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Jimi Hendrix
Gary Moore
Rory Gallagher
Neil Young
Joe Bonamassa
Yngwie malmsteen
J. Satriani
Marty friedman
Nuno bettencourt
Paul gilbert
Slash
Adrian Smith
Tony Iiomi
Angus Young
Paul Stanley
And David Gilmour.
And Chris Rea.
Sorry, I can't count.
Oh yah! And angus young š
In no order, and subject to immediate change.
John Squire
Neil Young
Prince
Keith Richards
Matt Bellamy
David Gilmore
Jimmy Page
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Jeff Beck
Ritchie Blackmore
SRV
Hendrix
Pat Metheny
Satriani
Matt Bellamy
Frank Zappa
Richard Thompson
John Fruscainte
Keith Richards
Robert Fripp
Ron Asheton
my 6 picks , in no particular order
Jimmy Plant
Gary Moore
Richie Blackmore
Matt Rach
Yngwie J Malmsteen
Peter Frampton
Carlos Santana
Steve ray Vaughan
Eric Clapton
Duane allman
Should be the top 10, there are so many to choose from.
Adrien Belew
Reg Smithies & Dave Fielding
Gary Moore & Scott Gorham
No particular order, but here are mine:
Peter Green
Joe Satriani
Slash
Dimebag Darrell
Brian May
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Gary Moore
Dave Gilmour
Matt Bellamy
Alexi Laiho
Dave Mustaine
Slash
Hendrix
Spitty (guitar God to be - you heard it here first š )
Hendrix
Dime
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Slash
And the guys from Protest The Hero are just ridiculous!
Used to be all your typical shredders like Vai, Satch etc but I absolutely detest that sort of music now. It's just ****ing awful! The only one I can stand is Paul Gilbert as he can actually write a good song and fun instrumentals.
Hendrix's rhythm playing with chordy lead stuff (little wing, castles made of sand etc) is awesome.
Angus Young
Brian May
Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Slash
Zappa
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Smith/Murray/Gers
Tom Morello
Ask me again in an hour and I might have a completely different 5.
Walter Trout
Joe Bonamassa
Gary Moore
Rory Gallagher
Jimmy Page
Tony Iommi
Angus Young
Kirk Hammett
Clapton (pre shite)
Dave Gilmour
edit - changed mind already, twice.
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Ritchie Blackmore
Ted Nugent
Michael Schenker
Andy Powell/Ted Turner
Randy Rhoads
With an honourable mention to Bruce Watson
Bonnamassa
Gibbons
Lifeson
May
Slash
Ask me again in an hour and I might have a completely different 5
edit - changed mind already, twice.
Yep, agreed!
Forgot to include SRV and B B King. š³
For fans of Ritchie Blackmore and Joe Bonamassa, check this out:
Steve Cropper
Nick McCabe
George Harrison
Bernard Butler
The Edge
John Squire
It really is a subjective list bit some of those choices are amusing in are we listening to the same thing type of way
Rock
Jimmy Paige
Jimi Hendrix
Classical
John Williams
Segovia
Bumblefoot
Paul Gilbert
John Petrucci
Steven Wilson
Josh Homme
mark knopfler
stephen stills
john renbourn
peter green/bb king
robert johnson
Peter green
Jimi Hendrix
Hubert sumlin
John fruscante
Neil young
Hank Marvin
Ritchie Blackmore
Jimmy Page
Yngwie Malmsteen
Steve Vai
Peter Green
Jimmy Page
(early) Clapton
Paul Kossof
Carlos Santana
this is a tricky one for me to decide,BUT if i had to choose just 5 then:-
alex lifeson (will be seeing rush tomorrow at nec š
guthrie govan
dave gilmour
steve rothery (marillion)
james dean bradfield
there are so many more that i would add though š
Agree with lots of those. I'd add
Steve Jones
Wilko Johnson
Johnny Marr
Johnny Ramone
Mick Ronson
Jack White
Wilko Johnson
Johnny Marr
John Squire
Jimmy Page
Neil Young
Bob Mould
Johnny Marr
Andy Gill
Jonny Greenwood
Good calls on Butler and James Dean Bradfield.
And yeah, interesting to see what people are listening for in a guitarist. Seems to be two broad groups - technicians and 'feel' players.
On a different day I could have gone for...
Django Reinhardt
Scotty Moore
Luther Perkins
Jimmy Page
Kevin Shields
So many great guitarists to go for...
Well mine would be:
Mark Knopfler
John Frusciante
Lindsey Buckingham
John Mayer
Robert Cray
Acoustic:
Davey Graham
Bert Jansch
Doc Watson
Dave Rawlings
Skip James
Electric:
James Williamson
Judah Bauer
D Boone
Teenie Hodges
Sterling Morrison
I cheated (so bite me...)
Jack White
Joe Perry
Hendrix
Slash
Dave Murray
Technicians:
EVH
Satriani
Vai
Brian May
Morello
Feel:
SRV
Rory Gallagher
Page
Kossoff
Buddy Guy
Peter Green
Jose feliciano
Jimmy Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
in no order
joe satriani
slash
eric clapton
jimi hendrix
jimmy page
Also love some of the older guys:
BB king
Muddy waters
John Lee Hooker
T-Bone Walker
Django Reinhardt
Dave Navarro
Haven't really listened to much else. Not that into guitary stuff but thought he'd be worth a mention.
Nile Rogers
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NiƱo Bettencourt
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Peter Green (before he cooked his brain)
David Gilmour
BB King
T Bone Walker
Eddie Hazel
Satriani
Santana
Page
Gilmore
Slash
Eddie Van Halen
Billy Gibbons
Michael Schenker
Steve Stevens
Andy Summers
Dave Gilmour
Chris Rea
Jimmy Page
Jimmy Hendrix
Jack Bruce. (or Clapton)
Rick McCollum's stuff on The Afghan Whigs' "Gentlemen" LP is beautiful and painful enough for any other five guitarists.
Marc rizzo anyone ?
Skip James
Jimi Hendrix
Jack White
Lee Ranaldo & Thurston Moore
Joey Santiago & Charles Thompson
I kinda cheated there.
Agree with a lot on there, but some +1s for Django and Jansch
Tony Iommi
Billy Gibbons
Jake E Lee
Jeff Beck
Alex Skolnick
Brings back memories:)
Lots of stunt guitarists as to be expected, great to see Nile Rogers recognised. James Dean Bradfield and Jonny Marr.
I've got a couple to add Brian Setzer, George Thorogood.
Duane Allman
Derek Trucks
Matt Schofield
Robben Ford
Chuck Garvey
John Fahey
Blind Blake
Tommy Emmanuel
Jimi Hendrix
Junior Kimborough
My 10yr old son's in order
1. Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
2. Angus Young
3. Slash
4. Pete Willis (Early Def Leppard)
5. Jimmy Page
These are his favorite players not who he thinks are the best.
Dave Navarro
Brian May
Adrian Belew
Robert Smith
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Can't believe so few Eddie fans!
1. Eddie Van Halen
2. Hendrix
3. Angus Young
4. Eric Clapton
5. John Frusciante
Mark Knopfler
Johnny Greenwood
Peter Green
Dan Auerbach
Bert Jansch
David Gilmore
Nile Rogers
oops that's seven!
Mark Knopfler
Nels Cline
Matt Bellamy
I'm not immediately sure beyond that, maybe Gordon Giltrap, Ben Harper and/or Chris Rea. At some point it becomes hard to separate the guitars from the whole sound of the band they're in. E.g. I'm a Pearl Jam fan and Mike McCready is a very good guitar player but it's Pearl Jam as a whole I'm a fan of, I'm not passionate about McCready's playing in particular.
Tommy Emmanuel who manages to sound like an orchestra with just one guitar.
Most bands need two guitarists though so I'll suggest these:
Andy Irvine (with just five strings) and Christie Moore
Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones
Louis Bertignac and Jean-Louis Aubert
Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie (with just four strings)
So many other greats that others have mentioned but Junior Kimborough, Dan Auerbach and Nile Rodgers are so, so good!
Jonny Greenwood
Santana
Graham Coxon
Joey Santiago
I'm gonna come back with my 5th once I've thought about it.
Tim Pierce
The Edge for inventing a new language
France alonso - see you tube
Michael Schenker. 70-80
Me. Just cos I like the stuff I play which seems unusual amongst guitarist
Richard Thompson
Adrian Legg,
Tom Verlaine
Paul Kossoff
Nils Lofgren
I prefer originality, and the sort of distinctive style that tells you who it is within the first four or five notes. Fret ****ery is all well and good, but it gets pretty tiresome after a while.
Neil Young and Mark Knopfler get honourable mentions, too.
After thinking more about this I ve got to add one more to my list.
Steve cropper
Technically that's 6 but don't tell anyone.
Howlin Wolf
Slash
Peter Hook
Carlos Santana
Mani
For those haven't seen it I can recommend "It might get loud"
For those haven't seen it I can recommend "It might get loud"
Yeah but only for the edge bit
Jack is a twonk of epic proportions
Jeff Hannemann RIP
Scott Ian
Johnny Marr
Angus Young
Josh Homme
Wilco Johnson.
Robert Johnson.
Hendrix.
Lowell George.
Richard Thomson.
Hendrix
Then a big gap....
Iommi
Gilmour
Hammett
Page
3 pages in and no mention of bootsie Collins ?
Impossible to pick just 5. Those that I enjoy listening to at the moment.....
James Dean Bradfield
Graham Coxon
Noel Gallagher
Richard Hawley
Johnny Marr
Have we had Steve Hillage yet? Or what about Martin Simpson?