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Hi all.

I'm not a guitar player (I'm a singer/ keyboard player), but I am a 
guitar fan, and there is one guy missing from this list who is 
IMHO one of the most criminally underrated / underestimated / 
underrespected musicians of the late 20 th century: Prince.

Now before I get booed off the stage, consider this: Many of the 
guitarists mentioned in this thread (Clapton, Townsend, Jeff 
Beck) and those not mentioned (Santana, Steve Vai) have all 
stated that they are all fans of Prince's guitar playing skill. Many 
of you have never seen him in concert (probably), but he 
absolutely rips, on guitar AND bass AND keyboards AND drums. 
He has what many of today's (and yesterday's) guitarists are 
lacking: soul. He's got serious skills, and is STILL one of the 
only musician who has been able to successfully stradle the 
rock and R&B worlds. 

Say what you want to about his songs (I think most of the stuff he 
did after the Gold Experience pretty much sucked), but you can't 
deny his skill as a guitarist. If you don't belive me, you gotta 
check out the Millenium concert he did in Minneapolis on New 
Years Eve 2000, with special guests Lenny Kravitz and Santana. 
Neat stuff. 

My 2

Charles Simmons
Stuttgart, Germany