The best British Guitarist?

Philtre

PhilW1 said:

Might as well  have a  'whats your favourite length of string,' thread(see what I did there).

Jeff Beck's E string - about 25 1/2 inches.

the_jaffa

Philtre said:

PhilW1 said:

Might as well  have a  'whats your favourite length of string,' thread(see what I did there).

Jeff Beck's E string - about 25 1/2 inches.

Not leaving much spare to go through the bridge or up to the tuners there

For the record, John Squire has been the biggest influence on me but there is no "best".

Philly_Q

SimonC said:

If you go by record sales, you would have to include Steve Clark and Phil Collen.

And Andrew Ridgeley?

Bridgehouse

NelsonP said:

Den Dennis

Oh no, I’ve burned the lentils

kt66

Depending on when you ask me, I'd say one of the following....

Pete Townshend
Wilko Johnson
Dave Davies
George Harrison
Johnny Marr
One of the many La's guitarists 

blueskunk

Davey Grayham and the old school fellas

blueskunk

ICBM said:

Fenderfan90 said:

American is still producing the goods with the likes of Gary Clarke Jr, Black Keys ect so why are we not? 

Ever heard Jake Bugg? Far more inspiring as a guitar player than either of those two, and a lot younger as well.

Jokes surely ? 

Teetonetal

Guthrie Govan. The others might be more famous and sold more records , but I think he is top of the playing tree.

Clarky

Lesgrandepotato said:

For me it’s Squire. Groove, Rock and a swagger all without being over the top. 

have a wiz...

Clarky

IMO, best in terms of sheer technique but also being able to be really musical with it are:
Guthrie Goven
Martin Taylor

best in terms of being extremely skilful but you don't tend to hear much in the way of folks raving about them:
John Sykes
Phil Collen

best in terms of who influenced me the most, particularly as a young and developing player:
Steve Howe
Steve Hackett
Jan Cyrka

ICBM

blueskunk said:

Jokes surely ? 

Not at all - Bugg is a pretty good guitarist as well as a decent songwriter. And certainly more interesting than yet more rehashed blues...

Anyway, the point wasn’t about any specific player really, it was that there are probably far more interesting young guitarists in the British music scene than the American - you just have to look beyond blues and rock, which is why I thought Fenderfan90’s comment was quite ironic.