Best Guitar Players Ever....

[bigjohn]

LOL at Cobain.

SRV

Eddie Van Halen

BB King

Clapton

I tend to migrate to the more soulful, bluesy types since that's the kind I play (badly).

Technical perfection: Eric Johnson.

Then again, I love the big hair stuff too. Lynch is great live, and Nuno Bettencourt from Extreme is pretty awesome too.

[stirs]

LOL at Cobain.

SRV

Eddie Van Halen

BB King

Clapton

I tend to migrate to the more soulful, bluesy types since that's the kind I play (badly).

Technical perfection: Eric Johnson.

Then again, I love the big hair stuff too. Lynch is great live, and Nuno Bettencourt from Extreme is pretty awesome too.

Check out Joe Bonamassa if you like the soulful, bluesy, skilled guys

[bigjohn]

Will do.

Also, saw Keb Mo in concert as well. Very good show.

[lightsout]

Dimebag Darrell is up there pretty high for me. The solo in Floods, and pretty much anything and everything he ever did was awesome (it's just that solo in Floods is probably his best known solo).

Joe Satriani is a king.

Steve Vai, BB King, Zappa, etc.

That isn't an order, btw. Just listing random guitarists that I would put in the "elite" category.

[stirs]

Dimebag Darrell is up there pretty high for me. The solo in Floods, and pretty much anything and everything he ever did was awesome (it's just that solo in Floods is probably his best known solo).

Joe Satriani is a king.

Steve Vai, BB King, Zappa, etc.

That isn't an order, btw. Just listing random guitarists that I would put in the "elite" category.

Yep, these guys are far higher on my list than the speed/shredding crap...err artists.

[stirs]

Will do.

Also, saw Keb Mo in concert as well. Very good show.

From a few weeks back

[TheRumGone]

Just about all you mentioned can thank chuck berry for their career

and chuck berry can thank this fine gentleman....

or son house or skip james or howlin wolf. thats where it all began my friend. and i still listen to these guys with some whiskey and good people around.

[iamcline]

Wow, some Testament!! Loved some New Order & Practice What You Preach back in the day...

They played a wicked show in Charlotte a few weeks ago.

[pir8fan05]

Maybe not the "cleanest" player but the best ever is Hendrix

[ScottInStanley]

Kurt Cobain?

Didn't he play the same 3 power chords in every song?

He wasnt even the best guitar player in Nirvana, Said himself that Dave Groel was a better guitar player. lol

Still haven't seen Peter Frampton..... Revolutionized the talk box

Neil Schon of Journey was playing with Santana when he was 15 years old.

Brad Paisley for a country guy is absolutely incredible

[scpanther22]

Eddie Hazel for me. Maggot brain is one of the best guitar solos ever.

[DC Amp]

Certainly one of the best on my list, Roy Clark.

[Happy Panther]

[Proudiddy]

Thank goodness I don't have Bwood around to tell me I'm talking out of my pay grade, but I aside from the obvious ones to me like Jimi, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chuck Berry (although I was told by an experienced player that he ripped off all his stuff from another guy)... I love Lenny Kravitz and Dave Grohl's arrangements. That doesn't necessarily make them the best players, but they're good to me. I also appreciate Jack White's stuff. Very basic from my understanding but still awesome.