Glad to see Brian Setzer already included on this thread, surprised Rory Gallagher hasn't being mentioned probably right up there with Hendrix in his day
Sounds all too familiar...when me & the missus split, she took half my vinyl and left me her two books !! "Great Expectations" and a French-English dictionary .
but what makes the Best guitarist ? is it technical skill ? if it is do we have to be taken through these technical examples in guitar solos - meh!! For me ,less is more and when that is applied its impossible to distinguish "skill" when sometimes 3 or 4 power chords is all a great belter needs . Ive not seen the list - couldnt see the link , but as it goes i really rate Jah Wobble ,Thurston Moore , George Harrison , Gonzalez & Tim Presley - each bringing a different skill set.
As BB King said, it isn't the notes it is the gaps between. There are toomany who think playing at breakneck speed is impressive, something which was all too common in the late 1960sto mid 1970s. Which Is why I always preferred Peter Green as he admired BB King and played accordingly.
Its all a matter of opinion, my own top ten would change from day to day, trying to list the top "however many" is a popularity contest and nothing to do with how good they are. Consider Stan Webb, Jorge Salan, John Martyn, Michael Schenker & Eric Sardinas, all very good and all completely different.If you likeit, then fine, if you don't, move on
Quite agree. Who is best and who you enjoy are two different things. Some technically brilliant guitarists can leave you totally unmoved. Same with singers. In the 1960s there were better singers than Otis Redding and Janis Joplin but they didn't grab me the way they did. Some people spend more time analysing these things, making all sorts of connections between music and so called social movements and their relevance or influence instead of just listening to what they enjoy.
