Who are your top 5 guitarists?

uksaint7

Roland said:

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/187519/

Equally https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/204933/favourite-seven-guitar-players (I was a bit more generous with my allowance!)

scrumhalf

Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Peter Green 
Rory Gallagher 
Micky Jones 

The top position will never change, 2-4 are a movable feast. 

SimonC

At the moment

Jim Campilongo
James Wilsey
Richard Hawley
Don Peris 

I seem to be going through a bit of a “twang” phase, It’ll be different again next week.

88CuzJ

This is great! Loads to go at here for at least the next year or so. Interesting to see what everyone is listening to! 

darthed1981

SimonC said:

Don Peris 

I was so sure for a minute there that said "Don Penis"

DesVegas

Robert Smith

Jonny Greenwood
Johnny Marr

Tom Morello
Andy Bell (Ride)

beed84

In no particular order:

Richie Sambora
Slash
George Benson 
Robben Ford
Mark Knopfler

+1 Steve Lukather

RocknRollDave

DesVegas said:

Robert Smith

Robert Smith is a really interesting choice!

I suppose I’ve never thought of him as a guitarist, if you see what I mean, but he definitely has his own voice on the instrument.
Read a guitar mag interview with him a while back where he was discussing the way he tunes different strings slightly off-pitch because adding chorus (as he does) makes them sound out-of-tune unless he compensates for this with his tuning. This is clearly not a guy who is bluffing his way through life by knowing a few cowboy chords and stringing a few simple songs together.

FelineGuitars

Lately it's been 
Michael Schenker

Wolf Hoffman (Accept)
Jake E Lee (Ozzy)
George Lynch (Dokken)

Chris De Garmo/Michael Wilton (Queensryche)

and honourable mentions for Dave Meniketti, Mark Kendall, Matthias Jabs, Moody and Marsden, John Norum

warhead

1. Yngwie J Malmsteen
Vito Bratta
Reb Beach
George Lynch
John Sykes

There's Warren DeMartini too, and it's not possible not to list Vai and Satch

Placidcasual79

Or how about something completely different -

Eddie Hazel (Maggot Brain) 
Steve Cropper (Sitting on the dock of the bay)
Peter Tosh (till your well runs dry)
Corey Hanson (Fire on the mountain parts 1,2, + 3)
St Vincent (Live in the dream alone)

rlw

Clapton E.

Green P.

King F.

King BB.

Santana C.

Shows my age I guess

Reverend

For riffs

Bruce Franklin
Rick Wartell
Quorthorn
Phil Cope
Iommi

timmypix

Currently:

Plini
Jeff Loomis
David Maxim Micic
Josh Middleton
Slash

Litterick

Mary Halvorson
Sarah Lipstate
Jessica Ackerley
Ava Mendoza
Kaye Woodward

equalsql

Robben Ford 
John Scofield 
Larry Carlton 
Pat Travers
Julian Lage

blobb

scrumhalf said:

 
Micky Jones 

Zappa put him in his top 10, to which Deke commented "how do you think that made me feel?"

Both worthy of inclusion for me.

DonnyMac

Marcus King
Derek Trucks
Terry Robb
Kelly Joe Phelps
John Smith

stimpsonslostson

Gates and Vengeance (both in A7x- they're inseparable  can I claim then as "one")
Jason Isbell- brilliant singer/songwriter and an excellent guitarist too. 
Hinds/Kelliher (another pair. Mastodon this time). 

That's 5. 

My other 2 would be

Josh Homme of Qotsa, but especially Kyuss. 
Tony iommi- because Sabbath. 

Deadman

John Frusciante
Johnny Marr
Jimi Hendrix
Mike McCready 
Jeff Kollman