your top 5 guitarists...

[bbjonz]

Always a fun topic. In no particular order:

Robben Ford
Oz Noy
Fareed Haque
Pat Metheny
Bireli Lagrene (the Michael Brecker of guitar--nothing he can't play)

Honorable Mentions:

George Harrison, Wayne Krantz, Wes (really, honorable mention?), Steve Morse, George Benson, and a host of others...

 

[Kvaksalver]

Steve Lukather
Andy Timmons
Steffen Schackinger
Paul Gilbert
Eddie van Halen

 

[banjoplayer]

uh I didn´t kno this thread so far.... 5 is hard...
- Steve Morse
- Brian May
- Ritchie Blackmore
- Mark Knopfler
- David Gilmour
- Chris Rea (anybody knows...?)

nice to seee that Bonamassa and Trucks were mentioned here in 2005!

 

[NorM]

Steve Morse
Satch
Chet Atkins
Jeff Beck
Kieth Baim

 

[mrmckinney]

Andy Timmons
Joey Landreth
Guthrie Govan
Mark Letierri
Steve Lukather
Eric Johnson

Sorry I can’t count... geez there are sooo many I wanna list


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[acwild]

Nuno Bettencourt
Ian Thornley
EVH
Blues Saraceno
Alex Lifeson

I'm definitely showing my age with this list.

 

[MesaBeno]

Steve Morse
Brad Paisley
Andy Timmons
Mateus Asato
Eric Gillette(Neal Morse Band)

Interesting to see Gillette listed without JP present on the list as well; to me Eric mimics JP incredibly well, but doesn't stray far enough from what I've heard to give him his own style aside from JP's influence.

 

[GWDavis28]

Steve Morse
Satch
Chet Atkins
Jeff Beck
Kieth Baim

NorM, you spelled it wrong.

Keith Baim.

 

[GWDavis28]

Ok, here are mine but it's hard to only list 5.

1. Eric Clapton
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Steve Lukather
4. Stevie Ray Vaugh
5. BB King

Glenn |B)

 

[Samoht]

Interesting to see Gillette listed without JP present on the list as well; to me Eric mimics JP incredibly well, but doesn't stray far enough from what I've heard to give him his own style aside from JP's influence.

I can see your point, so let me explain. Eric can play the Glass Prison crosspicking arpeggio at full speed live (even though he didn’t write it). Eric’s soloing on the Neal Morse Band’s “Similitude of a Dream” is more my style. IMO, he’s a more natural player with better feel than JP. Not taking anything away from JP. I’m sure Eric would cringe to read this. And the cool thing is if Eric’s in a band he can literally play every instrument at world class level and deliver amazing tenor vocals. He’s the best all around musical person I’ve come across.

 

[ScottYecora]

Steve Lukather, my favourite since as far as I can remember !
Ty Tabor
Michael Romeo
Jorn Viggo Lofstad
Eric Johnson

But I could have added Simone Mularoni (of DGM), Mats Haugen (of Circus Maximus), Mattias IA Eklundh (of Freak Kitchen), Marco Sfogli and the all time classics like John Petrucci, Andy Timmons, Steve Vai, Brian May or Ed Van Halen, just to mention a few.

 

[NorM]

NorM, you spelled it wrong.

Keith Baim.

I didn't spell it wrong
It's a different guy


He didn't make your top 5?

 

[GrooveMerchant]

In no order:

Guthrie Govan
Danny Gatton
Brian May
Billy Gibbons
Derek Trucks

 

[Fuzzy Pinetree]

Jason Richardson
John Petrucci
Andy Timmons
Plini
Aaron Marshall

Honorable Mentions:
Guthrie Govan

 

[MesaBeno]

I can see your point, so let me explain. Eric can play the Glass Prison crosspicking arpeggio at full speed live (even though he didn’t write it). Eric’s soloing on the Neal Morse Band’s “Similitude of a Dream” is more my style. IMO, he’s a more natural player with better feel than JP. Not taking anything away from JP. I’m sure Eric would cringe to read this. And the cool thing is if Eric’s in a band he can literally play every instrument at world class level and deliver amazing tenor vocals. He’s the best all around musical person I’ve come across.

Fair point, sir...fair point indeed! I have to +1 you on that.

 

[vexed73]

Lukather
Satriani
SRV
Gilmour
EVH

 

[GWDavis28]

I didn't spell it wrong
It's a different guy


He didn't make your top 5?

He would have but there were only 5 allotted. ��

Glenn |B)

 

[AidenN]

SRV - The best and will never be replaced.
Gilmour
EVH
Eric Johnson
Satriani

Very tough to limit it to 5 like they said before, it has a lot to do with how you are feeling that particular day. 1 and 2 are consistent though.

 

[saihv]

Guthrie Govan
John Petrucci
David Gilmour
Eric Johnson
Eddie Van Halen / Joe Satriani

 

[gullymiles]

My top 5, heavily biased in favour of those who made a big impression on me in my formative years, would be:

Frank Zappa
Alex Lifeson
Adrian Belew
Larry Carlton
Pat Metheny

Honourable mentions:

Brian May (any of his fancy layered orchestral guitar)
Marc Ribot
John Frusciante
Steve Vai
Graham Coxon
Gary Moore.

Not strictly a guitarist but still very melodically interesting: the Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem (hard to find album tracks on youtube).