guitar heros

[robelinda2]

I'm been listening to heaps of Clapton lately, i love Badge, especially his phrasing. Cream era Clapton rules!!!

my heroes-

Ian Moss
Tommy Emmanuel
Albert Lee
Robben Ford
Steve Lukather
Eric Johnson
Andy Timmons
Carl Verheyen
Jeff Beck

 

[King Hazel!]

1) Jimi Hendrix
2) Eddie Hazel
3) Wes Montgomery
4) Jimmy Nolen
5) Curtis Mayfield
6) Claydes Smith
7) T-Bone Walker
8) Albert King
9) Freddie King
10) B.B. King

And many countless others but these are truly my top 10.....

 

[Astrofreq]

Sure, what the heck. Lately. these are my top 5 favs:

1. Michael Hedges
2. Phil Keaggy
3. EVH
4. Ty Tabor
5. Wayne Krantz (blows my mind)

NEXT five could be these in no particular order:
Vernon Reid, early Steve Vai, George Harrison, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix (of course)

 

[Dizzy]

In No Particular Order :
These are the guys I idolised as a kid/teen..... their music is a memorable part of my past.


* Mark Knopfler ! (I May not be playing guitar if I hadn't heard Sultans at age 5 - that sound became an obsession).
* Satch
* Vai
* Lynch (Back for the Attack era)
* Slash (Appetite was a huge part of my early teens).
* Zakk.
* Steve Stevens

 

[candid_x]

Randy California
Steven Stills
Jimi H
Jimmy P
Eric C
Steve M

 

[Paul in WV]

1) John Petrucci
2) Jimi Hendrix
3) Joe Satriani
4) Steve Morse
5) Wow...the four above were hard and I'm not sure they're in the right order...they should ALL be Number 1.

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So, for my Number 5, Let me add to the list the following:
Nuno Bettencourt
Lee Ritenour
Al DiMeola
Django
Eric Clapton
Eddie Van Halen
Randy Rhodes
Jimmy Page
BB King
Jerry Reed
Chet Atkins
Roy Clark
Ric Emmet
Paul Gilbert
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Andres Segovia
John Williams (the Guitarist, not the conductor/composer)
Steve Vai
Alexi Laiho
Terry Kath
Neal Schon
Warren DeMartini
Steve Howe
Alex Lifeson
George Lynch
Steve Wilson
David Gilmour
...and the List goes on. They're all exceptional and they're all my heros but to put anyone in the rat-hole of top five is nearly impossible as my tastes change from day to day.

 

[Purple ASS]

Larry Carlton
Robben Ford
Johnny Hiland
Albert Lee
Luke
BB King
Martin Taylor


not necessarily in that order...depends on the mood

 

[Jason5150]

1) Brian May - Tone, Choice of Notes, song writing....complete package!
2) John Petrucci - Just all around brilliant.
3) Randy Rhoads - After Brian, Randy was my guitarists guitar hero!
4) Zakk Wylde (particularly late 80's up to mid 90's playing) Zakk got me into heavy rock and developing my playing.
5) Steve Morse - Arguably the most accomplished guitarist on this list. Clean, articulate, tones, different styles, awesome!

Honourable Mention) Mustaine + Friedman! The songs and the solo's. Check out the solo from Tornado of Souls, it's worth its weight in gold!

Wooden Spoon: Vai & Satch - even though I barely listen to these two anymore they had a huge part in getting me into 'instrumental music' and practising a hell of a lot more than what I was at the time.

 

[Junior]

Hmmmm.... tough one. Really. But, I'm very surprised to see people having same influences as I do, even Sambora, Kotzen etc. What a bunch of phenomenal players!

Well, here we go. Not in any particular order

1.) Morse
2.) Sambora
3.) SRV
4.) Luke
5.) Kotzen / Petrucci

Of course, I love a lot more, and many different styles - from B.B. King and Buddy Guy to Petrucci and Gilbert, Tommy Emmanuel etc.

 

[threeminutesboy]

Thanks for bringing back this thread

1/ David Gilmour
2/ Steve Lukather
3/ Steve Rothery
4/ Eric Clapton
5/ Larry Carlton

but how not to mention the Beatles(Harrison, Lenon Mc Cartney), Yes (Howe), Genesis (Hackett Rutherford) and Queen (May), Mark Knopfler

 

[mikeller]

Jeff Beck
Steve Morse
Eric Johnson
Steve Howe
Jimi

I'd also like to add: George Harrison, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Robin Trower & Michael Bloomfield and David Gilmour ....

 

[mcvinyl]

No particular order

Top 5
Larry Carlton
Robben Ford
Eric Clapton
Peter Green
EVH

Next 5
Buddy Guy
SRV
Gary Moore
Freddie King
Steve Morse

 

[Bungo]

OK,

By a feat of heroic endeavour, I think I've managed to pull together 5 more that I genuinely think are great, THAT NO ONE HAS MENTIONED SO FAR! (I think)

Anyway, here goes.......

1) Steve Hackett (proper classical player too!)
2) Malcolm Young (More important to the AC/DC sound than Angus IMHO)
3) The Edge (!!!!)
4) John Mitchell (Arena/Frost - Check him out - no really!)
5) Mike Oldfield (Woefully under-apprecited as a unique guitar player)



Phew....off for a lie down now!

Edit: Bu**er, just noticed threeminutesboy had Hackett and Rutherford (but in brackets), ah well it was a good try!

 

[Paul Warren]

So many good ones...

Ron Thal
Andy Timmons
JP
Paul Gilbert
Doyle Dykes
Vinnie Moore
Malmsteen (old stuff)
Guthrie Govan
Luke
Morse
Christopher Parkening
Dimeola

 

[JSX]

My guitar heros right now are:

Paul Gilbert
John Petrucci
Joe Satriani
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Steve Vai
Andy Timmons
David Gilmour
Steve Morse
Ritchie Blackmore
Yngwie Malmsteen (old stuff)

There will be a different list tomorrow.

 

[Earplayer]

no particular order:

joe satriani
steve lukather
jimi hendrix
eddie van halen
mark knopfler (reason i play guitar)


there are so many good guitarists like petrucci, gilbert, malmsteen, vai, blackmore, page, clapton, beck, morse, ............... so it´s really hard.... everyone has a different/unique style and technique, everyone is an awesome player.

 

[Rossie]

John Petrucci
Slash
Masahiro Andoh (T-Square)
John McLaughlin
Al DiMeola

My friends describe my taste in music weird... I've been listening ONLY to DT starting from their ToT album, was quite a big GnR fan before. Got turned onto some jazz/fusion by my drummer. And I don't like metal, at all. DT is the only "metal" band I listen to. If you guys like jazz/fusion, gotta listen to some T-Square and Casiopea, both from Japan. Got attracted to the speed metal element of Mahavishnu Orchestra. Started to listen to Al Dimeola because of JP.

But my favourite guitarist of all time is John Petrucci. No one touches him.

Casiopea and T-Square performing the song Fightman.
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[JMB27]

Current top 5 guitar heroes:

Roy Buchanan
Danny Gatton
John Scofield
Brad Paisley
Grant Green

'course there are more, but these are the guys who are drivin' me crazy for tones, tunes and technique

Joel

 

[The Musicman]

1. Vinnie Moore
2. Frank Gambale
3. Jason Becker
4. Vinnie Vincent ! lol

 

[candid_x]

Current top 5 guitar heroes:

Roy Buchanan
Danny Gatton
John Scofield
Brad Paisley
Grant Green

'course there are more, but these are the guys who are drivin' me crazy for tones, tunes and technique

Joel

Nice to see Roy on the list.