George Benson: http://youtube.com/watch?v=l7YAYQxmLh0

where's the SRV poll?

You may bow now.

Les Paul


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXSXOAfB4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXjC_9btq8Y&feature=related

...and for caf...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfjD680wQJI&feature=related

Joe Satriani!!! he does it all!
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=63712708

All most excellent...but...stand down for....

Stevie

Ray

Vaughan


http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Kq9pn4HtDA&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XqU9RZqvFKY&feature=related

Carlos Santana and the boys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzSayxVM_E0&feature=related

Django Reinhart
Alexandra LAgoya
and yes...Jimmy Hrrrenndrixx mmaaan!!!.

Satriani, Vai, Hendrix, Steve Morse, Vernon Reid, Tom Morello, SRV, Benson, Reinhart, Frisell, McLaughlin, Metheny... are or were great!
But my favorite is FZ!
Not only great guitarist but genius composer.
One of my favorite Zappa's music... ahead of his time... very different & original...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD1RSRxfgIU

Oups! Forgot some good ones...

Allan Holdsworth...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQUntzKpLj4&feature=related

Ralph Towner...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h4ni3biiEE

Scott Henderson...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7HuNVsYwnU&feature=related

Arto Lindsay...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFvAQ_qzMMc&feature=related

OK, now we are only talking the LIVING artists - Jimmy is still the best, after being dead for so long.... but now we are talking the living artists,

another Dutch guy: Jan Akkerman (Brainbox) who plays a mean guitar, and who's guitar is copied by a very good guitar maker close to where I live, for all those Akkerman Sound wannahaves all around the world every day!!!!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX3he9m_nWQ

Here is Brainbox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLW8_kWDKbY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TE-ojEixNY

And in modern times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gNG6dvZKx0&feature=related

And on the subject of real natural guitar players, all the ones that TESORE mentioned and that were refered to by Splodge as gipsies and children.....

Those children have been better then many socalled world famous rockstars, since the day they got a guitar in their hands, probably the day they were born.... Because their entire family is made of music.

So they count.

Go Rosenburg children.

By the way, those kids are bigger now.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_kj4M8_IUc&feature=related

So, can they count?

Just like artists, there are so many greats! hard to pick one.

Johnny Marr, Frank Zappa, Mick Ronson, Steve Jones, Ron Asheton, Carlos Santana


Jeff Beck is probably the pro's choice.