Well i guess everyone has had this debate at least once in there life Iwould like to share my opinion and here some of yours.Most people not in the know think the faster the guitar player the better he is which could not be farther than the truth.In rock I think the 2 most inovated plares were Hendix who took it to a level never before seen just imagine if he had a locking system and didnt have to deal with tuning problems and then when you thought it couldnt go to another level Vanhalen rewrote the book and i dont care when they say a few guys tapped before him IT DID NOT SOUND NOTHING LIKE TAPPING AS WE KNOW IT thats his bag totaly.Now these 2 guys have written some of the greatest music in rock history with chops to die for and taste but what a lot of people dont do is look at other styles of music.I am not a great fan of country music but i think country might be the hardest of all virtuoso styles,I mean listen to Albert Lee or Brent Mason or Chet Atkins playing spot on with no distortion to hide behind.Then we have the blues my personal fave being SRV and I love The way Gary Moore plays the blues just perfection.Out of all music the blues affects me the most 5 simple notes but in the right hands wow.Then you look at jazz guys like Joe Pass.Mike Stern.Wes and Charle C mind BLOWING.Danny Gatton you cant even put into a catagory the guy could do it all.Jeff Beck plays with no pick, his fingers dont seem to be moving super fast and yet there are a million sounds coming out from another world and your just floored.I saw g3 with Satc,VAI.and Yngiwe I was speechles yet when they jammed on a blues it was totaly lacking what the blues is about.So what im getting down to is all these guys are great and couldnt play the others style better, thats why i feel you cant put one guy at the top of being the best guitarist ever and that makes us lucky for it. KEEP ON ROCKING.