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SRV.

I can't narrow it down to one "best".
Too many amazing artists. So, I'll just name my favorite - Robbie Robertson.

If you know much about playing guitar, Danny Gatton.

SRV
Clapton
BB King
Slash
Joe Walsh
Peter Frampton

You could pick any of the names listed and you wouldn't be wrong.

The greatest LIVING guitarist (irrespective of genre) is probably John McLaughlin, followed by Jeff Beck and then maybe Steve Howe.

Hendrix was the best of the dead guys.

IMHO.

Got to throw in a vote for Glen Campbell and his work with the Wrecking Crew. Probably the most underrated guy on the list.

For Blues Kenny Wayne Shepperd is the best I have seen.

Eric Johnson
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Ted Nugent
Eddie Van Halen

Ronnie Earl ~

Rory Gallagher could play a fair sort of lick:

Steve Winwood's a fair hand on a guitar too:

If I'm not mistaken, the first Fender signature guitar was his. Vai has been quoted saying Gatton was the best ever.


Been listening to a lot of Ritchie Kotzen lately, joker is insane.

If that doesn’t put the hair up on the back of your neck….

Not sure how Prince doesn’t make the list, unless you consider his genre pop and not blues or rock.

Jimmy Paige got mentioned, once, I think….

Bob Dylan said once that “all my songs are his”, in reference to how he felt about Hendrix covering some of his songs.
The only guitarist I can think of who can truly honor Hendrix by covering HIS songs, is SRV.

It doesn’t get much better than this.

Exactly! He hadn’t really got started yet.

Hendrix was asked the question by Guitar Player magazine who was the best guitar player. He said Phil Keaggy.

I think of this^ often. He was extremely good @20, & just better right before he got killed. How much better would he have gotten.? He & Clapton about the same age & recorded Layla together, & look how Clopton rose afterwards. I'd say Duane could have followed every step, or led some of the time.


SRV the best at covering Hendrix? One of the few that could IMO. Most that played Hendrix couldn't come close, & it was known quickly that it wasn't Hendrix playing when the song was playing on the radio. I have to listen closely to try and decide, is it Jimmy or Stevie?
SRV sounds better to me, but thinking a lot of his advantage might have been more modern recording gear. ??