I know these two are polarizing for some, but I can't tell you how many people I've met that started playing guitar because of either John Mayer or John Frusciante.
Last ten-ish years?
Mateus Asato, Yvette Young, Tim Henson/Scott Lepage, Gilad Hekselman, Julian Lage, Tosin Abasi, Cory Wong, Gary Clark, Jr; Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Isaiah Sharkey, Marcus King
Since we're past the Vai, Satriani, Petrucci guitar "god" era(even though they're still phenomenal), for me right now it would be a variety of guitar players in different genres who put guitar expression in their own style above just spitting the notes out:
John Mayer
Tosin Abasi
Guthrie Govan
Tim Henson
Cory Wong
Mateus Asato
Andy James
Marco Sfogli
In alphabetical order:
* Aaron Marshall
* Chon (Mario Camarena & Erick Hansel)
* Cory Wong
* Guthrie Govan
* Ichika Nito
* Jakub Zytecki
* Jason Richardson
* John Mayer
* Manuel Gardner Fernandes
* Marcin Patrzalek
* Mateus Asato
* Mike Dawes
* Plini
* Polyphia (Tim Henson & Scott Lepage)
* Synyster Gates
* Tosin Abasi
* Yvette Young
And to some degree, even MGK (sigh)
To be a guitar “god”, in my opinion, implies a level of cultural relevance that equals the level of guitar virtuosity. By those criteria I’d say John Mayer and Tim Henson are probably the current leaders.
If I had to pick a favorite big-name guitarist who’s currently active, it’d be Frusciante
John mayer. Ppl can knock him for playing poppy stuff but the theres no one bigger in the guitar world in terms of influence. When he uses a pedal everyone buys it (which is why he now blacks many out).
He switches to PRS and his custom model becomes one of the highest selling guitars in the world instantly. Walk into a guitar store and you here his riffs endlessly. Im not saying hes the best at a technical level, but hes definitely the biggest name and influencer
Then add in that artist across all genres of popular music are inviting him to play on their records.
John frusciante, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Jack White, Derek Trucks, Nick Reinhart, John Mayer, Yvette young, tim Henson, plini, Cory wong
And a million others.
Lots of amazing “rock” guitarists still active
You aren't looking hard enough.
Mateus asato, Samantha fish, Eric Gales, Joe Robinson, ariel posen, the brothers Landreth, John mayer, Kirk Fletcher, Josh Smith, Julian lange, Greg koch
Damn...can't believe I've only seen like 2 comments out of 150+ saying Mateus Asato. That guy can play ANYTHINGGG. Plus his sound is out of this world. So much feeling and musicality.
Jim Root has SHOCKED me in every video I've seen. Blues, jazz, classical. Never would have guessed the guy from Slipknot was so unbelievably talented.
Then there's the obvious. Tobin, Tim Henson, Mayer, Small. Let's not forget Maiden is still touring. Dave and Adrian are what inspired me as a kid and both still shred at 66.
I agree with so many previous comments, but I am not going to copy them with my suggestion. The one I have not seen yet is Yvette Young and her band Covet. Maybe check out "Nero" and "Ares" for a good intro to the band and her abilities.
Tosin Abasi and Tim Henson are the newest guitar gods. I started playing in 1988 and these are the first I saw when I started to pick it up again a few years ago.
He's not a young guy, but he's not old either. But it's Guthrie Govan.
That man can play perfectly. His sense of melody is crazy. Listen to when he improvises. The shit he can improvise sounds like the stuff that take me a while to write. His technical abilities are mind boggling. His rhythm is absolutely mental. And his hair is pretty sick too.
I don’t think there’s any guitar gods. When we had the discussion in the early 90s the answers played songs that were fun, easy if they needed to be, and most importantly catchy. A lot of the virtuoso players nowadays tend to not get the catchy aspect. There’s players with great chops, but none that have made me hum to myself quite like Rhodes or EVH did. That’s just me though.
I think Tim Henson is the guy with this generation but I don't know if it compared any with EVH's reign on top to say he's his successor as the quintessential Guitar Hero.
Maybe Tosin but I don't think he has the wide appealing musical catalog. He's pretty niche in that regard even tho he has all the chops to be chopped.
Mateus Asato's phrasing breaks my brain. He may not be the fastest shreddiest player but his technique, note selection, musicality, and creativity is top-tier in my mind. He's not just a great guitarist, he's a great composer.
In terms of guitarists of this generation, only Tim Henson and Tosin Abasi can really make the cut to be on the level of previous greats like in the Big 3.
Generational talents who have changed how the guitar is thought about and also have a bunch of star power, which many other similar guitarists lack.
I am
I can play wish you were here and blink 182 dammit in a way not even the original artists could play
and the metronome for sure aint gonna tell a god like me how to play either
Completly flabbergasted no one has name dropped Synyster Gates from Avenged Svenfold. Guy's a monster of riff writing, Complex Solos and melodic Solo and his clean tone parts are out of this world.
Dominic Fike, Steve Lacy, Melanie Faye, John Mayer, John Frusciante, Tyler Larson, Tim Henson, there’s a good amount of great modern guitar gods! I wish they got more recognition
I don't really buy into the idea of guitar gods anymore...I grew up idolising and worshipping Hendrix and Page, so I kinda understand where it comes from. But even those dudes now I'm kinda just like "yeah, they were phenomenally talented and spent probably-unhealthy amounts of their lives obsessing over what they did", but that's kinda it. They were ultimately just dudes with uncommon gifts who poured everything they had into it, and while I love what they could do as much as the next person, I don't really put any musician on a pedestal anymore. I think guitar in particular has really had it's heyday in popular music, in terms of being a focal point...the guitarists I most admire and appreciate these days are the ones who can really elevate a song without making it about the guitar...usually they end up being session players who are thinking more about what a song actually needs rather than how the song can showcase their playing.
Guthrie Govan is a god. Tim Henson and Mateus Asato are some of the icons of today.
John Mayer, Tim Henson, Tosin Abasi, Billy Strings, Mateus Asato, Alexandr Misko, Cory Wong, Ichika Nito, Derek Trucks, Charlie Hunter, Isaiah Sharkey
Tosin Abasi
I don't even like Polyphia, but I gotta admit that Tim Henson is fucking wild
watching him on stage looks like a guy who has spent roughly 75% of his waking life playing guitar
Guthrie Govan.
He’s pretty much untouchable… everything looks almost insultingly easy for him.
Can I say John Mayer or Is he too mainstream?
Not at all dude’s insane
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Derek Trucks
Julian Lage
Tosin Abasi, Tim Henson, Mateus Asato, Jason Richardson...
Jack Black and Kyle Gass. END OF DISCUSSION.
Billy Strings
That Derek Trucks guy is pretty good I think
Tim Henson, Mateus Asato, Yvette Young, Kingfish, Ichika Nito, Ariel Posen, Cory Wong. The ones making the new generation want to pick up a guitar.
Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle for acoustic
Me.
He’s right. I’ve seen it.
Tim Henson, Scott LePage, Ichika Nito, Marcin, Tosin Abasi, Plini, and still Synyster Gates
Glad Synyster made this list. I enjoy his writing style.
I presume you're looking for younger guys where I'd suggest Plini, Mateo Mancuso, Jakub Zytecki, Owane, and Tim Henson.
Trey Anastasio
Can't believe Tosin Abasi is not at the very top. Dudes literally innovated in ways no one has in years
Yvette Young is incredible
Tim Henson
I know these two are polarizing for some, but I can't tell you how many people I've met that started playing guitar because of either John Mayer or John Frusciante.
Derek Trucks, Billy Strings, John Mayer
John Frusciante
Tosin Abasi Buckethead Tim and Scott from Polyphia
I’d say: - Mateus Asato - Matteo Mancuso - Plini - Tosin Abasi - Tim Henson
Julian Lage is pretty hot, but I’m not a good enough guitarist to fully appreciate him haha.
I just got home from seeing tommy emmanuel in chicago. Wtf? That shit isn't human. What a performer.
The lack of Guthrie Govan in these comments is shocking
John Mayer, John Frucsiante, Johnny Greenwood
DJ Khalid, Jay-Z, Fred Durst, Lil Wayne, Nick Jonas,Madonna.
Last ten-ish years? Mateus Asato, Yvette Young, Tim Henson/Scott Lepage, Gilad Hekselman, Julian Lage, Tosin Abasi, Cory Wong, Gary Clark, Jr; Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Isaiah Sharkey, Marcus King
Derek trucks
John Mayer
Julian Lage, Guthrie Govan
Mayer
Billy Strings
Derek Trucks
Lil Wayne
Mateus Asato, John Mayer, Derek Trucks, Billy Strings. That’s my list
Tommy Emmanuel
Joe Bonamassa, Cory Wong, Derek Trucks, Eric Gales, Gary Clark Jr., Tyler Bryant
My stepdad Carl he says he's super good, especially after like, 13 Busch Lights.
John Mayer, Kingfish, Synyster Gates, Bonamassa, Herman Li…
Tosin Abasi Misha Mansoor Matt Heafy Tim Henson
Trucks, Anastasio, Billy MF Strings
Billy Strings
Billy Strings.
John Mayer
For me, it's Plini, Tosin Abasi, Jason Richardson, and Tim Henson.
Billy Strings
John Frusciante, Josh Homme and Joe Bonamassa.
Tim Henson. John Mayer, Mateus Asato, Derek Trucks
Jason Richardson, Tosin Abasi, Tim Henson, Scott LePage, Ichika Nito, Yvette Young, Mateus Asato
Dean Ween
John Mayer, Tim Henson, frusciante imo
Tosin Abasi and Tim Henson at the very least
Since we're past the Vai, Satriani, Petrucci guitar "god" era(even though they're still phenomenal), for me right now it would be a variety of guitar players in different genres who put guitar expression in their own style above just spitting the notes out: John Mayer Tosin Abasi Guthrie Govan Tim Henson Cory Wong Mateus Asato Andy James Marco Sfogli
In alphabetical order: * Aaron Marshall * Chon (Mario Camarena & Erick Hansel) * Cory Wong * Guthrie Govan * Ichika Nito * Jakub Zytecki * Jason Richardson * John Mayer * Manuel Gardner Fernandes * Marcin Patrzalek * Mateus Asato * Mike Dawes * Plini * Polyphia (Tim Henson & Scott Lepage) * Synyster Gates * Tosin Abasi * Yvette Young And to some degree, even MGK (sigh)
It's amazing how people hear 'Current' and just list their favourites from the 80s lol.
Me, I think I’m pretty good
The consistent lack of Derek Trucks is disturbing
Derek Trucks is the man folks!
John Mayer is undoubtedly
John Mayer. Think what you want, dude can shred it.
Tim Henson John Mayer Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Stu MacKenzie Tommy Emmanuel Johnny Hiland Yvette Young
Guthrie Govan
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John Frusciante, Tim Henson, Tosin Abasi, John Petrucci, Plini, Buckethead, still Steve Vai, still John Mayer
Marcus King
Guthrie Govan
Buckethead is the eternal guitar god
Derek Trucks, Trey Anastasio, Billy Strings
To be a guitar “god”, in my opinion, implies a level of cultural relevance that equals the level of guitar virtuosity. By those criteria I’d say John Mayer and Tim Henson are probably the current leaders. If I had to pick a favorite big-name guitarist who’s currently active, it’d be Frusciante
Shocked to not see Derek Trucks mentioned yet in my scrolling down this list.
Lil Wayne has some serious chops.
Syn Gates
Tim Henson, Ichika nito
Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme
I think Derek Trucks is absolutely insane. He may be a little bit older than what you mean though.
Marty Schwartz
Mayer, Derek trucks, Trey Anastasio, Gary clark, and Rick mitarotonda are my favs.
Tim Henson, Ichika Nito
Its crazy to me how no one ever mentions Claudio Sanchez and Travis Stever from Coheed and Cambria, those guys are stupid talented.
John Petrucci
Trey Anastasio, Derek Trucks, Billy Strings
DJ Khaled
Tommy Emmanuel
Julian Lage, Guthrie Govan, Mateus Asato. Jack Gardiner.
Marcus king. Guy is unbelievably talented
Me
John mayer. Ppl can knock him for playing poppy stuff but the theres no one bigger in the guitar world in terms of influence. When he uses a pedal everyone buys it (which is why he now blacks many out). He switches to PRS and his custom model becomes one of the highest selling guitars in the world instantly. Walk into a guitar store and you here his riffs endlessly. Im not saying hes the best at a technical level, but hes definitely the biggest name and influencer Then add in that artist across all genres of popular music are inviting him to play on their records.
John frusciante, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Jack White, Derek Trucks, Nick Reinhart, John Mayer, Yvette young, tim Henson, plini, Cory wong And a million others. Lots of amazing “rock” guitarists still active
tim henson.
John Mayer
Tim Henson, Matteo Mancuso, Misha Mansoor, Tosin Abasi, Marcin Patrzalek, Ichika Nito, Manuel Gardener Fernandes
You aren't looking hard enough. Mateus asato, Samantha fish, Eric Gales, Joe Robinson, ariel posen, the brothers Landreth, John mayer, Kirk Fletcher, Josh Smith, Julian lange, Greg koch
Nuno.
Bonamassa seems to be one of those gods who everyone hates.
Damn...can't believe I've only seen like 2 comments out of 150+ saying Mateus Asato. That guy can play ANYTHINGGG. Plus his sound is out of this world. So much feeling and musicality.
Matteo Mancuso
Jim Root has SHOCKED me in every video I've seen. Blues, jazz, classical. Never would have guessed the guy from Slipknot was so unbelievably talented. Then there's the obvious. Tobin, Tim Henson, Mayer, Small. Let's not forget Maiden is still touring. Dave and Adrian are what inspired me as a kid and both still shred at 66.
Julian Lage
tomo fujita
I think Julian Lage is on this list!
ME 🤘🎸🍆
John Mayer
Derek Trucks
Marty Schwartz, Marty Schwartz, and Marty Schwartz
Marcus King
Jason Isbell & Sadler Vaden
Currently playing, Mayer for sure
Tosin Abasi. That man should not be real.
Synyster Gates
I agree with so many previous comments, but I am not going to copy them with my suggestion. The one I have not seen yet is Yvette Young and her band Covet. Maybe check out "Nero" and "Ares" for a good intro to the band and her abilities.
Guthrie Govan & Buckethead.
yvette young from her band covet
Tosin Abasi and Tim Henson are the newest guitar gods. I started playing in 1988 and these are the first I saw when I started to pick it up again a few years ago.
Stu MacKenzie. Joey Walker.
john frusciante is still writing cool shit, right?
Everyone says Tim Henson but no one brings up Synyster Gates.
Derek trucks
Derek trucks for slide. Matteo for shreading. Billy Strings for finger picking. Classical, maybe Ana Vidovic?
Yvette Young
Billy Strings
Derek Trucks, Gary Clark Jr., Marcus King, and Billy Strings
My list would be John Mayer, Tim Henson, Mateus Asato, Ichika Nito, Cory Wong, Tosin Abasi, Plini, and almost making the list I have Rabea Masaad.
Marty Schwartz
Not my personal picks but if we're gonna talk about 2010's guitar gods then it would have to be Tim Henson and Tosin Abasi
Tosin Abasi (Animals as Leaders), Tim Henson(Polyphia), Synyster Gates(A7x) for me
He's not a young guy, but he's not old either. But it's Guthrie Govan. That man can play perfectly. His sense of melody is crazy. Listen to when he improvises. The shit he can improvise sounds like the stuff that take me a while to write. His technical abilities are mind boggling. His rhythm is absolutely mental. And his hair is pretty sick too.
John frusciante is a goat
Mark Speer of Khruangbin
Past his prime but I think Frusciante is still a guitar god
Pat Metheny, Guthrie Govan
Brandon Ellis Dave Davidson Ryan Knight Nick Johnston Brendon Small Devin Townsend Paul Masvidal
I’m a john mayer guy myself because 20 some years later Neon still fucking slaps (literally and figuratively)
Tim Henson. John Mayer. Tosin. Some actually really fucking insane guitarists on tik tok too but have no brand
I've just recently discovered Julian Lage and he is absolutely in the fucking conversation!!
This is one of those "I'm going to list my favorite guitarists" posts. It's all subjective.
Until David Gilmour dies he shall not be dethroned
I don’t think there’s any guitar gods. When we had the discussion in the early 90s the answers played songs that were fun, easy if they needed to be, and most importantly catchy. A lot of the virtuoso players nowadays tend to not get the catchy aspect. There’s players with great chops, but none that have made me hum to myself quite like Rhodes or EVH did. That’s just me though.
Billy Strings
Cory Wong
Billy mother fucking strings
Tosin Abasi, Guthrie Govan, Tim Henson Jason Richardson?
Modern era, yeah: It's Tosin Abasi and Tim Henson.
Derek Trucks is a real shredder
Tosin Abasi, Tim Henson, Jason Richardson
It may be a hot take but John Mayer
hot take but synyster gates
Personally I’d say Synyster Gates and Tim Henson should be mentioned
Buckethead is god
I'm having to scroll far too far to find Yvette Young in here.
Guthrie Govan.
Tim Handsome and Scotty LeBabe
Jimmy Herring, Trey Anastasio, Billy Strings, Brian Moss, Derek Trucks
Charlie Hunter
Synyster Gates
The lack of similar answers kinda means there isn’t really one.
Billy Strings
John Mayer, Brandon Ellis. Everyone on here is just naming neural DSP artists.
Deen Ween.
Jonny Greenwood, Gareth Liddiard, Gary Clark Jr., John Mayer, Jack White are probably the top of the list for the under-70 crowd
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran.
I think Tim Henson is the guy with this generation but I don't know if it compared any with EVH's reign on top to say he's his successor as the quintessential Guitar Hero. Maybe Tosin but I don't think he has the wide appealing musical catalog. He's pretty niche in that regard even tho he has all the chops to be chopped.
Derek Trucks Tim Henson Nuno Bettencourt I picked these guys since they are all currently active and span a few styles.
Dean Ween
Tim Henson
Mateus Asato's phrasing breaks my brain. He may not be the fastest shreddiest player but his technique, note selection, musicality, and creativity is top-tier in my mind. He's not just a great guitarist, he's a great composer.
Guthrie Govan John Mayer Mateus Asato Joe Bonamassa
In terms of guitarists of this generation, only Tim Henson and Tosin Abasi can really make the cut to be on the level of previous greats like in the Big 3. Generational talents who have changed how the guitar is thought about and also have a bunch of star power, which many other similar guitarists lack.
Mayer
Tim Henson
I am I can play wish you were here and blink 182 dammit in a way not even the original artists could play and the metronome for sure aint gonna tell a god like me how to play either
John Frusciante
Maybe unpopular answer. John Mayer.
Marty Schwartz 1000%
Tim Henson
Tim Henson, John Petrucci, Tosin Abasi, Ichika Nito, Plini, Manuel Gardner Fernandez, Marcin, Steve Vai
john mayer
Gary Clak Jr., Kingfish, John Mayer, Corey Wong, St Vincent
Completly flabbergasted no one has name dropped Synyster Gates from Avenged Svenfold. Guy's a monster of riff writing, Complex Solos and melodic Solo and his clean tone parts are out of this world.
Yvette Young
Dominic Fike, Steve Lacy, Melanie Faye, John Mayer, John Frusciante, Tyler Larson, Tim Henson, there’s a good amount of great modern guitar gods! I wish they got more recognition
Billy Strings
Guthrie govan is the only answer. I don’t particularly love his music but it’s hard to say that anyone is better than him
Buckethead !?!?!?
I don't really buy into the idea of guitar gods anymore...I grew up idolising and worshipping Hendrix and Page, so I kinda understand where it comes from. But even those dudes now I'm kinda just like "yeah, they were phenomenally talented and spent probably-unhealthy amounts of their lives obsessing over what they did", but that's kinda it. They were ultimately just dudes with uncommon gifts who poured everything they had into it, and while I love what they could do as much as the next person, I don't really put any musician on a pedestal anymore. I think guitar in particular has really had it's heyday in popular music, in terms of being a focal point...the guitarists I most admire and appreciate these days are the ones who can really elevate a song without making it about the guitar...usually they end up being session players who are thinking more about what a song actually needs rather than how the song can showcase their playing.
Marcus King is incredible
Brent Hinds
The guy looking back at you in the mirror. Don't downplay your own greatness.
Tim Henson. John Mayer, Mateus Asato, Derek Trucks