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The Results

We asked you to vote for your greatest guitarist of the latest 30 years and over 30,000 of you got involved. Thanks for all your votes - here's the full Top 40 rundown

You can read about how we selected the shortlist over at the BBC Music Blog

Got ambitions to be a Guitar God yourself? Then take a look at our Anyone Can Play Guitar tutorials with the likes of Bernard Butler showing you how to play their hits...

The Axe Factor

Vote for your favourite guitarist

  1. John Frusciante
    John Frusciante
    (13.9%)1
  2. Slash
    Slash
    (10.3%)2
  3. Matt Bellamy
    Matt Bellamy
    (8.6%)3
  4. Johnny Marr
    Johnny Marr
    (6.8%)4
  5. Tom Morello
    Tom Morello
    (5%)5
  6. Kirk Hammett
    Kirk Hammett
    (4.8%)6
  7. Jonny Greenwood
    Jonny Greenwood
    (4.5%)7
  8. Prince
    Prince
    (4.3%)8
  9. Jack White
    Jack White
    (4%)9
  10. Peter Buck
    Peter Buck
    (3.5%)10
  11. The Edge
    The Edge
    (2.9%)11
  12. Thurston Moore
    Thurston Moore
    (2.6%)12
  13. John Squire
    John Squire
    (2.4%)13
  14. Josh Homme
    Josh Homme
    (2.3%)14
  15. Graham Coxon
    Graham Coxon
    (2.3%)15
  16. Omar Rodriguez Lopez
    Omar Rodriguez Lopez
    (2.2%)16
  17. James Dean Bradfield
    James Dean Bradfield
    (1.9%)17
  18. Jeff Buckley
    Jeff Buckley
    (1.9%)18
  19. Noel Gallagher
    Noel Gallagher
    (1.9%)19
  20. Kurt Cobain
    Kurt Cobain
    (1.8%)20
  21. J Mascis
    J Mascis
    (1.5%)21
  22. Billy Corgan
    Billy Corgan
    (1.5%)22
  23. Mike McCready
    Mike McCready
    (1.3%)23
  24. Bernard Butler
    Bernard Butler
    (0.9%)24
  25. Joey Santiago
    Joey Santiago
    (0.8%)25
  26. Stephen Malkmus
    Stephen Malkmus
    (0.7%)26
  27. Kevin Shields
    Kevin Shields
    (0.7%)27
  28. Dave Navarro
    Dave Navarro
    (0.7%)28
  29. PJ Harvey
    PJ Harvey
    (0.6%)29
  30. Charlotte Hatherley
    Charlotte Hatherley
    (0.6%)30
  31. Albert Hammond Jr
    Albert Hammond Jr
    (0.6%)31
  32. Richard Hawley
    Richard Hawley
    (0.5%)32
  33. Bob Mould
    Bob Mould
    (0.5%)33
  34. Jamie Cook
    Jamie Cook
    (0.3%)34
  35. Carrie Brownstein
    Carrie Brownstein
    (0.3%)35
  36. Russell Lissack
    Russell Lissack
    (0.2%)36
  37. Robyn Hitchcock
    Robyn Hitchcock
    (0.2%)37
  38. Matthew Followill
    Matthew Followill
    (0.2%)38
  39. Nick Zinner
    Nick Zinner
    (0.2%)39
  40. Simon Tong
    Simon Tong
    (0.1%)40

This is not a representative poll and the figures do not purport to represent public opinion as a whole on this issue

Anyone Can Play Guitar

Presenter Choices

Steve Lamacq

Graham Coxon

Gideon Coe

Robyn Hitchcock

Nemone

Jack White

Marc Riley

Jonny Greenwood

Chris Hawkins

Johnny Marr

Richard Bacon

Matt Bellamy

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