your top 5 guitarists...

[elhueso]

Mmmm... only five, that's too hard but I'll try my best, here I go:

John Petrucci
Steve Vai
Paul Gilbert
Jason Becker
Steve Morse

 

[mischi_miyagi]

Hard to choose only 5...

Ritchie Blackmore
Guthrie Govan
Joe Satriani
John Scofield
Tommy Emmanuel

Not listed in any specific order...

Cheers, Michael

 

[dnr666]

My last post seems to have gone missing!

Robben Ford
Scott Henderson
David Gilmore (the Jazz guy)
Eivind Aarset
Nguyen Le

Honorable mentions
Jon Herington
David Torn
Bill Frisell
Richard Thompson
Pat Martino

 

[alf cockle]

david gilmour,keef,clapton,bb,colin james

 

[Jp6Fanatic]

Cool thread, here are my five. John Petrucci, Jason Richardson, Mark Holcomb, Aaron Marshall and Misha Mansoor. (Honorable Mentions) Martin Miller, David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson and Andy Timmons.

 

[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