Guitarists.

[Citrus]

Not related, but I'm learning to play acoustic guitar and I don't know how to keep notes from playing when I lift my finger of the strings (like to change frets). It creates a kind of ugly background noise behind the songs I play. Is there some kind of technique to keep this from happening, or is it kind of a given for acoustic guitars? Thanks.

Anyway, I'm gonna dedicate my post to Rodrigo y Gabriela. They're obviously not my entire top ten, but they don't get much attention and they're really amazing guitarists.

 

[S29 Afterlife]

1. Harrison.
2. Vai.
3. Clapton
4. Buckethead.
5. Null.
6. Satriani
7. Wylde
8. Halen
9. Syn
10. Slash

i don't like writing their first names.
sounds odd to me.

 

[Kanazuchi]

Pretty much everyone else has given all of my favorites a nod, with the exception of Brian Setzer.

 

[Smitty of the Tolchocks]

Ace Frehley - Billy Gibbons - Ted Nugent - Angus Young - Keith Richards - Jerry Garcia -

Chet Atkins - Ernie Isley - John Fogarty - Eddie Van Halen

In no order but all super-innovative with plenty of imitators.

 

[madcap2112]

Not related, but I'm learning to play acoustic guitar and I don't know how to keep notes from playing when I lift my finger of the strings (like to change frets). It creates a kind of ugly background noise behind the songs I play. Is there some kind of technique to keep this from happening, or is it kind of a given for acoustic guitars? Thanks.

Anyway, I'm gonna dedicate my post to Rodrigo y Gabriela. They're obviously not my entire top ten, but they don't get much attention and they're really amazing guitarists.

Try muting the troublesome string with another finger or the palm of your strumming hand, whichever works without hampering other notes you're hitting.

 

[CNKFan]

1.Nergal of Behemoth
2.Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein of The Misfits
3.Rob Barret and Pat O'Brian of Cannibal Corpse
4.Steve Swanson of Six Feet Under
5.Jean-Sébastien Ogilvy of The CNK
6.Daron Malakian of System of a Down
7.Micke Svanberg of Dark Funeral
8.Richard Zven Kruspe of Rammstein
9.James Hetfield of Metallic
10.Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath

 

[Superior Mind]

In no particular order:

Tommy Emmannuel
Eric Clapton
Lindsay Buckingham
Andy McKee
Antoine Dufour
Chris Cheney
Pete Townshend
John Butler
Dave Gilmour
Billy Corgan

 

[aruseusx]

In no real order apart from number 1 and 2

1. Buckethead
2. Paul Waggoner
3. Paul Gilbert
4. Shawn Lane
5. Fernando Miyata
6. Marty Friedman
7. Chris Broderick
8. Daamion Draven
9. Eric Johnson
10. John Petrucci

Hmm two out of three of Megadeths best gutarists (the other being Mustaine). Awesome. For me
1.Chuck Schuldiner (Death)
2.Marty Friedman(Megadeth)
3.Chris Broderick(Megadeth)
4.Euronymous(Mayhem)
5.Steve Vai
6.Michael Romeo(Symphony X)
7.Dave Mustaine(Megadeth)
8.Buckethead
9.Alexi Laiho(Children Of Bodom)
10.Nergal(Behemoth)

 

[Keepitclean]

1.John Butler

 

[Vuljatar]

No Allen Collins or Gary Rossington on any list posted so far? For shame.

 

[lvl9000_woot]

One of the best acoustic players IMO


Carlos Santana and Lenny Kravitz are good too.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Buddy Guy
Eric Clapton
Dexter Romweber
Kurt Cobain
Robert Johnson
David Gilmour
Yoshiko Fujiyama
James Iha

I didn't put a great deal of thought in. But these are the players that sprang to mind.

 

[Toaster Hunter]

Joe Walsh
Slash
Les Paul
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughn
George Harrison
Tony Iommi
Carlos Santana

 

[The Rockerfly]

In no particular order
1) Buckethead
2) Andy Mackee
3) Jimmy Wahlsteen
4) Sergio Altamura
5) Steve Vai
6) Slash
7) Tom Morello
8) Walter Trout
9) Habib Koite
10) Pete Townsend

I like a nice range and variety, appreciating all style is so important to becoming a better guitarist

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

Can't really come up with 10 but I can come up with 5.

In no order:

1. John Petrucci
2. Steve Vai
3. Yngwei Malmsteen
4. Micheal Romeo
5. Joe Satriani

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Jimmy Page
Jack White
J. Mascis
Tom Morello
Eric Clapton
Slash (sorry elitists)
Robert Fripp
Alexi Laiho
Kirk Hammett
I really like the noises that Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips gets out of his guitar, but I am reluctant to call him a guitarist. He plays pretty much everything.

This is what I like. (Buckethead would have made it if I listened to him more)

Also if I was better at guitar I'd be number one.

Why Tony Iommi?

Seriously? The guitarist from Black Sabbath (aka the band that practically invented metal) is Mr. Iommi. The guy wrote more awesome riffs on their first few albums than most bands will ever hope to crank out in their careers.

My own list would go something like this:

John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Joe Satriani
Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher (Mastodon)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
Buckethead
Paul Gilbert
Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age. Plus, a Scottish dude once said I look like him)
Alex Lifeson (Rush)
Matt Pike (High on Fire)

 

[Kasawd]

1. Chuck Schuldiner(Death)
2. Tommy Iommi(Black Sabbath)
3. Dave Mustaine(Megadeth)
4. Nergal(Behemoth)
5. Mikael Akerfeldt(Opeth)
6. Chris Baker(Atheist)
7. Randy Meinhart(Pestilence)
8. Peter Hansson(Therion)
9. Tormentor(Gorgoroth)
10. Kerry King(Slayer)

 

[The Rockerfly]

Not related, but I'm learning to play acoustic guitar and I don't know how to keep notes from playing when I lift my finger of the strings (like to change frets). It creates a kind of ugly background noise behind the songs I play. Is there some kind of technique to keep this from happening, or is it kind of a given for acoustic guitars? Thanks.

Anyway, I'm gonna dedicate my post to Rodrigo y Gabriela. They're obviously not my entire top ten, but they don't get much attention and they're really amazing guitarists.

You might not be putting your fingers down hard enough. Acoustic strings are much thicker then electric strings and it might just be your wrist muscles and finger tip skin getting used to it
That work?

 

[CIA]

Why Tony Iommi?

Seriously? The guitarist from Black Sabbath (aka the band that practically invented metal) is Mr. Iommi. The guy wrote more awesome riffs on their first few albums than most bands will ever hope to crank out in their careers.

Well, I've never been the biggest Black Sabbath fan. I just don't like his stuff as much as the guys on my list. I dunno if he is top ten material for me.

Also I take serious issue with having Dave Mustaine on a list with no Kirk Hammett, or even with having Dave Mustaine at all. He plays the guitar proficiently, but there is no real feeling behind it. Megadeath is only intermittently good for me. The songs often start out well, but devolve into something unpleasant. (Also this doesn't influence my decision, but his singing blows.)

 

[pixie veins]

I can't think of 10, I can however think of Brian May and Randy Rhodes.