Top 5 Guitar Tones....

[Kebabkid]

Robben Ford - "Help the poor" and "Talk to your daughter" (same album)
Steve Lukather - the solo from Olivia Newton John's "Physical" (don't laugh) and Chicago's "Hard to say I'm sorry"
Larry Carlton - "Kid Charlemagne"
Jay Graydon - Anything
Nile Rodgers - Anything! Ok, "Thinking of you"
Michael Thompson (sessioner) - His "LA Clean Tone"

[Retsacotarts]

Steve Jones on Never Mind the Bollocks
Robbie Robertson on the Bob Dylan '66 tour
Mick Ronson on all Bowie stuff
Scotty Moore on Elvis's Sun sessions
Jimmy Page on....well......all Zep stuff

[dindude]

1) Stevie Ray Vaughan on Mary Had A Little Lamb from Montreux (Lipstick tube pickups!), especially the vibrato on the 12 fret at 0:31

2) Allan Holdsworth on Non-brewed Condiment from Then! live in Tokyo - liquid, thick, fat yet spiky

3) Gary Moore on Oh Pretty Woman - the loudest-sounding guitar recording ever achieved

4) David Gilmour on Comfortably Numb - the live Pulse tone just edges it for me

5) Walter Trout on Going Down from Live No More Fish Jokes. First chorus of his solo at about 3:30 where he's on the edge of feedback the whole time. Similar at the end of She's missing from the Transition album but couldn't find it on youtube

Weird, 'cause I can see the appeal in all of these apart from the Alan Holdsworth which is like fingernails down a blackboard for me.

On another note, good to see so much Neil Young on the table though

[koneguitarist]

1. James Burton on Mystery train/Tiger man medley on Elvis in Vegas 69 recording. That tele actually sounds angry
2. Dave Edmunds and Rockpile, Es335 on Oh what a thrill. Comeplete ripoff of Chuck berrys sweet little rock and roller solo, but played better.
3. Gary moore on LP doing the stumble, awesome.
4. Scotty Moore on ES295 on Elvis sun record, Baby lets play house.
5. Richie Blackmore on strat Since youve been gone. That outo solo is wicked.

[JackGriffiths]

What a disgustingly difficult question to answer...

A loud Les Paul or Tele is the simplest answer I can think of.

Jack

[bigdawg]

led zep live at RAH
Cream live at RAH (the first time!)
Peter Green whenever he picked up a guitar
Townshend live at leeds / kilburn
Me with my Shed P90 equipped (rist) junior into my handwired tiny terror (with tungsol 12ax7 & golden lion EL84s) through a G12h heritage equipped cab

[RocknRollDave]

I really enjoyed this thread but it was so tormenting trying to come up with five that I had to give up and just enjoy some of my fellow forumites' choices instead.

One I do want to mention, however, is Alex Lifeson (a guy whose tone I don't especially like, normally) in La Villa Strangiato - the quiet breakdown in the middle.. Cleanish guitar, touch of reverb..then swelling the volume control into a lovely loud twiddle session. Ace.

[Keithf]

just one from me,
Dann huff on the shania twange song,"from this moment"

[Lukelele]

Stand Up - THUNDER
Josephine - HAZY MALAZE
With a Woman - THE DARKNESS
17 Girls in a Row - STEEL PANTHER
anything off Chickenfoot III - CHICKENFOOT

As I play in a Church band some of my favourite tones from that style of music...
- Song of Hope - ROBBIE SEAY BAND
- I Give My All - C3 OXFORD FALLS

[bj]

As I play in a Church band some of my favourite tones from that style of music...
- Song of Hope - ROBBIE SEAY BAND
- I Give My All - C3 OXFORD FALLS

Nice tones here (overdriven intro)

and here (wah-soaked outro)