Your Five Favorite Guitarists

Mick Ronson
Mick Taylor
Metheny
Hendrix
Knopfler

 

Duane Allman
Peter Green
Mick Ronson
Jimi Hendrix
Robert Fripp

Hon. Mention:
Johnny Marr
James Williamson
Wayne Kramer
Robby Krieger
Gary Moore

 

Jimi Hendrix (of course!)
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)
Nancy Wilson (Heart)
James Hetfield (Metallica)
Brian May (Queen)

 

Well Brian is clearly the least technically proficient of them all, but Queen is my favourite band, and I love his guitar harmonies and all of the different sounds he could get out of his guitar. And with that said, I now realize I forgot Adrian Belew.

 

Garcia
Hendrix
R. Robertson
Stills
Betts

 

Bill Frisell
Pat Metheny
John Fahey
John McLaughlin
Ry Cooder

 

Well, for me, it’s never a question of being technically proficient. I can certainly hear what you like in May, but I suppose I just never was able to fully appreciate his style because Queen have never been a favorite band of mine.

 

A great list!

 

Jerry Garcia

Roy Buchanan

Eddie Hazel

Jeff Beck

Dimebag Darrell

Edit - I read it as 'rock guitarists,' so I guess I'd have to sub out Dimebag for Don Rich, but it's a tough call.

 

Richard Thompson

Darrell Scott

Jerry Garcia

Bert Jansch

Steuart Smith

 

Top-of-mind:

#1 Favorite: Mark Knopfler

Pat Metheny
Pete Townshend
Steve Cropper
Tom Petty/Mike Campbell

 

Jimi Hendrix
George Harrison
Mike Oldfield
Eric Johnson
David Gilmour

 

Joe Walsh
Gary Moore
Eric Clapton
Pete Townshend
Steve Hackett

 

Another great list. Mike Oldfield is certainly one of my favorites as well, but there wasn’t any room for him in my ‘Top 5’ unfortunately.

 

Jimmy Page
Keith Richards
Lou Reed
Johnny Marr
John Squire

 

I'm going to cheat and do a living and dead.
Living:
Richard Thompson
Martin Barre
Toni Iommi
Warren Haynes
Jimmy Page

Deceased:
Jerry Garcia
Doc Watson
Jimi Hendrix
Duane Allman
Frank Zappa

 

Angus Young
Slash
B.B. King
Eric Clapton

 

Robert Fripp
Lou Reed
Bruce Cockburn
Richard Thompson
Johnny Ramone
(Bonus!) Adrian Belew

 

Hard to pick just five as I know I'll forget someone important....so, subject to change, and I think most if not all have been mentioned already:
Bob Fripp
Mick Ronson
Bill Nelson
Richard Thompson
Tom Verlaine

 

most days...in no order, players I never tire of

jimi hendrix
david gilmour
dickie betts
martin barre
bill nelson

stand by...
mick ronson
santana/schon combo
mick taylor
bruce cockburn

 

Alex Lifeson
Bruce Cockburn
Steve Hackett
Robbie Robertson
Wes Montgomery

 

This list would most likely change on a daily basis between a larger group of ten. Today it would be:

Freddie King
Johnny Winter
Jimi Hendrix
Marc Ford
Eddie Van Halen

Left out for today:
Mick Ronson
Muddy Waters
Brian Setzer
Josh Homme
Pete Townsend

 

It took 70 posts for
a vote for Santana,
& he's not even in your
Top 5, sad.

 

did i miss your post with him listed?

 

These are my favorite


#1 Adrian Belew
#2 Dave Davies
#3 Joe Walsh
#4 David Byrne
#5 John Lennon

Honorable mentions
Stevie Ray Vaughan and David Gilmour