Who's your top 5 favourite guitarists.

nonesuch

For today, in no particular order:

Neil Young
The Edge
Wayne Hussey
Johnny Marr
Kurt Cobain

dazzajl

ManWithoutSkin said:

Richie Sambora

Keith Scott

Brian May

Eddie Van Halen
The Edge

Nice to see Keith Scott get a mention. Apart from being brilliant and one of the very few to have a Sig Gretsch, I don't think anyone has ever written a solo that better serves its song than he did in that one.

adamino

EVH
George Lynch (Lynch Mob) 
Bonamassa
Gary More
Jimi

shoodurs

Moore
Hendrix
Sambora
Django
Alex Hutchings

ManWithoutSkin

dazzajl said:

ManWithoutSkin said:

Richie Sambora

Keith Scott

Brian May

Eddie Van Halen
The Edge

Nice to see Keith Scott get a mention. Apart from being brilliant and one of the very few to have a Sig Gretsch, I don't think anyone has ever written a solo that better serves its song than he did in that one.

He’s great. His playing is tasteful and all about adding to the song.

portobear_65

Ritchie Blackmore
Al DiMeola 
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page 
Rory Gallagher 

stickyfiddle

+1 for Keith Scott. Really great "song" player

Teacherphil

Jimi Hendrix
Slash
J Mascis
John Squire
John Frusciante

axisus

I'm showing my prog leanings and going for

Nick Barrett
Steve Hackett
John Mitchell
Guthrie Govan
Alex Hutchings


Previous faves have been Vai, Satch, Petrucci, Rothery, SRV, Beck, but life moves on.

monkey42

Larry Carlton
Robben Ford
Gary Moore 
Mark Knopfler
Hank Marvin

Kilgore

EVH
Angus
Joey Santiago
Gilmour
Lightning Hopkins

Today. 

Fez

In no particular order
Johnny Winter
Tony Iommi
Rory Gallagher
Chantel McGregor
Steve Hillage

1979

The order changes daily but

Jack White
Steve Cropper
Jimmy Page
Mark Knopfler
Nile Rogers

5 just isn’t enough 

DoctorX

Hard to limit it to just 5 but I think it has to be these fellas:

Jimi Hendrix
Peter Green
Jonny Greenwood 
Jimmy Page
John Squire

Nerine

TINMAN82 said:

Nerine said:

I really don’t know. But in any top 5, which could be different depending on what week of the year it is, Joe Bonamassa would always make the list. 
I think he may be my favourite. Which I feel leaves me open for a panning. 

It always used to be Iommi, Slash, Zakk Wylde, Bettencourt Etc, but as I’ve grown a bit older, I find them less relevant to the instrument and regardless of how many of Slashes solos across all the GnR albums (and the Snakepit stuff) I absolutely adore and can sing them back as nauseum, he doesn’t do it for me quite as much any more. He’d probably always be in my top 5 with Joe too. Just simply for being so memorable (I’ve always cited Guns N Roses as my favourite band), even if I find the technique and licks not particularly to my current tastes. That could change next week, though. 

Ive just always been mesmerised by Bonamassa’s playing though, since I first heard him. 

Stylistically he really puts me in a weird place. I love to try to copy him, but ultimately I don’t really class myself as a blueser. I’m more into hard/heavy/classic rock etc.

What I do know though, is that Joe makes me want to try to copy him and it inspires me to play my guitar more and keep improving. Can’t really ask for more than that. 

Agree re Bonamassa (think I was the first to list him here). It’s a shame a 5 paragraph explanation is required to justify him but I understand that too! 

He seems very underrated on here, even just as a guitar player never mind his song writing which is often slated. I would suggest people listen to his newly released anniversary issue A New Day Now. He’s redone the vocals (for the better). On that 20 year old album he shows mastery of the traditional stuff merged with modernised jazzy runs and other influences. If Josh Smith released that album tomorrow he’d be on the front cover of every guitar mag!

Thanks for the heads up. I have just added to my Apple Music. 

Teyeplayer

Would have to be:
Johnny Greenwood
Richard Thompson
Keith Richards
Bernard Butler
Whichever Dessner is playing at that particular moment (as twins surely they are genetically one)?

donbot

EVH

Little Stevie Vai

Guthrie Govan

Adrian Legg

SRV

In no particular order and if you ask again tomorrow I’ll probably come up with something different. 

Honourable mention to Devin Townsend although I see him as more of a composer kinda thing than guitarist. 

Also Jan Cyrka, Satch, early Yngwie, Gilmore, Trower... 

phil_b

monkey42 said:

Larry Carlton
Robben Ford
Gary Moore 
Mark Knopfler
Hank Marvin

I am surprised Hank Marvin only got onto one list.

Nikc

Currently 

Danish Pete 
Chris Buck
My Mate Jon Walsh
Henrix
& John Mayer

Based on current listening and impact on my playing and being really honest

JerkMoans

Tough question. So, so many.

But in terms of who inspires me to pick up and try to learn/copy right now:

Django Reinhardt 

Prince
Nile Rogers
Peter Green
Marc Ribot