Poll: Your Top 10 Favorite Guitarists

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- September 19, 2024 at 11:23 am #378473
  GnLguy
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  In my post, 20 Legendary Blues Guitarists from the British Isles, Richard G mentioned that if “we all made a list of top ten/twenty guitarists, no two lists would be the same”…
  
  So let’s try it! Here are my Top 10 players pretty much in the order that I like them
  
  Who is on your list?
  
  1. Duane Allman
  2. Dickey Betts
  3. Alvin Lee
  4. Kim Simmonds
  5. Gary Moore
  6. Tom Johnston
  7. SRV
  8. Jorma Kaukonen
  9. Phil Keaggy
  10. Mark Knopfler
  
  Honorable mention
  * Duke Robillard
  * Herb Ellis
  * Emily Remler
  * Larry Carlton
  * Freddie King
  * BB King
  * Albert King
  * Albert Collins
  * Stefan Grossman
  * Stephen Stills
- September 19, 2024 at 1:39 pm #378482
  San Luis Rey
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  These legendary guys left a lasting impression on me. I could list so many more…but stranded on the desert island I’ll need this list please.
  
  SRV
  BB king
  Tommy Emmanuel
  Eric Clapton
  Albert King
  Jimmy Hendrix
  Freddie King
  Jimmy Page
  Brian May
  Duane Allman
  Robben Ford
  Dickie Betts
  Joe Satriani
  Stevie Vai
  Garry Moore
  
  Mike
- September 19, 2024 at 2:05 pm #378485
  Richard G
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  Interesting choices Keith, lots of top guitarists for me but these, like cream, would come to the top.
  
  1. Mark Knopfler
  2. Eric Clapton
  3. Snowy White
  4. Peter Green
  5. Dave Gilmour
  6. Stefan Grossman
  7. Ralph McTell
  8. Tommy Emannuel
  9. Chet Atkins
  10.Joe Bonamassa
  
  Richard
- September 19, 2024 at 2:22 pm #378487
  charjo
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  Bet you can’t guess my no. 1! Very much influenced by my youth.
  
  Hendrix
  Page
  Clapton
  Gilmour
  SRV
  Santana
  Alvin Lee
  Dickey Betts
  Neil Young
  Joe Walsh
  
  honourable mentions
  Townshend
  Stephen Stills
  Frampton
  Toni Iommi
  Mark Knopfler
  George Harrison
  Mark Farner
  Peter Green
  BB King
  Keith Richards
  
  John
- September 19, 2024 at 3:12 pm #378491
  sunjamr
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  I suspect that my list might change from day to day, but here it is today:
  
  David Gilmour
  Jerry Garcia
  Santana
  Lucky Peterson
  Keb Mo
  Taj Mahal
  Andres Segovia
  BB King
  Duane Allman
  Eric Bibb
  
  Hmmm….seems to be some bias there toward fingerpickers. Not so much for heavy metal shredders.
  
  Sunjamr Steve
- September 19, 2024 at 8:11 pm #378498
  GnLguy
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  Richard G wrote:
  
  Interesting choices Keith, lots of top guitarists for me but these, like cream, would come to the top.
  
  1. Mark Knopfler
  2. Eric Clapton
  3. Snowy White
  4. Peter Green
  5. Dave Gilmour
  6. Stefan Grossman
  7. Ralph McTell
  8. Tommy Emannuel
  9. Chet Atkins
  10.Joe Bonamassa
  
  Richard
  
  I don’t know why Peter Green didn’t occur to me when compiling my list because he is definitely one of my favorites
- September 20, 2024 at 11:15 am #378535
  John H
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  In no order:
  
  Mark Knopfler
  Steve Gaines
  Ed King
  Eric Clapton
  Brian Setzer
  Carl Perkins
  Jerry Garcia
  Tommy Emmanuel
  Norman Blake
  Dicky Betts
- September 20, 2024 at 11:54 am #378542
  Andy N
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  This is very much a personal list of players I most frequently listen too and so influence me rather than any attempt to list the 10 greatest (Hendrix would have to be on that right!). For me it’s all about the notes they choose to play rather than what they’re capable of playing and like Sunjammer the list is constantly in a state of flux!
  
  In no particular order
  
  Mark Knopfler
  Eric Clapton
  David Gilmour
  Derek Trucks
  John Mayer
  SRV
  Chris Buck
  Joanna Shaw Taylor
  Robben Ford
  Kirk Fletcher
  
  Honourable mentions to…
  Joe Bonamassa
  Steve Hackett
  Keb Mo
  Cornell Dupree
  Andre Segovia
  Steve Howe
  James Taylor
  Brian May
  Peter Green
  Peter Frampton
  Laurence Juber
  
  Apologies too…
  Countless other brilliant players, past and present, I’ve omitted but still admire.
- September 20, 2024 at 1:19 pm #378545
  Denise
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  No order, except for SRV who is my all time favourite guitar player:
  
  SRV 🙏🙏🙏🙏
  J.J. Cale 🙏🙏
  Eric Clapton
  Dickey Betts
  Keith Richards
  Derek Trucks
  Brian 😊
  Brian Setzer
  John Fogerty
  Chet Atkins
  
  More Blues!
  - September 20, 2024 at 11:41 pm #378563
    Denise
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    I forgot Mike Campbell!
    
    More Blues!
- September 20, 2024 at 7:48 pm #378559
  JoeD1
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  In addition to all the usual favorites of mine (Gilmour, Hendrix, Vaughn, etc.) I thought of a few of my favorites that I don’t think get enough credit…
  
  George Benson
  Keith Richards
  Carlos Santana
  Sue Foley
  Christone Kingfish Ingram
  Joni Mitchell
  Frank Zappa
  Steve Cropper
  Buddy Guy
  Prince
  
  Joe
  
  The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
  Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
  --Graeme Edge
- September 21, 2024 at 6:38 pm #378586
  Bill
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  No particular order:
  
  T-Bone Walker
  Charlie Christian
  BB King
  Brian Setzer
  Whit Smith
  Jonathan Stout
  Lonnie Johnson
  Joel Paterson
  Oscar Moore
  Django Reinhardt
  
  Honorables:
  Les Paul
  Jr Barnard
  Eldon Shamblin
  Joe Pass
  Carl Perkins
- September 22, 2024 at 4:47 pm #378621
  John H
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  After careful reconsideration I have to add PETER FRAMPTON to my list. So I have 11.
  
  Mark Knopfler
  Steve Gaines
  Ed King
  Eric Clapton
  Brian Setzer
  Carl Perkins
  Jerry Garcia
  Tommy Emmanuel
  Norman Blake
  Dicky Betts
- September 22, 2024 at 5:34 pm #378622
  GnLguy
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  Like John H, I have to add some to my list as well
  
  1. Duane Allman
  2. Dickey Betts
  3. Alvin Lee
  4. Kim Simmonds
  5. Gary Moore
  6. Tom Johnston
  7. SRV
  8. Jorma Kaukonen
  9. Phil Keaggy
  10. Mark Knopfler
  
  Honorable mention
  * Toy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker)
  * Peter Green
  * David Hamburger
  * Brownie McGhee
  * Mississippi John Hurt
  * Sonny Landreth
  * Warren Haynes
  * Charlie Starr
  
  * Duke Robillard
  * Herb Ellis
  * Emily Remler
  * Larry Carlton
  * Freddie King
  * BB King
  * Albert King
  * Albert Collins
  * Stefan Grossman
  * Stephen Stills
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