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People who enjoy music consider guitar as a piece of art. This instrument has been played by various artists throughout history. It has been played for imparting entertainment, for fun, for attaining perfection in playing and for monetary gain. Along the way, in history, there have been some players who will be remembered forever for their legendary skills in playing guitars. These people have written their names in association with this musical instrument and will be remembered for many eras to come.

The list of these extra-ordinarily talented people includes some big names like Carlos Santana, Jimmy Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Page, Tom Morello and Bruce Springsteen. These names come from the new age and classical rock bands as well as solo talents who rocked the world while standing alone. These people have inspired hundreds of people around the world to follow their tunes and become skilled guitarists.

Born in the Mexico City, Carlos Augusto Alves Santana has ruled the world of music with his riveting guitar tunes. This American Grammy Award winning talent has far-reaching control over his Spanish guitar and has attained perfection in playing the electric instrument. The mixing of different varieties of these two instruments introduced by Santana totally mesmerizes the senses of the listeners. His platinum attaining hit records include Shaman, Supernatural, Zebop, Abraxas and self-titled album Santana, all, of which have reached the top ten list of Billboard charts.

The legendary Kurt Cobain, also well-known due to his controversial death, is regarded as one of the very few guitarists, who rocked the fans to their feet. The guitarist and lead singer of Nirvana has been the main cause for the enormous success of the band. His tracks like Come as You Are and Smells like Teen Spirit are still heard by his fans around the globe as their rock anthems.

When talking about hard rock bands that have revolutionized the metal genre, especially through the extraordinary talents of their guitarists, Metallica without any shadow of a doubt comes on top. Kirk Hammett, the lead guitarist and songwriter for Metallica, is honoured as the 11th best guitar player in the Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Before joining Metallica, he rocked with the underground band Exodus. Joining Metallica polished his guitar playing talents to an unmatchable level. The crazy, but cool sounding strums of Kirk inspired millions around the world to play like him.

Jimmy Patrick Page, the guitarist of Led Zeppelin is another big name in the line-up of history's legendary guitarists. Due to his guitar wonders, Led Zeppelin was the most successful band of the 70's. Ranked at number 9 in the Rolling Stone's list, he was considered as one of the most influential and versatile guitarists of all time.

Tom Morello is another name worth-mentioning, when discussing new age rock idols. Tom is the guitarist of the band Audioslave, who have enjoyed a great deal of success in the recent past.

Their versatility is especially noticeable in the guitar works of Morello.