non jazz guitarists.

[voxwerx]

Merle Travis
Tommy Emmanuel
Willie Nelson
Walter Becker

Really just about anybody who makes me turn my head...

[Atticus]

Oh dear, where to start?

Steve Cropper
B.B. King
Mick Jones
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Johnson
Peter Green
Jeff Beck
Andy Summers
Brian May
Derek Trucks
Alex Lifeson
Billy Gibbons
Catfish Collins
Everybody who ever played on a Steely Dan record

[Smelodies]

Originally Posted by voxwerx

Willie Nelson

I've heard this a lot, but I've never found his solos particularly melodic. Can you point me in the direction?

[voxwerx]

For me, Willie is more of a choice of him- as a composer whose primary instrument is guitar. When you look over the tunes he has written and see how many hits he wrote for other people - it is pretty amazing. As a technician on a guitar- maybe it is more of an acquired taste. In an interview with a local television show, one of the hosts asked Willie if he "really felt it that much- or just had a bad sense of rhythm." Willie laughed pretty hard-

[Asiancat]

They're my two favorite non-jazz guitarists.

Guthrie Govan
Greg Howe

[Smelodies]

You know who's an underrated player, a player who left his mark for damn sure? Alessandro Alessandroni.

Look him up, guys!

[aniss1001]

I still dig some of the oldschool bluesy guys occasionally: Jimi, Santana, David Gilmore, SRV, Jimmy page.

I used to listen to stuff like Steve Lukather, Vai, Satriani but it's been quite some time since I actually listened to it.

Besides that I do like some classical, flamingo, bosa and other stuff but it's really hard for me to say who are the better ones....

Best rock/blues solo ever in my book is Jimi's All along the watchtower :P

[Buster Loaf]

Originally Posted by gillkyboy45

this may have been done before, but what about favourite rather than best guitarists from other genres.
brent mason and albert lee are a couple of players that i really like.

Krieger

[pingu]

jose feliciano ....... really

[Synchro]

Originally Posted by Jaffey

Terry Kath - Chicago
Don Felder - Eagles . . .

Two of my favorites. Kath and Felder both brought a lot to their respective bands. Chicago has never been the same since he died and, IMHO, the Eagles are not the same without Felder.

Originally Posted by peejay

BB King
Buddy Guy
Gary Moore
Robert Cray
Joe Walsh
Carlos Santana
Chet Atkins

BB has serious chops though most of his solos are minimalist.
Cray is fantastic IMHO.
Chet == Mr. guitar in my book. He's the main reason I wanted to play guitar. I wanted to be Chet, still do.

Originally Posted by pingu

jose feliciano ....... really

He was no slouch.

I really admire Brian Setzer. He's clean and has great technique. He reminds me of Johhny Smith when it comes to technique.

Tommy Emmanuel is an amazing player and a very decent man.