who is your Favorite Guitarist?.....

[Carissa00031]

Jimi Hendrix is my all-time favorite hands down.
Thanks, Carissa

[Caff_Racer]

Right, so most people have named rock and blues guitarists (SRV, Gilmour, Fripp et al, so instead of repeating those same names I'm going to take a different tack. Here's classical guitarist John Williams (no relation to the chap who composed the theme music for ET, Star Wars, etc):









In the Eighties, he teamed up with some fellow classical musicians to form the band "Sky":

[gimmeurblood]

trey azagthoth morbid angel


doyle misfits




nocturno culto darkthrone


satchel steel panther


oh hey, dont mind us we're just busy bein awesome!

[Paul_Ire]

slash (Guns n roses)
david may (Queen)
richie sambora (Bon Jovi)

not in any real order tho... lol

[CannibalMan]

You all have horrible taste. My favorite guitarist:

[Ecstatic]

Definitely a slant towards rock and blues guitarists here, though a couple of folks like Willie Escalade mentioned jazz guitarists--and I concur with Earl Klugh and Wes Montgomery on the jazz side. Also Joe Pass, John McLaughlin, and Larry Corell (the Hendrix of jazz-rock fusion).

There are so many categories, many of which have been overlooked:

Country (Acoustic) Blues:
Chris Smither (Bonnie Raitt calls him her Eric Clapton)
Rory Block (few women on the list so far as well)
Robert Johnson (of course)

American Folk/Acoustic
Brooks Williams
Alex de Grassi
Leo Kottke
Michael Hedges
Doc Watson
Kaki King (another woman)

British Folk/Acoustic
John Renbourne
Davy Graham
Bert Jansch
Martin Carthy
Robert Thompson
Robin Williamson

Classical
Andre Segovia
Julian Bream
Manitas de Plata
John Williams (not the composer)
Charo (don't laugh, she trained with Segovia and is brilliant)

Rock & Electric Blues
Jimi Hendrix (as brilliant as any and the most innovative and influencial of rock guitarists)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (Hendrix' second coming)
Robert Fripp
Frank Zappa (Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar)
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
BB King

so many more!!!

[Dirky]

Frank Zappa (Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar)

Ain't that the truth! I'd like Zappa more if he had ditched the juvenile, lowbrow humor schtick.

[rockabilly]

What no Esteban?


How bout Dick Dale?

[bipoker]

The Giants

[Caff_Racer]

Ecstatic, Manitas de Plata is a flamenco guitarist, not a classsical guitarist. While I don't want to belittle flamenco, there's quite a difference between one style and the other, even though one can find some flamenco echoes in some works of Spanish composers such as Joaquin Rodrigo and Isaac Albéniz.

Speaking of flamenco, here's a guitarist that cannot be overlooked: Paco de Lucía.



and with two other of the world's great guitarists: