Your favorite guitarists of all time

[Tone2TheBone]

My Top 5

1. Jimmy Page

2. Brian May

3. Stevie Ray Vaughan

4. Nuno Bettencourt

5. Neal Schon

(a close #6. is Yngwie J. Malmsteen)

[Christian]

Ace Frehley, Tony Iommi, Mick Mars, Billy Corgan and Rick Derringer

but my Influences are:
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Rick Derringer, Alice Cooper, KISS, AC/DC, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Guns 'n' Roses, SoundGarden, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, The Tea party, The Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Donnas, The Darkness, etc...etc...

[Robert****]

Hey dudes, where am I on those lists!! Haha, just kidding!

My top 5:

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Scott Henderson
3. Wes Montgomery
4. John Scofield
5. Albert King

[EscalonJon]

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. SRV
3. B.B.
4. E.C.
5. Albert King

Close others: Robert Cray, Coco Montoya

[Tone2TheBone]

I think Robert Cray rules when it comes to singing the blues. Just got that Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD and I haven't stopped playing it. And I don't care what people think...I say John Mayer is one talented individual...even though he looks funny doing it.

ps- Did I mention Buddy Guy as being in my list? Oh and Robert Renman?

[Robert****]

Haha, honoured to be on that list!!!!

John Mayer is a wicked blues player, don't you forget that!

[Justaguyin_nc]

1.J.H.
2.E.C.
3.SRV
3.Jimmy Page
4.Willie Nelson
5.Muddy Waters
6.Lightnin Hopkins
7.Steve Cropper
8.BB King
9.EVH
10.Jeff Beck

[Nelskie]

Whoa! Let's see if I can make it in (10) . . .

1.) Billy Gibbons
2.) Jimmy Page
3.) Ace Frehley
4.) SRV
5.) Joe Perry / Brad Whitford (ain't no Joe w/o Brad)
6.) Peter Green (original Fleetwood Mac)
7.) Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule / Allman Bros.)
8.) Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
9.) George Harrison / John Lennon (da' Beatles)
10.) Keith Richards / Ron Wood (da' Stones)
11.) Eddie Van Halen
12.) Joe Satriani
13.) Marc Ford / Rich Robinson (another spectacular duo)

*whew* Just under the wire with (13) total. Yeah, I kinda' knew it'd be more than (10)!!

[6STRINGS 9LIVES]

No Particular Order Here
1. Gary Moore
2.freddy King
3.e.c.
4.jimi
5.s.r.v
6.keef
7.knopfler
8.mike Bloomfield
9.george Harrison
10.phil Manzanera

[Hophead]

Ritchie Blackmore
Leslie West
Tony Bourge
Johnny Winter
Tony Iommi

[Iago]

Hendrix
Clapton
Johnny Winter
Jimmy Page
Hendrix again hehehe

[Nelskie]

Johnny Winter!!?? Now there's a dude with some chops! If you haven't heard, or don't have it in your collection, "Second Winter" is an album I would highly recommend. Johnny's little bro' Edgar plays on it, too.

Wow. People listening to Johnny Winter down in Brazil. That's awesome.

[Iago]

Second Winter was the first Johnny album I bought

Man, you would be surprised...many people here love the Blues, and Johnny is surely the favorite of many of them.

I bought his Pieces & Bits DVD last month, have you seen it? The setlist is great (though a bit short) and the image quality kinda sucks... but Johnny's trio really make it a worth buy...

[Tone2TheBone]

People in Brasil liking blues is pretty cool and the sweet looking babes down there are even cooler......

[Iago]

and even more cool when they are sweet looking and listen to blues hehehe

[Nelskie]

Iago - No, I have not seen the "Bits & Pieces", but thanks a lot for the tip. I'll definitely check it out.

As for people down in Brazil liking the blues, it's a bit hard for me to imagine. Perhaps its because of that stereotypical picture I have in my mind of crowds of people dancing in the streets to cantina or lambada music (which I'm assuming happens at various points during the year). At any rate, people are passionate about blues music just about everywhere in this great big world, and that's the line of thinking one should really have.

Now on that angle of beautiful Brazilian women AND great blues music - - well, it just sends my mind racing a hundred miles an hour. I think I'll hit Travelocity, and see what a plane ticket down there costs . . . !

[Iago]

I have in my mind of crowds of people dancing in the streets to cantina or lambada music

What's Cantina??? hehehehe a "cantina" in portuguese means something like a snack bar!

Oh, Lambada was big around 1989 when I was 6 years old hahahaha...

You're welcome to visit us!

[Guitar-Chris]

Hey are you folks crazy?

Where's David Gilmour on your lists?

His soli are one of the best peaces of guitar music...mot only "I can play more notes in one bar" but often little songs in a song...


Hey and Johnny Winter... cool but I saw him a fews years ago when i did a job in the backstage area, and he looks (and is) very ill. He stands nearly absolute not moving on the stage, but his fingers are still very good.

[Iago]

My dream is to shake Johnny's hand once! I know about his health problems, too bad

Gilmour would be in my top ten!