Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child (Slight Return) has been named the greatest guitar riff ever recorded.
The Jimi Hendrix classic Voodoo Child (Slight Return) has been voted the greatest guitar riff ever recorded.
Taken from the Electric Ladyland album, the 1968 recording came top of a poll of 5,000 musicians conducted by Music Radar.
Mike Goldsmith, editor of the website, said Hendrix remains the "undisputed heavyweight champion" of rock guitar.
Slash's melody from the Guns 'n' Roses hit Sweet Child O' Mine took second place in the poll, with Led Zeppelin's A Whole Lotta Love winning the bronze medal.
Deep Purple's 1972 smash Smoke on the Water and Derek and the Dominoes' Layla came in fourth and fifth respectively.
Mr Goldsmith noted that the only songs from the past decade to feature in the top 20 - Muse's Plug in Baby and The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army - each display Hendrix's "unique blend of experimental instincts and white-knuckle showmanship".
The poll follows a recent index of the greatest songs of the noughties conducted by the Times, which named Seven Nation Army as one of the ten best tracks this decade.
