Who are your favorite guitarists?

[guitareben]

My fav guitarists (though i like loads, but cba doing that now, i have a guitar to play) are:

Guthrie Govan
Steve Vai
Bumblefoot
Alex Hutchings
Holdsworth

 

[arkohors]

Criss Oliva
John Petrucci
Tom Englund
Mats Haugen
Jorn Viggo Lofstad

 

[ArtDecade]

Top Six

• Marty Friedman (Solo in particular / Megadeth)
• you (Janne Da Arc)
• Sugizo (Luna Sea / X-Japan)
• Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
• Michael Schenker (Scorpions / UFO / MSG)
• Frank Zappa

Very Honorable Mentions:

• hide (X-Japan / Solo),
• Adrian Vandenberg (Solo / Whitesnake / Manic Eden)
• Adrian Belew (Solo / Zappa / King Crimson)

 

[Alimination]

At the momment Ron Jarzombek (because of his new project) and Greg Howe (He just had a clinic in town, so I'm all over him at the momment!)

But over all, gona go with either Petrucci or Gilbert.

 

[brutalwizard]

my favorite guitarist is the question "who is your favorite guitarist" reposted but with more solo's

 

[SilenceIsACrime]

Satriani is my biggest influence by miles. I still consider him my favorite even though I admit I have been kindof disappointed by his last few releases.

Other faves: Kiko Loureiro, Frank Zappa, Paul Antonio Ortiz (aka Chimp Spanner), Bumblefoot.

Lots of other people I really admire (for example Paul Wardingham is pretty badass) but it is too early to call them favorites at this point....

 

[Mr. Big Noodles]

my favorite guitarist is the question "who is your favorite guitarist" reposted but with more solo's

 

[ShadyDavey]

Popular (last 10 years of exposure) Choices:

Tosin Abasi
John Petrucci
Chuck Schuldiner
Bulb
Chimp Spanner
Michael Romeo
Paul Wardingham
Jeff Loomis
Marty Friedman
Per Nilsson

Honest (forced to tell the truth at gunpoint even if it means revealing old school tastes )Choices:

Uli Jon Roth
John Sykes
Michael Schenker
Chris Poland
Jason Becker
Shawn Lane
Alex Masi
Rusty Cooley (perhaps not musically)
Stephan Forte
Adrian Smith
Yngwie Malmsteen

There are tons more I listen to infrequently but still enjoy.....the above is pretty representative however

 

[Ralyks]

Crap... uhhh... How to narrow this down...

Josh Christian (Toxik)
Paul Masvidal
Eric Clapton
John McLaughlin
Tosin Abasi
Chris Poland
John Petrucci
Guthrie Govan
A.J. Minette
Jeff Loomis
Daniel Gildenlow
Frank Aresti
Jim Matheos
Andy Summers

 

[MistaSnowman]

Prince
Jimi Hendrix
Eddie Hazel (Parliament Funkadelic)
Tony Iommi
Paul Gilbert
Jerry Cantrell
Kirk Hammett
James Hetfield
Mark Tremonti
Jesse Johnson (The Time)
Randy Rhoads
Joe Satriani
Tosin Abasi
John 5
Kim Thayil

 

[failshredder]

Chuck Schuldiner

Rusty Cooley

Prokofiev

Jonas Bryssling

Shostakovich

Fredrik Schälin

Each one of those has done more for the overall "state of the art," literally speaking, than most of the (very competent) people that are jizzed all over on this board, no offense to them.

 

[Blind Theory]

DAVE MUSTAINE!!!

Now for my everyone else list:
Chris Storey
Chris Broderick
Marty Friedman
Alexi Laiho
Justin Lowe
Trent Hafdahl
Misha Mansoor
Maik Weichert
Ben Orum
Ryan Knight
Bryan Eschbach


......I have a lot more but those are the big ones.

 

[PostOrganic]

Joe Haley
Vogg
Tosin Abasi
Guthrie Govan
Muhammed Suicmez
Michael Keene
Paul Ryan

That's about it I think.

 

[Guitarman700]

Ihsahn
Devy
Jeff Loomis
Nergal
Brent Hinds
Stephen Carpenter
Robby Krieger
Alex Lifeson
Adrian Smith
Daniel Gildenlow
Peter Wichers
Claudio Sanchez
Travis Stever
Chuck Schuldiner
John Petrucci
Jesper Stromblad
Bjorn Gellote
Jimmy Page
Joe Bonamossa
Buddy Guy
Neil Young
Tosin Abasi
Mikael Akerfeldt
Steffen Kummerer
Christian Müenzner
Rusty Cooley
Steve Vai
Allan Holdsworth
John Mclaughlin
Frank Gambale
Steve Howe

 

[Goro923]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Alex Lifeson (if you don't know what band he's in GET OUT)
Erik Nelson and David DiSanto (Vektor)
Tommy T. Baron (Coroner)
John Gallagher (Dying Fetus)
Dan Spitz (ex-Anthrax)
Ol Drake (Evile)
Lenny Rutledge (Sanctuary)

And a bunch of obvious others that have alreafy been named...

 

[The Beard]

Brent Hinds (Mastodon)


Joshua Travis (Danza)


Layne Meylain (ex-Danza)


Marc Okubo (Veil of Maya)


Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah)


Misha Mansoor/Jake Bowen/Alex Bois (Periphery)


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[SenorDingDong]

In no order:

Greg Lake
Steve Howe
Ty Tabor
Robin Trower
Daniel Gildenlöw
Johan Hallgren
Eddie Head
Brett Stine
Al DiMeola
Alex Skolnick
Allan Holdsworth
Chuck Schuldiner
Paco De Lucia
Jesse Cook
Pat Metheny
Brain May
Marty Friedman
Jeff Waters
William Ackerman
Michael Hedges
Marco Sfogli
Matt Woods
Sameer Bhattacharya
Frank Zappa
Aleksandar Živojinović
Jason Falkner
Eric Dover
Jason Becker
Stephen Carpenter
John Petrucci
Jeff Loomis
Stanley Jordan
Oscar Lopez
Brian McAlpin
Chris DeGarmo
Michael Wilton
Scott Mishoe
Neal Morse
Uli Jon Roth
Alan Morse
Steve Morse
Steve Stevens
Jeff Martin
Tommy Emmanuel
Steve Holt
Earl Klugh



Super long but I made sure not to forget anyone.

 

[Joeywilson]

Abasi, Mckee, Holdsworth, garsed, Reinhardt.

 

[Gamma362]

Jeff Loomis
Chris Broderick
James Hetfield
Alex Skolnick
Dave Mustaine
Kirk Hammett

 

[The Beard]

Abasi, Mckee, Holdsworth, garsed, Reinhardt.

Ahh I forgot to mention McKee in my post, along with Pino Forastiere