Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004) (also credited as Diamond Darrell) was a guitarist in the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan. Darrell Lance Abbott was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of country songwriter, Jerry Abbott. His father owned a recording studio in Pantego, Texas, where Darrell had seen many blues guitarists play, inspiring him to take up the instrument himself.

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David Jon Gilmour, CBE (born March 6, 1946) is an English guitarist and vocalist with British rock band Pink Floyd and has also released solo material and collaborated with many others. Following the departure of Roger Waters in the mid-eighties, Gilmour effectively assumed control of the band.

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Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American guitarist. Allman is generally regarded as one of the greatest rock and roll guitarists, noted for his mastery of the slide guitar as well as intensity and soulfulness on "standard" lead and rhythm guitar in a variety of styles.

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Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen, (born January 26, 1955 in Nijmegen, Netherlands) is a virtuoso guitarist, classically-trained pianist, and founding member of the hard rock band Van Halen.

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Eric Patrick “Slowhand” Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945) is a Grammy Award winning British composer, singer and guitarist who became one of the most respected and influential artists of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Clapton is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in popular music history.

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Guns N' Roses (GNR) is an American hard rock band whose dangerous reputation, controversial front man, and technical prowess have made them one of the most popular and acclaimed rock n' roll bands ever. The band's defiant 1987 major label debut, Appetite for Destruction, gained them worldwide popularity while their 1991 second major effort, the simultaneous releases of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, and subsequent tour cemented the band's place as a heavily influential member of rock and roll history.

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James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (27 November 1942, Seattle, Washington – 18 September 1970, London, England) was an American musician, songwriter and guitarist, widely hailed by fans and music critics as the most influential electric guitarist of all time. Jimi Hendrix's first guitar was a one string ukulele, yet Hendrix figured out many different ways he could make noise and almost music with it.

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Led Zeppelin was a British rock band. The group debuted in 1968 with a boisterous and revolutionary approach to British blues-rock. They proved to be consistent innovators and later albums incorporated more wide-ranging influences, notably celtic folk, but remained consistently popular and accessible. More than two and half decades after the band retired in 1980, their music continues to sell well, gain widespread radio play, and influence modern rock. To date, they have sold more than 300 million albums worldwide

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