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My top five, in this order, are:
1. Brian Aubert - Silversun Pickups
2. Benjamin Curtis - Secret Machines
3. Pete Townshend - The Who, Solo Artist
4. Johnny Greenwood - Radiohead
5. Larry "Ler" LaLonde- Primus
1.JIMI PAIGE
2.ANGUS YOUNG
3.Eddie Van Halen
4.Slash
5.Hendrix
came back on and had a look at what i had previsly though...
and it has now been rearanged
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VAN HALEN
HENDRIX
RHODES
YOUNG
honarbly mention: hammet, clapton richards armstorng, May, bucket head,
Wylded, smith, butler...and more
note: slash should never have been put on this list as he is not even a good guitariest
just 5 ? Impossible task.
I'll try.
My favorites, in no particular order....Frank Zappa
Carlos Santana
David Gilmour
Toy Caldwell
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Terry Kath ....go ahead and laugh,he was a monster player!!There have been thousands of great players.
Right now , there are hundreds more, playing alone.
They will never be heard of outside a small circle of friends. And they would smoke anybody that any of us have listed.
Thats a great comment, there are some fantastic amatuers out there.
Only now coming to light thanks to youtube and similar sites
I originally submitted an oldies list who will forever remain my favourites but, here's my younger hotshot list that hold their own anywhere, anytime
John Mayer
Joe Bonamassa
Johnny Lang
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Eric Steckel.
My Top Five, Not Necessarily in Order, and Not Inclusive of All The Greats Deserving to Be On This List:
1. Hendrix
2. Duane Allman
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan
4. Mark Knopfler
5. Pat Metheny
Ziggybear ... Kenny Wayne Shepherd ... awesome Blues guitarist ... not may know of him
I know KWS. I saw Kenny early on , at least 10 years ago with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani whiel he filled in as the opening act on one of the G3 tours. The crowd loved him and I;ve been a fan ever since.
btw: Zappa could really play the guitar and was the absolute best bicycle player ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P2V0_p6vE
Tony, You guys have so much opportunity to see the best of the best. I live in Cape Town, South Africa where they get excited because James Blunt was in Town. How bad is that. Our market and audience is just too small for anybody to consider touring here.
We do have some seriously talented guitarists here but they will always just be small time entertainers in pubs etc.
that's a shame zig. Maybe you can make your way here some time and get a little taste.
I am a lucky living so close to NYC my whole life and able to see a lot of the all time greats. However, working in lower Manhattan is not always so lucky and sometimes a little scary.
Ziggy ... you have to love having Dave Matthews though ... seriously awesome guitarists ... love his work
Hi Tim, Dave matthews is awesome, do you know that since he left South Africa he has never done a show here. I don't even know how many people would even know who is and how awesome the DMB is. My brother is good friends with his cousin so we are kept up to speed with DVD's and CD's.
You guys should all come out here sometime and we have a huge jam session. It's really cheap with your dollars in our country.
Wow I can't believe he's never played there after he left ... thats sad though! I dont know about how well our dollar is now though bro lol
my favorites
Jimi H
Robert Johnson
Phil Keaggy
EVH
yngwie malmsteen
Jimi Hendrix
Joe Bonamassa
Mark Knoffler
SRV
Pete Townshend
We can't leave out Steve Howe and Lesley West and another of my home grown boys, Trevor Rabin. The list just grows and grows... keep sending.
My GOds of Guitar
1. Daron Malakian-system of a down
2. KIrk Hammet+james hetfield-metallica
3. Mick Thompson- slipknot
4. Randy rhodes- Ozzy osbourne
5. JAMES “MUNKY†SHAFFER- Korn
best guitars
1. ibanez ax 120
2. bc rich warlock (mines imported from Germany)
epiphone g310
1:Dave Gilmour
2:Mark Knopfler
3:Kirk Hammet
4:Chet Atkins
5:Anybody else that can play the guitar they're all good and Respect to them 
i know this is going to sound redundant but
dimebag
hendrix
clapton
zack wylde
B.B King
personal favorites
Hi Tim, Dave matthews is awesome, do you know that since he left South Africa he has never done a show here. I don't even know how many people would even know who is and how awesome the DMB is. My brother is good friends with his cousin so we are kept up to speed with DVD's and CD's.
You guys should all come out here sometime and we have a huge jam session. It's really cheap with your dollars in our country.
Dave Mathews is HUGE in the US. He's one of the few artists that can sell out the Gorge at George three nights in a row. I've seen him three times, and would gladly do so again.
petrucci
satriani
hendrix
clapton
zack wylde
hopefully one day myself;)
1. Jimmy Page
2. Slash
3. Eddie Van Halen
4. Brian May
5. Angus Young
An addition to my list
Leslie West of Mountain
Being from Macon Ga., I've got to bring up two exceptionally talented and overlooked guitarists, Duane Allman and Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers.
Paul I'm with you 100%, but then we can throw in Warren Heynes and Dereck Trucks as well. Geez, there are just so many of these awesome guitarists.
Thankfully!!!!!
Now that I'm thinking about it
Snowy White
Doyle Bramhall
(Check them doing the solo for Comfortably Numb on Roger Water's in the Flesh DVD. If you haven't seen this you'll thank me forever))
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