You know, DC..you touched on something that really matters to me..it's guitar players who play stuff we haven't neard before...those are the guys that really matter, in my opinion.
I've heard guys who maybe weren't as tecnically proficient as others who played the coolest off the wall [naughty word removed]...

Those are the guys high on any list I would make..

also..while I'm not a "jazz" guy..I notice the almost total absence of jazz playeers on the list...country, too...

Bob