{"id":571910,"date":"2024-10-18T14:59:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=571910"},"modified":"2024-10-10T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T11:31:19","slug":"top-10-guitarists-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/gear\/top-10-guitarists-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Guitarists of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again, guitarists have astonished our eyes and ears this year with their spectacular skills, practicing impressive string acrobatics while making it look easy. How is that even playable? Here\u2019s our list of the top 10 guitarists in 2024.
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1. Tim Henson \u2013 Polyphia<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Tim Henson is a founding member of the Texan progressive rock instrumental band Polyphia. The guitarist and Instagram star is known for his vivid playing. He has a huge fan base on social media. With their latest singles, Polyphia have set a new trend in nylon string guitars and the Tim Henson Signature TOD10N-TKR<\/a> signature model has been in high demand from fans. Henson is an Ibanez endorser and the brand has already released several signature instruments for him. The Ibanez TOR10N made its first appearance in the video for “Playing God”. It is a nylon acoustic electric guitar with a solid spruce top and classic bracing.<\/p>\n

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2. Mateus Asato<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Brazilian guitarist Mateus Asato is considered one of the “(…) most influential guitar players” of the modern era. He is listed in Guitar World magazine as one of the top 10 guitarists of the 2020s. And at number 3 \u2013 wow! Asato has worked with some of the biggest names in the current music scene, including Bruno Mars, Silk Sonic, Jessie J, Tori Kelly, and many more. Given his skills, Mateus understandably plays a very high-quality model, namely the Suhr Mateus Asato Classic S MN BK<\/a>. This guitar is equipped with a very special passive noise cancellation system that works without batteries.<\/p>\n

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3. Ichika Nito<\/strong><\/h2>\n

He simply plays everything he can get his hands on, including guitars and even harps: Ichika Nito is a phenomenon of the current generation and joins the list of extraordinary guitarists of 2024. His fascinating playing technique went viral within a very short space of time. Last year, a staggering 1.5 million subscribers were blown away by his fascinating finger skills, which range from hybrid to fingerstyle to two-handed tapping and much more. By now, that number has grown to 2.69 million subscribers on YouTube alone. There\u2019s nothing that the twenty-something doesn’t interpret in his own individual way. Naturally, the manufacturers were keen to get him on board; the current signature model comes from Ibanez and is called Ibanez ICHI00-VWH<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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4. Matteo Mancuso<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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He was regarded early on as a guitar prodigy and performed with the best of the best at a young age: Matteo Mancuso really is a rising star in the fusion guitar scene. He inspires with his highly unusual technique and extraordinary musicality and is sometimes described as a “virtuoso among virtuosos”. Matteo is as likable as he is inspiring \u2013 and he\u2019s simply perfect on guitar. For example, he interprets songs by Alan Holdsworth with stunning effortlessness. His collaboration with Yamaha<\/a> began at the 2019 NAMM Show in Los Angeles. The international trade press repeatedly praised his incredible skills.<\/p>\n

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5. Lari Basilio<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Being both a technical and melodic player has always come naturally to Lari. Many of her fans feel that she steered the electric guitar in a new direction and at the same time took it to a new level. Having won the Samsung E-Festival in 2012 and performed in front of a crowd of 15,000 people, she also belongs on our list of the top 10 guitarists of 2024. Her signature model Ibanez LB1-WH Lari Basilio<\/a> is equipped with a Seymour Duncan Lari Basilio humbucker<\/a> on the bridge and two Seymour Duncan Lari Basilio single coils in the middle and neck positions. Lari is currently working on her new album and is also constantly on tour.<\/p>\n\n\t\t