A question, and every answer is correct.....

[tmargul]

Listening to which specific acoustic guitar artist has given you the most pleasure over the years. This is NOT a who is the best question.

For me, it's Doc Watson. Who is it for you ?

[Brent Hutto]

Tony Rice

BONUS ANSWER: If you'd asked about electric, Mark Knopfler

[ssstewart]

Bert Jansch

[Emil]

Neil Youngs early stuff.
The beauty is in the simplicity and no one does it like Neil.

[Goat Mick]

I'm way more about the songs than the picking so I'm going to say John Prine.

[Bridgepin]

Niel Young's early music was a BIG part of my paying.

[Ken Carr]

Doyle Dykes

[rmp]

I dunno, tuff one to nail down but probably John Gorka

[Mandobart]

The guitar music most pleasurable to me is Hawai'ian Slack Key. My favorite artists are/were the late Dennis Kamakahi, Sonny Chillingsworth and Moses Kahumoku.

[JayBee1404]

Martin Simpson.

[Bluenose]

Arthur Phelps BKA Blind Blake

[Jim in TC]

All above have at one time or another been favorites (except don't know D Dykes). But over the years and always? Joel Mabus.

[Monty Christo]

Mostly I lean towards those whose playing is secondary to their songwriting. I've never been a fan of virtuosity for its own sake.

[fretfile100]

Michael Johnson. He became the pinnacle of folk guitar playing and singing. He is greatly missed.

[rstaight]

When I was growing up for guitar in general it was Roy Clark.