Dotoar

I guess we're mainly talking about their performing abilities respectively, but that's just one side of the coin and essentially I cannot really pick any of them if I was to be completely honest about it. See, great guitarists tend to be crappy songwriters and whatever these guys did in terms of great songs, they did within the context of a band. I, for one, don't really care for instrumentalists just being awesome at their game anymore. I mean, I can still gasp in awe at lightning-fast solos when executed in an innovative way, but I wouldn't really listen to it as a serious piece of music for its own sake. Without the songcraft (and I don't consider neither Hendrix, Clapton or Page being very good songwriters) I don't find the comparisation very adequate.

That said, I'd go with the brits (and replace them with Steve Howe, Andy Latimer and Steve Hackett), but if I was to pick one sole Guitar Player (yes, the capitals are intentional, with the above taken into account) it'd be Hendrix, if only because he was the first and foremost inventor of them all.

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