In addition to Troy, Michael Angelo Batio would be another great choice.
I think I’d actually want to utilize the hour to get familiar with a style I don’t play at all, which would be Flamenco, and I’d probably do some research on who is highly regarded in the flamenco world as a teacher.
If there’s anybody who can really teach crosspicking technique that’s something I struggle with so…yeah it might be @Troy, hah. I know and respect he’s too busy to give private lessons these days, but it would be a fun give away or something if he ever offered to. Maybe open like 10 one-time spots and do a raffle or contest or something, then livestream the lessons, I don’t know, just brainstorming, but could be fun.
Also I agree that I don’t think the best players make the best teachers all the time. They might share some really cool insights but not necessarily be able to provide the best guidance - obviously it varies. The ability to explain, communicate, show, give guidance, help problem solve, etc, it’s all different than being able to play really well. I’ve known some awesome players that really struggle to put things into words.
And I think it’s great to acknowledge that different teachers have their different specialties, nobody is really a one-stop-shop, do it all kind of guy.
Oh and Rick Graham. 
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If Troy is not available, I would settle for Marty Friedman.
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Al DiMeola - I don’t know much about jazz and I love his style of jazz fusion. He’s also an amazing player.
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I feel like a lot of these guys do not even know what they do mechanic-wise, and they cannot really teach what they do not know. So Troy all the way. Or Martin Miller
The more I listen to Martin Miller talk, the more I wonder what sort of gems he’ll be dishing out when he’s John McLaughlin’s age.
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huge influence on me and probably is my fav guitarist. I discovered him at the age of 15 when I thought if it wasn’t crushing and brutal, it was weak. Even though I had that mind set, I knew this guy was different and loved it.
Andy Timmons - I’d love to know how he comes up with such incredible melodies, how he practises and ask all about his amazing tone!
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Jason Richardson. I need to know his secret to such accurate and dead-on precision picking.
Love Chris Brooks a lot… props to him!!
But right now Troy is god.
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This is sort of a late addition, but I did take the lesson with Rick and it went very well! He is an incredible nice person and a wonderful teacher. Within a few minutes he pointed out simple things I was doing wrong and helped me easily correct them. I was already faster halfway through the lesson!
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Awesome. He is a an amazing player. A lot of my practice routines are based on his arpegios.
Prince
Lead and rhythm
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He posted about being injured very recently… Folks that are not acquainted with his site/youtube-channel might want to send him some love.
YJM. There isn’t enough time in an hour to learn much, I’d rather be inspired.
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Yeah, I posted that video in the injury thread. It’s scary for sure.
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I just realized that I never put my answer in here:
Gary Holt. not for the shred, but the rhythm!
Andy’s super cool. Met him and saw him several times at a local Starbucks in Richardson, TX. Down to earth and very personable. He was a little surprised the first time I met him, wearing a Duracell battery t shirt. An Eric Johnson comment to open the conversation. He asked, “You know who I am?”, and I answered, “Yes. You’re that guy from the Mesa/Boogie ads!” Cool guy.
Joe Stump… awesome teacher.
Troy as well
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If Troy was busy I would like to have a lesson with Teemu, he seems like a very good guy with immense knowledge around the guitar mechanics. I’ll probably have some Skype lessons with him this year.
Another choice would be Paul Gilbert of course, or Buckethead.
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