h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Whoaaa, just in time to list mine, I hope:

1 David Gilmour
2 Bonnie Raitt (at least one guitar playing lady must be in there!)
3 Eric Clapton
4 Dave Stewart
5 Carlos Santana

If that's the guitar players done, what about absolute favourite albums? Like the 10 to bring on a deserted island? You might one to have a go at listing them at http://www.h2g2.com/A243686...??

All the best,

SG V

I've been there

I now declare this place officially closed. Time constraints are kicking in .
You can still post your top 5 here, just don't expect them to go up for a few weeks. So I guess it's only semi-closed

To whoever asked: I don't have top 10 guitarists cos if I did the list would get too big and too unwieldy too soon!

Late as usual!
1. Steve Bright
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan
4. Walter Trout
5. Slash

1. Django Rheinhart 9sorry if wrong spelling)
2. Mark Knopfler
3. Eric Clapton
4. Jeff Beck
5. Jake Thackray for the way he mixes classical style with jazz chords. http://www.h2g2.com/A249158

Please note that his name is Thackray, NOT Thakeray! He is probably one of the most mispelled musicians since Django!

Also very late
1. Steve Vai
2. Eddie Van Halen
3. Nick Marshall (from late 80's Brit Band 'Lindsey')
4. Joe Satriani (not as good as Vai live
5. The Edge

Kd

James Taylor
Jan Ackerman
Steve Howe
Jimi Page
Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Hendrix - 5 Points
Jimmy Page - 4 Points

And three more that have not been mentioned yet and should have been (heathens!):

Randy Rhoads (& Ozzy Osborne) - 3 Points
Al Anderson (of The Wailers)- 2 Points
Steve Hillage (of Gong fame)- 1 Point.

PS: At the time of writing you've got Dave Gilmour twice (not fair on him really - poor Dave).

PPS: You should be able to give negative points for obvious lack of taste&orsanity e.g. Ronnie James Dio..the very thought..**shudder**.

1. Hendrix
2. Hendrix
3. Hendrix
4. John Frusciante(RHCP)
5. Dimebag Darrell(Pantera)

1 Jimmy Hendrix
2 Kurt Cobain
3 Tom Morello
4 John Lennon
5 Philipp Rittsteiger (a pretty unknown German one)

1. Mike Oldfield
2. Steve Howe
3. Al Di Meola
4. Ry Cooder
5. Ralph Towner

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My favorite guitarists are :
#1 Lightnin' Hopkins
#2 Buddy guy
#3 Albert Collins
#4 John lee Hooker
#5 Muddy waters

1. Richard Thompson
2. B.B. King
3. Eric Clapton
4. Robbie Robertson
5. Chris Rea

1-Eric Johnson
2-Micheal Hedges
3-Leo Kottke
4-Joe Satriani
5-Doyle Dykes

Fallon Bowman

RINGO STARR!!!!

Ok ok.... George Harrison, then... how about Joni Mitchell!?? Neil young!?? YAY!!!

I guess I look from a songwriting perspective...

To the editor/writer of the main article, this is a small correction, but ...

Stevie's last name is misspelled in the article, but correctly spelled the note to which I'm replying. In other words, his name should read: Stevie Ray Vaughan (and not "Vaughen" as in the article).

Thanks, and stay tuned for my own article on Dick Dale, coming VERY soon.

Of course, I completely forgot to rank my five faves in my first post ... anyway, here they are.

1. David Gilmour
2. Dick Dale
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Tom Morello
5. Mark Knopfler & Stevie Ray Vaughan (tie)

Not sure I can weasel those last two in there as a tie, but I'm sure as hell gonna try. Heh.

Here are my top 5 guitarists. I've tried work in a broad range of genres but your choices are always going to reflect your tastes in music.

1) Stevie Ray Vaughn.
2) John Pettrucci (Dream Theater)
3) Jimi Hendrix
4) Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
5) Steve Vai

1. Jimmy Page
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Angus Young
4. Peter Frampton
5. Alex Lifeson

And for whoever the little loser no brain that voted for Geddy Lee.....HE IS A BASSIST!

...which according to one of the first postings in this thread is perfectly OK...

And I should have listed Anthony Wilson.... *sighs*