Ranking The Best Guitarists The World Has Ever Seen

Published on 07/29/2022
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Angus Young

Another member of AC/DC is Angus Young. He is well-known for his lively appearances, schoolboy-uniform costumes, and parody of Chuck Berry’s duckwalk. Young, who is 65 years old, is influenced by blues, power chords, and Scottish folk music in his playing technique. Throughout his solos, his ability to play one-handed arpeggios is evident!

Angus Young

Angus Young

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Dimebag Darrell

Damageplan’s Dimebag Darrell has never received professional guitar instruction, but his style is legendary. He made superb use of the major third in his riffs and leads to create dissonance in minor key tonalities. He had great plucking skills as well but preferred legato phrasing. Something terrible happened on December 8, 2004, during a Damageplan event at the Alrosa nightclub in Ohio. During the first concert, a disturbed fan leaped onto the stage and shot Dimebag Darrell many times. On the scene, the guitar icon was pronounced dead. He died while he was only 38 years old.

Dimebag Darrell

Dimebag Darrell

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