Your top twelve favourite guitarists.

LPManic

In chronological order:

1. Scotty Moore
2. Jimmy Bryant
3. Cliff Gallup
4. Jimmy Page
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Neil Young
7. Rory Gallagher
8. Mick Ronson
9. Roy Buchanan
10. Robben Ford
11. Slash
12. James Dean Bradfield

Roundwound

I’ve stuck to those still alive. In which case:

Clapton

then a large gap followed by

John Mayer
Angus Young
Slash
Billy Gibbons
Kenny Burrell

And when in the mood for more melodic pop rock:

Keith Scott
Joe Perry

Craigeymac86

1.Jimi Hendrix

2.Randy Rhoads

3.Keith Richards

4.Joe Perry

5.Doug Aldrich

6.Gary Moore

7.Richie Faulkner

8.John Sykes

9.Yngwie Mamsteen

10.John Norrum

11.Richie Blackmore

12.Brad Whitford

chrisj1602

No particular order…

John Squire
Johnny Marr
Noel Gallagher
Graham Coxon
George Harrison
Mike Campbell
Jimmy Page
Keith Richards
Neil Young
Eric Clapton
Robbie Krieger
Rory Gallagher

hywelg

1.  Peter Green

2. Kossoff

3. SRV

4. Rory

5. Keef (back in the Ya Ya's era)

6. Mick Taylor (no not the TPS one)

7. Blackmore

8. Matt Schofield

9. B.B

10.Robben Ford

11. Jeff Healey

12. Billy Gibbons

stylesforfree

Rory Gallagher
Wes Montgomery
Jack White
Junior Kimbrough
Grant Green
Boogaloo Joe Jones
O'Donel Levy
Shuggie Otis
Mike Bloomfield
Arthur Lee
Clarence Carter
Joe Walsh

Nightswan

Vinnie Moore
Paul Gilbert
Yngwie (early)
Gary Moore
Angus Young
Tony MacAlpine
Richie Kotzen
Jason Becker
Marty Friedman
Greg Howe
Joe Satriani
Bruce Bouillet

floeighty2

No order:

1. Jason Isbell
2. Nels Cline
3. Jeff Tweedy
4. Joey Landreth
5. Mike McCready
6. Tad Kubler
7. Scott Hutchison
8. James Dean Bradfield
9. Bill Kelliher
10. Sturgill Simpson 
11. Graham Coxon
12. Annie Clark

WYNIR0

Rob Chapman probably. 

WYNIR0

immediate top of head list

Brian May
George Harrison
Malcolm Young
Johnny Marr
Johnny Greenwood
Dave Gilmour
Steve Jones
SRV
Keef
Gabriela Quintero
Ed Wynne
Polly Harvey
and Prince to make it a bakers dozen

Moloch

In no particular order:

James Dean Bradfield
Bill Steer
Dave Mustaine
Marty Friedman
Jeff Hanneman
Dimebag Darrell
James Hetfield
Guthrie Govan
Geordie
Rocky George
Trey Azagthoth
Chuck Schuldiner

fretfinder

In no particular order…

Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Jeff Beck
Eric Clapton
Dave Gilmour
Mick Ronson
Neil Young
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Mick Ralphs
George Harrison
Joe Walsh
Pete Townshend 


Dad rock rules! 

brojangles

Adrian Belew

Steve Cropper

Cornell Dupree

Robert Fripp

Jimi Hendrix

Ira Kaplan

Barney Kessel

Johnny Marr

Prince

Nile Rodgers

James Wilsey

Neil Young

portobear_65

Al Di Meola 
Ritchie Blackmore 
Jeff Beck
John McLaughlin 
Allan Holdsworth 
Carlos Santana 
Robin Trower
Bill Connors
Larry Coryell 
Pete Townshend 
Jimmy Page
Gary Moore

These are main guys who have caught my ear over the years, the list varies day to day but a good few of them are set in stone.