Who are your favorite guitarists?

[Jack Davenport]

Yngwie Malmsteen
George Lynch
Brad Paisley
Greg Koch
Brent Mason
Michael Schenker
John Petrucci
Ritchie Kotzen
Jerry Cantrell
Norman Brown
Buckethead
Frank Hannon
Robbin Ford
Ace Frehley
Gary Hoey
Paul Gilbert
Alex Lifeson
Eric Johnson
Dick Wagner

 

[Heaven & Hell]

Kirk Windstein
Dave Mustaine
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dave Murray
Adrian Smith
Glenn & KK from Priest

 

[Jack Davenport]

Kirk Windstein
Dave Mustaine
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dave Murray
Adrian Smith
Glenn & KK from Priest

Good choices as well.

 

[ai-ni-ichi]

Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Mustaine, Tony Iommi.

and, for slightly different reasons, Orianthi Panagaris

 

[alexpnz]

CC Deville

 

[STDiva]

Paul Gilbert
Dave Knudson
Adam Jones
Eric Clapton
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Myself
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Jim Ward
Jake Snider

 

[drdeath67]

WAY too many to list but some of my most favs are:
David Gilmore
Stevie Ray Vaughn
James Hetfield
Robin Trower
Jimi Hendrix
Dimebag Darrel
etc.

 

[knowone]

Brian May
Nancy Wilson

 

[GregCentauro]

John Kerry :banger:

http://www.communistsforkerry.com/images/kerry_guitar.jpg

 

[drdeath67]

Oh yeah and Adam Jones from TOOL!

 

[drf]

Donita Sparks (L7)
Page Hamilton (Helmet)
Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction)
Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
Adam Jones (Tool)
Carlos Santana
Robert Smith (The Cure)
Jimmy Page
The Edge (U2)
Stephen Carpenter (deftones)
Jimi Hendrix
Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)
Dr. Know (Bad Brains)
Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
Nancy Wllson (Heart)
Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Cicle)
Joe Strummer (The Clash)
Robbie Krieger (The Doors)
Mike McCready (Pearl Jam
Mike Ness (Social Distortion)
Pete Townsend (The Who)

 

[STDiva]

Robert Smith (The Cure)
The Edge (U2)
Stephen Carpenter (deftones)
Joe Strummer (The Clash)

Good call

 

[tonza]

Petrucci (Dream theater)
jimmy page (led zep)
angus young (ac/dc)
kerry king and jeff hanneman (slayer)
the blokes from lamb of god
and the blokes from suffocation

 

[alexpnz]

The Legendary Noel Gallagher!
http://cutebutugly.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/noel_gallagher.jpg

 

[Crazy4theBrat]

Chuck Berry
Slash (from Guns 'n Roses)
Eric Clapton
Prince

 

[Legzman]

Dimes is the first one that comes to mind, beyond that there are just to many to list. Some greats have already been listed.

 

[alexpnz]

The Immortal George Lynch
http://lynchmob.hp.infoseek.co.jp/George Lynch.jpg
Kerry King And Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/85...6C5A518E7D4C1FACB919A79E9D818E30A760B0D811297

 

[jayaprak]

George Lynch

 

[Rey C.]

Top 10, in no particular order:

Jimi Hendrix
Keith Richards
Muddy Waters
John Lee Hooker
Stevie Ray Vaughan
B.B. King
Mark Knopfler
Eddie Van Halen
Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton
Ric Ocasek (honorable mention)

 

[jasonk282]

Dimebag Darrell
K.K. Downing
Jimmy Page

Really these 3 paved the way for everyone else.