I won't argue better. It is personal. There are so many good ones and each one in there own genre. Comparing blues to jazz and jazz to rock and rock to acoustic, acoustic to country not easy but here are a few you might want to give an ear to if you have not already: Steve Morse, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Gary Moore, Joe Satriani, Tony Rice, Robin Trower, Alan Holdsworth, Robben Ford, Mike Stern, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, Roy B., Eric Johnson, Leo Kottke, Danny Gatton, Albert Lee, Herb Ellis, Mike Bloomfield, Stanley Jordan, Chet Atkins, Les Dudek.
That's enough. You get the idea. There are just too many good players out there. All the above are equal or better than the others in there own respective genre. My criteria is who can play all the styles good. That to me is the best. I mentioned a few above but they are few. P.
Martin Barre
