your top 5 guitarists...

[savannah_sean]

Steve Morse
Al DiMeola
Eric Johnson
Wes Montgomery
Jerry Donahue (actually, all 3 Hellecasters)

as for bass, Dave LaRue and Victor Wooten are my favorites.

 

[kbaim]

as for bass, Dave LaRue and Victor Wooten are my favorites.

Mine too!

 

[SteveLINY]

Guthrie Govan(owns all others )
Ron Thal
Shawn Lane
Steve Morse
And way too many to list.....

 

[ripley]

oh god! I forgot shawn lane!!!

I'm a terrible guitar person. 5 people is too tough. 10 maybe...

and thumbs up to everybody listing ron thal and Ia from freak kitchen!

 

[tommyindelaware]

jimi hendrix
steve morse
robben ford
buzz feiten
dan huff
bb king
chet atkins
jimmy herring
david gilmore
jeff beck
john petrucci
eric johnson
pat martino
billy gibbons
satch
duane allman
dicky betts
jimmy page
joe pass
sonny landreth
tommy emmanuel
albert lee
eric clapton
e.v.h.

sorry,
best i could do.......

 

[Dodgeball]

Five is definately too tough, tho I have done it before in another posting on the general music board I think.

Gonna just list 'em outright this time.

Ty Tabor
Alex Lifeson
Richie Sambora
The Edge
Steve Lukather

Honerable mentions to

Richie Kotzen
Lindsay Buckingham
Steve Rothery
Brian May

Laters

 

[savannah_sean]

Oh, I almost forgot:

NIGEL TUFNEL!!

 

[koogie2k]

Only 5?!?!?? HA, I'll break the rules also. In no particular order:

Randy Rhoads
Paul Gilbert
John Petrucci
Dimebag Darrell
Joe Satriani
Kerry King
Jeff Hanneman
Glen Tipton
KK Downing
Keith Baim
OC
NoRm
Segovia
Lawrence Juber (thanks Keith)
Bela Fleck (thanks Keith)
David Gilmour
Alex Skolnick (sp?)
Vai
....and the dude that whipped Vai in the Crossroads movie....Ralph Macchio!!
Jerry Cantrell
George Lynch


After the April 9th concert, I am sure Steve Morse will be on top of the list.....have to wait and see.

 

[kbaim]

And Juber will be in VA in MAY!!!!

Go see him.

 

[francric]

How can you pick just 5?

That's the point to this thread. Anybody can pick 10 or 20, hell you can name 50 great guitarists. But, can you actually sit there and only name your top, favorite, influential, greatest 5 of all time. Guitarists, can't seem to follow rules and go with the program.....sheesh!!!!

 

[jimmyp]

I'll keep it to 5. In no real order,
EVH
Steve Stevens
Eric Johnson
John Petrucci
Mark Tremonti (fights his way in after seeing Alter Bridge last year-awesome!)

 

[mbgreene]

Guitarists, can't seem to follow rules and go with the program.....sheesh!!!!

That's why they call it Rock 'n Roll - If guitar players followed rules we'd all still be playing the lute

 

[edensdad]

(edited quite a bit)

.....
Bela Fleck (thanks Keith) . . . . .

Isn't Bela Fleck a Banjo player ??????

Oh well - it still has strings on it.

 

[mesavox]

No order...

Brian May
John Petrucci
Steve Morse
David Gilmour
Steve Vai

 

[kbaim]

Isn't Bela Fleck a Banjo player ??????

Oh well - it still has strings on it.

True. But it ain't Deliverance.

Find his cd UFO TOFU (or DVD Live At The Quick). My favorite "find" since Steve Morse way back in '82.

UFO TOFU has an amazing harmonica/keyboard player on it. No longer with the band. And bass player extroidinaire Victor Wooten!
KEITH

 

[ripley]

back to the point about lute players...

lute players actually were fundimentally improvisationalists (sorry. little hung over. bad speller this morning)

while they had very specific patterns and scales that were nearly universal among their peers, they all actually employed them in different ways, and different orders, making the bulk of their repitoir (god my spelling...) improvised.

aahhh... FINALLY that hedious music appreciation class was useful for something.

 

[koogie2k]

When I was out in Cali, Keith came to visit and gave me a video of Bela Fleck and amazing is putting it lightly. But, yes, he is a banjo player. Still find inspiration in his style and try to incorporate it in my playing. Awesome stuff, you all should check it out.

 

[Antoine]

First,
Greg Howe, my main influence and the Best IMO
then, in no particular order
EVH
Steve Morse
Luke
Ritchie Kotzen

 

[Rush]

just curious who everyone likes, whether they play ebmm or not.

1. John Petrucci (Dream Theater, LTE)
2. Alex Lifeson (Rush)
3. Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
4. Jeff Buckley
5. Joe Satriani
6. Vinnie Moore
7. Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains)
8. Eddie Van Halen
9. Ron Thal (Bumblefoot)
10. Myself

 

[tommyindelaware]

That's the point to this thread. Anybody can pick 10 or 20, hell you can name 50 great guitarists. But, can you actually sit there and only name your top, favorite, influential, greatest 5 of all time. Guitarists, can't seem to follow rules and go with the program.....sheesh!!!!

who am i to to take your idea..and expand on it !!!!!!!