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deafmoon

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Posted: June 11 2011 at 08:39

Allan Holdsworth

Steve Howe

Steve Hackett

John Goodsall

Robert Fripp

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Posted: June 16 2011 at 20:40

I'm gonna take a different approach on the word great here, this are all my favorites for thier unique style and innovation in no particular order.

1. Robert Fripp

2. Steve Howe

3. Steve Hackett

4. Omar Rodriguez Lopez

5. Devin Townsend

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 10:07

Holdsworth, Hackett, Zappa, Fripp, Howe and Stolt. Choose your order, but you can't go wrong with any of these.

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 14:15

Robert Fripp,Steve Hackett,Steve Howe,Jan Akkerman,Ax GEnrich

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 14:32

What do you mean by "top" 5?

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 14:34

1. David Gilmour

2. Steve Hackett

3. Steve Howe

4. Alex Lifeson

5. Andrew Latimer

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 16:17

Buckethead is just too good. I cant even rank any other guitarists. None of them are good enough.

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 16:20

The guitarist from Too Late The Hero the guitarist from The Black Dahlia Murder and Joe Satriani are good too but I wouldnt rank them.

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 16:21

John Petrucci is good too.

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 17:01

Steve Wilson - PorcupineTree
Franco Mussida - PFM
Robert Fripp - King Crimson
Steve Hackett - Genesis
Jan Van Nimwegen - Finch

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 17:05

ExittheLemming wrote:

Steve Wilson - PorcupineTree
Franco Mussida - PFM
Robert Fripp - King Crimson
Steve Hackett - Genesis
Jan Van Nimwegen - Finch

I like PT but Wilson among the five best ones is but a joke.....

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 17:44

jean-marie wrote:

ExittheLemming wrote:

Steve Wilson - PorcupineTree
Franco Mussida - PFM
Robert Fripp - King Crimson
Steve Hackett - Genesis
Jan Van Nimwegen - Finch

I like PT but Wilson among the five best ones is but a joke.....

Perhaps he's not in the same 'technical virtuoso' league as the other four but I think Wilson is representative of a modern school of younger guitarists who strip away much of the 'Gee wizz' excesses in their playing. (which I find refreshing) The tone, texture and mood he evokes by his inspired choice of sounds and phrasing is just as important as the notes he plays. There's also the feint echo of Wilson's formative influences in his sound palette e.g. The Cure, Banshees, Pixies, NIN etc which cannot be discerned in the other four and I guess this may lead some to consider him unworthy of a pure bred Prog rosette?

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Posted: June 17 2011 at 22:05

ExittheLemming wrote:

Perhaps he's not in the same 'technical virtuoso' league as the other four but I think Wilson is representative of a modern school of younger guitarists who strip away much of the 'Gee wizz' excesses in their playing. (which I find refreshing) The tone, texture and mood he evokes by his inspired choice of sounds and phrasing is just as important as the notes he plays. There's also the feint echo of Wilson's formative influences in his sound palette e.g. The Cure, Banshees, Pixies, NIN etc which cannot be discerned in the other four and I guess this may lead some to consider him unworthy of a pure bred Prog rosette?

I agree with the general line of thought here but for these reasons, I find Johnny Greenwood more original and fresh.

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Posted: June 19 2011 at 05:53

Robert Fripp
Steve Hillage

Steve Hacket

Frank Zappa

Allan Holdsworth

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Posted: June 19 2011 at 06:13

David Gilmour
Roine Stolt
Andrew Latimer
Robert Fripp
Mikael Akerfeldt (haters gonna hate)

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Posted: September 28 2012 at 12:26

David Gilmour

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Posted: September 29 2012 at 05:05

Wow, no-one can agree. Steve Howe and Robert Fripp are stand-out for me.

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Posted: October 24 2012 at 09:54

Steve Hove
Steve Hackett
Jan Akkerman
Robert Fripp
Andrew Latimer

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Posted: October 24 2012 at 11:04

In no order:

Robert Fripp

Steve Howe

Steve Hackett

Alex Lifeson

Andrew Latimer

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Posted: October 25 2012 at 15:53

Uncanny Strange Deja Vu, but I don't mind, I hope to find, A NEW TOP FIVE LISTTT Wink

Okay, that was pretty bad, I must admit

And Petrucci isn't in the list, I'll tell you that:

1. Alex Lifeson (Rush)
2. Steve Howe (Yes)
3. John McLaughlin (The Mahavishnu Orchestra, solo)
4. Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
5. Ian Williams (Don Caballero, Battles)

Runners Up: Allan Holdsworth
Paul Wagonner (Between The Buried And Me)

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