Best guitarist ever?

[RedStratocas]

my favourite guitarist ever is graham coxon.

he has inspired guitarists in new bands today, russell from bloc party in particular :]

Russel is a huge Jonny Greenwood fanboy too [link]. And Jonny Greenwood is a Graham Coxon fanboy, so it's kinda a loop, haha. The 3 most innovative guitarists of our generation are Morello, Greenwood, and Coxon.

[English]

My 2 favourite guitarists are Johnny Greenwood and Tom Morello.

Haven't heard much from Blur which is actually a shame(no sarcasm there if that's what anyone thinks) because they were a very inspirational band. I may check out some of their songs and then go onto purchase an album!

[burton-x]

Are you being serious about Charlie Simpson? 'cause the Fightstar stuff is amazing if you're taking the ****. I know the band will never be legendary and he's not an amazing or outstanding guitarist but they do make awesome music.

he's a loser,
sorry to offend but he comes from woodbridge, we all know "of him"
but all the older guys my mates brothers and all that know him well.
SOOOO UP HIMSELF!
but yeah, never really got into fightstar, alot better than BustedFly though.

[Ichigo]

I'm backing Jani Liimatainen.

[Jackboy]

Lmao so can we come to an agreement on one?

I think i have heard of slash.. got a lot of mates who are in to heavy music.

Tbh imo people who are in punk rock bands or whatever ie. Slipknot are crap. I like proper music, you know stuff like status quo. People who don't play extremely loud and scream into a mic....

My opinion only tbh ^

[-mark74-]

There's no best guitarist ever. It's just your opinion.

Marty Friedman is my favorite.

[Neversoft]

I think i have heard of slash.. got a lot of mates who are in to heavy music.

Well I wouldn't say that Slash plays for 'heavy music' bands. But he is awesome.

[PaintYourTarget]

he's a loser,
sorry to offend but he comes from woodbridge, we all know "of him"
but all the older guys my mates brothers and all that know him well.
SOOOO UP HIMSELF!
but yeah, never really got into fightstar, alot better than BustedFly though.

Yeah, 'cause a loser can sell millions of records.
He's an alright guy - met him at a few shows and read a few interviews.

[Dirgeofcerberus]

There is no best guitarist ever in my opinion, but there are great guitarists.
Such as Slash, Buckethead and my personal fav's, Herman Li and Sam (cant remember his second name), the two guitarists from Dragonforce.

[JoeyK.]

Eddie Van Halen, closely followed by Randy Rhodes imo.