Who are your 5 favorite guitarists?

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Top five favorite guitarists (metal or not)?

Me?

1. SRV
2. Blackmore
3. Meniketti
4. Malmsteen
5. (TIE)Sykes & Doug Aldrich

Dinky Do Number of posts : 4830 Age : 43

1. Mark Tremonti
2. Jorn Viggo Lofstad
3. John Petrucci
4. Jeff Loomis
5. Rich Ward

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4272 Age : 65

Tommy Bolin
Steve Marriot
Paul Kossoff
Walter Trout
Gus G

Wargod48

Master Sailboat Number of posts : 9301 Age : 45

Individuals...
The Great Katt
Marty Friedman
Yngwie Malmsteen
Trey Azagthoth
Joe Stump

Teams...
Tipton/Downing
Shermann/Denner
King/Hanneman
Smith/Murray
Friedman/Mustaine

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Who are your 5 favorite guitarists? MNxjcKm

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The Great Kat???

Wow, That is very admirable.

Most people just dismiss her as disturbed. I like her alot as well.

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1. Steve Clark
2. Dimebag
3. Zakk Wylde
4. Rich Ward
5. Ani Difranco

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Steve Clark wouldn't believe you would list him, but I think he was highly underappreciated as well.

Administrator Number of posts : 19452 Age : 57

1. Ted Nugent
2. Ace Frehley
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Uli Roth
5. Frank Marino

TEAMS:
1. KK Downing & Glenn Tipton (Priest)
2. Adrian Smith & Dave Murray (Maiden)
3. Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy)
4. Michael Sweet & Oz Fox (Stryper)
5. Larry Farkas & Doug Thieme (Vengeance/Die Happy)

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ULTIMATUM - TOO METAL FOR WIKIPEDIA!

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9428 Age : 50

Joe Satriani
Yngwie Malmsteen
Glenn Tipton
George Lynch
Jake E. Lee

KK Downing/ Warren Demartini/ Dave Meniketti (Honorable Mention)

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spectrefate wrote:: Steve Clark wouldn't believe you would list him, but I think he was highly underappreciated as well.

Pffft! He was a kick ass guitarist. Clearly not as technically gifted as some, but the dude knew how to write some killer riffs. I'll take killer riffs and songs over skill any day.

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I'm agreeing with you. I have just heard that Steve Clark didn't have the highest opinion of his own playing.

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spectrefate wrote:: I'm agreeing with you. I have just heard that Steve Clark didn't have the highest opinion of his own playing.

Oh, well yeah, the dude was just a depressed person.

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Rhoads
Jake E. Lee
Dave Mustaine
Alex Skolnik
Tony Iommi

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

Tough......All Time

1. Andy McCoy (Hanoi Rocks)
2. Brian James (Lords Of The New Church)
3. Ronnie Wood (Faces)
4. Billy Duffy (The Cult)
5. Jo Dog (Dogs D'Amour)

More heavy metal in direction

1. Billy Duffy (The Cult)
2. Jake E Lee (Badlands)
3. Bruce Franklin (Trouble)
4. Ty Tabor (King's X)
5. Gary Sunshine (Circus Of Power)

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5704 Age : 49

1. Dave Mustaine
2. Alex Skolnick
3. Jeff Waters
4. Glen Alvelais
5. Jim Matheos

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Uli Jon Roth (especially for his work with the SCORPIONS)
Ace Frehley (for his work with KISS in the 70's)
George Benson (for just being so amazingly brilliant...period!)
Eddie Van Halen (this guy just made "difficult" look so "easy" and influenced all the Metal guys that came after him)
Paul Gilbert (my favorite speed-shredder ever...and unlike most of his peers at the virtuoso level, Paul actually is the nicest, down-to-earth, non-egotistical guy you'd ever want to meet)

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

ultmetal wrote:: 3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Uli Roth
5. Frank Marino

I see a pattern emege with those players. It's a pretty good style of guitar playing isn't it?

Scurvy Skalliwag Number of posts : 12851 Age : 60

Criss Oliva
Peter Green
Michael Schenker
Rory Gallagher
Frankie Hannon

Janitor of the Void Number of posts : 3361 Age : 56

1. Tony Iommi
2. Victor Griffin
3. Ace Frehley
4. Michael Schenker
5. Brian Tatler

...but Paul Kossoff is creeping onto that list as well! cool

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2522 Age : 56

1. RICHIE BLACKMOORE
2. GARY MOORE
3. RONNIE LE TEKRÖ
4. ANGUS YOUNG
5. MICHAEL SCHENKER

Metal master Number of posts : 590

1. Jeff Loomis
2. Alex Skolnick
3. Adrian Smith
4. Marty Friedman
5. Lee Altus

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 2003 Age : 44

RANDY RHOADS !

Who are your 5 favorite guitarists? Randy20Rhoads-11

Zooey Addict Number of posts : 17074 Age : 45

1. Criss Oliva
2. John Petrucci
3. Slash (during G&R tenure)
4. Adrian Smith (I like all three Maiden guitarists almost equally but my favorite solos are the from Wasted Years and Stranger In A Strange Land-both done by Smith [actually I believe he also wrote both of them as well])
5. Kirk Hammett (pre-Load)

The list of my favortie guitarists is a mile long but these 5 I'd say are my cream of the crop.

Honorable mention: Rocky George for his work on The Art Of Rebellion (contains some of the best guitar solos ever IMO)

Metal master Number of posts : 937 Age : 39

1: Chuck Schuldiner
2: Dave Murray
3: Jon Schaffer
4: Dimebag
5: Jeff Loomis

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3367 Age : 56

I skipped this topic for awhile because I just couldn't face the idea of ranking anyone or making a list, but I'll put down 5 guitar players who's stuff has meant a lot to me (no order).

Criss Oliva
David Gilmour
Eddie Van Halen
Skip James
Oz Fox