guitar heros

[Jonny Dubai]

Who are your top 5 guitar heros????????

1. Richie Kotzen
2. George Lynch
3. Andy Timmons
4. Paul Gilbert
5. Stevie Salas

(and many more)

 

[Antoine]

1-Greg Howe
2-Eddie Van Halen
3-Steve Lukather
4-Steve Morse
5-Pat Metheny

 

[Norrin Radd]

1-Satch (without hearing "Crush of Love" on the radio in '88, I woudn't be here!)
2-Steve Vai
3-John Petrucci
4-SRV
5-Dave Navarro


Considerable mentions:

Eddie Van Halen (before he went back on the sauce)
Sonny Landreth
Eric Johnson
Jimi
Ty Tabor

 

[Roubster]

1. Steve Morse
2. Joe Satriani
3. Ritchie Blackmore
4. John Petrucci
5. Vinnie Moore AND Tony MacAlpine (Both at the same level of inspiration for me)

Without Steve Morse I wouldn't be here and would never know about EBMM!

 

[kbaim]

1. Page
2. Morse
3. Juber

Many others but these 3 mean the most to me.

 

[brett8388]

1. Vinnie Moore
2) Randy Rhoads
3) Al Dimeola
4) Steve Morse
5) EVH

Brett

www.gilaguitars.com

 

[Beth]

1) Luke
2) Petrucci
3) BB King
4) Elvis Costello
5) Vai

 

[Beth]

geez, I can't forget Morse and Moore either....

 

[Roubster]

Morse is just completely unforgettable, as you can see in your case .

 

[Monster]

1)SRV ( god bless him)
2)Eddie Van Halen
3)John Petrucci
4)Marty Freidman
5)Richi Sanbora


Many more but these are my top five.

 

[francric]

Here we go again.........this comes up every six months. I'm surprised we haven't had someone post ten or twenty because they couldn't stick to the 5 rule.

1) Petrucci
2) Vai
3) Malmsteen
4) Wylde
5) Tremonti

 

[beej]

1. Jimmy Page
2. Jeff Beck
3. Alex Lifeson
4. Steve Morse
5. EVH

 

[ScottCoLefty]

Who are your top 5 guitar heros????????

1. Richie Kotzen
2. George Lynch
3. Andy Timmons
4. Paul Gilbert
5. Stevie Salas

(and many more)

...did you hear about Richie's new band, Forty Deuce?... my bud is the bass player. Richie is singing (great pipes) and throwing in some lead guitar. Their actual website is just a bumper page now, but they're up on myspace...
http://myspace.com/fortydeuce

anyway, my top 5 would be....
Vai
SRV
Petrucci
Satriani
Page

 

[tvanveen]

- Tom Verlaine
- Johnny Marr
- Jonny Greenwood
- Hendrix
- Jeff Beck

 

[blackspy]

1.) EVH
2.) SRV
3.) Satriani
4.) Vai
5.) Lynch

-- Honorable Mentions (for me)

- Gilbert
- Demartini
- Hetfield (for his rhythms, and riffs)

 

[jimmyp]

1. EVH
2.Steve Stevens
3.Eric Johnson
4.JP
5.Mark Tremonti

Hon mentions go to Alex Lifeson, Neal Schon (who blew me away last month in Tampa - great player), DeGarmo and Wilton, and Dave Gilmour (who should really be in the top 5, but what the hell...)
dave

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

1 - Brian May
2 - EVH
3 - Pete Townshend (for attitute and power chords!)
4 - David Gilmour
5 - Pretend Pop Star Mark Chudley (a good friend and continued inspiration!)

 

[Spudmurphy]

Sonny Landreth
Paul Kossoff
SRV
Peter Green
Lowell George
Bonnie Rait

I never could count !

 

[tommyindelaware]

Sonny Landreth
Paul Kossoff
SRV
Peter Green
Lowell George
Bonnie Rait

I never could count !

yo spud...i have a strap that belonged to paul kossoff .........as legend has it !!!!!!(a long story)
i was a huge paul kossoff fan . the tone on "be my friend" !!!!!!!!! god !!!!! beautiful !!!!! only his hands could get that sound !!!!!

 

[Monster]

Sonny Landreth
Bonnie Rait

yes Bonnie Rait is a very good player.... good choice