Les Paul.I am not country but a lot of country guitarists are phenomenal.
Definitely! SRV is a fave! Matt heafy of trivium Adam jones of tool…Les Paul.
Stevie Ray Vaughn.
The Reverend Billy Gibbons.
Samantha Fish.
Jeff Beck Joe Satriani Joe Bonamassa Steve Vai Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Have you listen Blackmore Nights?The love was for putting Beck in front. I have too many to really list, but.....
Frehley
Rhoads
Page
Blackmore
Beck
Malmsters
SAtch
Vai
Morse
Lifeson
Akerfeldt
Amott
Loomis
Tipton
Murray
Govan
To name a few closer to the music I listen to mostly. The list is endless.
EDIT: The list above is basically a timeline of some inspiration over the 37 years of playing. There are a lot of holes in the list.
Have you listen Blackmore Nights?
That name totally slipped my mind. The slide work he does on a 12 string is really impressive.