Eric Clapton comes to mind first, but really how can you possibly pick just one? Saw Stevie Ray Vaughan 2 days before he died, he walked on stage with Eric Clapton and player a couple sets. I became a fan that night. Terry Kath was also most excellent and I saw him a year before he passed.
Check out Kiteares A-Z of kinks and fetishes in micros. The first is of course A Actirasty (if you read it you won't have to google it!)
Eddie Van Halen of course, und many others such as Prince, though he was a good player und song writer,
he really wasn't that good compared to many others likened to an Eric Clapton fame.
BB King was good for his blues genre, but not for rock n roll.
Jimmi Hendrix was good und helped with future guitar technique, but he was very limited in his skill, compared to a well-versed guitarist.
But not anyone who I've seen mentioned in this thread was, or will ever be as good a guitarist,
nor can even be considered close to the same caliber of skill compared to such as Sharon Isbin, Dionisio Aguado, or Steven Siro Vai.
Yngwie Malmsteen
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Steve Vai
Eddie Van Halen
Peter Buck
And a few others, but I'll stop there!
Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile - Mark Twain
