I want this thread to be kind of your top nine guitarist based on different categories. I dont want this to be your favorites but the respectfully best. Here are the categories: feeling, speed, technicallity, songwriting, originality, heavyness, slide, blues, and overall.

Feeling: David Gilmour
Speed: Yngwie, or Michael Angelo
Technicality/Craziness: Vai, or Gilbert
Songwriting: Eddie
Originality: Eddie, Yngwie
Heavyness: Hammett/Hetfeild, Angus/Malcom, Tony Iommi, lthough Children of Bodom's Guitarist is pretty damn heavy,
Slide: Definitely Duane Allman, or Derek Trucks
Blues: SRV
Overall Best Guitarist: Steve Vai, he can to anything.