(October 15, 2013 at 7:43 am)Rejon_Munchausen Wrote: As a dirty old prog-rocker I'm going to have to go with Steve Howe of Yes
I'm also a 'dirty old prog-rocker' and in the realm of prog, I'd put Howe pretty high, too.
I'd also rate Steve Hackett, Robert Fripp, Franco Mussida (from Italian band PFM), Stanley Whitaker (Happy the Man), and many other lesser known players way up there.
In the modern prog-rock realm, there's, Maurino Collina (Deus Ex Machina), Yoshihisa Shimizu (Kenso), Roine Stolt (Flower Kings), Paul Masvidal (Cynic), Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth), Ferenc Torma (After Crying)...the list goes on....
Then there's the jazz-fusion players. Alan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Sean Lane, John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner, John Goodsall, Scott McGill, Richard Hallebeek, and so many others.
Picking only one favorite for me is an impossible task. There are so many incredible players, with so many styles with incredible chops and feel.
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