favorite guitar player

What? Never heard Dream Theatre?...that must suck.

Dream theatre is home to an awesome guitarist (John Petrucci) and a similarly great bass player ( John Myung )

Give them a listen...as to what sort of music they play, I find it best described as a sort of classic metal with more mainstream friendly melodies etc...perhaps a pop-metal of sorts, although it is not fair to use that as a genre to describe them...Think Queensryche...With Balls!

Take a listen...They rock

Gotta go with Zakk Wylde check out his solo cd called book of shadows it is an all acoustic cd really shows how good he is and he can sing.BLS 4-ever

One guy who often seems to be left off this kind of list is David Gilmore even though he is awesome...others that also seem to miss these things are guys like Mark Knopfler and a reallty awesome classical axeman called Segovia

Some of my faves:

1. Jimi Hendrix – The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Gypsy Sun And Rainbows, Band Of Gypsys (r.i.p)
2. Ritchie Blackmore – Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore’s Night
3. Brian May – Queen
4. David Gilmour – Pink Floyd
5. Jimmy Page – Led Zeppelin
6. Gary Moore – Colosseum II, G-Force, Thin Lizzy
7. Alex Lifeson – Rush
8. Yngwie Malmsteen – Steeler, Alcatrazz, Rising Force
9. Vinnie Moore – UFO
10. Joe Satriani – Deep Purple
11. Steve Vai – Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, Whitesnake, David Lee Roth, VAI
12. Eddie Van Halen – Van Halen
13. Carlos Santana – Santana
14. Shawn Lane
15. Mads Eriksen
16. Glenn Tipton – Judas Priest
17. Michael Romeo – Symphony X
18. Eric Johnson
19. K.K. Downing – Judas Priest
20. John Fogerty – Creedence Clearwater Revival
21. Pete Townshend – The Who
22. Jeff Beck – The Yardbirds
23. Tony Macalpine – Cab, Planet X, Ring Of Fire
24. John Petrucci – Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment
25. Steve Morse – The (Dixie) Dregs, Deep Purple
26. Eric Clapton – The Yardbirds, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, Delaney & Bonnie
27. Paul Gilbert – Racer X, Mr. Big
28. Steve Howe - Yes
29. Randy Rhoads – Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne (r.i.p)
30. Stevie Ray Vaughan – Double Trouble (r.i.p)
31. Stephan Forté – Adagio
32. Al Di Meola
33. Duane Allman – Allman Brothers, Derek and the Dominos
34. Nuno Bettencourt – Extreme
35. John Sykes – Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake
36. Michael Wilton - Queensrÿche
37. Chris DeGarmo – Queensrÿche
38. Keith Richards – The Rolling Stones
39. Richard Williams – Kansas
40. Robert Fripp – King Crimson
41. Steve Hackett – Genesis
42. Allan Holdsworth – Level 42
43. Kerry Livgren – Kansas
44. Vivian Campbell – Dio, Whitesnake, Def Leppard
45. Tommy Bolin – Deep Purple
46. Trevor Rabin – Yes
47. John Mclaughlin – Mahavishnu Orchestra
48. Steve Lukather - Toto
49. Angus Young – AC/DC
50. Malcolm Young – AC/DC
51. Andy Timmons – Danger Danger
52. Steve Rothery – Marillion
53. Paul McCartney – The Beatles, Wings
54. George Harrison – The Beatles
55. John Lennon – The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band
56. Chris Rea
57. Paco de Lucia
58. Jason Becker – Cacophony, David Lee Roth
59. Marty Friedman – Cacophony, Megadeth
60. Mick Jones – The Rolling Stones
61. Dave Davies – The Kinks
62. Ray Davies – The Kinks
63. Ronnie Le Tekrø – TNT, Vagabond
64. Peter Green – Fleetwood Mac, Splinter Group
65. George Lynch – Dokken, Lynch Mob
66. Michael Angelo Batio – Nitro, Holland
67. Bruce Bouillet – Racer X
68. Brad Gillis – Night Ranger, Ozzy Osbourne
69. Brian Jones – The Rolling Stones
70. Mark Knopfler – Dire Straits
71. Marcus Nicolay Paus(World’s Fastest Guitarist)
72. Syd Barrett – Pink Floyd
73. Greg Howe
74. Ben Jackson – Crimson Glory
75. Ron Wood – The Faces, The Rolling Stones
76. Paul Kossoff – Free (r.i.p)
77. Ritchie Kotzen – Poison, Mr. Big
78. Alex Scolnick – Testament
79. Alvin Lee – Ten Years After
80. Dimebag Darrell – Pantera
81. Phil Collen – Def Leppard
82. Jake E. Lee – Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands
83. Zakk Wylde – Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society
84. Ty Tabor – King’s X, Platypus, The Jelly Jam
85. Luca Turilli – Rhapsody
86. Jon Drenning – Crimson Glory
87. Adrian Vandenberg – Whitesnake, Vandenberg
88. Dave ‘The Snake’ Sabo – Skid Row
89. Scotti Hill – Skid Row
90. Billy Gibbons – ZZ Top
91. Dave Murray – Iron Maiden
92. Adrian Smith – Iron Maiden
93. Janick Gers – Iron Maiden
94. Doug Marks
95. Slash – Guns ‘n’ Roses, Slash’s Snakepit
96. George Bellas – Vitalij Kuprij, Ring Of Fire
97. John Norum – Europe, Dokken
98. Danny Kirwan – Fleetwood Mac
99. Marcel Coenen
100. Richie Sambora – Bon Jovi
101. Al Pitrelli – Savatage, Megadeth
102. Chris Oliva – Savatage (r.i.p)
103. Rusty Cooley
104. Dave Hlubek – Molly Hatchet
105. Steve Holland – Molly Hatchet
106. Duane Roland – Molly Hatchet
107. Bobby Ingram – Molly Hatchet
108. Francesco Fareri
109. Hank Shermann – Mercyful Fate
110. Michael Denner – Mercyful Fate
111. Jarle H. Olsen
112. Timo Tolkki – Stratovarius
113. John Christ – Danzig
114. Matthias ‘Ia’ Eklund
115. ‘Fast’ Eddie Clarke – Motörhead
116. Kirk Hammett – Metallica
117. James Hetfield – Metallica
118. Dave Mustaine – Megadeth
119. Andy Laroque – King Diamond, Don Dokken
120. Warren DeMartini – Ratt, Warrant
121. Reb Beach – Winger, Dokken
122. C.C. Deville – Poison
123. Jari Liimatainen – Sonata Arctica

Thanks, Yngtchie, although I don't see how #103 on your list ever beat out #121....[/sarcasm]

Well, all I can say is that I wasn't very accurate when I made the list. Besides, Reb Beach has bad-mouthed Hendrix, and that does not qualify for a high spot on any of my lists. And I talk with Rusty almost daily, he's a really nice guy.

Oh, you were being sarcastic, sorry.:D

Edward Van Halen and Alex Lifeson

I love these posts... who's your favorite? what??? that dude sucks!! you gotta hear this! =) kills me every time.

There are soooooo many people out there that move me and inspire me to keep at it that the list is dizzying.

I do like the 'ole standards
SRV
Clapton
Hendrix
yadda yadda
(fill in your guitar great here)

but I will say that there are so many people that I've been turned onto just from reading the posts (good things do come from here!)

The latest on my finds is a guy in Oregon called Justin King. He's got this acoustic, slap, tap, funk thing going on that is just insane....

back to the point of the post... my all time favorite, hands down, there is no substitue (porsche!) is SRV. My brother took me as a suprise to see him on New Years eve of 89 - 90 in NYC and I've been hooked ever since.