World's Greatest Guitarist

[jhotsauce7]

Zak Wilde, Steve Vai, Mark Knopfler, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and a lesser known dude who can wail on the accoustic named Tommy Emmanuel (check out this dudes skills on youtube... fun to watch)

 

[SHINE]

SRV could pick a 12 string, he has my vote. Zappa as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6cplMM3d_Q for shone

SRV , has always been my favorite, for the fact his damn guitars had .10guage strings and 11's some times, altered saddles and bass frets as well.

9's are easy to bend but 10's and 11's will tear the tips of our fingers off. And he palyed with crazy speed with that size string to.


Clean channel and crazy authority in his playing .


Never seen a better version of Voodoo child than this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffcQwYGk3Kg


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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSjRggiSBrU&feature=related

 

[SHINE]

Zak Wilde, Steve Vai, Mark Knopfler, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and a lesser known dude who can wail on the accoustic named Tommy Emmanuel (check out this dudes skills on youtube... fun to watch)

Definitely a big Tommy E fan, bad ass acoustic player.

Zakk is probably my favorite metal player.

 

[athens]

#1. Jimmy Paige
#2. Rudolph Schenker

 

[CalSeeum]

Shine, SRV played .13 strings.

 

[chapel8]

Slash is also one of the greatest still alive.

 

[KBD]

Ohh Van Halen takes this. But i really dont think there is a best.. I think any very good guitarist can do what any other guitarist can do.

 

[SHINE]

Shine, SRV played .13 strings.

well I knew he used .11s alot but forgot the mention of .13s , even more respect for SRV now.

 

[Spectrum]

Never seen a better version of Voodoo child than this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffcQwYGk3Kg

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSjRggiSBrU&feature=related

Was just getting ready to post the link to couple of the El Macambo vids when I saw ur post Shine. Would have been a helluva show to be at - small venue and Stevie was tearing that shit up. If I could pick a guitarist to play like, it'd be Stevie Ray.... Like others have mentioned, technique and speed is admirable and shit but without soul, passion, feeling etc.. it's just noise to me.

A fav - Pride and Joy

 

[Jasthace]

Wrong ,wrong ,wrong , you are all wrong.. It's Angus Young

 

[Spectrum]

Just to mix things up a little.... Prince actually gets some critics nods for being one of the, if not the, best guitarists ever. Never really thought of him till I read an article somewhere and he was mentioned so I checked some links to solo's by him. Say what u want to about the little weirdo - He CAN play the guitar like a mofo. Clip below he starts doing his thing at about the 3 min mark.
While my Guitar Gently Weeps w/Tom Petty and company.....

 

[thebeez61]

I like Eddie Van Halen, Angus Young, Richey Blackmore, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Slash! There is no #1 they are Awesome!