Lot of good choices on the board but I would have added Kerry Livgren(kansas). The guy wrote quite a bit of their stuff and I'd say he was a pretty innovative guitarist and musician for the time.

It was pretty hard not to vote for John McLaughlin but Steve Howe gets my vote just for the special place I put Yes in my heart.

it's between steve howe and steve hackett for me. but there are many on the poll i have no experience with, and many others not on the poll.

I went for Fripp. Although I do have to admit, I've been watching some live David Gilmour on Palladia, and it's beautiful. Also considered Hackett, but eh.

Im gonna go with Adam Jones of Tool .... i just recently saw tool live and i think i was watching Adam more then Maynard he's an amazing guitarist.

John Petrucci, and I'm not really much of a Dream Theater fan. He simply blows me away.

The solo on 'Trial of Tears' by DT is probably the best I've ever heard. Most of their stuff as a unit is unbearable to listen to though.

My vote is for Zappa. He's one of a few musicians whose music inspired me to pick up a guitar in the first place.

Steve Howe is my pick, along with David Gilmour and Alex Lifeson.

I voted for Omar (Guitarists with afros = win. Tyondai Braxton is a good example of this.), but if Ian Williams was here, I would soooooooo vote for him instead, because his work with Storm&Stress, Don Caballero and Battles is so good.

*I'm hinting at the fact that Ian Williams should be an option

Steve Hackett, definitely. Well, ok, it was kind of a pull between him, Steve Howe, and Robert Fripp, but at the end, Steve Hackett just created some of my favorite guitar passages in prog. Not to mention how innovative he was, which is unjustly forgotten by now. He was one of the first guitarists to experiment with the tapping technique normally attributed to Eddie Van Halen.