Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?

Lita Ford.

 

SRV, George Thorogood,Vince Gill, Joe Bonamassa

 

Yngwie Malmsteen.

 

God I have so many.... Metal wise hard to beat KK Downing.... Rock... Rick Emmett, Page, Lifeson, I could go on forever... However looking at my elder years I have really appreciated Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley ect... Lately I have really gotten in to Joe Bonamassa... He is one talented dude...

 

Nobody's mentioned Frank Hannon from Tesla. Not maybe the greatest ever, but I've always loved their music. I saw them once, and when they played "Love Song" Frank plays the intro to that song using a 6-string and 12-string acoustic, then a 6 string electric in the course of about 2 minutes. He makes the transitions flawlessly. I was completely impressed.

 

Tesla were my 1st concert @ Kings Hall, Belfast 1987. They opened for Def Leppard.

Listening to Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scotts now, good chit.

 

Lately Tosin Abasi and his group
Animals As Leaders has my ear...

 

I saw them at Rams Head Live in Baltimore, Oct. 2008. They were one of my favorites in High School. I waited half a lifetime to see them live.
Tesla was absolutely perfect that night. They sounded almost better than their studio recordings. Pop Evil was the opening band. Tickets were $32/each. Just an all around fantastic night.

 

Edison's... medicine.....

 

Another vote for Tosin... Saw Animals as Leaders earlier this month, and it was without a doubt the best show I've ever seen.

 

George Thorobad? Even he said he only knew 4 chords!

 

So what?

 

Holy hell

 

Terry Kath.

 

Most of the greats have already been mentioned, but one of the lesser knowns is Marcus King. Had the chance to see the Marcus King Band recently and the kid was awesome.



Solo at the end isn't too shabby.

 

Tosin Abasi and Pat Metheny top the charts for me.

 

Are we talking just ability? For style/presence, Steve Stevens. Shreddability, Nuno Bettencourt. Precision, SRV, really, there is no "best". It's "Best at what?"

 

Doc Watson.
Norman Blake.

 

I guess someone doesn't have to be very good at something to be someone's favorite.

The thread title is favorite, your favorite might not be on your best list.

 

Shred - Michael Angelo Batio
Taste - Steve Lukather
Melody - George Benson
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
Eloquence - Pat Metheny
Transcendence - John McLaughlin
Depth - Muddy Waters
Metal - Dave Mustaine
Rock - Vernon Reid/Zakk Wylde

Honorable mention - Slash