Who is the best guitar player in the world?

http://www.strawpoll.me/12975948

>>72856572
Bootsy Collins

Me. 2020 remember this number screenshot it in the future you'll know who I am

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>>72856587
The best guitar player ever isn't even an option m80

Guthrie Govan

>>72856572
Me

>>72856572
I thought it was tosin abasi, is that a meme?

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>>72856572

>>72857815
isn't he like dead

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>>72856572
>http://www.strawpoll.me/12975948

STOP SPAMMING YOUR SHITTY LISTS YOU TURBOFAGGOT. I WILL GO TO EACH ONE AND CALL YOU A CUNT FOR COMPILING SUCH NARROW CHOICES

>>72856572
not a huge Rush fan but probably Alex Lifeson desu
though maybe also Lee Ranaldo, Naia Izumi, or Yvette Young

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>>72856615
fuck off will

>>72857827
No. He's actually been steadily improving his craft for almost 50 years now, unlike Eric Crapton, who still plays the same tired blues licks he played with Cream. Jeff's ability to coax any emotion or sound he wants out of a single note is completely unparalleled; his phrasing these days is nothing but extraterrestrial. His tremolo technique in particular is fucking mindboggling.
Lots of dudes can play technically difficult shit at a high BPM. Very few guitarists have a sound that is instantly recognizable after a few notes, though, and the number of guitarists that fit this definition who have also been steadily improving their craft for over 50 years is... one: Jeff Fucking Beck

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desu

>>72857967
>Eric Crapton
>tired blues licks
I met Eric Clapton once in the early 80's. I tried to sell him some child safety windows and he just ignored me and played a few tired blues licks on his Strat.

>>72857788
Yes.

>>72856572
Buckethead/

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This skeletal motherfucker

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>>72859770
>best guitar player in the world
>electric guitar
burgers are hilarious!

>>72859959
Electric guitar is a far more versatile instrument. Why wouldn't the best guitarist in the world utilize its versatility?

I dunno about "best" in terms of technical ability, but my favorite is David Gilmour. His playing is emotive and moving and always enhances the song and never feels out of place or self indulgent. Tony Iommi is really good too, but he's more of a riff monster.

>>72859983
Sorry but Acoustic Electric has it beat.

>>72857852
thank you for this list

>>72860131
No. Aside from the fact acoustics almost never have tremolos, the sustain and easy to bend strings of an electric make it more versatile.
Electric is more expressive/versatile. It just is. Deal with it.
I get what you're trying to say. Acoustic is arguably more difficult to play. Electric is more versatile, though, and I would assume the world's greatest guitarist would, at some point, wish to use its versatility.

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This man

>>72860073
>never feels self indulgent
nigga....

>>72862164
If Gilmour is self-indulgent then all guitar solos are.

>>72862249
And if all guitar solos are self-indulgent, then all instrumental solos are self-indulgent.

>>72862249
All music is self indulgent

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>>72858037
He's tied with Allan.

>>72862322
>le autistic jazz fusion man

i like him too, hes bitchin

John Fahey

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Discuss.

>>72856681

yeeeeeas

Jason Becker on electric
Paco de Lucía on acustic.

Edgar cruz!

robbie basho, for fingerstyle at least

>>72862377
i wouldn't say the best, but he definitely comes up with some very original lines

>>72860073
Him for soloing
>>72860835
Him for rhythmic

>>72862959
the plebeian in his natural habitat

>>72860835
frusciante is a hack that uses the same sound on every goddamn song, he has absolutely no variation in his sound

>>72862882
Agreed with Paco

Electric- Shawn Lane
Skip to 3:00 when he really takes off

https://youtu.be/YwIuVPOc_Bw


Acoustic- Jimmy Rosenberg

Especially at :30

https://youtu.be/tGKoT-7bAJ8

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>>72864490
>oh jesus fuck it's Shawn Lane on a fretless
This gon be good.

>>72864650
My bass player was best f,friends with him. Pic above is the fretless he was playing in the video. I get to play it whenever I'm over there.

>>72862370
this

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>>72856572
If we're talking about technical ability hands down Tosin Abasi is the best guitar player in the world

Holdsworth

>>72864672
Is your friend Jonas Hellborg?

Ziltoid

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In terms of technical, theoretical, improvisational, and musical skill; this man right here.

>>72865109
No

>>72864490

Shawn Lane = GOD

the slash from gnr