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Or on a different tact what about the Band, The Byrds (Roger McGuinn jangle) Clarence White, Flying Burrito Brothers if you aren't already into them.
I was going to also suggest Mike Landau - incredible player but he's not that dissimilar to your norm, and still pretty virtuoso, if he's not already on your radar. Scott Henderson also, but I think he's already on your radar.
Going for something completely different, listen to Weld by Neil Young - not technical playing by any stretch, but incredible in it's personality and approach. I like a lot of the players you've mentioned in the past, but the Weld version of Cortez the Killer, is one of the best pieces of guitar work I've ever heard, just beautiful and ugly all at once.
Other choices:
Adrian Belew
R.E.M. - this got me out of my Satriani / Vai cycle back in the day with playing that simply served the song.
In the indie realm, Stone Roses for sure, also Bernard Butler / Suede, Coxon / Blur.
Some other "Palette Cleansers" for me are The Velvet Underground and The Flaming Lips (start with The Soft Bulletin).
Great guitar work on Aching Baby by U2.
Thanks for the other names, stuff to check out. I need to get away from Pentatonic world and Widdle city for a while!
Wizz Jones?
Lutenists?
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Robben Ford and his 'Talk to your daughter' album for jazzy blues that's a little different.
This is about the hardest thing you'd ever try to play -- I know, I've tried -- but it doesn't necessarily sound it, at the start:
or some heavily detuned classical:
Matt Schofield.
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Or Mark Lettieri playing with Bob Reynolds (this is funky, and the solo is great):
Or solo, in a more meditative vein:
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Steve Tibbetts - The fall of us all (pm me if you can't find it)
Ernest Ranglin - below the bassline
Tom Waits - Rain dogs (w marc ribot)
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (w Nels Cline)
Gillian Welch - Time (the revelator) w David Rawlings
Oh, here's George Benson, totally killing it, when he was young:
Now, I wouldn't say this isn't virtuoso playing, but it's funky as hell.
And another, less virtuosic, but the groove and his tone is fantastic:
I want to say some surf although its not a very album oriented genre and compilations can get a bit samey. So, bit of modern surf:
The Bambi Molesters - Sonic Bullets. Lot more varied/ modern/darker than trad surf.
For a slightly different take on blues:
Songhoy Blues - Music in Exile.
If you fancied ( largely) guitar based music that’s a bit different and featuring a member of The Fretboard I don’t know which would be their definitive album but let’s go:
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog - Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn. Easily available on streaming platforms, youmight struggle to find a physical copy.
Right,an actual 21st century artist, somewhere between indie, blues and rocknroll:
JD McPherson - Undivided Heart and Soul ( but any of his). If nothing else it just sounds gorgeous.
Check out Simon Mcbride, absolute monster player.
Also check out the Album 'No Substitutions: Live in Osaka' Which is Steve Lukather and Larry Carlton. I've just revisited this album and I can't get enough of it. Superb playing of course, that goes without saying. Killer band and really interesting to hear the contrasting tones. Carlton with his mid pushed tone and Lukather with his mid scooped tone.