My top five are those below:

1. Yngwie J. Malmsteen (as himself)
2. James Hetfield (Metallica)
3. Kirk Hammet (Metallica)
4. Mikâel Âkerfelt (Opeth)
5. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)

[ 07-04-2005, 03:24 AM: Message edited by: T-D-C ]

Don't know have a few I like now but I don't play guitar myself so some stuff can sound really good to me but actually be quite easy to play (well not like power chords or so ;) )

Also I don't really listen to any of those popular guitar players you see on a lot of lists like steve vai or so.

Alexi Laiho (Children of bodom and some other stuff)

Further I could list the rest of the guitar players in my favourite bands but that wouldn't add anything.

edit: the best guitarist ever would be a bit too much and relative by the way ;)

[ 07-03-2005, 04:18 PM: Message edited by: philip ]

None of the above: Jimi Hendrix has everybody else beat a mile. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

#5 Steve Harris did pretty well to get on there. He's a bass player [img]tongue.gif[/img] An awesome one.

And I could start a "Uh huh, Nuh-uh" debate, which is all this thread could ever hope to be anyway, but I enjoy every single guitarist (and bassist) named. I do object to a rhythm guitarist being up there though, (Hetfield). [img]smile.gif[/img]

Ditto that.

Yep, Jimi Hendrix, everybody else is a soulless piece of sh$% compared to him... Aliens dropped him of and said, Jimi, show them how it's done, we will pick you up in 27 yesrs... ... [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 07-03-2005, 04:59 PM: Message edited by: Jorath Calar ]

John Frusciante me reckons.

<font color="cyan">My favourites to listen too are:

Slash (GnR)
Eric Clapton
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Jimi Hendrix.

He was some freak of nature that to this day, no man or machine could replicate his skill.

Hendrix, definently.

Frank Zappa's another favorite of mine.