[PaulAds]

 Most famous guitar players seem to have spent an awful lot of time perfecting the art of expressing the fact that they are a bit upset about something.

[tina m]

ahh you mean the guitar solo faces you have to pull to be taken serious!
women guitarists dont do them thats why they arent taken serious

[diademgrove]

My favourite guitarist of all time is still Jimi Hendrix, even after all these years.

Mick Ronson is underrated and used to be the gardener in my local park. I went to his old school. Now sadly demolished. He'd left by the time I started though.

Peter Green also deserves a mention.

Two great guitarists from the folk tradition are Davy Graham and Bert Jansch.

Keith

[MartynRich]

Two great guitarists from the folk tradition are Davy Graham and Bert Jansch.

Keith

I saw Bert Jansch live at the Welsh Club in Cardiff. Absolutely breathtaking.

[hardtwistmusic]

Just Curious:  I don't think I heard one "vote" for Chet Atkins.  Am I just Really Old? 

I thought I saw one mention of Django Rheinhardt.  That was good for an old-timer to hear. 

[delb0y]

Massive Chet fan here, HardTwistMusic, and I probably have more Django CDs than I have of any other guitarist. I even have a dedicated Django-style guitar. You probably are really old - because so am I! Only reason I never mentioned either was because I chose just one picker. Jerry Reed is another that often tops my favourite list, depending on my mood. His albums with Chet are just sublime.

[hardtwistmusic]

Massive Chet fan here, HardTwistMusic, and I probably have more Django CDs than I have of any other guitarist. I even have a dedicated Django-style guitar. You probably are really old - because so am I! Only reason I never mentioned either was because I chose just one picker. Jerry Reed is another that often tops my favourite list, depending on my mood. His albums with Chet are just sublime.

Absolutely:  And thinking about that brings me round to Link Wray, The guy I can't remember from the the group that did "Apache" and "Telstar". 

And the Australian guy Tommy something.  There's just sooooooo many.   It's why I won't pick one or two as favorites.  As soon as I think one guy is "the best" then another blows me away.  The "best" is a useless concept in art in my opinion. 

I love everyone who can make me feel something new and unique with a guitar (or any other instrument (including a voice) for that matter. 

[MartynRich]

Absolutely:  And thinking about that brings me round to Link Wray, The guy I can't remember from the the group that did "Apache" and "Telstar". 

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Hank Marvin?

[diademgrove]

Absolutely:  And thinking about that brings me round to Link Wray, The guy I can't remember from the the group that did "Apache" and "Telstar". 

Hank Marvin?
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Hank Marvin did Apache but Telstar was by The Tornados and was recorded in Joe Meek's kitchen, I think. Not sure who the guitarist was. Joe Meek was a great British producer in the 1960s.

[tina m]

omg how could I leave hank marvin out of my top guitarists!

the trouble with hank when I was a teenager was he had never had long hair or wore tight trousers or played with WASP  ...plus he did a funny dance & wore glasses & looked like my granpa!
but a few years ago I realised how fab he was & that playing like him was the only way you could play a guitar solo for 3 minutes & it wasnt boring to people ...& I thought that is for me!

[hardtwistmusic]

Absolutely:  And thinking about that brings me round to Link Wray, The guy I can't remember from the the group that did "Apache" and "Telstar".  

Hank Marvin?
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Yes.  Thank you.  Hank Marvin and the Shadows.  Not that "The Shadows" did Telstar or Apache.  But it was Hank Marvin I was thinking of.  The versions I remember of "Telstar" and "Apache" were both by "The Ventures" if I remember right.  Dunno who the guitarist was, but I wonder if it was Hank Marvin.  Sounded like him to my untrained ears in both songs.

[hardtwistmusic]

omg how could I leave hank marvin out of my top guitarists!

It's easy to do.  There are just sooooo many wonderful guitarists. 

[GTB]

Plus one for many of those names, especially Schenker, Gallagher & SRV. Got to add Joe Satriani, for me his music is the most accessible of the super-virtuoso players.
There's a guy plays in the el piano de cola bar corallejo, fuerteventura who is awesome too - Eric Sijpestin.

[delb0y]

Hank Marvin plays a pretty mean gypsy jazz guitar, too. In fact, he's a lot easier to listen to than many of the more flash and fast players. He has a beautiful sense of touch, timing and most of all melody when he plays Django style.

[Viscount Cramer & His Orchestra]

Peter Green....YES!  Django definitely.

Let's not forget T Bone Walker.....bit of a pioneer.

I've got a soft spot for Elmore James too.

Robby Krieger (as with the rest of The Doors apart from Jimbo) doesn't get the attention he deserves I don't think.