guitarists who make the hairs on yer neck stand up

[Dr. Furface]

Pat Metheny
Lowell George
Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter
Adrian Belew
Earl Slick
Stacy Haydon
Eddie Hazell
Vinni Reilly
Bernard Sumner
Mark Day

 

[Smangus]

to add-

JJ Cale

The Bevis Frond

Alex Leifson

Fast Eddie Clark

Mick Ronson

Joan Armatrading (1st album)

 

[Sprocket.]

Denny Dias.
Jeff Baxter.
Elliot Randall.

 

[elevendayempire]

Buckethead
Slash
Robin Finck
Brian May
John Frusciante

 

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Pat Metheny
Lowell George
Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter
Adrian Belew
Earl Slick
Stacy Haydon
Eddie Hazell
Vinni Reilly
Bernard Sumner
Mark Day

dont really know any of the other guitarists apart from methany. but methany is the biz.

 

[Knotted]

BB King
Keiji Heino
Syd Barrett
Manuel Gottesching
Eta: Derek Bailey

 

[quiquaquo]

Stirling Morrison

Andy Tielman (back in the day)

 

[SpookyFrank]

John Martyn, apart from when he's dicking about with his effects pedals or trying to play reggae.

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Rory Gallagher

 

[Brubricker]

Calvin Cooke

 

[campanula]

Davey Graham
Doc Watson
Nick Drake
John Martyn
Roy Harper
Jesse Cook

 

[DaRealSpoon]

All of the above +

Andy Mckee
Chris Wood

 

[Casual Observer]

Bill Orcutt
Ron Asheton
Keiji Haino
Doug Snyder
Keith Levene
Andy Gill
John Morton

 

[lincy]

John Mclaughlin
Jeff Beck
Joni Mitchell
Prince

 

[xslavearcx]

chuck Schuldiner

 

[AlanT]