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Chad Wackerman
American drummer
1
Alex Machacek
Austrian jazz musician
2
Derek Sherinian
American keyboardist
3
Greg Howe
American musician
4
The Tony Williams Lifetime
5
Guthrie Govan
British musician
6
Gary Husband
British musician
7
Joe Satriani
American musician
8
Eddie Van Halen
American rock musician
9
Shawn Lane
American musician
10
Frank Gambale
Australian guitarist
11
Planet X
American band
12
UK
British progressive rock supergroup
13
Richie Kotzen
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
14
Steve Vai
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
15
Steve Lukather
guitarist
16
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
17
Jimmy Haslip
American electric bass player and record producer
18
Level 42
English jazz-funk band
19
Alex Skolnick
American musician
20
Synyster Gates
American musician
21
Alan Pasqua
American pianist
22
Uli Jon Roth
German musician
23
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
American musician
24
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
25
Alex Lifeson
Canadian musician
26
Kiko Loureiro
Brazilian guitarist
27
Dimebag Darrell
American guitarist
28
Gary Willis
American musician
29
Steve Hunt
American jazz pianist and composer
30
Soft Machine
English rock band
31
Takahiro Matsumoto
Japanese guitarist and music producer (1961-)
32
Paul Gilbert
American musician
33
Steve Hackett
English musician, songwriter, singer, and producer
34
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
35
George Lynch
American musician
36
Daryl Stuermer
American guitarist
37
Sammy Hagar
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and entrepreneur
38
Robert Fripp
English guitarist, composer and record producer
39
Vernon Reid
American guitarist and songwriter
40
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
41
Skúli Sverrisson
Icelandic musician
42
Terry Bozzio
American musician
43
Van Halen
American heavy metal band
44
Stuart Hamm
American musician
45
Bill Bruford
English drummer
46
Wolfgang Van Halen
American bass guitarist
47
Chickenfoot
American rock supergroup
48
Jimmy Earl
Musician, producer
49
Tremonti
American metal band
