Ranked: Best Guitarists of All-Time

James Burton

Country music is highly defined by the sound of the guitar, and James Burton is one of country’s best guitarist. He uses a chicken pickin’ style, making his music sound bright, concise, and crisp. Using a finger pick and flat pick, as well as replacing the top four strings with banjo strings, he created a sound that haunted musicians of many genres.

Burton started his music career by writing “Susie Q” for Dale Hawkins. “Hello Mary Lou” and Believe What You Say” are some of his most notorious songs.