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Steve Vai
Steve Vai
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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Stuart Hamm
Stuart Hamm
American musician
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Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani
American musician
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Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen
Swedish rock musician
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Steve Lukather
Steve Lukather
guitarist
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Kaki King
Kaki King
American guitarist
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Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
American guitarist, recording artist
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Andy McKee
Andy McKee
American musician
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Mike Keneally
Mike Keneally
American musician
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Gary Hoey
Gary Hoey
American musician
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Uli Jon Roth
Uli Jon Roth
German musician
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Jason Becker
Jason Becker
American guitarist and composer
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Arlen Roth
Arlen Roth
American musician
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Martin Taylor
Martin Taylor
British guitarist
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Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew
American rock musician
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Toulouse Engelhardt
Toulouse Engelhardt
American jazz guitarist
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John Petrucci
John Petrucci
American guitarist
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Peter Autschbach
Peter Autschbach
German guitarist and music educator
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Gus G
Gus G
Greek guitarist
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California Guitar Trio
California Guitar Trio
band
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Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
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Martin Barre
Martin Barre
British guitarist
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Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth
English guitarist and composer
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Alex Lifeson
Alex Lifeson
Canadian musician
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Ethan Johns
Ethan Johns
English record producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
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Doc Watson
Doc Watson
American guitarist, songwriter and singer
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Don Airey
Don Airey
English keyboardist, rock musician
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Terry Robb
Terry Robb
Canadian guitarist
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Shane Simpson
Shane Simpson
Canadian musician
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Guthrie Govan
Guthrie Govan
British musician
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Adrian Legg is an English guitar player who has been called "impossible to categorize". He plays custom guitars that are a hybrid of electric and acoustic, and his fingerstyle picking technique has been acknowledged by the readers of Guitar Player who voted Legg the "best acoustic fingerstyle" player four years in a row (1993–1996).

From his early start as a bench technician customising electric guitars, Legg moved into guitar instruction, publishing books and videos on guitar technique. In 1996 and 1997, Legg shared the stage with acclaimed guitar experts Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai as part of the G3 tour. Vai called Legg "Uncle Adrian" and Satriani said of Legg's musicianship, "He's simply the best acoustic guitar player I've ever heard. I don't know anyone else who can create such a cascade of beautiful notes... Adrian plays like he's got hammers for fingers."