Oh, me like this thread, at the same time - i hate it yup
I just think its all to hard to throw in names and name the player best guitarist ever. But ill give it a shot. When defining best player I would like to know if best player means fastest, best groove, coolest riff creator etc etc. But anyway... here is some ideas.
Frank Zappa - The one and only, great shredder, awsome solos, and still he's making great music.
Neil Young - Anyone played this beutiful exept for him?
Hendrix - He is considered the best amongst many music critics, not to say most music critics, and couldn't agree more.
Kurt Cobain - ever heard a wonderful solo from him? I sure as hell havn't. Ever heard any extreme lick where you've been thinking "how the hell does he do that"? I havn't. Still he's created some of the best riffs ever.
Steive Ray Vaughan - Scuttlebutin', need I say more?
BB King - Blues at it best.
Jimmy Page - Probably my favorite of all time, got it all. Some even say that he's a wizard, because how can one be that good at the guitar and not be a wizard? (What parts of the body did you think with during the 70s?)
John Frusciante - One bend, ten seconds. Thats all the solo you need man!
Some random namedropping
Buckethead
Santana
Townsend
Dylan
Cuck Berry
Tom Morello
Gilmore
Malmsteen (well he's fast anyway)
I could not finish this post without mentioning the anti-solos father Andrew Gill of the Gang of Four.
Stay music people!
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