Positively a 1932 Gibson L7, all the Marx bros played musical instruments, I owned all 13 of their films on VHS and then on DVD , I loved their humour.

 

Julian Bream needs no introduction yet nobody mentioned him.

 

Incredible that no one has mentioned this master

 

John Williams

Joe Satriani

Ry Cooder

...

 

Yep, I was really about to mention Ralph Towner, but the idea dissipated..

Also Antonio Forcione, a great Italian guitarist not even the Italians know about lol

He can be technical and tappy like this:

But his goal is more the music, doing wonderful music, and it is!

 

Wow Ŧยχøя - that's a great surprise. Antonio Forcione is a great Guitarist & Live Performer.
He has a YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC-bOHsn3qRM6wkB5wlkM23w

Antonio Forcione - Acoustic Revenge

Flamencocomedy (part one) Antonio Forcione - Marcial Heredia

 

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Jon Gomm a lydian super friend..

 

Met him less than a month ago after a concert. Great guy and phenomenal, PHENOMENAL guitarist... OMG can't believe what he has done with his guitar! I have seen hundreds of concerts but on acoustic/jazzy fingerstyle he's on top, really...

 

What a joke, mentions Tommy Emmanuel, but forgets The one that inspired all those fingerstyle guitarists....Chet Atkins

 

Hmm.. really? I fucking Hate these subjective taste lists, it's just bollocks.

No actual Influencers as in Totally Original style that influenced generations of playing style?
By who's measure?

like
Paco DeLucia
Charlie Christian
Alan Holdsworth
Chet Atkins
MearlTravis
Tony Rice
Clarence White
Andres Segovia
Steve Morse
Frank Zappa
Scotty Moore
Earl Klugh
Danny Gatton
James Burton
Jay Gradon
Scotty Moore
Denny Dias
Chuck Beery
Eddie Cochran
Van Halen
Yngwie Malmsteen

... just to name a few

 

or Merle Travis who influenced Atkins. It's all Subjective.

 

• Heitor Villa-Lobos (right-hand 4 finger arpeggiation technique)

• Aníbal Augusto Sardinha ("Garoto")

• Horondino José da Silva ("Dino 7 cordas")

• Raphael Rabello - encompasses all the above mentioned: flawless musicianship, technical consistency/precision and improvisational abilities... a mastery benchmark yet to be reached (i.m.l.s.o.)

 

...ehm... not exactly "Classical guitar and Steel string guitar" apart from Paco de Lucia, Segovia and some others...

 

You guys obviously don't know anything about guitars.
If these guys are so influential how come no one ever heard about them?

Here's the single most influential guitarist of all times: DJ Khaled (and his bob marley guitar)

 

I would add Steve Howe. Was he the equal of a lot of guys on that list? Probably not, but his technique was pretty good and he exposed a generation of rock players to non-blues based playing styles. He was a gateway to guitar history and probably led players to check out guys like Django. So influential? Hugely.