginn (Black Flag)
* 100 Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)