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The greatest guitarist alive

Angus, Townsend. Technical ability means nothing. The ability to make good music is all that matters and the two guys I listed "get it."
 
C'mon. Jimi has to be in the top three. He's the innovator. Without Jimi, JP wouldn't be doing what he does. Jimi is like the Henry Ford, the Thomas Edison, Carol Shelby of guitars.
 
Unless you link us to a post where all the professional guitarists of the world vote your guy as the best among them, you are 100% incorrect.

If you manage to get everyone in ATOT to agree with you, you are 50% incorrect.

At least half of what matters in music is not being able to play the notes. We can make robots do this. What matters are the human characteristics that each listener finds in the artists music. But not all people listen, most people just hear.
 
Originally posted by: Titan
Unless you link us to a post where all the professional guitarists of the world vote your guy as the best among them, you are 100% incorrect.

If you manage to get everyone in ATOT to agree with you, you are 50% incorrect.

At least half of what matters in music is not being able to play the notes. We can make robots do this. What matters are the human characteristics that each listener finds in the artists music. But not all people listen, most people just hear.
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Which is why this argument can never be decided. It's purely subjective. A great guitarist can play the notes, but can also adapt while playing. If another member in the band changes something, the guitarist should hear it and change what he's playing.

This goes for all musicians. If the guitarist is playing a riff, the drummer should modify his beat to fit with it. Listening is the most important part of being a musician.
 
I'm sorry. I just noticed that the thread is for ALIVE guitarists only. That eliminates Jimi.

Alive, I'd go with Satriani, Van Halen, Lifeson, and Knopfler
 
Well if you're talking popular hard rock guitarists, the argument starts and ends with Eddie Van Halen (Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie, etc, all were "inspired" by his stuff)

 
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