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Favourite Guitarists

This discussion was inspired by the recent article about our 3 favourite female singers.

Because it was impossible for me to pick just three female vocalists ( I love women singers), I will not put a limit as to how many you wish to vote for. I limited myself to a dozen. However, if you list more that 50 I will seriously question your decision making skills.

In no particular order, except for Rory at number one.

1. Rory Gallagher

2. Peter Green

3. Roy Buchanan

4. Joe Bonamassa

5. David Gimour

6. Slash

7. Johnny Winter

8. Duane Allman

9. Stevie Ray Vaughn

10. Mark Knopfler

11. Glen Campbell

12. Guthrie Govan

 

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bondmanp
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+1 for Brian Setzer, also:

James Honeyman Scott (Pretenders)

James C. Heath (The Reverend Horton Heat)

 

petg60
1,486 posts
 

Too many great and loved ones, just to add, Buck Dharma, Randy Rhoads, Paco de Lucia, and good that Gabor Szabo was mentioned.

 

akgwhiz
179 posts
 

So many mentioned, many I want to explore now.  A couple more to throw out, who couldn't be more different.   First is Buckethead.  Hard to put in a genre but most known for possibly "fastest" guitarist,  appears alot with like of Claypool and Incubus/Praxis.  Solo stuff super varied in styles.  Try Electric Sea then Monsters and Robots.

Second is Tab Benoit.  Funny, just saw at Falls Church Theater.  Old school Fender sound, Delta/Zydeco blues.  Tone just drips from his guitar.  Loads of tube goodness!  For blues, unusually large library of his own writing.  Fever For The Bayou, Medicine.

chocaholic
194 posts
 

Tommy Emanuel. 

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drmuso
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Keeping in mind the OP asked about "favourite guitarists," not "best" or "greatest," I came up with this list.  I've been a guitarist for 55 years, and these are the 10 guitarists I most enjoy listening to, if I haven't forgotten someone:

Jeff Beck

Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Page

Eric Clapton

Pat Metheny

Jim Hall

Mike Bloomfield

David Gilmour

Steve Hillage

Andre Segovia

 

 

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