Top 25 Favorite Guitarists countdown thread! (Top 2 featured!!)

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Aaaaand I just remembered a guitarist who totally should've made my list...

This is part of why I don't understand why people send so early.  And also, I like to knock out a draft and sit on it for awhile, I always wind up revising it a bit after my subconscious ponders it. 

[Elite]

So definitely going to send one for this one.. and it's gonna be good!

[Stadler]

Im done with mine; I want to sit with it a bit, but I'm probably 98% there.  My problem is that I keep looking at 26 through 30 and thinking "isn't there a spot for them SOMEWHERE?"

[Lonk]

This is turning out to be harder than I thought. I have 1-18 done, but 19-25 I can't decide 

[lonestar]

Aaaaand I just remembered a guitarist who totally should've made my list...

This is part of why I don't understand why people send so early.  And also, I like to knock out a draft and sit on it for awhile, I always wind up revising it a bit after my subconscious ponders it.

The guitarist in question would've in no way touched the final list, but he definitely deserves recognition, especially for a life cut so short.

[Lonk]

Aaaaand I just remembered a guitarist who totally should've made my list...

This is part of why I don't understand why people send so early.  And also, I like to knock out a draft and sit on it for awhile, I always wind up revising it a bit after my subconscious ponders it.

The guitarist in question would've in no way touched the final list, but he definitely deserves recognition, especially for a life cut so short.

You just reminded me of 2 that I was almost leaving off the list...

[lonestar]

Aaaaand I just remembered a guitarist who totally should've made my list...

This is part of why I don't understand why people send so early.  And also, I like to knock out a draft and sit on it for awhile, I always wind up revising it a bit after my subconscious ponders it.

The guitarist in question would've in no way touched the final list, but he definitely deserves recognition, especially for a life cut so short.

You just reminded me of 2 that I was almost leaving off the list...

 

[billboy73]

This is tough!  Easily rattled off like 50 names.  Ranking them into a favorite 25 will make it tough though.  Also, will probably leave out a few more obscure death metal guys that no one else would likely have.  For instance, I really like John Gallagher (Dying Fetus, great player!), but I don't think too many others (if any) would list him.  Maybe I'd be surprised though... 

[TAC]

This is tough!  Easily rattled off like 50 names.  Ranking them into a favorite 25 will make it tough though.  Also, will probably leave out a few more obscure death metal guys that no one else would likely have.  For instance, I really like John Gallagher (Dying Fetus, great player!), but I don't think too many others (if any) would list him.  Maybe I'd be surprised though...

Why? It's YOUR list.

[Elite]

Well, a large portion of my list is going to be jazz guys not a lot of others will rank here probably. Definitely not going to bother to cater to other people, I’ll submit MY list

[lonestar]

This is tough!  Easily rattled off like 50 names.  Ranking them into a favorite 25 will make it tough though.  Also, will probably leave out a few more obscure death metal guys that no one else would likely have.  For instance, I really like John Gallagher (Dying Fetus, great player!), but I don't think too many others (if any) would list him.  Maybe I'd be surprised though...

Why? It's YOUR list.

Seriously... Just because nobody will have any of the four female Japanese guitarist by no way diminishes how important their work is to my life. In fact, I actually have doubts my #1 will make the final list, and know my #4 won't.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Well, a large portion of my list is going to be jazz guys not a lot of others will rank here probably.

There will definitely be some on mine, so I guess I'll have to see if we land on any of the same ones. 

[billboy73]

True!  All good points on this.

[hefdaddy42]

Well, a large portion of my list is going to be jazz guys not a lot of others will rank here probably.

There will definitely be some on mine, so I guess I'll have to see if we land on any of the same ones.

There will be some on mine as well.

[Lonk]

This is tough!  Easily rattled off like 50 names.  Ranking them into a favorite 25 will make it tough though.  Also, will probably leave out a few more obscure death metal guys that no one else would likely have.  For instance, I really like John Gallagher (Dying Fetus, great player!), but I don't think too many others (if any) would list him.  Maybe I'd be surprised though...

Why? It's YOUR list.

I have a classical guitarist on my list I'm sure no one here heard of (probably)

[lonestar]

This is tough!  Easily rattled off like 50 names.  Ranking them into a favorite 25 will make it tough though.  Also, will probably leave out a few more obscure death metal guys that no one else would likely have.  For instance, I really like John Gallagher (Dying Fetus, great player!), but I don't think too many others (if any) would list him.  Maybe I'd be surprised though...

Why? It's YOUR list.

I have a classical guitarist on my list I'm sure no one here heard of (probably)

If I can put this young genius on my list, I think the door is wide open to anything tbh....

[hefdaddy42]

Just completed my Top 25.  I guarantee I will have some that no one else will.

[Podaar]

Sent in my list...it was difficult.

[ReaperKK]

Aaaaand I just remembered a guitarist who totally should've made my list...

This is part of why I don't understand why people send so early.  And also, I like to knock out a draft and sit on it for awhile, I always wind up revising it a bit after my subconscious ponders it. 

I actually did that with this list. Usually I'm pretty confident in my choices but this is tough, I'll let it marinate for a week or so.

[DragonAttack]

Just completed my Top 25.  I guarantee I will have some that no one else will.

I might have a couple, and I'm guessing I'll have only ten that make the final cut. 

And that's fine, as the favorite singer countdown opened my eyes and ears to many 'new' artists for me.

[KevShmev]

12 lists on the spreadsheet so far, and already down to just two that have been on every list.

[The Realm]

12 lists on the spreadsheet so far, and already down to just two that have been on every list.

Not al all surprising. My guess for the two would be JP and EVH.

I think the interesting aspect will be how many guitarists collectively make the overall list. I think we had over 200 vocalists in the singers one?

[pg1067]

EVH will not be on every list.

My guess is that it's Petrucci and Lifeson, but it kinda depends on who has submitted so far.

[TAC]

We should probably hold off on naming names.

[DragonAttack]

12 lists on the spreadsheet so far, and already down to just two that have been on every list.

Fleegle has to be one of them😉

[coz]

12 lists on the spreadsheet so far, and already down to just two that have been on every list.

Fleegle has to be one of them😉

I first read that as "Fergie".   

Well, got a list of 48.  Now onto the difficult task of ranking them!

[Skeever]

Sent.

[pg1067]

12 lists on the spreadsheet so far, and already down to just two that have been on every list.

Fleegle has to be one of them😉

I first read that as "Fergie".   

But which one?!   

[coz]

[Animal]

Finally began working on my list and goddam, this is hard.

 I spent a good part of my 20's obsessing over guitar playing, practicing and looking up to a number of guitar players...But my musical tastes have always been kind of all over the place. With the singers countdown, I could leave off a couple of opera or italian/Czech prog singers to spare Kev the trouble of "just another entry I 've never heard of who appears on one list only" and still submit a list that was true to my actual tastes. But I can't do that now. It seems like half of my list are gonna be jazz-fusion, flamenco, gypsy jazz and classical guitar players...with the other half being some of the prog/metal guitar gods who are well loved at this forum...

Really curious about how much diversity we will get...it might be even more extreme than with singers thread.

[coz]

Still narrowing my list down.  The last ten or so are tough!  Anyone else have someone on this list AND the vocalist list?  I've got one, maybe two.

[HOF]

Still narrowing my list down.  The last ten or so are tough!  Anyone else have someone on this list AND the vocalist list?  I've got one, maybe two.

I had at least 3 on my singers list that are better known as guitarists and who are on this list.

[Adami]

Still narrowing my list down.  The last ten or so are tough!  Anyone else have someone on this list AND the vocalist list?  I've got one, maybe two.

Oh yea, a few of mine are both are they're near the top of my list.

[KevShmev]

I had three people make both my top 25 singers and top 25 guitarists lists (David Gilmour, Devin Townsend, Roine Stolt).

[Stadler]

I've got two.