[lefty-lie-spy]

Joe Perry
Steve Vai
Frank Zappa
Michael Hedges
Joe Satriani
Alex Lifeson
Phil Campbell
Kerry King & Jeff Haneman
Dave Grisolm
Jerry Garcia
Jerry Cantrell
Randy Rhodes
Michael Schenker
Johnny Winter
Buddy Guy

And on and on an on...

There are too many fantastic guitar players out there to call
anyone “the best”. Jimmi was great, but let’s bring these magazine polls back to reality.

[Army Air Corps]

There are too many fantastic guitar players out there to call anyone “the best”. Jimmi was great, but let’s bring these magazine polls back to reality.

Bally well spot on.

[LS]

Mea Culpa from omitting Johnny Winter from any list I do. The trouble with Winter is it depended on how strung out he was at the time. His "Johnny Winter And" album, with Rick Derringer on #2 guitar, was superb and totally new. He didn't hesitate---like Hendrix---to "go" for something without being sure if it would work. That's one thing I don't like about Clapton. He almost always plays it safe. But Winter and Hendrix would play what they felt---occasionally it just didn't work, but they had the guts to go for it.

I think Vaughn has too much Clapton in him. The only guy who doesn't do this is Beck, who not only doesn't play it safe, but unlike Hendrix and Winter, "gets" whatever weird thing he goes for.

[Tom Bombadil]

I agree that There are too many fantastic guitar players out there to call..... My favorite of all time is Phil Keaggy, someone who hasn’t been mentioned on this thread yet. He’s been playing for almost 50 years and is still experimenting and learning and releasing new stuff.

[Para-Ord.45]

HUH !?

!!! FRANK MARINO !!!

BEAT THIS :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmPm6RYxzpQ

This guy could triple track his guitar live and blow anyone off stage !!!