your top 5 guitarists...

[KDude]

Jimi Hendrix
Eddie Van Halen
David Gilmour
Tom Verlaine
John McGeoch

[Paul Warren]

Andy Timmons
John Petrucci
Bumblefoot
Andy Wood
Guthrie Govan

[MM Luke]

Steve Lukather
Michael Landau
Allan Holdsworth
Tom Quayle
Robben Ford

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[dave1812]

Guthrie Govan
Plini
Andy Timmons
Steve Lukather
John Petrucci

[mr mojo]

1. Knopfler
2. Clapton
3. Cray
4. Lukather
5. Satch

Honourable mentions:
SRV
Carlton
Gilmour

[smd24fan]

Just 5 is tough, so here goes...

1)EVH
2)John Petrucci
3)David Gilmour
4)Randy Rhoads
5)SRV

[timtheshredder]

How is Vai not on more people's lists? That's crazy! I can't really pick the top 5 best of all time because that's just ridiculous, so here the top 5 that influenced my playing the most.

Steve Vai
James Hetfield
EVH
Yngwie Malmsteen
Jimi Hendrix

It's debatable what order these should be in, but these guys shaped my life.

[racikafalah]

Jimi Hendrix
Joe Satriani
steve vai
Santana
Eric Clapton


My list.. :-)

[KDude]

How is Vai not on more people's lists? That's crazy! I can't really pick the top 5 best of all time because that's just ridiculous, so here the top 5 that influenced my playing the most.

Steve Vai
James Hetfield
EVH
Yngwie Malmsteen
Jimi Hendrix

It's debatable what order these should be in, but these guys shaped my life.

I definitely would put Vai high up, but I tried to limit to one 80s shredder on my list. That would be Mr. Van Halen. He's just got more of an underlying bluesy groove. In a way, he's an even better songwriter and rhythm player than a shredder... like Hendrix.

[threeminutesboy]

Steve Rothery
David Gilmour
Eric Clapton
Mark Knopfler
Steve Lukather

And many more but those are the one that got the most influence on my way to play