Favourite 5 guitarists?

[Deception]

John Browne
Wes Hauch
Tosin Abasi
Paul Waggoner
Misha Mansoor

 

[n4t]

Frank Zappa
Jimi Hendrix
Robert Fripp
Tosin Abasi
Jeff Loomis

Honorable mention; Allan Holdsworth, George Lynch, Andre Segovia, John Williams (yes the star wars guy), Adrian Beleu, Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, and Dave Mustaine from 10-15 years ago but not now.

 

[Jackzaa]

Paul Waggoner, Dan+Pin from SiKth, Kriss Norris and massively diggin' John Browne lately

 

[Lickers]

It entirely depends on my mood given the breadth of players and music I listen to and appreciate. However, my top 5 for tonight, in no particular order, are...

Dimebag
Adam Jones
Ben Harper
Dan Auerbach
Steph Carpenter

 

[Dan_Vacant]

Ryan Knight and Brian Eschbach of Black Dahlia Murder
Dave Davidson of Revocation
James Hetfield of Metallica
Stephen Carpenter of The Deftones
Claudio Sanchez and Travis Stever of Coheed and Cambria
I fused to people to make it fit ahahahah.

and honorable mention to Josh Homme.

 

[JustMac]

Dan+Pin from SiKth

Those guys are from another universe or something. Def my top 2 ;D

 

[UV7BK4LIFE]

1. Jeff Hanneman, he inspired me to pick up the guitar
2. Stephen Carpenter of Deftones
3. D.L. of The Acacia Strain
4. Jerry Cantrell
5. Page Hamilton, mainly for his work with Helmet

Number 2 to 5 are chosen for their unique approach to riffs and songwriting.

 

[Frankenstrat]

Eddie Van Halen
Paul Gilbert
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jesper Stromblad
John Frusciante

Eddie Van Halen was the reason a picked up a guitar.
Honorable mention to Guthrie Govan he's from another planet.

 

[BucketheadRules]

Can't put it into order, but:

Guthrie Govan
John Petrucci
Gary Moore
Brian May
Paul Gilbert

Honourable mentions to Nuno Bettencourt, Billy Corgan, Michael Schenker, Brad Paisley and Shawn Lane.

 

[EmaDaCuz]

Brian May - Feelings over technique
Dave Murray - Clean as hell, amazing guitar sound
Pat O'Brien - Death metal war machine
Bill Steer - Cleanest guitarist I have ever heard live
Ihsahn - I love his songwriting more than his guitar style (which is, in any case, awesome)

 

[Dr Zoidberg]

David Gilmour
Ron Jarzombek
John Petrucci
Tom Scholz
Adam Jones

Honorable mention to Michael Romeo.

Of course, I'm sure I'm forgetting and omitting many worthy guitarists. But hey, I'm a bassist, I don't have to know these things!

 

[MstrH]

Ron Jarzombek
George Lynch
Marty Friedman
Andy Larouque
Jake E Lee

 

[Noxon]

No order: Nuno Bettencourt
James Hetfield
Adam D
Jake Bowen/Mark Holcomb
John Petrucci

 

[BrailleDecibel]

In no particular order:

1. Mike DeWolf - Taproot
2. Chris Anderson - Secrets of the Sky/The Miserables/40 Grit
3. Dominic Cifarelli - Pulse Ultra
4. Neil Godfrey - Lo-Pro/Ultraspank/downthesun/Motograter
5. Walter Craven - 6gig

 

[MoshJosh]

Minus the first two the list often changes depending on what what I'm into at the moment

Claudio Sanchez
Travis Stever
Lee Malia
Joe Cocchi
Zachery Garren

 

[TheStig1214]

No specific order:

Bill Kelliher, Chris Letchford, Josh Homme, Sarah Longfield and Tosin Abasi.

 

[jonajon91]

David Maxim Micic
Guthrie Govan
Me (duh)
Devin Townsend
Ron Jarzombek

--edit---

It's interesting how I like a lot of these guitarists for their compositional skills rather than their playing skills. Not denying that any of them can play though.

 

[revivalmode]

I've seen nobody mentioning these guys though:
WES HAUCH
David Davidson (Revocation)

Other great/favourite guitarists:

Aaron Marshall
Keith Merrow
Misha Mansoor, Mark Holcomb
Paul Waggoner (BTBAM)
Jeff Loomis
Dimebag Darrell
Chris Letchford
Matt Pike (High On Fire)
Guthrie Govan
Scott Carstairs (Fallujah)

 

[TheStig1214]

EDIT: Whoops, read something wrong.....

 

[danresn]

Guthrie Govan
Steven Wilson
Drew Goddard
Josh Middleton
Tosin Abasi