Favourite guitarist

[Grumpytim]

Steve Hillage
Randy Rhoads

[savvypaul]

Captain Sensible of The Damned - flourished when he switched from bass after Brian James departed. Frustrated prog-rock soloist.

Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols - the one who could play. Power chords with wit and agility. "Give it some bollocks!!"

N.A. Palmer of Crass - showed how to create and challenge without ever learning to play. A true innovator.

Nick Drake - heart on sleeve.

[Copperblue]

Billy Gibbons
Bob Mould
Jimi Hendrix
Martin Barre

[Berty bass]

Robert Fripp
Wilko Johnson
Laura Marling
Bernard Butler
Johnny Marr

[slinger]

I did this as a part of a chain thing on Farcebook, where you get nominated by someone else. You're supposed to post one per day. Just to make it easier (on me) I decided to pick only British guitarists. I'm up to number 63 so far, and I've got at least another dozen ready to go.

As threatened promised

They are in no particular order. I haven't actually run out of names yet, but I needed to take a break for various reasons. I've even done a "write up" on most of them, one of which ran to just over 4000 words. That's when I realised it was becoming a bit too time-consuming.. As far as posting them goes, I've got Steve Rothery prepared and ready to go over the next day or so, and if you are bored enough to wonder what I've written they're all, as I've said, on my Farcebook page, along with the expected political .

Peter Green
Stan Webb
Bernie Marsden
Micky Moody
Adrian Legg
Gordon Giltrap
Dave Gilmour
Mark Knopfler
Alvin Lee
Albert Lee

Hank Marvin
Bert Weedon
Rory Gallagher
Jimmy Page
Pete Townshend
Snowy White
Mick Green
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Wilco Johnson

John Martyn
Richard Thompson
John McLaughlin
Mick Ronson
Keith Richards
Brian May
Nigel Watson
Steve Howe
Dave Edmunds
'Big' Jim Sullivan

Deke Leonard
Andy Scott
Kim Simmonds
Gary Moore
Zal Cleminson
Guthrie Govan
Billy Rankin
Brian Robertson
Ollie Halsall
Andy Latimer

Phil Manzanera
Robert Fripp
Mick Box
Mick Ralphs
Andy Powell
Ted Turner
Laurie Wisefield
Paul Fox
Pete Haycock
Tony Iommi

Mike Rutherford
Micky Llewellyn
Dave Hill
Jim Cregan
Mick Abrahams
Steve Marriott
Davy O'List
Rod Price
'Lonesome' Dave Peverett
Geoff Whitehorn

Laurence Juber
Robin Trower
Dave 'Clem' Clempson
Chris Rea
Tim Renwick
Steven Rothery
Wilko Johnson
Chris Spedding
Mick Taylor

Top Topham
Paul Kossoff
John Verity
Wild Willy Barrett
Alan Holdsworth
Vini Reilly
Innes Sibun
Simon McBride

[Fretless]

You left out Roy Harper.

[guydarryl]

and Nils Lofgren

[savvypaul]

+1 for Roy Harper

and the Barking Bard...

[CN211276]

No Richie Blackmore

[Fretless]

A guitarist whose name escaped me, saw him play a couple of times in the 80's:

Michael Chapman.