Favorite guitar player -- no qualifications

Jimi Hendrix. Not exactly an original choice, but there you go.

 

Gilmour, of course.

 

Django!

 

Arielle, from Eric Johnson's Band is one of the great up & coming guitarists...serious player!

 

Robert Fripp.

 

For acoustic I just discovered this unbelievable guy on YT. He's doing complete arrangements with chords, rhythm and melody. Amazing stuff on his channel and my new favourite.

 

Richard Thompson. One of the few innovators on both acoustic and electric, plays in a wide range of styles, and is often instantly recognizable with just a few notes.

Plus his playing has (literally) made my jaw drop (at the Paradise in Boston in 1985) and my hair stand on end.

Philo

 

Acoustic:
Doc Watson-Clarence White ( DW Clone)
Electric:
there are many...

 

Barry Bailey, Atlanta Rhythm Section

 

Mark Knopfler

 

Django Reinhardt.

 

Brian May

 

David Gilmour
Keith Richards
Brian Jones
Mick Taylor
Brian May
Terry Kath
Jimi Hendrix
Mark Knopfler
Andy Summers
Mike Oldfield
Eric Clapton
Robby Krieger
Carlos Santana
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Bruce Springsteen
and a few more that I forgot this moment...^^

 

Since all the usual suspects have already been named....Here are some of mine...

Mason Ruffner

Johnny Thunders

Warner Hodges

Danny Gatton

Bruce Springsteen (Wished he'd play more and sang less)

Mike Campbell

 

Richard Lloyd
Adrian Belew
Andy Summers
David Bowie
Keith
Dylan

 

David Gilmour
Stanley Jordan

 

Steve Howe, since I heard Yessongs



Terry Kath, since I heard CTA, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI ....

 

Since when did Eric add another guitar player to his band (let alone a female one)? I never saw him with another guitarist....at least not that I can recall...

 

I saw him early last year. He's about to head out again in just a few weeks IIRC
gotta stay on top of it

 

she can outplay a lot of guys!


Arielle recording with Joe Bonamassa = guitar choices!

 

nobody mentioned DIMEBAG?

 

Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix & David Gilmour are my faves, for some underrated guys how about Frank Marino, Steve Khan & Stef Burns

 

Hendrix, always Hendrix, he was just otherworldly. Lucky to have seen him once before he passed.

Just beneath him:
—For Jazz, Grant Green
—For Blues, T-Bone Walker
—For Rock, Chuck Berry
—For Country, Merle Travis
—For Folk, Richard Thompson

 

A man I always mention when the subject of underrated guitarists comes up.

 

Mark Knopfler.
Richard Thompson.
Pete Townshend.