Favorite guitar players not named......

Larry Carlton
Jeff Golub

An old high school buddy turned me onto this artist over the weekend:

Joe Bonamassa

Unbelievably good. 

Did I miss his mention earlier in this thread?

Bireli Lagrene
Ulrich Roth
Gilberto Gil
Prince
Alex Lifeson
Jack White

Pat Donohue
Vince Gill
Duke Robillard
Terry Kath
Lenny Breau
Brad Paisley
Jim Hurst
Steve Morse
Robben Ford

Emily Remler - incredible 
Wayne Kramer - solo stuff ultra 
Ed Mundell - monster magnet
Steve Tibbetts - get Yr
Pat Metheny - 
Steve Stills
Pat Martino - a master
Billy Gibbons
Scott Henderson - heavy, tight 
Nels Cline - 
Steve Khan - a fav
Lenny Breau 
Kenny Burrell
Tommy Iommi
Andy Summers - solo work super 
Jim McCarty - Cactus 
Randy Bachman -  check out Undone and Guess Who
Peter Frampton - recent solo stuff
Tony McPhee - Groundhogs, SO underrated 70s psych blues rock
Bob Welch - mid Fleetwood Mac
Ted Nugent - great rock played on a traditional jazz hollowbody
Mike Stern - outer space fusion
Leni Stern - lyrical jazz on a tele
Carlos Santana - emotional wail
Randy California - one of Americas lost treasures - Spirit
Wayne Krantz - unique style who played with Leni S - beautiful duets on Separate Cages
Kim Simmonds - a major Fav
Robbie Krieger
Larry Reinhart - check out Captain Beyond self titled , real cosmic rock , 
George Harrison - so underated
Glenn Campbell - an american treasure
John McLaughlin - Inner Mounting Flame
Pete Townsend - check out acostic on Tommy and sonic industrial machine of Live at Leeds
Johnny Winter
Tal Farlow - ultra jazz, from NC
Phillip Catherine -euro jazzer duets with Coryell

if you like great guitar you should google these....to original post-er...great topic!!!