Your Five Favorite Guitarists

Neil Young
George Harrison
Marc Ribot
Mark Knopfler
Peter Buck

 

Nice Thread, OP!

Johnny Marr
Rory Gallagher
Eric Clapton
John Squire
Jerry Cantrell


Johnny Marr Playing Rory Gallagher's Strat!
Oasis - Champagne Supernova (with Johnny Marr)
Rory Gallagher with Jack Bruce - Politician
Man In The Box
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood - Voodoo Chile (Live From Madison Square Garden 2009)

 

Richard Thompson
Rory Gallagher
Jerry Garcia
Warren Haynes
Luther Dickinson

 

"Typical Yardbirds fan..." Guilty as charged!

Jeff Beck
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
Pete Townshend
Buddy Holly

I could easily fit in another 15 or so into my 'top 5.'

 

Robbie Kreiger
Tom Morello
David Gilmour
Jerry Cantrell
Jimmy Page

 

2nd five! (felt bad for them)

Robert Cray
Hank Marvin
Rory Gallagher
Hubert Sumlin
Leonard Cohen

 

Frank Zappa
Edward Van Halen
David Gilmour
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page

 

Eek. This is tricky, as I have two cases of pairs of guitarists:

- Zoot Horn Rollo & Antennae Jimmy Semens (The Magic Band)
- Carl Wilson & Dave Marks (The Beach Boys)

Which leaves the fifth choice: Fripp or Zappa...

- Robert Fripp

 

Rory Gallagher
Brian Setzer
Saul Hudson
The Edge
Jeff Beck

Favorites, right? No idea what makes one the 'best', but I like to hear these guys play.

What does everyone think of Warren Cuccurullo ?
I love some of the stuff he has put out

 

Wino
Uli john Roth
Badi Assad
Luchiana Sousa
Joan Baez

 

Another 5:
Jimi Hendrix
Robin Trower
Ritchie Blackmore
Alex Lifeson
Michael Schenker

 

Jimi Hendrix
Alex Lifeson
Eddie Van Halen
Mark Knopfler
John Fruciante

(Honorable mentions to Donald Roeser, Slash, Jimmy Page and David Gilmour...)

 

Jorma Kaukonen
Robert Cray
Bonnie Raitt
David Rawlings
Gill Landry

 

Lindsey Buckingham
Eric Clapton
Gary Richrath
Steve Howe
Jimi Hendrix

 

Today's favorite 5:

Marc Ribot
Jamie Hince
Jack White
Emily Saliers
Lindsey Buckingham

 

Duane Allman
Jimmy Page
Alex Skolnick
David Gilmour
Martin Barre
...5th one was the hardest because I had to cut a bunch....

(Closest runners up ---->
Mike McCready
Toni Iommi
Frank Zappa)

 

Dang .... How could I have forgotten Billy Gibbons? Ugh. Guess I am revising....

Duane Allman
Billy Gibbons
Jimmy Page
Alex Skolnick
David Gilmour

 

Neil Young
David Gilmour
Richard Thompson
Jeff Beck
Frank Zappa

Alternate Five:
Robert Fripp
J Mascis
Thurston Moore/Lee Renaldo
Tony Iommi
Adam Jones

 

Johnny Marr
Jack White
Steve Jones
Robert Smith
Mick Jones

 

Today's list...

Jimmy Page
Duane Allman
Chet Atkins
Les Paul
Pete Anderson

 

Interesting. So, you prefer Paul as a guitarist over George? Can you explain why? I’m not challenging your opinion, just genuinely curious.

 

These are five of my favorites...
Rory Gallagher
Roy Buchanan
Danny Kirwan
Dickie Betts
Mick Ralphs
All of my favorites would be a loooong list...

 

I just like the sound he's able to make, on songs like Maybe I'm Amazed and On The Way.

 

My five favorite guitarists right now:

Bill Frisell
Jakob Bro
John Abercrombie
Marc Ribot
Ben Monder

 

Neil Young
John Fahey
Joey Santiago
Lee Ranaldo
Jonny Greenwood