Name your top 3 guitarists

Drew_TNBD

Adam Jones.
Mikael Akerfeldt.
Stephen Carpenter.

EricTheWeary

Today's, very tired, entirely propped up on caffeine answer:

Rory Gallagher - quite a lot of the time that's the sound in my head when I pick up a guitar

Jim Campilongo - I don't think I listen to much just for the guitar playing except maybe some of Jim C's where I can still enjoy a meh tune just because it has him playing on it. 

Earl 'Chinna' Smith - he has a massive discography and I don't know much about him really but I worked out he is a link between some of my favourite records so I have probably listened to him play more than anybody else, ever.

Right, see you tomorrow...

lasermonkey

Robin Guthrie Iain Archer and either Dave Fielding or Robert Smith.

dogload

Mine would have to be:

1) Syd Barrett- innovative, interesting and very English!

2) Steffy Sharpstrings (from Here&Now)- Spacey and trippy like Steve Hillage but more punky and loose. I love Hillage, but Mr Sharpstrings has more 'edge'.

3) Will Sergeant- Like Syd, Will Sergeant always sounded like he was always at the edge of his technique and still pushing. His guitar playing was always very psychedelic and made those early Bunnymen albums.

Lixarto

Very, very hard to pick just three.

In no order:

Chuck Berry

Neil Young

Ritchie Blackmore

Chuffola

In no particular order...

Andy Summers ( has he been mentioned? Phrasing and chord choices are excellent)

David Gilmour, natch.

Stephen Stills - acoustic or electric, the man is a genius.

thumpingrug

Steve Rothery

David Gilmore

Chris Rea

asimmd

Showing my age but here goes Hank Marvin for getting me hooked on guitar. Ritchie Blackmore The first real guitarist I liked. Mark Knopfler for being the most tuneful,love his stuff.

TonyR

1. Johnny Marr

2. Paul Weller

3. John Squire

cruxiform

1.Jimi Hendrix
2.Steve Jones
3.Gary Moore

fretfinder

Me, me and me.

Well you didn't qualify 'top' and I'm definitely the best guitarist in my house.

When my eldest son is out anyway...  

ArchtopDave

Robben Ford.

Emily Remler.

Joe Pass.

Grunfeld

1.  Michael Schenker

2.  Vini Reilly

3.  Buck Dharma

John_P

Andy Latimer
Steve Rothery

and then way too many too list...  Dave Gilmour and Alex Lifeson would be strong contenders but very close behind would be Vai, Lukather, Moore, Knopfler depending on my mood and the songs.

MattG

Gary Moore

Steve Stevens

Jeff Beck

iseverynamegone

Alex Lifeson , Steve Howe.

I Don't really need a third on my island but how about Ty Tabor who I loves in the early albums and ill agree that Graham Coxon is always under the radar.

Loobs

Tough. Maybe:

Bill Frisell
Wes Montgomery
Nels Cline.

oddball

impossible not to put David Gilmour at #1 after that #2 goes to Doyle Bramhall II (great mix of SRV, Hendrix and Lenny Kravitz all rolled into one)

#3 can't decide out of 4/5 people but lets say James Hetfield

fretfinder

fretfinder said:

Me, me and me.

Well you didn't qualify 'top' and I'm definitely the best guitarist in my house.

When my eldest son is out anyway...  

OK, Gilmour, Page, SRV and Clapton. I can't count.  

Deadman

Very tough.

Today:

1. Jeff Kollman
2. John Frusciante
3. A toss up between Johnny Marr and Frank Gambale