Favorite Guitarists.

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

John Mayer is pretty cool. I don't like everything he does, but some of it has a very nice feel to it, like this one!

And the obligatory mention of my idol, Dexter Romweber.

 

[Steve Butts]

This list is dominated by too many rock and metal folks.

If you don't know the following players, do yourself a favor and give a listen:
Django Reinhardt
Chet Atkins
Wes Montgomery
Tommy Emmanuel
Lenny Breau

 

[-Samurai-]

Claudio Sanchez - Coheed and Cambria
Travis Stever - Coheed and Cambria
Michael Paget - Bullet For My Valentine
James Hetfield - Metallica

These men are my biggest influences in my guitar playing.

I get a lot of my playing style from Claudio and James. Mostly Claudio these days. My "stance" used to be a lot like James', but I've changed it up a bit and its a cross between Claudio and James.

 

[TheGreenManalishi]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

There is no other answer. Hendrix? Doesn't hold a candle to SRV.

Clapton's playing is very special to me, as is David Gilmour's, but SRV is just undeniably top dog.

 

[infinity_turtles]

Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen, one of the founding members of Sonata Arctica and Cain's Offering.

Spoiler: Jani

As I'm fond of saying, I'm not gay until' Jani is. Love Finnish Power Metal.

 

[Deadlock Radium]

Mikael Åkerfeldt,Opeth.

Him.
Also:
Peter Wichers, Soilwork
and
Per Nilsson and Jonas Kjellgren, Scar Symmetry

 

[Weaver]

Uhhh...

Robb Flynn/Phil Demmel (Machine Head)
Kerry King/Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
Adrian Smith/Janick Gers/Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
Brent Hinds/Bill Kelliher (Mastodon)
Dino Cazares (Fear Factory)
Jeff Kendrick (Devildriver)
Matt/Ol Drake (Evile)
Ben Weinman/Jeff Tuttle (Dillinger Escape Plan)
Matt Pike (High On Fire)
Jeff Walker/Mike Amott (Carcass/Arch Enemy)

Ha, I was going to name Phil Demmel but you beat me to it!

 

[RanD00M]

Ray Torro (sp?) I know that sounds lame, but damn he's good.

I'm like 62% sure that very few people on the Escapist know who Ray Torro is.Seeing as how MCR probably isn't the most popular band on here.I however like him as well.

 

[The Rockerfly]

I hate guitarists. There are other instruments in the world, you know.

That's no reason to hate guitarist individual guitarists though, most of them play other instruments too

OT: Buckethead
Herman Li
Steve Vai
Jimmy Wahlsteen
Sebastien Cloutier
Sergio Altamura
Habib Koite
Pete Townsend

I like a nice wide range from world, folk and metal.

 

[the7ofswords]

Steve Howe
Mark Knopfler
Django Rinehardt
Adrian Belew
Robert Fripp
Walter Becker
Alex Lifeson
Eric Clapton
Jack White
Jimmy Page
Brian May
Chuck Berry
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Keith Richards
B.B. King
Kirk Hammett
Jerry Garcia
Dick Dale
Neil Young

... but not necessarily in that order.

 

[Citrus]

The fastest shredding in the world can't hold a candle to David Gilmour. Nothing he plays is particularly difficult or complicated, but he somehow still manages to play in a way that just blows everybody else out of the water, in my opinion. And each of his solos are like songs unto themselves.

 

[SpaceCop]

Mark Knopfler, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Edge, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, George Thorogood, BB King

 

[De Ronneman]

I like the fact that only 1(maybe one I missed) person named Petrucci.

My favs, in no particular order, just to name a few:
- Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield - Metallica
- Adrian Smith - Iron Maiden
- Jaap Kwakman - 3JS
- Jimi Handrix - his own Experience
- Brian May - Queen
- Matt Bellamy - Muse
- The Edge - U2
- Alexi Laiho - Children of Bodom
- Liam Clewlow (Rory) - Enter Shikari

Look em up on Youtube if you really don't know who I'm talking about. This is not a final list, there are more, but this is the top of my head.

 

[DSK-]

Hendrix. He's the only one I know of :/

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Jeff Hughell, but he is a bass player (still puts a ton of guitar players to shame though)...

 

[Berethond]

That sounds pretty interesting. Have you ever listened to any solo bass, like Jaco Pastorius or Michael Manring?

Fraid I haven't, I've heard of Pastorious though. I'm not really much into Jazz, I prefer things such as heavy metal, industrial music, funk or occasionally folk.

Oh yeah, this also reminded me of Cop Shoot Cop, an industrial band who use some folk instruments. They don't have a guitarist, they have two bassists.

Oh, it's not really jazz, it's more fusion/funk.
<spoiler=Like this, Helios by Michael Manring><youtube=wkkzzAjSxDs>

 

[Hayate_GT]

Kirk Hammet...

 

[googleit6]

Matt Bellamy is my boy, for sure.
My music collection isn't very diverse, though, so I'm not very knowledgable in this area.
However, that doesn't lessen Matt Bellamy's talent.