Favorite Guitarists?

[antfarm]

Jimi Hendrix
Albert King
B.B. King
Curtis Mayfield
Cornell Dupree
George Benson
Mike Stern

Gary Clarke Jr.
Melanie Faye
Grace Bowers

 

[groooooove]

of electric players, I think Jason Becker is the all-time greatest.

His chops are insane but I find his sense of "music," the bigger concepts and ideas, to be of a higher quality.

A great lesson is to listen to his shred-stuff, his solo record, and then the album he played on with david lee roth.

On dave's album, he's doing what a pro does. he's obviously doing exactly what dave asked for, very little of those insane chops are on display.

had his career not been cut so short i think he would have ended up a household name just jimi hendrix, or van halen.

 

[Aussie Player]

Paul Kossoff
Clapton in his 20's
Gary Moore
George Harrison
John Lennon
Townshend
Keef
Hendrix
Gilmore
Albert, BB and Buddy.
Haven't seen their equal since, that wasn't just emulating.

 

[Fuzzbass]

I could name many but will stick to my top two:

Jeff Beck
Jimi Hendrix

Both revolutionized the instrument. It's a tragedy that Jimi died so young... just imagine what he could have done if he'd lived as long as Jeff.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Johnny Winter
Zal Cleminson
Steve Wagner
Randy Bachman
David Lindley
Glen Buxton
Scott Gorham
Joe Maphis
Skunk Baxter

 

[oren]

Of currently playing guitarists Peter Bernstein is the guy I keep listening to. Historically, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green are all high up on my list.

 

[MCS4]

Mikael Akerfeldt, James Hetfield, Guthrie Govan, Marc Ribot, SRV.

 

[jTrolt]

A few that have not yet been mentioned, no particular order:
Alex Machacek
John Schofield
Allan Holdsworth
Greg Howe
Guthrie Govan

 

[Brandon Shea]

Any appreciation for Nile Rodgers? His playing always seems to fit the song perfectly, and he always leaves room in the mix for the rest of the group.

 

[Plectrum72]

Robert Smith
Mike McCready
Saul Hudson
Keith Urban
Steve Vai

 

[MonetBass]

In no particular order:
Eddie Van Halen
Al Di Meola
Steve Morse
Brad Gillis
Jeff Watson
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Pat Metheny
Lee Ritenour
Tim Pierce
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Larry Carlton
Stanley Jordan
Allan Holdsworth
Steve Howe
Brian May
Kerry Livgren
David Gilmour
Eric Johnson
Prince

 

[B Minor Threat]

Good to see Robert Smith getting love. Simple and clean, but so effective. Throw Johnny Marr in there, too. No power chords, ever!

 

[DavidG]

I agree with a lot of the players mentioned.
Have to add Mike Keneally, Billy Strings, Paolo Angeli, Robert Fripp (was he already mentioned?), Derek Gripper, Terje Rypdal and Jeff Buckley.

 

[guitarflinger]

Not primarily a country fan, but I think Roy Clark and Glen Campbell should be mentioned

 

[DuluthDank]

Julian Lage
MIke Stern
Steve Howe
Eddie Van Halen

 

[Trabeen]

Sonny Landreth
David Lindley
Ollie Halsall
Nuno Bettencourt

 

[scrubhelmet]

Ali Hooshmand (he's in an indie band named Ivan Theory)

Thomas Erak (The Fall of Troy)

Mike Einziger (Incubus)

Diego Figuereido (Brazilian samba and bossa nova guitarist)

 

[sonic boogaloo]

steve cropper needs to be mentioned before getting to the third page of this thread... and scotty moore.

 

[Bassinthemudd]

Many greats already listed.

Some not yet mentioned:

Steve Tibbetts
Kevin Eubanks
Joe Pass
Django Reinhardt
Bireli Lagrene
Roy Buchanan
Charlie Christian
Duane Allman
Derek Trucks
Skip James
Larry LaLonde
Paco de Lucía
Larry Coryell
Jimmy Page
Keith Richards
Mick Goodrick
Ralph Towner

 

[mindwell]

-Michael Schenker
-George Harrison
-Bill Frisell
-Pat Metheny
-Jeff Beck
-Tommy Bolin
-Joni Mitchell
-Albert Collins
-Juliana Hatfield
-Nick Drake
-Robert Quine
-Howard Roberts
-Vernon Reid
-Brian Tatler
-Jan Akkerman
-Steve Khan
-Malcolm Young
-Jimi
-Steve Cropper
-Junior Kimbrough
-Redd Volkaert
-Mike Bloomfield