The 10 Best Gibson Les Paul Guitarists Of All Time

Here's the top ten, as voted by you.   23-Nov-12
The 10 Best Gibson Les Paul Guitarists Of All Time


We asked you for your top ten Gibson Les Paul players, and you told us! So here are the results, here's the 10 best Gibson Les Paul guitarists as voted for by you.

This is democracy in action people, so if you don't like the list, you should have voted... you should have voted. But we're sure you'll like it anyway, because as you can probably guess, some of the most beloved guitarists of all time feature on this here list.

10. Alex Lifeson

The guitarist who made prog cool, we can forgive him for the phase when he started playing keyboards more often than playing guitar for Rush, how can you not forgive Alex Lifeson?

His influences, broad and varied, have helped him form one of the most eclectic and forward-thinking guitar sounds since the invention of the electric guitar.

We asked you to vote not only on technical ability, which Lifeson undoubtedly possesses in great measure, but also on influence, and it's fair to say that his work with Rush helped some of the most prominent guitarists of the last 20 years.

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rfurtkamp    Said...

Should be "sight" not "site."

Delete this at will!

24-Nov-12 03:04 PM

Amped Bot    Said...

Thanks Robert! Have subbed this now :)

25-Nov-12 06:36 AM

ANtonA    Said...

No Randy Rhoads? I agree with some such as Slash and Jimmy, but to put some of them above Randy is a disgrace... (unless this is players who only played Gibsons, Randy had a Jackson as well)

25-Nov-12 08:07 AM

Amped Bot    Said...

Hi ANtonA!

This was a poll, voted for by readers, so everything you see on the list is done by popular vote.

If it helps, Randy came in at number 11!

25-Nov-12 08:11 AM

Sal Adelfio    Said...

Ah - I think the great Ace Frehley should have made it in the top 5, but as this was a voting pole, voters didn't agree. Great to see Les Paul in there-but clearly Clapton only briefly used the Les Paul. But Jimmy Page as #1 totally makes sence!

25-Nov-12 08:54 AM

rustee    Said...

what, no bonamassa? but fair enough about the rest and it was a poll so guess i should've voted but overall a good list

25-Nov-12 09:44 AM

Joey Ray Del    Said...

interesting list but Peter Green for me should be number 1

25-Nov-12 10:42 AM

Sui    Said...

Billy Gibbons .... Holy Grail???This is a travesty, readers poll or not!

26-Nov-12 03:33 PM

Joe Mowrey    Said...

I am very surprised that Mary Ford (his wife) wasn't voted in.....she could go lick for lick with Les but I guess I'm showing my age now. Thanks Gibson for a great web site !

14-Dec-12 07:38 AM

TN    Said...

Joe Perry??? Where's he?

26-Dec-12 12:33 AM

LucyGowen    Said...

Paul Kossof!!!!

04-Mar-13 04:50 PM

sickfender    Said...

Absolutely, positively crap. You people who "voted" this shit list are completely fucked. Clapton, on a les paul list? Really?

24-Mar-13 08:42 PM

JK    Said...

If your giving out About Clapton being on the list consider this:If Eric Clapton hadn't used a Les Paul on the Bluesbreakers album, do you think any one of those players,as fantastic as most of them are,would have started using one? They were very unpopular until thet album,so Claton deserves to be on this list

30-Apr-13 11:16 AM

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