1. Chet Adkins is labeled as a country guitarist but he's delved into more genres than that. I saw him once on
PBS where he performed TWO patriotic songs on his acoustic
guitar - one song played on the strings near the sound hole, and the other tune on the
neck. The 2 songs were being played at the same time! Chet looks like a guitar god to me.
2. When Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler won an
MTV Guitarist of the Year award he was amazed and surprized, saying that he never considered himself to be a "guitar god". He later made an album with Chet Adkins.
3. I have seen many bands in concert that have influential guitarists. Some of the guitar gods I have seen are:
Eddie Van Halen,
Stevie Ray Vaughn,
The Edge (U2),
Steaming Steve Clark (Def Leppard),
Rick Neilsen (Cheap
Trick),
Alex Lifeson (Rush),
Johnny Ramone,
Vernon Reid (Living Colour),
Dave Gilmour (
Pink Floyd),
Keith Richards (Rolling Stones),
Dick
Dale and more.
4. Other people who fall under the rank of "guitar god" include Jeff Healey, Eric Clapton, Dimebag Darryl Abbot, George Harrison, George Benson,
Neil Schon (Journey), Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), Andy Taylor (Duran Duran), Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Angus Young (AC/DC), B.B. King, Bo Diddley, Robert Johnson, Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Pete Townshend, Dave Davies (Kinks), and of course LBNL the late great
Jimi Hendrix.