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Well, **** you took my answer...
okay, I'll try again. 2nd Choice
For me, Van Halen 1. What about you?
There exists no such album.
I've been playing stringed instruments since I was about 8 and am a guitar fanatic. One of the hardest things I ever had to disabuse myself of was the notion that there is a greatest anything. Player, album, sound, speed, you-name-it.
There is no shortage of absolutely jaw-dropping guitarists out there and, if you keep looking, you won't ever stop finding them.
How does the fretwork in Metheny's "Question and Answer" compare with Pepe Romero's "Flamenco!" and Tony Rice's "Church Street Blues"?
It doesn't. They're just different.
Where do George Van Epps, Danny Gatton and Redd Volkaert fit into this? Same way. They're insanely good.
But there still is no 'greatest'.
I hear you, " the best " is subjective but its still possible to identify musicians who are at the top of their game so to speak.
The South African classical guitarist John Williams would be on who I would classify as being the best living classical guitarist.
Segovia when he was alive was considered the best and trained many clasical guitarist including John Williams.
Allow me to try and disabuse you of that notion. This is one of the works that makes me want to take my guitars out in the backyard and smash them kindling. That, and there's Christopher Parkening, as well, esp. for Bach pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMLAhPDGvNQ&list=PLhOyUdVd9TjbFkT_qTZsXyevme9vql68G
Flamenco and Classical are not the same. Techniques are different and so are the guitars down to the types of wood used to build them. Guitar styles like Flamenco and even Blue Grass tend to trade speed for accuracy and precision.
My favorite guitar album by Leo Kottke's 6 and 12 string guitar but if you notice about half way through the following song " The Driving Of The Year Nail " he starts to speed up and yes , my favorite all time guitarist starts to get sloppy...
~ Segovia when he was alive was considered the best and trained many clasical guitarist including John Williams.
what other than classical, you guys forget acoustical guitar albums
how about
Neil Young Harvest
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...hxBPihXmpZifsbnXVbxkiA&bvm=bv.133700528,d.cWw
Bruce Springsteen Nebraska
or https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...Tl00GsA5zuHQZJkk792Z8A&bvm=bv.133700528,d.cWw
or even Johnny Cash American IV
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...3n-K8wlq_0rsfw37PEr9nQ&bvm=bv.133700528,d.cWw
Just a little treat for all...
So young... so ****ing brilliant. Such a ****ing waste.
The best part is the audience. They haven't a clue what they just saw...
Lol. Yeah that audience reminds me of the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance scene in Back to the Future when Marty went on that wild guitar riff.