Name your top 3 guitarists

equalsql

Lexie1 said:

1. Laurie Wisefield

2. Mike Casswell

3. Andy Latimer

  @Lexie1: glad to see Laurie Wisefield's name in this list, he's a superb player.

Top three for me must be:
1. Robben Ford
2. Peter Frampton
3. John Scofield

EricTheWeary

Deadman;191267" said:

3. A toss up between Johnny Marr and Frank Gambale

Rarely seen together in the same sentence!

Deadman

EricTheWeary;191277" said:

[quote="Deadman;191267"]
3. A toss up between Johnny Marr and Frank Gambale

Rarely seen together in the same sentence!

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You don't want to see my CD collection in that case Mr W
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matt1973

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Lil' Wayne

Lixarto

matt1973 said:

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Lil' Wayne

Until now. I like him almost as much as I like Santana. Or Guthrie.

CHRISB50

1) Peter Green 2) Jimi Hendrix 3) Mike Bloomfield

ourmaninthenorth

1. Robert Fripp

2. Paul Kossoff

3. Rory Gallagher.

Skipped

1 Mark Knopfler. I only have to hear the first 2 notes and I am in awe of the guy. Tone is really important. Or do I mean "feel".
2. Clapton with Cream. Since then.....not so much.
3. Third choice changes a bit but today I am going to say Robben Ford. I really like his attitude. His last album but one was played (all of it)  on the neck pickup of a '63 Epiphone Riviera. I love that. Pick a sound that you love and allow that sound to dominate the whole album. Fabulous.

sweepy

1 Jeff Beck

2 Allan Holdsworth

3 David Torn

All 3 push the boundaries and never settle for "good enough" , what its all about I think

Loobs

Tough. Maybe:

Bill Frisell
Wes Montgomery
Nels Cline.

RocknRollDave

TonyR said:

1. Johnny Marr

2. Paul Weller

3. John Squire

Interesting choice, Paul Weller. His playing with The Jam is soooooo underrated, it's unreal

Jeztone

Alex Lifeson: Can do it all literally! John McGeoch: the same but a post punk Lifeson Gary Moore: just the pasion & fury

Loobs

Lifeson is brill. Very versatile.

Mike Sullivan is one of my favourite players for heavy stuff. For punk: ian MacKaye and guy picciotto from fugazi.

Lixarto

Skipped  His last album but one was played (all of it)  on the neck pickup of a '63 Epiphone Riviera. I love that. Pick a sound that you love and allow that sound to dominate the whole album. Fabulous.

That's nothing - Wilko has made an entire career using only one pick-up!

DrJazzTap

Hmm tricky one so many!!!

1) Allan Holdsworth- His chordal work and his improvisational skills. I never tire of listening to him. Constantly evolving. I've met him four times after gigs and he is the sweetest guy. Real example of humility.
2) Robben Ford, my kind of blues guitarist
3) Wayne Krantz - my kind of jazz/funk guitarist

Was really tempted to include GG, as he can play pretty much anything. It's odd though, sometimes he'll play something which will make the hairs on my arm stand on end. On other occasions though, his playing leaves me a bit cold.

TonyR

RocknRollDave said:

TonyR said:

1. Johnny Marr

2. Paul Weller

3. John Squire

Interesting choice, Paul Weller. His playing with The Jam is soooooo underrated, it's unreal

It's for his playing during The Jam years I picked him  

 I'm surprised nobody seems to have yet mentioned Pete Townshend

Iamnobody

Tricky...today it would be.

Neil Young - a legend
Jonny Greenwood - unique
Dan Auerbach - probably my favourite over the last few years.

Just missing out would be Richard Hawley, Weller, early Clapton & Green.

Bellycaster

I'll stick to my original influences.

Brian May

David Gilmour

Nile Rodgers

Doug

Gary Moore
Dave Gilmour
Bill Nelson

hard to limit it to 3, also love Nuno Bettencourt +Evh's rhythm playing

wibble

Eddie Van Halen

Joe Satriani

Alex Lifeson