| There's alot of ways to gauge who's the "best", and one persons view of what the "best" is will be different from the next persons "best". Guess that's music/art for ya...
Personally, I look at a combination of A) their raw-talent plus B) how much they influenced music in general.
Hendrix is the obvious choice...much more so than Page or Rhodes, even though they were both exceptional guitarists too.
As far as living guitarists, I vote Vai. |