Who's your top 5 favorite Guitarists?

[Wakester]

So, who is on your top 5 top guitarists? Lets keep it friendly girls and boys. No bashing the other members just because they don't like Fred Durst or Orianthi. Please include the band as well, Thanks!

My top 5 as follows:

David Gillmour - Pink Floyd
Steve Rothery - Marillion
Brian May - Queen
Alex Lifeson - Rush
Neal Geraldo - Pat Benetar

 

[gtrdave]

Hard to narrow it down to just 5, but if I had to pick my 5 most influential over 30+ years...(in no particular order)
1. Ritchie Blackmore - DP and Rainbow
2. Steve Morse - Dregs, SMB, DP, Kansas, Flying Colors
3. Gary Rossington/Ed King/Allen Collins/Steve Gaines - Lynyrd Skynyrd
4. Tommy Emmanuel - solo
5. Tommy Walker - C.A. Worship Band

 

[walrus]

1. Jimmy Page
2. John McLaughlin
3. Andy Summers
4. Alex Lifeson
5. John Lennon

 

[Wakester]

Hard to narrow it down to just 5, but if I had to pick my 5 most influential over 30+ years...(in no particular order)
1. Ritchie Blackmore - DP and Rainbow
2. Steve Morse - Dregs, SMB, DP, Kansas, Flying Colors
3. Gary Rossington/Ed King/Allen Collins/Steve Gaines - Lynyrd Skynyrd
4. Tommy Emmanuel - solo
5. Tommy Walker - C.A. Worship Band

I was originally gonna say 10, but it would have taken another week to figure that out. Nice choices.

 

[Wakester]

1. Jimmy Page
2. John McLaughlin
3. Andy Summers
4. Alex Lifeson
5. John Lennon

Page made my top 10, nice choices.

 

[bodia]

Alex Lifeson
Tommy Bolin
Eric Clapton
SRV
John Petrucci

 

[Steve's addiction]

SRV
Nile Rogers
Jeff Beck
AL Dimeola
Jimi Hendrix

 

[Iceman101]

Prince
Eric Clapton
Steve Vai
Keith Richards
Brian May

 

[Wakester]

Alex Lifeson
Tommy Bolin
Eric Clapton
SRV
John Petrucci

Petrucci is quickly working his way into my top 10. Excellent choices.

 

[Wakester]

Prince
Eric Clapton
Steve Vai
Keith Richards
Brian May

Prince has been so underrated as a guitarist, excellent list.

 

[Dirty_Boogie]

Al Di Meola
Jimi Hendrix
Devin Townsend
Mark Knopfler
James Hetfield

 

[Wakester]

Al Di Meola
Jimi Hendrix
Devin Townsend
Mark Knopfler
James Hetfield

I almost forgot about Knopfler. Nice list.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

veinbuster
cat strangler
bodia
boogie
JFB
alantig....

Sh!t, I don't think I can narrow it down to ten, let alone 5.

 

[WEDGE]

EVH
Gary Moore
SRV
Michael Schenker
Doug Rappoport

 

[Dirty_Boogie]

EVH
Gary Moore
SRV
Michael Schenker
Doug Rappoport

Good call on Gary Moore and Michael Schenker!

 

[Lee B.]

It's hard to just do 5!

Dickey Betts - Allman Brothers Band, Great Southern
Eric Clapton - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, the Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos
Billy Gibbons - A little ol' band from Texas...
Ed King - Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Joe Walsh - James Gang, Barnstorm, the Eagles

 

[Elliot]

doesn't this thread already exist?

I think mine was something like
Jimmy Page
Slash
Steve Vai
Hendrix
David Gilmour
Carlos Santana



honorable mention: SRV, and Wayne from Wayne's World

 

[bodia]

veinbuster
cat strangler
bodia
boogie
JFB
alantig....

Sh!t, I don't think I can narrow it down to ten, let alone 5.

You're a straight up disco gangsta funkalicious superstar!

 

[C&M Music - Lafayette]

1) Terry Kath Chicago
2) Duane Allman Allman Bros. Band
3) Johnny Lightnin' Hopkins
4) SRV
5) Jimmy Page

 

[veinbuster]

veinbuster
cat strangler
bodia
boogie
JFB
alantig....

Sh!t, I don't think I can narrow it down to ten, let alone 5.

Not far from my answer the last time we did this.
Dirty Bob
Bryan (he’s been gone so long I forget his name here)
Tim
Crgtr
Hansomatic
are great to play with too.