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    Are You the Guitarist of the Year?

    Oct 06, 2020 2 minutes

    START PRACTICING, GANG! Guitar World — and Guitar Player — have begun the search for 2020’s Guitarist of the Year. This year’s categories include Electric Guitarist, Acoustic Guitarist, Bass Guitarist, Young Guitarist (age 17 and under) and a new category, Guitar Teacher of the Year.

    In addition to walking away with prizes supplied by sponsors, contest winners will and and get plenty of YouTube and online exposure; in fact, videos of the finals of the past two years have generated more than 4 million views. The 2020 finalists will be selected by and editors and star judges (including guitarists and and bassists and (with more being added soon). Past Guitarist of the Year winners include (David Gilmour, Steven Wilson) and .

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