[nickcarraway]

Wait, what was the right answer? Segovia?

[gorush]

What losers! Every sane person knows it’s a tie between Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

[golux]

I like the idea of a natty fellow throwing chairs whilst screaming Segovia! Segoooovia!

But of course the real joke is that anyone would think of that jive-ass poser Slash before Hendrix, Satriani, Montgomery, Metheny, etc., etc.

[corbe]

No one can match Rory Gallagher!!!!

[The Toll]

Iommi, let’s just stop right there. It’s not about technique, it’s about creation.

[AtlasStalled]

Clearly the boyfriend was in the right.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

They’re both wrong. It’s Jimi Hendrix, but that’s only because Chuck Norris doesn’t play guitar.

[absolootezer0]

pete townsend.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Slash? WTF? He’s a hack. There’s lots of guys in Cleveland that can cut his head!
Here’s just one, that I’ve recorded with;
http://neilzaza.com/

[circlecity]

Best all around: Jeff Beck
Best virtuoso: Jimmy Page
Best blues: BB King, Eric Clapton
Best sound with the least chops: David Gilmore
Most underrated: Brian May
YMMV

[left that other site]

The Yardbirds had three of the best in succession...Clapton, Beck, and Paige.

(I don’t know what order, but it is an impressive roster!)

[Fiji Hill]

Somewhere, the ghost of Jimi Hendrix George Barnes is laughing maniacally.

[Zeneta]

All great guitarists will be on display from fans here.

I’d like to suggest the ability to put the sounds together with layers of complexity takes another talent altogether.

My vote is for, Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO2BIf12xnQ

[Revolting cat!]

Slash, Van Halen? Knee there!

[Lx]

Randy Rhodes.
Yngwe Malmsteen.
Kirk Hammet.

[muir_redwoods]

My list, Hendrix, Clapton, SR Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Duane Allman.

[Revolting cat!]

Potzi Rules!

[ColdOne]

Just between the 2....hands down Eddie in his day. Slash is good now a days, still not a Eddie when Eddie was in his prime.

Steve Vai, Gary Moore, hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaugh, BB king Yngwe Malmsteen. Yet Yngwe Malmsteen doesn’t play with heart(IMHO) and you hear one of his licks it gets old. But he is good.

[circlecity]

One thing that makes such a list hard is that the best musicians aren’t necessarily the best players. Some of my favorite players to listen to I could never really put up as the best raw players. They just have a real pretty sound. Guys like Gilmour, Lowell George, Gary Moore, Buck Dharma (of blue oyster cult), Roy Clark, etc. etc, were/are all good players who I could listen to all day long but I wouldn’t put them up there as “best ever”.

[Revolting cat!]

All wrong! My goodness, 5 million records sold to non-discerning musically illiterate public and “underrated”?! Popular crap, remember Sturgeon’s Law, or else I’ll hafta mention Hitler himself and you’ll be screaming about Godwin’s Rule. I’ve seen better guitarists playing street fairs than any of the heavy metal big hair stadium gods! Get real, folks.