David Gilmour's 12 favourite guitarists

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“I copied – don’t be afraid to copy – and eventually something that I suppose that I would call my own appeared.” — David Gilmour

When Pink Floyd’s enigmatic guitarist David Gilmour was voted the greatest Fender guitar player of all time some years ago, beating out Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, he responded with the wry wisdom of a rock star who has done it all before: “Best ever Fender player will come around again, and it will be Eric or Jimi or someone. You can’t believe that stuff. Much as I’d love to believe I’m the best ever Fender guitar player, it just doesn’t really make sense.” It was an interesting answer, to say the least...

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-gilm ... pton-beck/

Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Jeff Beck
Chuck Berry
George Harrison
Joni Mitchell
Hank Marvin
Pete Seeger
John Fahey
Roy Buchanan
Lead Belly
Syd Barrett