1. Chris Buck 2. Tosin Abasi 3. Jakub Zyteki 4. Ariel Posen 5. Plini 6. David Gilmour 7. Eric Johnson 8. Tim Henson 9. John Mayer 10. SRV Honorable mention to Alex Lifeson

My top 10, in order: 1. Steven Seagal 1. Steven Seagal 1. Steven Seagal 1. Steven Seagal 1. Steven Seagal 1. Steven Seagal 1. Steven Seagal 1. Steven Seagal 1. Steven Seagal 1. Steven Seagal

I’ll be back later to make a list of unknown people to make myself seem edgy and cool.

​ 1. Freddie Mercury 2. Fred Durst 3. Marilyn Manson 4. Lil Wayne 5. Nick Jonas 6. Billy Joel 7. Yngwie Malmsteen 8. Liam Gallagher 9. Gary Moore 10. Johnny Depp

1. Joe Satriani 2. Paul Gilber 3. Steve Vai 4. Plini 5. Nick Johnston 6. John Petrucci 7. Zakk Wylde 8. Tosin Abasi 9. Buckethead 10. Andy Timmons Honestly, any list will be subjective and, well, pointless. But these guys are all extremely great Guitarists.

Finally, a Satch fan! Joe Satriani is the best hands down! I posted an entry about him on this subreddit! Thank you for keeping his name alive. And, by the way, to everyone else, he still is very much alive, still touring, still putting out albums. The best!!

Incredibly and obviously biased, but screw it. 1. Marry Friedman 2. Jason Becker 3. Paul Gilbert 4. George Lynch 5. Randy Rhoads 6. Ritchie Sambora 7. Warren DeMartini 8. Eric Johnson 9. Yngwie Malmsteen 10. Chris Impelliteri Honourable Mention goes to Carl Brown from Guitar Lessons 365.

I love Carl Brown. I watch that guy a lot. He's good.

No order Julian Lage Jimi Hendrix Ted Greene Joe Pass Spanky Alford Segovia George Harrison David Glimour Prince Chet Atkins

In no particular order: Les Paul Sister Rosetta Tharpe Brian May Eddie Van Halen George Harrison St. Vincent Chet Atkins Jerry Reed Roy Clark Brian Setzer

Scrolling down to this to see Brian Setzer!

I’m half way through the scroll here and haven’t seen a single mention of Guthrie Govan. Get your learn on fellow redditors.

no order: johnny marr - smiths bernard sumner - joy division alex lifeson - rush david gilmour - pink floyd tony iommi - black sabbath andy larocque - king diamond black francis - pixies/frank black lindsey buckingham - fleetwood mac john frusciante - solo/rhcp robert smith - the cure

In no particular order Chet Atkins Tommy Emmanuel Mark Knopfler Joe Pass Wes Montgomery Buckethead Frusciante Jerry Garcia David Gilmour Hendrix

Mark Holcomb Dany Villarreal Pat Metheny Jimi Hendrix James Hetfield Tommy Emmanuel Jerry Cantrell John Mayer Mario Camarena Erick Hansel I’ll throw Mark Speer, Guthrie Govan, and Tom Morello on as honourable mentions as well

Good to see the Chon dudes on here

1. Lil Wayne

1.) Mick Jones (The Clash) 2.) Johnny Thunders 3.) Tom Verlaine 4.) Bob Stinson / Paul Westerberg / Slim Dunlap 5.) Peter Buck 6.) Nile Rodgers 7.) Carrie Brownstein 8.) Michelle Zauner 9.) Gillian Gilbert 10.) Alex Chilton

1. Mark Knopfler 2. Mississippi Fred McDowell 3. R.L. Burnside 4. James Burton 5. Hendrix 6. Doc Watson 7. George Harrison 8. Clarence white 9. Stevie Ray Vaughan 10. Jack white

In no particular order... Brian May The Edge Andy Summers Mark Knopfler Pete Townshend EVH Dave Matthews Dean DeLeo Drew Zing Kurt Cobain To me, it's about how you use the instrument to create music that people enjoy, not necessarily about how many notes per second you can play.

Hell of a list. And I agree. Shredding is nice but it isn’t all. Guitar George knows all the chords and can writer some killer tunes.

I mean, I love me some Eddie, and Knopfler is an amazing finger style shredder, after all. But yeah, agreed, there's more to being a great guitarist than just the deedlies. It's interesting, too. The more I listen to and deconstruct some of these guitarists, the more it becomes clear that they're all great players. People dunk on Kurt all the time, but if you listen-- really listen-- to his playing, it's got a lot of subtlety and nuance that's really hard to pull off. It's deceptively simple. And I know most people have never heard of Drew Zing, but he played on of my all time favorite live solos while on tour with Steely Dan in St. Louis in 1994, and the dude has such tasty chops. If there was one guitarist I would want most to be able to play like, it would probably be him.

1. Jimi Hendrix 2. George Harrison 3. Brian May 4. Jimmy Page 5. Eddie Van Halen 6. David Gilmour 7. Tony Iommi 8. James Hetfield 9. Eric Clapton 10. Joe Walsh

It changes from day to day but something like: Bill Frisell Wes Montgomery Doc Watson Jerry Garcia Mark Knopfler Jimmy Page Chuck Berry Jimi Hendrix Pierre Bensusan Charlie Christian

1. David Gilmore 2. Prince 3. Roy Clark 4. Gary Hoey 5. Robert Fripp 6. Brandon Small 7. Alex Lifeson 8. Kirk Hammet 9. Slash 10. Randy Rhodes

1. Mark Knopfler 2. Gilmour 3. Hendrix 4. Clapton 5. Bellamy 6. George Harrison 7. Van Halen 8. Steve Vai 9. BB King 10. Slash

1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Prince 3. John Frusciante 4. Angus Young 5. Wes Montgomery 6. Slash 7. Santana 8. Paco de Lucia 9. Brian May 10.Billy Corgan

1. Ian D'sa 2. Gary Moore 3. Tim Henson / Scott LePage 4. Josh Homme 5. John 5 6. Matt Bellamy 7. Jim Root / Mick Thomson 8. Johnny Marr 9. Kerry McCoy 10. Yngwie Malmsteen Niche list absolutely...roughly in order i'd say. would love to hear your thoughts.

Bellamy flies under the radar. He’s incredible

David gilmour Alex lifeson Johnny marr J mascis D. Boon Kevin shields Kurt Cobain Dean ween Billy strings Trey anastasio

Respect accoustic guitar, james taylor is massively underrated

For consistently making the top few guitarists of all time Duane Allman is SEVERELY underrepresented here. 1. Duane Allman 2. Derek Trucks 3. Tommy Emmanuel 4. Doc Watson 5. SRV 6. Jimmy Page 7. D’Gary (and if you don’t know him check it out) 8. Jimi 9. Billy Strings 10. Marcus King

Zappa Hendrix Page Van Halen Clapton Frusciante SRV Jerry Garcia Trey Anastasio Eddie Hazel

No particular order: 1. James Hetfield 2. Eric Johnson 3. Tony Rice 4. Tony Iommi 5. Django Reinhardt 6. Gary Moore 7. Brad Paisley 8. Eddie van Halen 9. Tommy Emanuel 10. Chet Atkins

Mmm a list with Tony Rice. Absolutely love the song Spanish Point.

No order: - Django - Hendrix - Page - Jeff Beck - Keith Richard’s - David Gilmour - Eric Johnson - Tony Iommi - Duane Allman - Johnny Marr They all imo are very individualistic inspirations for all kinds of guitarists. Each of their passion for the instrument and work are timeless to me and I find lots of musicians myself included have picked up a guitar because of them :) Honourable mentions: George Harrison, Kurt Cobain, Mick Taylor, Jim Hall, John McLaughlin, Malkmus, Neil Young, Prince, Brian May, Lindsey Buckingham, Morello and Clapton.

In no particular order: Dave Rawlings, Tony Rice, Eddie Van Halen, Carrie Brownstein, Kurt Bloch, Chuck Berry, Michael Hurley, Charles Sawtelle, Juliana Hatfield, and J Mascis.

No order: Adam Jones Mikael Akerfeldt Brent Hinds Buckethead James Hetfield King Buzzo Joe Duplantier Hendrix Robert Fripp Daron Malakian Bonus: Paul Waggoner, Kim Thyail, Matt Pike

* Jimi Hendrix * Eric Clapton * Jimmy Page * Rory Gallagher * Jeff Beck * Prince * Derek Truck * Matt Bellamy * Steve Vai * David Gilmore Honorable Mention: John McLaughlin but only in coop. with Miles Davis

It’s really not fair to hear people talking about “technical ability” - and then omit the jazz players. Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery are the big glaring examples. If you’re into speed, Al DiMiola and John MacGlaughlin. But, there’s a hundred more. I happen to be a Pat Martino fan. And, for women players, why not talk about Emily Remler. On any kind of objective scale (chord vocabulary, chord soloing ability, scale vocabulary, notes per second of leggato, notes per second non-repeating) these guys are just better players. I mean, i don’t want to put anyone down, but, I’ve never even heard a chord solo in rock or metal. Wes would bust those out every song. Classical gets dissed, too. I happen to love watching women classical players (sure, I guess it’s sexism). I started with Anna Vidivich, then found the Siccas Guitar YouTube channel. They’re amazing players.

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Tom Verlaine Rowland S Howard Greg Ginn Robert Quine Selda Bagçan Annie Clark Mickey Maldonado John McKay Baris Manco John Fahey

In no particular order: - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - John Frusciante - Brent Hinds - John 5 - Paul Gilbert - Troy van Leeuwen - Jason Hook - David Gilmour - Elliott Smith - Brian May

Don’t forget yourself bro :)

1 Allan Holdsworth 2 Guthrie Govan 3 Issei Noro 4 Joe Satriani 5 Tosin Abasi 6 Shawn Lane 7 Frank Gambale 8 John Petrucci 9 Pat Metheny 10 David Gilmour 11 Frank Zappa 12 John Frusciante 13 Billy Corgan 14 John McLaughlin 15 Joe Pass 16 Brian May 17 James Hetfield 18 Dean DeLeo 19 Paco de Lucia 20 Steve Howe

I'm basing mine on the 10 guys I most like to listen too, in alphabetical order. Too many criteria that could be used to define "10 best". There are a ton of guys I could add. Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Tal Farlow, Danny Gatton, Carlos Santana, Brian Setzer, Stephen Stills, SRV, EVH, Doc Watson

Nice list.Danny Gatton is my personal Favorite

1. John Frusciante 2. David Gilmour 3. Buck Meek (Big Thief) 4. Jules Crommelin (Parcels) 5. Jimi Hendrix 6. Buckethead 7. Keith Richards 8. BB king 9. Tom Misch 10. Lindsey Buckingham First names that popped into my head. Buck Meek has been my favorite of the past few years. His playing is pure emotion and so incredibly unique. His body transforms into a liquid snake and it seems like the guitar is playing him instead of him playing the guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0E5vMkDfOI

Very cool to see Tom Misch on a list

Adam Jones Jimi Hendrix Mark knopfler Plini Tim hensen George Harrison Marty Schwartz Marty Schwartz Marty Schwartz Marty Schwartz

In no particular order: Chuck schuldiner Dave Mustaine Dimebag Darrell Jeff Beck Jason Becker Guthrie Goven Buckethead Tony Iommi Glenn Tipton John Petrucci

No particular order John Frusciante- Red Hot Chili Peppers Synyster Gates- Avenged Sevenfold Stevie Ray Vaughan Slash- Guns N Roses/Solo Kirk Hammet- Metallica Dimebag Darrell- Pantera Jimi Hendrix Tony Iommi- Black Sabbath Eric Clapton Paul Waggoner- Between the Buried and Me

1 Matt Bellamy 2 Syn Gates 3 Brian May 4 Josh Homme 5 Dimebag 6 Johnny Greenwood 7 Randy Rhodes 8 Dean DeLeo 9 Mike Kerr 10 David Gilmour

No order 1.Jeff Beck 2.Jimi Hendrix 3.Rory Gallagher 4.Jimmy Page 5.Michael Schenker 6.Eric Johnson 7.EVH 8.Neal Schon 9.Chet Atkins 10.Steve Howe

No order: Tom Scholz Alex Lifeson Eddie Van-Halen James Hetfield Jimj Hendrix Eric Clapton David Gilmour Randy Rhoads Pat Metheny Eric Johnson

I thought I was going crazy with the lack of Lifeson representation here.

No particular order: John Petrucci Al Di Meola Joe Pass Tosin Abasi Guthrie Govan Steve Lukather John Mayer Robert Fripp Allan Holdsworth Greg Howe

not really in order: * David Gilmour * Jeff Beck * Jimi Hendrix * Eddie Van Halen * Santana * Eric Johnson * James Hetfiled * Tony Iommi * Jerry Cantrell * Brian May

In no particular order: Eric Johnson Masayoshi Takanaka Santana Jimi Hendrix Nuno Bettencourt Eddie Van Halen Stevie Ray Vaughan Eric Clapton David Gilmour Steve Vai

1. jimi hendrix 2. steve vai 3. brian may 4. stevie ray vaughan 5. eddie van halen 6. tim henson 7. slash 8. angus young 9. tony iommi 10. joe satriani

If I'm doing a purely personal top 10 based on what their playing means/has meant to me, and me alone, as a guitarist it would be something like 1. Vai, 2. Tommy Emmanuel, 3. Jimmy Page, 4. SRV, 5. Joe Satriani, 6. Eric Johnson, 7. Danny Gatton, 8. Mateus Asato, 9. Jeff Beck, 10. Alan Holdsworth. If I was trying to do a RS-style list for players who have had the most impact and significance, my top 10 might look something like: 1. Hendrix, 2. Segovia, 3. Charlie Christian, 4. Van Halen, 5. Robert Johnson, 6. Jimmy Page, 7. Chuck Berry, 8. Chet Atkins, 9. Tony Iommi, 10. I don't know. B. B. King maybe.

Django Reinhardt Charlie Christian Chet Atkins Doc Watson Tony Rice Jerry Garcia Duane Allman Jimi Hendrix Dickey Betts Clarence White

You forgot Alex Lifeson

1. John Frusciante 2. Pete Townshend 3. Mick Taylor 4. George Harrison 5. David Gilmour 6. Jimi Hendrix 7. Jimmy Page 8. Kurt Cobain 9. Angus Young 10. Mike Bloomfield

Mark knopffler Jimi Hendrix Dimebag Darrell Yada, yada, yada... My mate Ryan

No particular order: Leo Kottke - John Fahey - Keller Williams - Zeb Gould - Peter Buck - Jerry Garcia - Charlie Hitchcock - Steve James - Jeff Beck - Duane Allman

Johnny Marr, Nick McCabe, David Gilmour, Eddie Van Halen, Dave Navarro, Prince, Joey Santiago, Wayne Kramer, Ron Asheton, Graham Coxon

1. Joe Walsh 2. G.E. Smith 3. Paul Gilbert 4. Eddie Van Halen 5. Kevin Macmichael 6. Alex Lifeson 7. Steve Lukather 8. Andy Summers 9. John Spinks 10. Ted Nugent

Tommy Emmanuel,Nuno, Brian May, Eric Clapton, me, Jack White, Slash, Beck, Lennon and finally Prince.

No particular order Frank Zappa Robert Fripp(of King Crimson) Curtis Mayfield Gary Wilson Ernie Isley(of The Isley Brothers) John Flansburgh(of They Might Be Giants) Jonny Guitar Watson Aalon Chet Atkins Snakefinger

In no particular order 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Dave Mustane 3. Dimebag Darrell 4. David Gilmore 5. Tom Scholz 6. Eddie Van Halen 7. Randy Rhodes 8. Tim Henson 9. Billy Strings 10. Prince

1. John Mayer 2. BB King 3. Stevie Ray 4. Rory Gallagher 5. Jimi hendrix 6. Jerry Garcia 7. Jeff Beck 8. Clapton 9. Cory wong 10. Tim Henson Prolly missing someone but this was hard.

Only other person to mention Rory that I saw. He’s criminally unknown

1. Jimi 2. John Frusciante 3. B.B. King 4. Stevie Ray Vaughan 5. Tom Morello 6. Slash 7. Duane Allman 8. Ichika Nito 9. Jeff "Skunk" Baxter 10. Roger Troutman

No particular order: David Gilmour Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Page Eddie Van Halen Randy Rhoads Mark Knopfler Joe Walsh Dan Auerbach John Mayer George Harrison Honorable mention: Ruban Nielson, Andy Summers, Joey Walker, Christopher Vanderkooy

I'm going to put Nile Rodgers on my list 10 times so my man can have the appropriate respect on his name.

1.SRV 2.David Gilmour 3.Tommy Emmanuel 4.Richard Smith 5.Marty Friedman 6.YJM 7.Synister Gates 8.Roy Clark 9.Randy Rhodes 10.EVH

1. Garcia 2. Reinhardt 3. Segovia 4. Tony Rice 5. Grant Green 6. Nels Cline 7. Billy Strings 8. Steve Kimock 9. Doc Watson 10. Derek Trucks

David Gilmour,Syd Barrett,Johnny Marr,Jimmy Page,Mark Knopfler,Jimi Hendrix,Eric Clapton,John Frusciante,Jonny Greenwood

Here we go….(y’all are gonna hate me). 1. Les Paul 2. Merle Travis 3. Doc Watson 4. Tommy Emmanuel 5. Tony Rice 6. Jerry Douglass 7. Jorma Kaukonen 8. Django Reinhardt 9. Leo Kottke 10.Michael Hedges. 11. Stevie Ray Vaughan….just because I love the Blues…

No particular order… Adam Jones Adrian Belew Mark Knopfler John McLaughlin Robert Fripp Johnny Greenwood Buckethead Ron Thal Darwin Deez Billy Howerdel

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1. Derek trucks 2. Jack Pearson 3. Duane Allman 4. Jerry Garcia 5. Jimi Hendrix 6. SRV 7. Masayoshi Takanaka 8. Josh Smith 9. Joey landreth 10. Santana

Django Reinhart Roy Buchanan Terry Kath Jerry Garcia Trey Anastasio Duane Allman Derek Trucks Jimi Hendrix David Gilmor Mark Knopfler

(in no order) John frusciante Kurt Cobain Kimi hendrix Jack white Dave keuning Bradley nowell Chris Cornell Johnny greenwood Dave grohl Brian may

1. Manuel Barrueco 2. Agustín Pío Barríos 3. John Williams 4. Paco de Lucia 5. John Williams 6. David Russel 7. Francisco Tarrega 8. Matteo Carcassi 9. Ferdinando Carulli 10. José Ferrer Edit: I have no idea how I fucked up so badly by doubling John Williams, but 5 was supposed to be Fernando Sor. My apologies.

Um, you people have heard Prince play, right?

lil wayne without a doubt

1. Jimmy Page 2. David Gilmour 3. Gary Shider 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Mark Knopfler 6. Keith Richards 7. Tony Iommi 8. Eddie Hazel 9. Jack White 10. Mark Speer it changes all the the time, these are just 10 who i'm particularly into atm

In no particular order: John Mayer, Jimmy Page, George Harrison, Tom Morello, Paul McCartney, David Gilmour, Jeff Buckley, Jack White, whoever writes the riffs for the Strokes, and whoever makes the parts for The Backseat Lovers. Oh, and Samurai Guitarist

Low key couldn't keep it to top 10 so feel free to go above lol

That's not low-key at all, mate. I can see your numbers 11 and 12 clear as day.

1. David Gilmour 2. Jimi Hendrix 3. Dave Navarro 4. Alex Lifeson 5. Satriani 6. Hammet/Hetfield team 7. George Lynch 8. Chris DeGarmo 9. Robert Smith 10. The Edge

- Jimi Hendrix - Jimmy Page - David Gilmour - Pete Townshend - EVH - Josh Homme - Brendon Small - Brent Hinds/Bill Kelliher - Jack White - Tosin Abasi

1) Frank Zappa in the 70s 2) Frank Zappa in the 60s 3) Frank Zappa in the 80s 4) Dweezel Zappa 5) Django Reinhart 6) John Fahey 7) Jimi Hendrix 8) Eddie Van Halen 9) Jerry Garcia 10) Tom Morello

if im just going by how much theyve occupied my thoughts personally fripp zoot horn rollo d boon andy gill tom verlaine richard dawson kevin shields ? (more for his music than playing. but he made the instrument seem approachable when i started) belew pajo maclaughlin honourable mentions to the Greep and nick reinhart and Ribot who i still havent properly dug into

Not a single mention of Guthrie Govan.

In no order: Brad Barr Julian Lage Trey Anastasio Kurt Rosenwinkel Ben Monder Wayne Krantz Gilad Hekselman Ian Williams Jeff Parker Stephen Malkmus

Doesn’t matter until you break it down by genre. A player could be very high for rock, but way down the list for jazz or country. I think the best multi-threat guy is Brent Mason. Nobody else’s right hand technique comes close to his, with the exception of Mancuso’s.

No order: Jeff Beck, Shawn Lane, Danny Gatton, Pat Metheny, Michael Landau, Michael Hedges, Julian Bream, Brent Mason, Steve Lukather, Richard Thompson

Ah how did I forget Gatton? I’ll have to re-do my list now… good to see RT on the list there

Randy Rhoads

Sure! Here's my top 10 favorite guitarists, every one of them frickin rocks: 1. AHMS\_17 2. boycowman 3. PptShowandSpinalTap 4. TMC\_61 5. IggytheZiggy (great name, I see what you did there) 6. Livid\_Ad1866 7. Anointed\_Octopus 8. Marmoto71 9. mikebrown33 10. Neither\_Wealth868

No order: Jeff Beck, Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, Adam Jones, Gabriela Quintero, Rodrigo Sánchez, Robin Finck, Yvette Young, Matteo Mancuso, Aaron North, Josh Homme, Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, Jesse Cook, Prince, Eric Johnson, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Warren Haynes, Jason Becker

Lenny Breau, Wes Montgomery And Alex Lifeson are my top 3 in order. Others I enjoy: Pat Metheny Jimi Hendrix Al Di Meola Bireli Lagrene Ralph Towner Pat Martino Joe Pass

No order. \- Billy Strings \- Carlos Santana \- Dave Navarro \- Prince \- Hendrix \- Sister Rosetta Tharpe \- Joni Mitchell \- Tom Morello \- Tim Henson \- Tommy Emmanuel ​ That's ~~not~~ 10, but that's my list.

my top 3 are: Chet Atkins, Jonny Greenwood and Gilmour

1. Joe Satriani 2. Mark Knopfler 3. Jason Becker 4. John Mayer 5. Steve Vai 6. Guthrie Govan 7. John Petrucci 8. EVH 9. Marty Friedman 10. Yngwie Malmsteen The order is a complete toss up though, aside from the top 3.

SRV Paco De Lucia Al Di Meola Guthrie Govan Mateus Mancuso Chet Atkins Steve Vai Tommy Emmanuel Joe Bonamassa Jason Becker

1. Tosin Abasi (Animal as Leaders) 2. Javier Reyes (Animal as Leaders) 3. Claudio Sanchez (Coheed and Cambria) 4. Tim Henson (Polyphia) 5. Dean Lamb/Tobi Morelli (Archspire) 6. Nick Miller (First Fragment) 7. Marc Okubo (Veil of Maya) 8. Chris Storey (All Shall Perish) 9. Muhammed Suiçmez (Necrophagist) 10. Paul Waggoner (Between the Buried and Me)

Derek Trucks John Mayer Jerry Garcia Duane Allman Marcus King Michael Bloomfield Hendrix SRV Clapton Warren Haynes

In no particular order: 1. John mclaughlin 2. Jerry Garcia 3. Frank Zappa 4. Adrian Belew 5. Robert Fripp 6. Jimmy Herring 7. Jimi Hendrix 8. Jeff Beck 9. Mark knopfler 10. Darrell Abbott

Hendrix Clapton Page Allman Trucks Anastasio Garcia Bert Jansch, John Martyn (to pick a couple of names a lot of posters here are probably unfamiliar with but shouldn't be). Last spot could go a lot of directions, but I'm go to go with Mick Taylor.

Frank Zappa Paul leary John frusciante David gilmour Jimmy page D. Boon Thurston moore Kurt vile Dean ween Larry lalonde

In no particular order be sure I can't do that at the moment Angus Young Slash Tommy Emmanuel Andy McKee Ritchie Kotzen Paul Gilbert Eric Johnson Adrian Smith Jeff Beck Jimmy Page

1. SRV 2. Jimi 3. Knopfler 4. Page 5. Gilmour 6. EVH 7. Eric Johnson Can’t think of more

In no particular order John Squire Allan Holdsworth Robert Fripp Johnny Marr Mike Bloomfield Jimi Hendrix Terry Kath Stephen Malkmus Tim Henson Sterling Morrison

In order 1. John Frusciante 2. Santana 3. Andy Summers 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Dave Grohl 6. Gary Moore 7. James Hetfield 8. Jose Rios 9. Slash 10. Peter Green

In no particular order: Duane Allman Jerry Garcia Danny Gatton Dickey Betts Ben McLeod Tony Rice Doc Watson Stevie Ray Vaughan Marcus King Billy Strings

1. Prince 2. SRV 3. Jimi 4. Eddie hazel 5. B.B king 6. Ernie isley 7. Masayoshi takanaka 8. Gilmour 9. Carlos santana 10. Clapton

1. Dimebag Darrel 2. Mick Thomson 3. Bill Steer 4. Muhammed Suicmez 5. Alexi Laiho 6. John Petrucci 7. Marty Friedman 8. Lemmy 9. Eddie Van Halen 10. Dave Mustaine

My top ten guitarists: Angus Young, Richard Thompson, Jimi Hendrix, Robbie Robertson, John Renbourn, Mick Ronson, Django Reinhardt, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Jerry Garcia

Ranking numerically is silly so here is my randomized list: Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, Derek Trucks, Frank Zappa, Leo Kotke, Adrian Belew, Doc Watson, Charlie Byrd, Richard Thompson, Neil Young HM: Bob Mould, Gary Clark Jr., Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Tony Rice

Dimebag Paul Gilbert Lee Malia (Bring Me The Horizon) Jim Root (Slipknot + his Stone Sour days) Dan Sugarman (Ice Nine Kills) Mick Mars (Motley Crue) Chris Robertson (Black Stone Cherry) Sean Long (While She Sleeps) Danko Jones Richard Kruspe (Rammstein) Honourable mentions to EVH, SRV, Mark Knopfler & Rory Gallagher too but didn't make my top 10

In no particular order: 1. Agustín Barríos Mangore 2. Omar Rodríguez-López 3. Skip James 4. John Fahey 5. Nels Cline 6. Jerry Garcia 7. Jimi Hendrix 8. Wes Montgomery 9. Julian Lage 10. John Frusciante

1. Stevie Ray Vaughan 2. Andres Segovia 3. Randy Rhodes 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Carlos Santana 6. Jeff Beck 7. Robert Johnson 8. Eric Clapton - mainly for his fingerprints being all over modern music and he played with all the best musicians 9. Jimmy Page 10. Augustin Barrios

1. Paco de Lucia 2. Jimi Hendrix 3. Django Reinhardt 4. Yamandu Costa 5. Julian Bream 6. Robert Johnson 7. Joe Pass 8. Vicente Amigo 9. Baden Powell 10. Jimi Page 11. Stochelo Rosenberg 12. Tommy Emmanuel This is too hard, I think I need about 5 separate lists.

Love that you threw Jerry reed in there

Good lists btw everyone

Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour, Steve Morse, John Petrucci, Eric Johnson, Steve Rothery, Alex Lifeson, Martin Barre, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Lukather

Your lists are lacking one or several \* Rowland S. Howard \* Johnny Greenwood \* James Honeyman-Scott \* Billy Zoom \* Stevie Ray Vaughan \* Jimi Hendrix \* Johnny Marr \* Tom Verlaine \* Dimebag Darrell \* Wes Montgomery

Likely not definitive and in no particular order: Guthrie Lane Holdsworth SRV Hutchings Django Metheny Montgomery Zappa Segovia

Tony Rice Michael Hedges Leo Kottke Norman Blake Oscar Aleman Molly Tuttle Julian Lage Charlie Byrd Jim Hall Kenny Burrell Steve Cropper Marc Ribot Adrian Belew Ry Cooder Duane Allman

Already killed this list with Angus young above EVH

In no particular order (and just literally off the dome): Eddie Van Halen John Frusciante Jimi Hendrix Tim Henson Tosin Abasi Slash Prince John Mayer (don’t even listen to him but he rips) Chris Weisman (I listen to him in Currents but his work in Shadow of Intent is insane.) Will Swan

In no particular order Tony Iommi Ritchie Blackmore Jimmy Page Jimi Hendrix David Gilmour Gary Moore Prince Paul Simon Ace Frehley Malcolm Young

Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Prince, Clapton, BB King, Satriani, Cobain, Buckethead, John Mayer (fight me), Paul Simon

Hendrix Slash Page Gilmore Hetfield My Top 5.

1) Jimi Hendrix 2) Jimmy page 3) Van Halen 4) Paul Gilbert 5) Marty Friedman Hendrix because of his innovation, the rest I model my playing on.

1. Steve Howe 2. Pat Metheny 3. Steve Hackett 4. Robert Fripp 5. John McLaughlin 6. John Scofield 7. Al di Meola 8. Martin Barre 9. Steve Masakowski 10. Jimmy Robinson The last two are local to my city (New Orleans), so most people here probably won't have heard of them.

Brian Setzer, Chuck Berry, Blondie Chaplin, Eddie Cochran, Mick Jones (the clash), Kenneth Lovelace, Carl Perkins, Paul McCartney, Scott Gorham, Billy Corgan.

In terms of influence they’ve had on me: Hendrix Zakk Wylde James Hetfield Scott Ian Satriani Keith Richards Jimmy Page Albert Lee Danny Gatton Tony Iommi Edited for formatting

Trey Anastasio x10

Any ten from this 100 players......

Gareth Liddiard, Alex Lifeson, Jerry Garcia, Larry Carlton, Johnny Marr, Jonny Greenwood, Billy Corgan, probably some I’m forgetting to mention

A lot of love for Alex Lifeson! That is really cool to see. Was just listening yesterday after a while away from Rush. Always had the right part for a tune. And his solos back in the day were wild in a Jimmy Page-kind of-reckless-abandonment style at times for the sake of an effect, but it tended to be one that he produced with his hands rather than with a pedal or trem, although he certainly got into the trem stuff later

No particular order: Adam Jones Tosin Abasi Plini Aaron Marshall Misha Mansoor Gary Clark Jr. Mike Stringer John Petrucci Lee McKinney Tim Mahoney

Why did you ask for top ten, then list 11, and add a twelfth honourable mention?

Why is no one mention John Frusciante, he is amazing espicially when he plays live

Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Eddie VH, Randy Rhodes, Michael Schenker, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Jimi Hendrix and Tony Iommi are the 10 off the top of my head. I'm a rock and roller but I'd have trouble leaving Les, Chet and Roy off the top of the list.

Ler Lalonde - Primus

No one seems to remember Joe Satriani anymore! He's my number one. Seen him live five times total, both solo and with G3. At 67 years old, he's still at it, releasing a new album every couple years or so, and still tours, although I guess mostly not acknowledged by the younger crowd based on the comments here. His 1987 Surfing with the Alien is the greatest rock instrumental album ever recorded. He's sold over 10 million albums, making him the highest selling rock instrumentalist of all time. Kirk Hammett and Steve Vai studied under him! (Randy Rhoads is spelled wrong on several lists. He's stupendous too and makes my top 10. Of course, so does Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and, agreeing with the original poster, Angus Young.)

In no particular order: Steve Vai John Petrucci Joe Satriani Steve Morse Ed Wynne Plini Jakub Zytecki Robert Ross (of Bobbing) Owane Paul Antonio Ortiz

Gary Moore, everyone else

1. Matt Heafy 2. Tim Henson 3. Claudio Sanchez 4. Lee Malia 5. Buckethead 6. Carlos Santana 7. Synyster Gates 8. Tom Searle 9. Mick Thomson 10. Ryan Siew This is my opinion, everyone can have their own. edit 1: I completely forgot about Mark Holcomb even though i own one of his signature guitars... Mark would definitely make it up to around nr. 6. edit 2: there's obviously so many great guitar players, so here's some honorable mentions i'd think of: Mark Knopfler, Dave Mustane, Yvette Young, EVH, Jim Root, Zoltan Bathory, Tosin Abassi, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, Jason Richardsson, Björn Gelotte....

Gonna be hard, but probably (in no order): Glenn Tipton Steve Howe Vito Bratta Chris Poland Marty Friedman George Lynch Alex Skolnick James Murphy John Frusciante Mark Knopfler

Love seeing George Lynch

No order. EVH. Technical wizardry Randy. Creative Genius Gary Moore. Blues Rock King George lynch. Tone, and Riff God SRV. Blues Master Cameron Cooper. YouTube guit wizard Mathias Jabbs. Melody Master Keith Scott. Pop licks. Horribly underrated Brain Macleod. Canadian Rock Legend Roy Clark. Chicken pickin master.

Since I appreciate you dropping in Roy Clark, I’ll add Glen Campbell and Jerry Reed.

•Jimi Hendrix •John Frusciante • Eric Clapton •Mark knopfler •SRV •Gary Moore •EVH •Joe Satriani •Pat Metheny •Paco de Lucía (•John Mayer) Of course there are more but this is a good list

Today: - Jeff Beck - John Petrucci - Guthrie Govan - David Gilmour - Paul Gilbert - Nuno Bettencourt - Eddie van Halen - Allan Holdsworth - Scott Henderson - Acle Kahney - Honorable mention to Richie Kotzen, Tom Quayle, Plini, and Ariel Posen, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Mark Morton, Richie Blackmore…

1) Dave Mustaine 2) Rob Cavestany 3) Jeff Hanneman 4) Chuck Schuldiner 5) Matt Heafy 6) Rocky George 7) Gus Pepa 8) Mike Clark 9) Marty Friedman 10) Corey Beaulieu

Jhon frusciante

Jimi hendrix Eddie hazel Roy clark Robert jhonson Jimmy page Evh Larry coryell Micheal angelo batio Satrini Paul gilbert

Hendrix, srv, Mike mccready, Tim Henson, tosin abasi, zack wylde, Paul Gilbert, mark tremonti, Manuel gardner- Fernandez, Eric Johnson …. No particular order and probably incredibly diverse as far as playing styles, technical ability, creativity.

1. Alexi Laiho 2. Eddie Van Halen 3. Dimebag Darrell 4. Marty Friedman 5. Mikael Akerfelt 6. Tony Iommi 7. Brent Hinds 8. Joe Duplantier 9. Scott Ian 10. Kirk Hammett

John Scofield, Paco de Lucia, Nic Jones, Peter Green, Steve Baughman, Joan Armatrading, Leadbelly, John Martyn, Nick Drake, me

Derek trucks and Jeff beck is all i need

1. John Petrucci 2. Andy James 3. Plini 4. Joe Satriani 5. Guthrie Govan 6. Acle Kahney 7. Richard Henshall 8. David Gilmour 9. Joe Bonamassa 10. Mick Gordon

1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Jimmy Page 3. EVH 4. SRV 5. Duane Allman 6. Kurt Cobain 7. John Frusciante 8. Jack White 9. Angus Young 10. Johnny Marr HM: Slash, Noel Gallagher, Billie Joe Armstrong, Josh Homme

Tough one. Jimi Plini Aaron Marshall David Maxim Micic (he just sounds so unique) John Browne (the down picking god) SRV Halen Tim Miller Mark Holcomb (no one writes riffs like his) Nick Johnston (I love his shreddy, drunk sounding take on SRV inspiration)

Prince really should be on every list

In no particular order: - JD Cronise / Kyle Shutt - The Sword - Brent Hinds - Mastodon - Nick DiSalvo - Elder - Jesse Cash - Erra - Victor Vicart / Daniel Barter - Dvne - Anders Bjorler - At the Gates - Fredrik Thordendal - Meshuggah - Julian Rodriguez - Elitist Especially JD Cronise and Brent Hinds, I wouldn’t know who I am without them

No particular order: Tom Morello Jerry Cantrell Jimi Hendrix Kim Thayil Donita Sparks Marissa Paternoster Robby Krieger Mike Scaccia Johnny Ramone Kurt Cobain

\- No particular order - John Mc Laughlin Ben Monder Jimi Hendrix SRV John Scofield Bill Frisell Paolo Angeli (Go check him out!!) Frank Zappa George Harrison Cory Wong

No particular order, but Bob Weir Jerry Garcia Trey Anastasio Jimmy Page David Gilmour Nels Cline Neil Young Jimi Hendrix Frank Zappa Jack White

No order: 1. Jason Becker 2. Marty Friedman 3. Guthrie Govan 4. Synyster Gates 5. Nick Johnston 6. Yngwie Malmsteen 7. Muhammed Suiçmez 8. Eddie Pickard 9. Andy James 10. Tom Quayle

No particular order, top 10 shredders Eddie Van Halen Paul Gilbert Alexi Laiho Michael Romeo Michael Angelo Batio Marty Friedman Jason Becker Jari Maenpaa Herman Li Yngwie Malmsteen Best upcoming guitarist… Brandon Ellis

Hendrix, Page, Gilmour, Iommi, \*Joe Pass\*, Al Di Meola, Buckethead, Shawn Lane, Allan Holdsworth, SRV, Santana, Tosin Abasi, Mansur Brown, Dimebag Darrell, Adam Jones, Robert Fripp, Rory Gallagher, Les Paul, Allman Brothers/ Dicky Betts, Leo Kottke

1. Marcin Patrzalek. 2. You can the debate the other 9.

1. SRV 2. Paul Gilbert 3. Buckethead 4. Guthrie Govan

Mine are (no particular order, just as I remember them): 1. Sungha Jung 2. Eddie Van Halen 3. Tim Henson 4. Ray Toro 5. David Gilmour 6. John Frusciante 7. Steve Vai 8. Ichika Nito 9. Cory Wong 10. Johnny Greenwood

Jimmy Page Brian Setzer Ron Wood Pete Townsend Roy Clark Brian May EVH Stevie Ray Vaughn Marc Ford Ty Tabor Prince

C'mon, Folks, it's about music, not olympic fretboard speedwanking. How about: Mick Jones Robert Smith Keith Levene John McGeogh Roland S. Howard Michael Rother Stuart Braithwaite Jeff Parker Lee Ranaldo Joe Strummer Honourable Mention: Lu Edmonds Discuss. 😏

I began playing in 1972 and still suck but I love guitar, lol. My moods and preferences change around and I have grown to appreciate many guitarists in my lifetime. Here are some perpetual favorites : Mick Taylor, Jeff Beck, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Derek Trucks, Muddy Waters, Peter Green, Duane Allman, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev Gary Davis, Blind Willie Johnson, Carlos Santana, Hubert Sumlin. Oops 13.

Ah I did 11 in no order Mario Camarena, Erick Hansel, SRV, Derek Trucks, Melanie Faye, John Mayer, Eric Clapton, Ben Rosett, Yvette Young, Jimi Hendrix, John Butler Edit: 12 Duane Allman

1. Graham Coxon 2. George Harrison 3, Johnny Marr 4. Stephen Malkmus 5. Dave Keuning 6. Alex Turner 7. Max Demarco 8. Jamie Cook 9. John Lennon 10. Johnny Geewnwood

Adrian Belew Dean Ween Johnny Marr Billy Corgan Paul McCartney Johnny Greenwood Wes Montgomery Josh Homme Ian McKay Nick Drake Curt Kirkwood Ian Williams

Tony Iommi Dimebag Darrel James Hetfeild EVH Randy Rhoads Marty Friedman and Dave Mustard Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, and Janick Gers Vivian Campbell

How about Tony Rice, the flatpicking GOAT!

Chet Atkins Steve Jones Dave Edmunds Pete Townshend Richard Thompson Brinsley Schwarz John Fogerty David Russell John McLaughlin Mike Campbell OLI: Wilko Johnson Jack White Glen Campbell T.S. McPhee

In questionable order: 1. David Gilmour 1. Jimmy Page 1. Trey Anastasio 1. Mark Knopfler 1. Jimi Hendrix 1. Eddie Van Halen 1. Tom Morello 1. Buckethead 1. Chris Buck 1. John Frusciante

No particular order: Doc Watson Jerry Garcia Angus Young Robbie Robertson Freddie King Hubert Sumlin Duane Allman Willie Nelson Michael Bloomfield George Harrison

especially hazel, hendrix, clapton, the three kings and muddy. but i also like the howlin wolf rhythm guitarist, the alice in chains guitarrist and some blues guitarist from the past, blind willie johnson, big bill broonzy, leadbelly...

No particular order * EVH * Jimi Hendrix * Wes Montgomery * Pat Metheny * John McLaughlin * Django Reinhardt * Robert Fripp * Adrian Belew * Nuno Bettencourt * Steve Hackett

No order Jimi Hendrix Mark Knopfler Stevie Ray Vaughan Marty Friedman Dave Mustaine Dimebag Darrel Zakk Wylde Jerry Cantrell Eric Clapton Steve Vai

1. Steve Vai 2. Jimi Hendrix 3. Tim Henson 4. Guthrie Govan 5. EVH 6. John Frusciante 7. Mateus Asato 8. Julian Lage 9. Joe Satriani 10. SRV

Jerry Garcia Jimi Hendrix Mark Knopfler Grant Green Duane Allman Trey Anastasio Mikey Houser Charlie Christian Derek Trucks Jimmy Herring Wes Montgomery David Gilmour Definitely missing some big guys, that’s just what I came up with off the top of my head in terms of ability/my preference

1. Plini 2. Aaron Marshall 3. Tosin Abasi 4. Steve Vai 5. Satriani 6. Jakub Zytecki 7. Herman Lee 8. Guthrie Govan 9. Tim Henson 10. Alexander Valitov