Tough call @Skinnyman. My favourite players list changes depending on so many different things that I could easily give a different set every day for a month or more.
However, since you're being such a git meanie tightwad hard taskmaster about it, I'll go with the three who most heavily influenced my early playing style, who would be...
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Ahem:
Him:
Him:
and Him:
(Plus honourable 'if only I could play as well as them' mentions for Guthrie Govan, Joe Pass and Adrian Legg. Tomorrow these three would be replaced by a different three, but the main three won't change.)