Tell us 5 guitar players you like the most

[Alex-D33]

In Order:

Greg howe
Paul Gilbert
Joey Tafolla
Tony MacAlpine
Shawn Lane.

Many more but... this is only (name 5)

 

[zephyrkillz]

Townsend
Loomis
Petrucci
Gilbert
Wichers

 

[pylyo]

Thordendal
Pin
Mats Hedberg
Cantrell
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5th place is reserved for too many: Primoz Grasic, Gilbert, Guthrie...

 

[Necrophagist777]

In no order,

Chris Letchford, John Petrucci, Andy Timmons, Chimp Spanner, Tom Quayle

 

[ckh]

1-jeff loomis
2-luca turilli
3-keith merrow
4-brian "head" welch
5-angus young

 

[EvolDerek]

Malmsteen
Vai
Albert Lee
SRV
Zakk Wylde

 

[sentagoda]

Chris Shorey
Patrik Persson ( the forsaken )
Stefan Holm ( the forsaken )
Zack Wylde
Tom Morello

 

[ittoa666]

Steve Vai
Trey Azaghtoth
David Gilmour
Paul Gilbert
Per Nilsson

 

[ittoa666]

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

Decrepit Birth and Odious Mortem are the shit.

 

[MetalBuddah]

John Petrucci
Jeff Loomis
Paul Gilbert
Keith Merrow
Steve Vai

 

[Per Nilsson]

Allan Holdsworth
Yngwie Malmsteen
Marty Friedman
Tony Macalpine
Steve Vai

oh and Eric Johnson, Fredrik Thordendal, Bill Frisell, Scott Henderson, John Petrucci, Pat Metheny, David Gilmour, Shawn Lane, Greg Howe, Kristian Niemann, Brett Garsed, Dimebag, Van Halen, Frank Zappa, that incredible dude from Circus Maximus, Jason Becker, Frank Gambale, Nils Norberg, Mattias IA Eklundh, Richie Kotzen, and many more...

 

[JeffFromMtl]

^ Him

 

[JaxoBuzzo]

Paul Masvidal
Mikael Akerfeldt
Allan Holdsworth
Tosin Abasi
Guthrie Govan
Marty Friedman
Michael Keene

 

[DanielKRego]

Paul Masvidal
Santiago Dobles
John McLaughlin
Daniel Mongrain
Allan Holdsworth

Honorable Mentions:
Fredrik Thordendal
Scott Henderson

 

[Jtizzle]

Wes Montgomery is my number 1
Then there's Paul Waggoner (he has an instrumental song, so that counts haha), Tosin Abasi, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, And I have to say Bulb, just got into periphery and it's really awesome guitar work.

Honorable mentions go to the guys in Dillinger and in Tony Danza

 

[DanielKRego]

I'm surprised to see so many mentions of Paul Masvidal. I had no idea he was so influential. I love this forum.

 

[kung_fu]

Right now, my favs are:

Jeff Beck
Allan Holdsworth
Jimmy Herring
Pat Metheny
...maybe Pat Martino

 

[Joose]

Clint Lowery (Sevendust)
John Connolly (Sevendust)
Dimebag (If you don't know, go to Hell)
Eric Ellis (ex-Bury Your Dead, my band's producer, just wait 'til you hear his new shit! 8 string tap sweeps, weirdest time signatures ever, etc)
Mircea Eftemie (Mnemic)

 

[Zugster]

Steve Howe
Daron Malakian
Leo Kotke
Jerry Garcia
Django Reinhardt

 

[NaYoN]

Michael Keene
Karl Sanders
Tosin Abasi
John Petrucci
Jeff Loomis


Perhaps Paul Gilbert and Marc Okubo?

These guys aren't here because of their shredtasticness, but because of their riff skills. Most of them are kind of shredtastic though.