Ultimate Guitarist Poll

I'm not saying that Kirk is the best guitarist or anything but you can't say he's not good.
Also, In terms of songwriting, Metallica wrote far better songs than Nirvana ever did.
 
IMO, the best AND greatest of all guitarists remains SLASH, from G'n'R.

Never seen anybody becoming one with his guitar like Slash!:bringit:
 
Now that i think of it tho, i think the best is def possible to find. The best would be whoever did the most for guitar, and was the most inventive/revolutionary. In my opinion Hendrix left the biggest mark on the guitar, and no one has really come close to that. (not saying there arnt people who are better, just not as important to the instrument)
 
A few of my favourites...

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Greg Ginn
Tony Iommi
Buckethead
Chuck Schuldiner
Derek Bailey
Frank Zappa
Glenn Branca
Spencer Seim
Fred Frith
Matt Pike
James Blackshaw
Jimi Hendrix
John Frusciante
Toby Driver
Robert Fripp
Josh Homme
John McLaughlin
Fredrik Thordendal
Jonny Greenwood
Tom Morello
Thurston Moore
Stephen O'Malley
David Gilmour
Johnny Marr
 
What I mean is, the people who voted for Cobain don't agree with you on what skill is obviously. They probably don't agree with "You may like someones riRAB, but it dosent make them skilled." And btw you contradicted yourself.
 
And all on strings like cheesewire.

No low action frets here.

There's a link at the end of the clip (2nd along at the bottom) of Bireli age 13.
God given talent.
 
I don't think I have ever heard Batio done anything remotely tasteful, and I have heard a lot of his work, Cooley too.

And I dunno, I still value Hendrix and Page the most, they are skilled (though not extremely) but they also have a little something, attitude, flavor, etc.
 
I always thought Kurt was alittle over rated, but eh...
of course most of the ones already listed are good.

as for this era of music, at least acoustically, i think Tim ReynolRAB is amazing.
 
Snooks Eaglin has a similar story, yet he bangs out traditional American blues and not commercial blues rock. I do like Healy. The guy has more talent in his little finger than I do in my whole body, but Snooks is amazing.

There is no greatest guitarist. There are so many elements to being a good guitarist.

SOUND: DJANGO REINHARDT/ROBERT JOHNSON/HANK MARVIN
INNOVATION:JIMI HENDRIX/STEVE VAI
EXPRESSION: DAVID GILMOUR/RY COODER
TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE:YNGWIE MALSTEEM/EDDIE VAN HALEN

these are just a few morsels thrown in front of a baying crowd!
The real answer is: THE BEST GUITARIST IN THE WORLD IS YOUR FAVOURITE.
 
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