Greatest/Favourite Guitarists?

[Nowitness]

If anyone mentions Bob Dylan for the former I will shoot myself.

[russwest0]

Billy Corgan is my favorite. He is underrated as hell as a guitarist and musician. In all of Smashing Pumpkins albums he recorded every instrument and did everything but the drums.

The solo at 4:20:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RumHTFUV7bA#t=260

[JohnFreeman]

Gilmour

[Nowitness]

Gilmour

:notworthy:

He gets so overlooked because he was also a producer and songwriter (well, and Floyd are primarily known for having many layers) but the dude is insanely good as a lead.

[East_Stone_Ya]

Tito Larriva

[dr.hee]

Stevie Ray Vaughan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX5ioDq1m5I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffcQwYGk3Kg

Mike Landau:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcHR-rCb9HU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V72RC9_VU28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_s4_FMTUmo

John Scofield:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRTJLIKvvH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xofscPY3E48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5By6Xokphk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yxy8BMibOU

Scott Henderson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlGq-qsjyvM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3MYFMZiWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHb2UGIYzPM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh40r6OdEKg

Tommy Emmanuel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-UQ8H43QDo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaV0SOINI60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zek1vROh08Q

Joe Pass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN0oEWuc_Ng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaxU0TzdMbM

Ted Greene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5016romA3U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJSABbXwKxU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDuee6blvj8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZENkj7C7Bw

Greg Howe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjbw_Y0Omgs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCIbh3rHks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVvn3cgPmmE

Guthrie Govan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_0QizlG7Rs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T02w4PiEGQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWc_Wyl5HA

John Mayer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkAjv52asFs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-hnGwdBwWE

[Nowitness]

Zappa, Frusciante and Homme are my favorites (with Zappa to me being next to Hendrix as one of the greats).

[outbreak]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NSJw-68KXhM

brian setzer is my favorite.

[DukeDelonte13]

al di meola needs to be mentioned.

[Thorpesaurous]

Gilmour

One of the best ways I came to realize just how good Gilmore is was seeing Roger Water's do The Wall show four years or so ago. Because he uses a various guests to do the massive solo mid-show.


I'm an embarrassingly big fan of John Mayer. And coming out of a Stevie Ray Vaughn fandom, really like a lot of the little disciples, like Johnny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shephard.


I'd also throw Mark Knopfler out there. And recently have been really into Warren Haynes' stuff.

[boozehound]

my favorites are

Duane Allman
Bill Frisell

Obviously there are lots of others I like, but those two are my favorites.

[NumberSix]

Guitar fanboys can be so frustrating to deal with sometimes. The type of guys who will tell you with a straight face that they love listening to Alan Holdsworth and Buckethead albums all day. Yes, that is just what I am in the mood for. Guys who play shitty music but play it really well with amazing technical ability. To me, they're like the Michael Bay of music. Like, sure. His movies look great, are shot well and having amazing special effects...... But there's no story, the acting is bad and there is nothing remotely interesting. A perfectly painted image of a turd.

Anytime you talk about guitar players you like, there's always 1 or 2 douchebags who will start debating what's better? The new Joe Satriani or Steve Vai album. The actual answer of course is, both albums suck.

[BlazerRed]

Tom Delonge. Most skilled guitarist ever.

Gilmour and Mark Kozelek are two of my favorites. I enjoy Mayer too as someone else mentioned. There's so many though.

[Nowitness]

Guitar fanboys can be so frustrating to deal with sometimes. The type of guys who will tell you with a straight face that they love listening to Alan Holdsworth and Buckethead albums all day. Yes, that is just what I am in the mood for. Guys who play shitty music but play it really well with amazing technical ability. To me, they're like the Michael Bay of music. Like, sure. His movies look great, are shot well and having amazing special effects...... But there's no story, the acting is bad and there is nothing remotely interesting. A perfectly painted image of a turd.

Anytime you talk about guitar players you like, there's always 1 or 2 douchebags who will start debating what's better? The new Joe Satriani or Steve Vai album. The actual answer of course is, both albums suck.

I like the comparison.

[FatComputerNerd]

Mississippi John Hurt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEjyBLm9--4

HM for Buckethead. He's even done tribute songs to LBJ, along with a few other NBA players.

Buckethead- King James
Buckethead - Lebron
Buckethead - Lebron's Hammer
Buckethead - Lebrontron
Buckethead - Crack The Sky (dedicated to Blake Griffin)

Not even his best songs, but NBA-related so... =\