Speed: Jason Becker or Michael Angelo
Technicality/Craziness: Randy Rhoads
Songwriting: Jimi Hendrix
Originality: Jimi Hendrix
Heavyness: John Petrucci
Slide: Duane Allman
Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa
Overall Best Guitarist: Jimi Hendrix, Jason Becker