Your most favourite 5 Guitarists

[Pottel]

5 votes are possible, will add more names if you let me know
sorry shoab, did not want to hijack your thread, just think it is easier with a poll...

[Shoaib]

Dear Pottel

You have already hijacked my thread... 
You can add the name of following Guitarists in the poll-list

Allan Holdsworth
Gary Moore
Steve Vai
Paul Gilbert
Yngwie Malmsteen
Michael Schenker
Carlos Santana
John Campbell
Jeff Beck
Vinnie Moore
Richie Blackmore
John Petrucchi
Eric Johnson
Albert King
Albert Collins
The Edge
Faraz Anwar
Steve Morse
Paul Rodgers
Tommy Emannuel

[dustyvalentino]

A few to add

Albert Lee
Paul Simon
Duane Eddy
Hank Marvin

[Hoops McCann]

I would put Robert Fripp [King Crimson], Adam Jones [Tool], and Danny Gatton up there. Personal taste.

[superval99]

What about:    Chris Rea
                     Peter Green
                     Chet Atkins
                     J.J. Cale
                   
   I also missed off my vote for Lindsey Buckingham - Sorry!
                     
                     
             

[Pottel]

i will, never, add Ygnwie...and then there's paul simon, i mean he is a great artist, buta contender for "Best" guitarist?

[IrisRose]

Who is Ygnwie?   And I reserve the right to vote over, now that Duane Eddy is there.    And how can Eric Clapton have more votes that Mark Knopfler on a Mark Knopfler forum?

[rudiger]

ops, I forgot to vote the old Scotsman  . To be serious, I think that MK could be deleted from this list. I'm pretty sure all the people who joins this forum has MK in his/her top 5 guitarists' list (at least I hope so). By the way, who is John Petrucchi?

[jacki]

Yngwie's a shredder, Marie, I think from Sweden (one of the Scandinavian countries anyway), along the style of Satriani I think. Highly respected but not ordinarily to my taste. I go for style more than speed...although, personal opinion, Eric Johnson has both...(although his lyrics leave a lot to be desired).

[Ian Lewis]

Please add Paul Casey (www.paulcaseymusic.com)  This guy rocks!!  First saw him supporting Chris Rea on his Blue Guitars tour.  Amazing song writer, and plays some good guitar too!

[dustyvalentino]

i will, never, add Ygnwie...and then there's paul simon, i mean he is a great artist, buta contender for "Best" guitarist?

Agreed on Ygnwie. But after MK, Paul Simon is probablt the most influential guitarist for me. He is actually an AMAZING fingerstyle acoustic guitarist, most notably on the early Simon and Garfunkel stuff. He got a hand injury later on which curtailed him a bit.

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[Best Brown Baggies]

Before i vote, please add 

Larry Carlton
Andy Latimer (prog group Camel)
John Mayer
Robert Cray
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
Snowy White

Cheers   BBB

[Pottel]

whaddaya girls think, shall i reset the poll so we can now vote on all 40 something playwers? or is there more to come?

[dannyjun]

Mark Knopfler (a big surprise  )
Jimi Hendrix (well...as Eric Clapton, he is faster than MK but it is not everything at all...MK is real musician for me)
Eric Clapton (what a musician!! A like his version of "I shot The Sheriff" for example, his style is great!!!)

But I also miss Tommy Emmanuel here...

[KSE]

Where's "The Poodle Haired Astronomer" aka Brian May?
Seriously, he should also be in the list