Jimi Hendrix? The man was great, yes but he basically did things to the electric guitar that nobody else did back in the day. John Petrucci, while he is pretty amazing, most of his solos are technical wankery that may sound cool, but lack emotion. Yngwie Malemsteen puts more emotion in his solos then Petrucci does.

Can't really have much of a say but Steve Vai, Carlos Santana, and Muhamed Scuimez are some of the most talented, emotional guitarists out there.

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