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 😈

In no order, and subject to immediate change.

John Squire
Neil Young
Prince
Keith Richards
Matt Bellamy

David Gilmore
Jimmy Page
Paul Clark
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 😉 )

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 **** 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.

John 5

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. 😳

For fans of Ritchie Blackmore and Joe Bonamassa, check this out:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69EcnxJmnd4[/video]

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 😀
guthrie govan
dave gilmour
steve rothery (marillion)
james dean bradfield

there are so many more that i would add though 🙂

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