Who's your top 5 favourite guitarists.

welshboyo

hollywoodrox said:

welshboyo said:

Lukather
Neal Schon
Dan Huff
Michael Landau
EVH (for his rhythm playing)

Man that’s a top list 

I’m stuck in the 80’s haha

Kebabkid

welshboyo said:

Lukather
Neal Schon
Dan Huff
Michael Landau
EVH (for his rhythm playing)

I'd take that list any day and completely agree with the EVH comment.

However, whilst I really like him, I could replace Michael Landau with Nile Rodgers or Andy Summers or Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson

Nice one Wayne

steer

In no order:

Dave Gilmore
Mark Knopfler
Lindsey Buckingham
Gary Clarke Jr
Steve Stevens

Although if I thought about it for more than 2 minutes, I could probably come up with some "cooler" less mainstream ones. 

welshboyo

Kebabkid said:

welshboyo said:

Lukather
Neal Schon
Dan Huff
Michael Landau
EVH (for his rhythm playing)

I'd take that list any day and completely agree with the EVH comment.

However, whilst I really like him, I could replace Michael Landau with Nile Rodgers or Andy Summers or Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson

Nice one Wayne

Landau is probably one of my “mood dependant” guitarists who could quite easily drop out of the top 5 - I actually put down pre Still Got the Blues Gary Moore in that spot to begin with...

Robbo as well should have been there too.

Perhaps is should be a top 10!!

brojangles

Steve Cropper
Johnny Marr 
Prince 
Nile Rodgers 
James Wilsey 

Honourable mentions for Robert Fripp (but only on Bowie records), Adrian Belew (but only on Talking Heads records) and Neil Young. 

Humbucked

Chuck Berry is conspicuous by his absence here but off the top of my head : Vernon Reid. T Bone Walker. Wes Montgomery. Grant Green. Russell Malone.

HerrMetal

Michael Schenker

Randy Rhoads

Ritchie Blackmore

Eddie Van Halen

Tony Iommi

TINMAN82

Glad to see Tommy Iommi getting his dues. Wasn’t in my 5 but probably should have been.

Also interesting to see Grant Green and Wes Montgomery pop up several times. Been getting into those two (and Kenny Burrel) recently. Some cracking albums between them.

hollywoodrox

welshboyo said:

hollywoodrox said:

welshboyo said:

Lukather
Neal Schon
Dan Huff
Michael Landau
EVH (for his rhythm playing)

Man that’s a top list 

I’m stuck in the 80’s haha

If you’re going to be stuck anywhere ,it’s the best place

hollywoodrox

HerrMetal said:

Michael Schenker

Randy Rhoads

Ritchie Blackmore

Eddie Van Halen

Tony Iommi

Nice selection

PonchoGreg

Interesting to see very few mentions (or even none?) for Joe Pass and Derek Trucks... Might have missed some though.

It's weird in that when I listen to either I'm completely in awe, and would potentially trade a minor organ to be able to play like them. Just utter mastery (and a tone to die for in the case of Trucks). Yet I wouldn't put them on my list as I don't think I've been influenced by their music overall. Funny how that works!

hendrix2430

Robben Ford
Dean Deleo
Jimi Hendrix
Greg Howe
Mike Landau

dubber

Warren Haynes anyone?

Sassafras

In no particular order:
Wilko Johnson
Bernard Allison
John McGeoch
Hubert Sumlin
Jimi Hendrix

But why narrow it down to just 5?
I can think of a dozen more I like just as much.

enjo

Mike Einziger
Scott Gorham
John Mayer
Matt Bellamy
Jimi Hendrix

Rebar

Brian May
Ritchie Sambora
Eric Clapton 
Angus Young
SRV

mikem8634

Reg Smithies

Dave Fielding

Adrian Borland

John Squire

Bernard Butler

That_Lionel

Chuck Schuldiner

Alex Skolnick

Syu

Mille Petrozza

Gary Holt

gordiji

Greg Koch

Johnny Hiland

Eddie VH

Michael Schenker

Ritchie Blackmore

cbilly22

Fast Eddie Clarke
Mick Taylor
Tony Iommi
Angus Young
Jimmy Page