Tell us 5 guitar players you like the most

[-One-]

Yes, to all except for Hammett.

I knew someone was going to call me on that

 

[s_k_mullins]

Currently...

Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci
Jerry Cantrell
Steph Carpenter

...but this list changes quiet often.. I need a top 20 list

I knew someone was going to call me on that

Its ok.. i like him too

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

5 Guitarists aren't enough.

Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
You (Janne Da Arc)
Daita
Adam Jones


And I like Kirk Hammett too. There I said it.

 

[Origin]

Kirk's basically the only one out of the band I'd actually want to play with or hang out with. Even though Hetfield's a godly rhythm player, he can still eat my balls for taking Metallica in the direction they went. *grumpy bitter ranting*

 

[JouniK86]

Shawn Lane on the first seat, no doubt of it. He could do everything from beautiful and ascetic feeling to boastful and senseless shredding and _everything_ in between. The greatest guitarist of all time. Period. The rest follow far behind and in no particular order.

Gustavo Guerra. A very pop-esque rock guitar player. Excellent articulation, inventive phrasing and the enjoyment of playing really pushes through his work. Nicely composed guitar songs as well.

Andy McKee. The heart and soul of acoustic guitar playing. Sure, he occasionally gets a bit cheesy on the pop side, but his ability to feel each note he's playing - along with his extraordinary compositions - make him rank high in the listing for greatest guitar players.

Guthrie Govan. This guy really has his own style; fusing a multitude of them together and pulling it off perfectly regardless of whatever he's playing. Playing over Larry Carlton -style guitar track on YouTube is enough of including him in this list.

Fredrik Thordendal. Excellent musicianship on all categories. Revolutionary rhythm guitar playing (along with his bandmate), positively disturbing solo work on the latter Meshuggah albums and a (metal) guitar tone to die for.

 

[jcmfer]

1-Freadrik Thordendal
2-Wes Borland
3-Dino
4-Jeff Loomis
5-Andreas Kisser

 

[FretWizard88]

Ihsahn
John Petrucci
Michael Keene
Steve Vai
Samoth

 

[BurialWithin]

bulb
tosin abasi
dan eggers
matt sotelo
muhammed
oh and ottmar liebert i know thats 6 but like whatev

 

[LadyKiller]

Van Halen
John Sykes
Dimebag
Trey Azagthoth
Stephen Carpenter

 

[ralphy1976]

jimmy page
jimi hendrix
eric jonhson
tom morello

 

[Jeepers]

Mikael Akerfeldt
Jeff Loomis
Kiko Loureiro
John Petrucci
David Gilmour

 

[blackseeds]

Jeff Loomis
Muhammed Suicmez
Yngwie Malmsteen
Paul Gilbert (early stuff, don't like all that new pentatonic stuff)
Chuck Schuldiner

 

[B36arin]

Fredrik Thordendal
Jeff Loomis
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Anders Björler
Per Nilsson

Whooooaaaa, lots of Swedes in there

 

[13point9]

Biggest influence on me...

Jeff Loomis
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Nergal & Orion
Sigurd Wongraven (Satyr)
Jason Mendonca

These are my metal ones I have ones for Jrock too >.< lol

 

[ArtDecade]

Top of the List
Frank Zappa
Bill Frisell
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Marty Friedman
Adrian Belew

HM - Brad Paisley

 

[Nats]

luke jaeger

 

[InTheRavensName]

Michael Amott
Gus G
Oskar Montellius
Ihsahn
Destructhor

 

[13point9]

Frank Zappa
Bill Frisell
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Brad Paisley
Adian Belew

yeaah an X Japan fan

 

[November5th]

Brett Garsed
Allan Holdsworth
Shawn Lane
Robben Ford
Eric Johnson

 

[Stantonworrior]

Michael Keene - The Faceless
Eric Mongrain
Tosin Abasi - Animals As Leaders
Jeff Loomis ( Only for his solo stuff not a big fan of nevermore )
Fredrik Thordendal - meshuggah