Favorite (not 'best') Guitarists

**Innerurge1** · 12-26-2009, 09:36 PM

Kurt Rosenwinkel
Jim Hall
Lionel Loueke
Hendrix
Ed Bickert
Pat Metheny
Pat Martino
John Scofield
Jonathan Kreisberg
Billy Bauer
Wes Montgomery

**Bigmagic** · 12-27-2009, 01:51 AM

Great lists most of my favorites have already been mentioned. I will add a few:

Buddy Guy
BB King
We said favorites so the Blues guys gotta be there:

Tony Rice
Steve Kaufman
Brad Davis
These guys kick serious but in the Bluegrass field(jazzgrass I like to call it)

I have been led to many a great guitarist by this site I'll just take this time to say thanks to everyone here for being willing to share and help your fellow guitarists. Happy Holidays!

**GuitaRoland** · 12-28-2009, 01:21 PM

Yes, always - my personal favourite in jazz/blues, the one and only: Chris Cain
and Drew Zingg
and Robben Ford
and Larry Carlton
and Joe Pass
and Pat Martino

Okay - six of them will do!

/Roland

**BillyC** · 12-28-2009, 02:54 PM

Anyone ever heard of Joe Cohn, son of sax player Al Cohn?

**khingdheano** · 12-29-2009, 11:37 AM

Here's another 10, some mentioned previously, others maybe not:

Mundell Lowe
Chuck Wayne
John Pizzarelli
James Burton
Michael Hedges
Clarence White
William Ackerman
Pat Metheny
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix

Kind of a gamut here, from Lowe to Ackerman to Hendrix, but hey, my favorites, right?

**skei** · 12-29-2009, 11:51 AM

Have to add two names to my list;
Jim Hall
Bob Dylan

I just forgot them, no harm intended...
Peace
Skei (the mutineer one)

**daveg** · 12-29-2009, 05:17 PM

Anyone mention BILLY BUTLER?

**liviu** · 01-08-2010, 04:48 PM

it's interesting.....what you all have written here but...we should disscuss the concept of jazz guitar......what we understand throw this exprssion......jazz guitarist......

**zonedout245** · 01-08-2010, 08:27 PM

Grant Green
Joe Puma
Ted Greene
Lenny Breau
John Mayer
Carlos Santana
Jimi Hendrix
Genil Castro

**pierre richard** · 01-08-2010, 08:52 PM

lots of great players listed above...I can not add any to it ... I enjoy most of these and some I don't...

all are different and have much to say and they say it in their own way...which is great..isn't it...it would be awful is they all sounded the same....then it would be them and you...

time on the instrument..pierre

**oilywrag** · 01-16-2010, 06:47 PM

Hi guys apart from all the old favs I would like to add Mike Walker from the nw of england I think he has a you tube channel and website.Also Gary Boyle,check out the Gary Boyle quartet on you tube.

Enjoy Tom

**Eddie Lang** · 02-10-2010, 07:52 PM

Here is my Top 10:

Marty Grosz
Eddie Lang
Tony Marcus
Freddie Green
Teddy Bunn
Al Casey
Bucky Pizzarelli
Kenny Burrell
Grant Green
Wes Montgomery

and what the heck! another one: Ranger Doug

Now I have to stop but I could go on and on...

Just think of Charlie Christian, John Collins, Oscar Moore, Mimi Fox, Tiny Grimes (great bop stuff he's playing when not doing R&B), Chuck Wayne, Melvin Sparks (some excellent work as a sideman!), Sal Savadore, Jimmy Raney, Lenny Breau, Joe Pass, Emily Remler...

**Eddie Lang** · 02-10-2010, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by Little Jay

And how could I forget Henri Salvador?

This man sings all his lines along and makes me realize that a strong melody of 10 notes is much more pleasant to listen to then a 1000-note-technical-high-flight...

His album "Salvador plays the blues" always brings a smile on my face! (Like it did on his too if you can believe the album-cover ;-)

Agreed! I love that album.

**Lambosoa** · 02-19-2010, 06:35 AM

Pat Metheny, John Scofield (now I wish he dropped the silly effects...).
Not very original, I know...

**billkath** · 02-19-2010, 07:56 AM

Tommy Emmanuel

**Eddie Lang** · 02-19-2010, 09:32 PM

How could I forget Cal Collins? I really have to make a spot for him too...

**musicjohnny** · 02-19-2010, 09:43 PM

Wes
Pat Martino
Benson
Jimmy Page
Hendrix
Allan Holdsworth
Tommy Emanuel
Earl Klugh

**billd** · 02-20-2010, 08:44 AM

In no order, and what instantly occurs to me at this moment...

John Scofield
Grant Green
Joe Pass
Kenny Burrell
Allan Holdsworth
Larry Carlton
Bireli Lagrene
Wes Montgomery
Al Di Meola
Bruce Bartlett
John McLaughlin
Mike Stern
Pat Martino

**Bailz** · 02-20-2010, 09:45 AM

Jonathan Kreisberg, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gilad Hekselman, Allan Holdsworth, Pat Metheny, Lenny Breau, Barney Kessel, Grant Green, Mike Walker, Tim Miller, John Abercrombie

**Bailz** · 02-20-2010, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by oilywrag

Hi guys apart from all the old favs I would like to add Mike Walker from the nw of england I think he has a you tube channel and website.Also Gary Boyle,check out the Gary Boyle quartet on you tube.

Enjoy Tom

gary is great. a drummer who i play with is in his quartet. super nice dude as well. mike is on my list as well. ive had some great lessons from him as well!

**Bailz** · 02-20-2010, 09:55 AM

another brit:

Jim Mullen -

**Pequod** · 05-13-2010, 08:38 PM

Some great if sometime forgotten guitarists: Jimmy Ponder, Tiny Grimes, Billy Bauer, Chuck Wayne, Howard Roberts, the late great Herb Ellis, - more welcome, please add - Pequod