In my opinion (the only one that matters to me!!) they are
GEORGE LYNCH AKIRA TAKASAKI JAKE E LEE JOHN NORUM and pretty much any dude who plays an ESP..what is it with those guitars that ,akes em sound so fkn great??!?!
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I think Pete Lesperance (Harem Scarem) is an extremely underrated player. You can pick it's him a mile away ... gotta love the palm-muting he does during his solos.
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Yngwie Malmsteen (hands down my all time favourite!) Paul Gilbert (love the Racer X years) Mattias Enklundh (from the Danish AOR band Fate, just some crazy ass Sweeps!) Michael Angelo (what can I say? I can't get enough sweep picking) Zakk Wylde (the demon squeeler!)
JC.
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