Readers’ Choice Awards Inductees 1990-Today

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Readers’ Choice Awards Inductees 1990-Today
B.B. King was inducted into the VG Hall of Fame in 1997.

For over 30 years, Vintage Guitar magazine has been honoring those who inspired and awed us as guitar players, fans, and listeners by inducting great players, instruments, and innovators into the VG Hall of Fame. We also choose Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Players of the Year. Who and what goes into the VG Readers’ Choice Awards has always been determined by the readers of VG. Learn more about each of these inductees listed below.

Readers’ Choice Awards Inductees

Album of the Year

 

Hall of Fame: Player

Jimi Hendrix – 1994 Chet Atkins – 1996 B.B. King – 1997
Eric Clapton – 1998 Jimmy Page – 1999 Chuck Berry – 2002
Jeff Beck – 2003 George Harrison – 2004 Django Reinhardt – 2005
Stevie Ray Vaughan – 2006 Les Paul – 2007 Duane Allman – 2008
Buddy Guy – 2009 Robert Johnson – 2010 Keith Richards – 2011
Billy Gibbons – 2012 Charlie Christian – 2012 Edward Van Halen -2013
Wes Montgomery – 2013 Johnny Winter – 2014 James Burton – 2014
David Gilmour – 2015 Gary Moore – 2015 Carlos Santana – 2016
Joe Walsh – 2016 Terry Kath – 2017 Joe Bonamassa – 2017
Pete Townshend – 2018 Peter Green – 2018 Mark Knopfler – 2019
Peter Frampton – 2019 Michael Bloomfield – 2019 Eric Johnson -2020
Rory Gallagher – 2020 Jerry Garcia – 2020

Hall of Fame: Instrument

Gibson Les Paul Standard (’Burst) – 1990 Fender Stratocaster – 1990 Fender Telecaster – 1991
Martin D-28 – 1991 Gibson ES-335 – 1992 Fender Precision Bass – 1992
Gibson Super 400 – 1993 D’Angelico New Yorker – 1993 Vox AC-30 amplifier – 1994
Gibson L-5 – 1994 Fender Twin Amplifier – 1995 Fender Jazz Bass – 1995
Gretsch 6120 – 1996 Gibson Flying V – 1996 Marshall JTM 45 – 1997
Rickenbacker 360/12 – 1997 Fender Bassman – 1998 Martin D-45 – 1998
Gibson ES-150 – 1999 Vox Wah – 1999 Gibson SJ-200 – 2002
Fender Jazzmaster – 2002 Marshall Super Lead 100 – 2003 Gibson Les Paul Custom – 2003
Gretsch White Falcon – 2004 PRS Custom – 2004 National Tri-Cone series – 2005
Mesa-Boogie Mark I – 2005 Gibson ES-5 – 2006 Fender Jaguar – 2006
Vox AC15 – 2007 Gibson J-45 – 2007 Gibson Les Paul Model (Goldtop) – 2008
Gibson SG Standard – 2009 Gibson Byrdland – 2010 Fender Deluxe Reverb – 2011
Gibson Les Paul Junior – 2012 Gibson Firebird – 2013 Fender Princeton Reverb – 2014
Fender Champ – 2015 Gibson Explorer – 2016 Gibson ES-175 – 2017
Fender Super Reverb – 2018 Dumble Overdrive Special – 2019 Gibson Les Paul special – 2020

Hall of Fame: Innovator

Leo Fender – 1991 Orville Gibson – 1992 Les Paul – 1993
Ted McCarty – 1995 C.F. Martin, Sr. – 1996 Seth Lover – 1997
Jim Marshall – 1998 Adolf Rickenbacker – 1999 Paul Bigsby – 2002
Lloyd Loar – 2003 Hartley Peavey – 2004 John and Rudy Dopyera – 2005
John D’Angelico – 2006 Dick Denney – 2007 Floyd Rose – 2008
George Fullerton – 2009 Paul Reed Smith – 2010 Seymour Duncan – 2011
Mike Matthews – 2012 Ernie Ball – 2013 Randall Smith – 2014
George Beauchamp – 2015 Tom Scholz – 2016 Bill Collings – 2017
Roger Mayer – 2018 Jim Dunlop – 2019 Edward Van Halen – 2020

Album of the Year

Joe Walsh, Analog Man – 2012 Mark Knopfler, Privateering – 2013 Eric Clapton & Friends, The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale – 2014
Jeff Beck, Live+ – 2015 Eric Clapton, I Still Do – 2016 Rolling Stones, Blue & Lonesome – 2017
Ry Cooder, The Prodigal Son – 2018 Joe Bonamassa, Redemption – 2019 Joe Satriani, Shapeshifting – 2020

Rock Player of the Year

Warren Haynes – 2015 Jeff Beck – 2016 Joe Bonamassa – 2017
Jeff Beck – 2018 Derek Trucks – 2019 Edward Van Halen – 2020

Jazz Player of the Year

Al Di Meola – 2015 Robben Ford – 2016 Allan Holdsworth – 2017
George Benson – 2018 Robben Ford – 2019 George Bernson – 2020

Blues Player of the Year

B.B. King – 2015 Joe Bonamassa – 2016 Buddy Guy – 2017
Joe Bonamassa – 2018 Buddy Guy – 2019 Joe Bonamassa – 2020

Country Player of the Year

Brad Paisley – 2015 Vince Gill – 2016 Glen Campbell – 2017
Albert Lee – 2018 Marty Stuart – 2019 Brad Paisley – 2020

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