your top three guitarist's

[SELFCONFESDAFLNERD]

Dave Gilmour
Ritchie Blackmore
Eric Clapton

 

[Juke]

Kevin Shields

 

[eldorado]

Guthrie Govan.

A jaw dropping master of pretty much every style, all thrown together fluently and creatively...

 

[bombersfan4000]

1. Synyster Gates
2. Jonah Weinhofen
3. Michael Paget

Sorry but I can't take Synyater gates seriously.

 

[Hydrurga]

Sorry but I can't take Synyater gates seriously.

Fair enough, but In what way? I've seen them live and there is no doubt the guy is a complete diva and possibly a massive flog, but you can't deny that he is an amazing guitarist.

 

[hawks realist]

Kerry King
Jeff Hanneman
Gary Holt

 

[Nostradumbass]

Hendrix
Iommi
Page

Special mention Keef Richards

Actually, there's many I could list but I can't, can I?

 

[CURVE]

1. Richard "Dick" Dale
2. John McGeogh
3. John McKay
4. Chris Stein

 

[Beerfish]

Ian Moss
Vernon Reid
Brian May

Just because I don't think they've been said yet.

 

[Big Fresh]

John Fahey
Roger McGuinn
Jimi Hendrix

 

[Muffin_Man]

Keith Richards / Mick Taylor

Glenn Tipton / KK Downing

Angus Young / Malcolm Young

mick taylor is the best guitar player the stones ever had.
sway,can't you hear me knocking are taylor classics.

 

[mellowyellow]

Because I've only voted for electric style guitarist's I'm also going to give my top 3 acoustic guitarist's
Pierre Bensusan
Martin Simpson
Masaaki Kishibe

 

[shotgun_blues]

Slash
John Schaeffer
Zak Wylde

 

[Tbonefreo]

Chris Cheney
John Fruciante
Dimebag

 

[moto748]

Hendrix
Neil Young
Keef

Acoustic guitar - Richard Thompson

 

[Muffin_Man]

Because I've only voted for electric style guitarist's I'm also going to give my top 3 acoustic guitarist's
Pierre Bensusan
Martin Simpson
Masaaki Kishibe

good idea mellowyellow.
page is a monster accoustic player
roy harper is the same.
bert jansch RIP also played a mean accoustic!

 

[Dory_77]

Chris Cheney
John Fruciante
Dimebag

Chris Cheney is an amazing guitarist, deserves a lot more recognition that he gets.
For me personally:
Kurt Ballou
Paul Waggoner
Paul Masvidal

 

[Tbonefreo]

Chris Cheney is an amazing guitarist, deserves a lot more recognition that he gets.
For me personally:
Kurt Ballou
Paul Waggoner
Paul Masvidal

Yeah he is my absolute favorite. The reason why i picked up a guitar 12yrs ago

 

[mellowyellow]

good idea mellowyello.
page is a monster accoustic player
!

Yeah jimmy has a number of great tunes for acoustic guitar and in some nice altered tunings but this is my favourite.

 

[Muffin_Man]

jimmy playing bron y aur stomp in early seventies was amazing.
even the gap between his strings and the frets was massive. but what a sound he could generate

the best all rounder guitarist for me.

 

[_VXV]

Iommi
Morello
Nocturno Culto

 

[Prince St]

Andrew Latimer
David Gilmour
Robert Fripp

Special mention (could easily substitute these 3 depending on what mood I'm in).
John Petrucci
Stevie Ray Vaughan
John McLaughlin

 

[DT2000]

also, Prince - seriously underrated guitarist among rock peeps.

 

[HoldenMagroin]

Geordie Walker
Dimebag Darrell
John McGeoch

 

[Mootsy]

This is way too difficult for me to answer with any certainty...

Vini Reilly
J Mascis
Albert Hammond Jr

Apologies to Jack White, Josh Homme and T Rex