Top 3 favorite guitarists?

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This is impossible to answer because there's so many different guitar playing styles I enjoy listening to across so many genres, and there's no three guitarists who even come close to nailing all of those.

..So here's a list of three guitarists I happen to be really enjoying recently.

Inoran of Luna Sea
Mike Einzinger of Incubus
Dan Cavanaugh of Anathema
 

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In no particular order:

Steve Vai
Shawn Lane
Tony Macalpine

There is a list of honorable mentions as long as my arm, but those guys are the top 3.
 

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In no particular order:

Steve Vai
Shawn Lane
Tony Macalpine

There is a list of honorable mentions as long as my arm, but those guys are the top 3.

Always forget about Tony. That guy can play, really incredibly talented dude.
 

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While its pretty hard to narrow it down, in terms of "known" guitarist who I never get tired of listening too or ripping off it would be:

Matt Pike
Warren Haynes
Billy Gibbons

There are more as always but those are the big culprits.
 

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I can't really do favorites, like right now I'm really into Mark Holcomb, Jason Richardson, Loomis, Trent Hafdal, Chris Storey, etc.


I guess my most influential ones are Heftfield, paul gilbert, and John Petrucci, but I don't listen to a whole lot of their stuff right now.
 

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1: Vinnie Moore
2: Paul Gilbert
3: Yngwie (early)
 
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1. Varg Vikernes
2. Euronymous
3. James Taylor

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1. Chuck Schuldiner
2. Tony MacAlpine
3. John Cobbett
 

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Paul Gilbert
Jeff Loomis
Guthrie Govan
 

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Justin Broadrick / Godflesh
Todd Forkin / Starkweather
Rob Marton / Discordance Axis
 

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There are so many virtuous guitarists, that it's hard to reduce the list to only 3.

But there are three, that influenced my own playing style the most:

Geordie Walker of Killing Joke
Billy Duffy of The Cult
Vini Reilly of The Durutti Column
 

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3 is just impossible. For me there's a top 5, which I don't ever see changing. Not because there won't emerge better guitarists, but because the ones listed below have made an impact on my musical evolution, that simply can't be outdone anymore

John Petrucci
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Criss Oliva
Yngwie Malmsteen

Current favorites:
Jakub Zytecki
Paul Gilbert
Guthrie Govan
 

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1. Django Reinhardt - He defined an entire genre, made the instrument relevant, and it's seldom pointed out that he was one of the earliest electric guitar innovators.
2. Buckethead - Love him or hate him, he's developed the most distinctive sound, not to mention that he innovated a number of techniques that have since caught on.
3. Jan Akkerman - Also often overlooked, but dude was doing extreme shred metal in the 1960's...he also did a lot of stuff Blackmore and Santana did, before those guys did those things...and he was a master of exotic scales and modes long before it was cool.

Not to mention hundreds of others who are extremely innovative, but those three stand out as innovators of both techniques and styles.

Also:

*. Matthias IA Eklundh
*. Ron Jarzombek
*. Chuck Schuldiner
*. Dick Dale
 

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Christian Muenzner
Fountainhead

3rd is tied with:
Per Nilsson
Vogg
Tosin Abasi
 
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