Best guitar players ever?

[idssdi]

I spend aot of time thinking about his but I'm wondering who's your top 5(or 4) guitar players if all time?

For me it's a hard one but I have 4 players I will always mention instantly. The players I mention instantly are @Syn Gates , George Harrison, John Mayer and Django Reinhardt. Who are yours?

 

[Dominik Gräber]

I don't listen to enough diverse genres that include guitarists to really answer that. But if it comes to great guitarists that inspired me to pick up the guitar myself it would be Syn, Michael Padge from BfmV and James and Kirk. I have mad respect for Dime too and love John Mayer as a guitarist

 

[Manvir B]

There's so many guitarist that Inspire me and i wanna be on their levels in terms of technique and theory, but if i had to pick 5 it would be : Syn, Jeff Loomis, Alexi Laiho, kirk and matt heafy

 

[Jamie London]

Oh man. This is tough haha let’s see..
Well @Syn Gates for sure, Nick Drake, Keith Richards, Dimebag, aaaaand let’s end it with Johnny Christ (HAHA JUST KIDDING, JC has to learn to play bass first before he can graduate to guitar), just kidding just kidding, we all hail Johnny Christ. It’s probably between Django Reinhardt and Bo Madsen from Mew.

 

[Calvin Phillips]

Incredibly hard question to answer..

 

[Cedric L]

My Top 5 [at the moment] :
-Syn Gates
-Misha Mansoor
-Jake Bowen
-Mark Holcomb
-Michael Paget / Plini (can't decide)

Order doesn't matter.

 

[Edward John]

It's criminal that no one really mentions Joe Perry in this debate, or Blackmore for that matter.

 

[John Robinson]

You didnt say what genre so here it is
Syn gates
Zack wylde
Django reinhardt
Steve vai
Jason hook

Country is...brad paisley and keith urban

 

[Firsty Lasty]

I don't really have an answer to the question, because probably most of the "best guitar players" are people I either don't like to listen to or have never heard of. I also don't think there's really a way to measure all the different kinds of greatness- technical proficiency is imo less impressive than historical importance and influence.

Blind Lemon Jefferson vs Jason Richardson, who ranks higher?

How can I compare modern studio musicians vs Joe Messina, Robert White, and Eddie Willis?

I dunno. So, here's five guitarists I like and respect. Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, more Yngwie, and Gary Moore. Sorry Syn, you're too young to make the list. I bet there are several country guitarists in Nashville who can blow half those guys out of the water, but I don't know them. There are probably numerous technical death metal guitarists who can play even faster, but I don't know them.

Honorable mention goes to to BB King, Jimi Hendrix, and Eddie Van Halen. I almost never listen to any of their music, but their historical importance and influence is immeasurable.

 

[Ed Seith]

Personal favorites change with the times, but if I had to call five RIGHT NOW...

Syn
Gilmour
Vai
Randy
Nuno
and at #6 probably Paisley. Dude is a fucking animal.

 

[Filip Tomiša]

1.Syn (for obvious reasons)
2.Tosin Abasi (check out animals as leaders - Woven Web and wait for 1:30 mark and be amazed. Your brain will explode.)
3. John 5 (it's hard to make an instrumental song that is interesting. It's even hard to make a long instrumental song interesting. Well John 5 is a master of that. Check out "Black Widow of la Porte"
4. Ian D'Sa (His playing is really different from other players and you can really hear it. He also likes playing super wide chords.)
5. Plini (One of the best instrumental guitar player. Check out the "Handmade Cities" album and enjoy. It's a gem.

 

[Rute Rodrigues]

John Petrucci
Paul Gilbert
Dimebag
Steve Vai
Syn
BB King
Brian May

 

[Edward John]

Personal favorites change with the times, but if I had to call five RIGHT NOW...

Syn
Gilmour
Vai
Randy
Nuno
and at #6 probably Paisley. Dude is a fucking animal.

Blackmore? I though us eighties guys would definitely mention Blackmore!

 

[Edward John]

John Petrucci
Paul Gilbert
Dimebag
Steve Vai
Syn
BB King
Brian May

A lot of people don't actually know that Vai played on a Whitesnake album, which is insanely good.

 

[Ethan Keeling]

@Syn Gates
John 5 (don't listen to much of him, but love what I hear!)
Jim Root
Billie Joe Armstrong ( he's nothing technical but he runs around stage playing fast rhythms, singing and playing behind his back while singing simultaneously!)
Mark tremonti (Yet again dont know loads of Alter bridge or tremonti but he is a beast!)
And since I've been listening to Ozzy Osbourne, I'm loving Zakk Wylde

 

[John Robinson]

Personal favorites change with the times, but if I had to call five RIGHT NOW...

Syn
Gilmour
Vai
Randy
Nuno
and at #6 probably Paisley. Dude is a fucking animal.

For country music paisley plays the hell out of his guitar....listen to keith urban and let me know what you think

 

[Ed Seith]

Blackmore? I though us eighties guys would definitely mention Blackmore!

Nah, never really got into him.

 

[Edward John]

Nah, never really got into him.

Huh, surprised, … Rainbow? Deep Purple? Well, everyone to their own.

 

[Ezequiel Romanko]

mine are
-Syn
-Dimebag
-Malmsteen
-Vai
-Friedman

 

[Lindsey]

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Sungha Jung but I don't listen to fingerstyle guitarists anymore.
My list of favourite bands is longer, i usually don't know band members names

Nita Strauss is somewhere in the top too. I'm not very familiar with her original music though.