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The Joker:
Pretty straightforward - who is your absolute favourite guitarist?  Please include the song you think best showcases their skills. 

Mine is Jeff Healey - See The Light.

Edit: I just realized I can't pick just one.  So I'll limit it to three guitarists.  Same goes for songs.

So also: Slash - Sweet Child O' Mine

and Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze and Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)

zerobar:
George Lynch- the song that probably best showcases his skill is "Mr. Scary," but I think his best attribute is his tone.

Nuno Bettencourt- "It (s a Monster), great sense of rhythm, plus the fact that he's all over the place on all their songs. It sounds like he's got four hands. Oh, and the crazy string skipping run at the end of the solo.

Andy Timmons- Can play literally EVERY style as good as the best in that genre. I like his "ballad" pieces, in that he gets literally every amount of emotion out of every note. Best song would either be "Cry for You," or "Resolution."

It was really harder for me to choose a particular SONG, rather than guitarist. I've always kinda found that I like a particular guitarist for the sum of their work, not a singular "best" song.

rynne:
Mark Ribot.  Basically the king guitarist of the downtown New York scene.  Free jazz to lounge to klezmer to hardcore?  Yes, please.

Agata (Melt-Banana).  Dude sounds like Robert Fripp conducting a battalion of Tom Morellos.

Cadeonehalf:
Jimi Hendrix- Little Wing
J.D. Chronise- The Black River
Eric Clapton WITH George Harrison: BADGE (Them together is superior than either apart)

Dazed:
Steve Howe. There isn't any one song I think that displays him at his best, because there is simply *so much* he can do. Basically, listen to all of the Fragile album, and you'll have some idea I guess? He cuts loose more on the live stuff though. The guy is incredible.

John McLaughlin - Dawn. Basically the guy just had insane chops, he was ahead of his time in terms of sheer technical ability. And he knew how to craft a bitchin' guitar solo. Also, he wrote some pretty awesome music in general.

Neil Young. I can't think of any song in particular for why I love Neil Young's guitarwork, maybe Cortez the Killer? Basically, the guy is just the master of the simple song. Sloppy, ugly, simplistic guitar work, but goddamn he makes it sound so good.

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