Who is your favorite guitarist?

[Mr.Draned]

Gilmour is high on my list too.

I used to play a bit and personally, I get bored with guys who have songs that are nothing but guitar solos (Yngwie, Steve Via, etc...), there is no denying that they are great guitar players, but it just doesn't do it for me to watch a guy do scrapes, finger taps and pentatonic scales over and over again.

I'm with you man!
They can be the most technical guitar player in the world, but it doesn't hit that sweet spot if there's no soul and passion in their playing.

 

[Mikenice81]

Prince

He is very often under rated

 

[TANDR2005]

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
-John Lee Hooker
There are a couple younger guys that have some some serious skills. IMO
1. Brad Paisley
2. Keith Urban

 

[boltman]

I'm with you man!
They can be the most technical guitar player in the world, but it doesn't hit that sweet spot if there's no soul and passion in their playing.

Exactly!

 

[boltman]

He is very often under rated

Nice!

 

[Mikenice81]

A lot of good one already listed, so I'll add some of my other favorites.

Jimmy Dawkins
Buddy Guy
Dickey Betts
Steve Cropper
Joe Bonamassa
Jack White
Wes Montgomery
Django Reinhardt

 

[JP8]

Joe Satriani

 

[HIM*]

Pretty funny how not one person has said Slash lol. Im surprised theres no love for Randy Rhoads though.

 

[Mikenice81]

Pretty funny how not one person has said Slash lol. Im surprised theres no love for Randy Rhoads though.

Slash just seemed to become more and more formula based with time. He seemed to work himself past a signature sound and into a box.

That being said, I still listen to Appetite For Destruction a dozen or so times a year.

 

[Bondo 440]

1-Pagey
2-Satch

 

[Lezanstar]

Tom Morello.

There's a lot of really good shredders, several have already been mentioned, but Morello is not only a shredder but an innovator. Is he the best to ever play a guitar... Probably not. Is he my favorite.... Absolutely!

This. And he may be the best, but his style is unorthodox so it can't be compared apples to apples.

 

[bigbill72]

I love Keith Richards And no one mentioned George Harrison or Tony Iommi. I have many favorites though....

 

[D Quintero]

Chuck Schuldiner .
I celebrate the man's entire catalog .

Trey Azagthoth .
Met him Backstage in Chicago @ '01
He absolutely loved us fans and had this most profoundly positive aura . - despite the candles and objects in the hall

 

[Uncle Philly]

Tommy Emmanuel. Dude is insane. He plays the entire guitar. Best drum solo I've ever heard, he played it on the guitar, while simultaneously playing unbelievable fingerstyle.

 

[Lomey]

Pretty funny how not one person has said Slash lol. Im surprised theres no love for Randy Rhoads though.

Nobody has mentioned Clapton either, which I think is in the conversation.

 

[Lomey]

My favorite unknown is Mato Nanji from the band Indigenous.

 

[Erikcooper]

Nobody has mentioned Clapton either, which I think is in the conversation.

Buddy Guy was mentioned and him Clapton and John Mayer are next on my list. Mayer has gotten insane in recent years. He and Clapton holed up for a month at Clapton's place recording sometime back but don't plan to release any of it. Such a loss

 

[JRRIII]

B. B. King
Clapton
John Mayer

 

[irie]

Mike Bloomfield and Masayoshi Takanaka (greatest guitar player you have never heard of)
Solo@4:50 embedded doesn't enable "start at".

Also a huge fan of BB king, Freddie King, Albert King, bluesy clapton, Howling Wolf, Lead Belly, Lightnin Hopkins, Randy Rhoads, Stevie... I am sure I am forgetting a few.

 

[Lomey]

I know this is my 4th post in this thread, but Neal Schon is another great underrated guitarist.