Your top 5 guitarist ?

[MrDan666]

1. John Norum
2. Doug Aldrich
3. John Sykes
4. George Lynch
5. EVH

 

[vultures]

Jesper Strömblad

I cant pick 4 others

 

[Everlone]

Dimebag
Zakk (pre-BLS)
Paul Gilbert
Johnny Ramone
Mike Ness

 

[peaveyT60]

my favorite top 5 are

1) Hendrix
2) Page
3) Satch
4) McCreedy
5) Govan

 

[Inca Roads]

CAN'T DO JUST 5 (IMPOSSIBLE)!!!

 

[White_Van]

In no particular order.

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Eric Johnson
3. Matt Bureau (my guitar teacher)
4. YJM
5. David Gilmour

 

[Strat+Marshall]

1. Hendrix
YJM
Jeff Beck
Iommi
SRV



That is in no particular order besides Hendrix being number 1. There are a bunch of guys I want to put in that last spot but I just cant decide.

I decided to put SRV there since I hadn't seen anyone else do it yet.

 

[gdwill2u]

Here is my list with dead guys

Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaugn
Duanne Allman
Eric Johnson
Phil Keaggy, Jimmy Page (forgot him on my first list, DOH!, Eric Lifeson, Slash

 

[SQUAREHEAD]

1. George Lynch
2. Jake E Lee
3. John Sykes
4. Warren Demartini
5. EVH

 

[guitar_god123456]

adrian smith
alexi laiho
dimebag darrell
zakk wylde
john petrucci

 

[vsopking]

1. John Scofield
2. Allan Holdsworth/Scott Henderson (ooops that's 2!)
3. Pat Metheny
4. Bill Frisell
5. Allen Hinds

 

[CharFace]

Hmm...

Currently:

George Lynch
A Smith/D Murray
M Wilton/C DeGarmo
Greg Hetson
Ty Tabor

 

[Telephant]

Hendrix
Billy Gibbons
Eric Johnson
Duane Allman
EVH

 

[yngzaklynch]

Malmsteen
Rhoads
EVH
Lynch
Wylde

 

[DannyM]

In no particular order:

Randy - his leads still amaze me 20+ years later.
Gary/Rick (Exodus) - great tandem
Frank/Tommy (Tesla) - another great tandem
Denner/Sherman (Mercyful Fate Dont Break the Oath/Melissa era) - yet another favorite of mine
Eric/Alex (Testamant) - nuff said
Hetfield (KEA, RTL, MOP, AJFA) - those early albums were awesome!
Dime - dudes riffs were great!
Scott Ian (Among The Living/Speak English or Die) - those two albums are two of my favorites
Dave/Adrian (Killers thru Powerslave era) - many many great memories from seeing them back in the day
Jeff/Kerry - SLLAAAYYYEERRRRrr
Mark Reale (Riot) (Guy Speranza / Rock City, Narita, Fire Down Under era - awesome tunes
Schenker (UFO era) - that is one of my all time favorite bands ever. I was listening to a compilation cd of UFO that I made the other day and that Schenker era of UFO was one of the best bands ever!!!

 

[Marshall Law]

Stevie Ray Vaughn
Randy Rhoades
Eddie Van Halen
Zakk Wylde
George Lynch

 

[megamike]

EVH
DIMEBAG
JERRY CANTRELL
SLASH
NUNO

 

[64DUECE]

Steve Jones
George Lynch
Dean Deleo
Jerry Cantrell
Steve Stevens

 

[Fikealox]

Gilbert
Gilmour,
Vai,
Satch,
Romeo

 

[Scott Ians Beard]

In a vague order, based on taste of the day...

1. John Norum
2. Reb Beach
3. Luke
4. Jeff Beck
5. Brett Garsed/TJ Helmerich