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Top 5 Favorite Guitarist?

Diablo925

Diablo925

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I'm a sucker for great guitar solo's. So i thought i would start a post and see who everyone else likes when it comes to awesome guitar playing.

My Top 5 Favorite Guitarist

#1 Kerry King - Slayer
#2 Dave Mustaine - Megadeth
#3 John Petrucci - Dream Theater
#4 Neal Schon - Solo
#5 Steve Vai - David Lee Roth Band - Solo
 
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OK here goes but hey this may change in 4 minutes...

1. Jimi Hendrix (is there any greater player?)
2. TIE Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robin Trower
3. Duane Allman
4. John Lee Hooker
5. John Mayer

There are lots and lots of inspiring players out there. God Bless them and the music they play.
 
Good Picks. John Mayer is an excellent guitarist! And i am a huge Robin Trower fan. Bridge of Signs is an outstanding album.
 
1. Kaki King
2. Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa
3. John Mayer
4. Johnny Marr [The Smiths, The The, Johnny Marr & the Healers, Modest Mouse, The Cribs]
5. Beck Hansen [Beck]
 
Mine have been consistent for years:

1. Steve Howe
2. Steve Hackett
3. Mike Oldfield
4. Richard Thompson
5. Andrew Latimer (sp) from Camel.
 
John McLaughlin
Robert Fripp
Larry Coryell
Jimi Hendrix
John Abercrombie

Allan Holdsworth make five
 
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#1 Randy Rhoads-(Rest In Peace) Ozzy
#2 Dave Mustaine-Megadeath
#3 Bobby Baker-The Tragically Hip
#4 Slash-GnR, Velvet Revolver, Slash
#5 Jeff Healey-Jeff Healey Band
 
All good choices so far! I love this kind of stuff. HipFan, i dunno how i left Randy Rhoads out. One of the greatest there.
 
In no particular order...
Jerry Garcia
Jorma Kaukonen
Buddy Guy
Robert Cray
Tommy T. Mudcat (local guy who blows me away every thursday night. I've played with him and/or heard him play well over 1000 times, and he still blows me away every time.)
 
"Favorite". Excellent choice in selecting a rating dimension. we usually such terms or phrases as "best", "most underrated", "most talented" (per technical merit), and the like. Favorite is a reasonable query requiring no objectivity whatsoever. Number "5" works well as a grouping, there's a natural mid-point for those of us who are accustomed to examining the state of the world according to any of several psychometric scales.

My five favorite guitarists, in no particular order, excpet the first three are easy choices.

Peter Townshend
Neil Young
Blind Willie Johnson

Now for the last two...hm...

Ira Kaplan
Derek Bailey
 
Off the top of my head, in no particular order...

Barney Kessel
Charlie Christian
Doc Watson
Charlie Byrd
Kenny Burrell

Dozens more, mostly jazz, favorites
 
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