Name your top 3 guitarists

FX_Munkee

Well, seeing as I never did it first time around.
 EVH
Ritchie Blackmore
Malcom Young

Not so much as I want to listen to them all the time, more that they all did things that made me go "I want to do that".

bloodandtears

Tricky...

Once it was probably: Vai, Hammett and Malmsteen
Now its probably: Rothery, Adrian Smith, and John Petrucci

Jalapeno

Hmm

3. hard ... any one of SRV, Clappers, Larry Carlton, Mike Stern, Pat Martino, Birelli Lagrene, Stochelo Rosenberg, Jim Hall, Steve Hackett, Billy Gibbons, Angus Young, Warren Haynes, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher

2. Charlie Christian - just listen to his stuff, there was nothing before him. A true pioneer.

1. Django Rienhardt - effortless playing, really inventive lines

DesVegas

1- Robert Smith
2- Jonny Greenwood
3- Neil Young

rockmonster

Gary Moore (for heart and soul in his live performances)

Michael  Schenker (for tone, melody and phrasing)

Edward Van Halen (for raising the bar out of sight on VH1 alone!)

ourmaninthenorth

Today it's Fripp, Greeny, and Joe Pass.

Whitecat

1. Alan Sparhawk

2. Dave Depper

3. David Gilmour

axisus

Col_Decker

Page

Gilmour

Eric Schenkman (who? Yes him from the Spin Doctors. His jazz/rock riffing and soloing makes me hard)

Blackjack

Crumbs this is a tough one!  Very!!

Probably for me Gary Moore with his blues head on, Dave Gilmour and Eric Clapton but also with Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler and several others all jostling for a place! 

Alnico

Tim Pierce
Guthrie Govan
Jimi Hendrix

In that order.

Exorcist

I find in funny how many can't commit to three! I struggled - its like being judged on three guitar players.. ooh do I pick some esoteric players to look cool, or the ones I actually listen too.. :-P

BintyTwanger77

1. Johnny Marr

2. Nick McCabe

3. Bernard Butler

(and if I was allowed a 4th, Graham Coxon...very close between him and BB, for me).

siraxeman

1 Brian May

2 EVH

3 Joe Satriani

3...and onwards are subject to change depending on the day/weather/mood etc. Today Satch....was a toss up beween he and Gary Moore....

SexualChocolate

In terms of overall influence, rather than who I'm listening to now, and in no particular order:

Guthrie Govan
Slash
EVH

nick_s

Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Richie Sambora

Octafish

In terms of influencing me to play....

1) David Gilmour
2) Jimi Hendrix
3) Jimmy Page/Neil Young

Plus many more others.....

The critical point for me is also loving the music they make. I can't just listen to a guitarist for technique/soloing, got to have good tunes as well.

Rocker

Rory Gallagher

Mark Knopfler

Luther Perkins

RocknRollDave

bloodandtears said:

Tricky...

..what, the Bristol-based Trip Hop pioneer.....?

mike_l

It's still
Dave Murray/Adrian Smith/Jannick Gers

Michael Wilton/Chris Degarmo (and now Parker Lundgren)

Yes, I know that's more than 3, they're from the same bands...