Oh man...there may be too many for me to list:

No particular order...

Jeff Healey

Eric Clapton

Eric Johnson

Eric Sardinas

Joe Satriani

Steve Vai

John Petrucci

B.B. King

Robert Cray (Excellent vocalist as well)

Buddy Guy

Derek Trucks

Carlos Santana (on his original stuff. He plays the same old tired licks on every new song now but he is still a legend)

Robert Randolph

Keith Urban (hate most of his songs but love most of his solos)

Brad Paisley

Buckethead

Peter Frampton

Jimmy Page

Zakk Wylde

Jeff Beck

Brad Whitford

Muddy Waters

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Jerry Cantrell

Dimebag Darrell

Randy Rhodes

Tony Iommi

Tom Morello

David Gilmour

John Mayer

Dave Matthews

Andy McKee

Jake E. Lee

awesome Dobroist

In no particular order:

Jimi Hendrix

Eric Clapton

Carlos Santana

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Joe Satriani

Jimmy Page

David Gilmour

Brad Whitford

Alvin Lee (thanks Catt, I almost forgot)

Falcon

What about Steve Morse or Al Dimeola?

Aaron Lewis

Mike Mushok

Dimebag

Eric Clapton

Muddy check this out

Thank you much Catt>>>THE FUTURE 8-)

Dave Mustaine.  He may be a little B at times but he has written my favorite music.  

Kirk Hammett

James Hetfield

@ hookemdown

Is that tongue at me?  Just asking because I don't want to get into a Metallica v. Megadeth if I don't have to.    ;D

no real order, but look who wound up on top

Frank Zappa

Derek Trucks

Joe Bonamassa

Johnny Winter

Warren Haynes

T Bone Walker

John McLaughlin

Mato Nanji

Magic Red

Dickey Betts

Duane Allman

Rory Gallagher

Phil Guy

too many others

Metallica vs mega whatever: SEE BELOW

Main Entry: noise

Pronunciation: \[ch712]no[ch775]iz\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, disturbance, noise, from Latin nausea nausea

Date: 13th century

1: loud, confused, or senseless shouting or outcry

2 a: sound ; especially : one that lacks agreeable musical quality or is noticeably unpleasant b: any sound that is undesired or interferes with one's hearing of something c: an unwanted signal or a disturbance (as static or a variation of voltage) in an electronic device or instrument (as radio or television) ; broadly : a disturbance interfering with the operation of a usually mechanical device or system d: electromagnetic radiation (as light or radio waves) that is composed of several frequencies and that involves random changes in frequency or amplitude e: irrelevant or meaningless data or output occurring along with desired information

3: common talk : rumor ; especially : slander

4: something that attracts attention <the playwill make little noise in the world Brendan Gill>

5: something spoken or uttered

6: a style of rock music that is loud, often discordant, and usually uses electronic noise (as feedback)

noise·less \-l[ch601]s\ adjective

noise·less·ly adverb

jazz sucks

jazz sucks

Charlie Parker begs to differ.

jazz sucks

Jazz musicians are the most talented in the universe, there is no room for discussion on this 8-)

Hey 4 bizz: What happened to your cool Avatar, why did you go to Hookem's graduation picture? ;D

Beyond messing around I want to state this

What ever music you like, it's cool. When I was studying drums, my uncle was leading me to Jazz, which i happened to like anyway.

When I was 16 I snuck out to see 2 shows the same week, telling my folks I was going to a dance at my Catholic High School

one show was JIMI HENDRIX; at the Cafe Wha ,in the Village and two nights later, MUDDY WATERS, at the Cheetah in Harlem. These shows rocked my senses and I wanted to play nothing but the blues. My teacher threw me out of his studio and berated me. I felt horrible so i would never in reality do that to anyone else.

When a kid wanted tolearn something from me I always asked for his favorite album, so I could show him how to get to his favorite groove, even if it was metal

When I bought home the First Mother's of Invention Album; FREAK OUT, I was down stairs, cranking it up. my mother and father flew downstatrs with mom wailing at the top of her lungs

" IS THIS WHAT WE SENT YOU TO CATHOLIC SHCOOL FOR!"

Found this recently.

Yea Thats from a really great THUNDERBIRDS show if you can find the rest of that ANSON FUNDERBURGH and ALBERT COLLINS also get in on the action GOOD FIND! 8-)

Brad Paisley

8-)

Is no one even going to mention Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore  

Is no one even going to mention Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore

thats not ritchie blackmore... :-X

Catt, that's not even close to Ritchie Blackmore ;D

Sorry fingers faster than the brain  

I would also like to add:

Alvin Lee

Rick Derringer

Bob Marley

thank you IMPY03, i was about ready to curse. EVH is awesome.

my top 5 of all time.

1. Eddie Van Halen

2. Eric Clapton

3. BB King

4. Jimmy Paige

5. Buddy Guy

Special honors go to Ralph Machio the karate kid himself. If anybody hasnt seen the movie Crossroads, you need to treat yourself with this cinematic masterpiece. Nobody is better than Lighting Boy

Were you intoxicated when you wrote that? He is an actor, it was satged and the music was horrible for that film.

Yes i was drunk and yes i know its just a movie, just making a joke. ha

I noticed no one mentioned Slash!!  Maybe not the best but I always liked his tones he can get from his guitars.  

Glad you mentioned Slash Rooster. Slash and Ace Frehley, when they were sober and clean from drugs they were two of my favorites.