Of coure I have myself to blame since I started this whole Buckethead thing...

Buckethead is faster, more extreame, uses more textures, and shreds while doing the robot (yes, I've seen as much). However, he just doesn't funnel raw emotion into what he's playing like Stevie could. That's not to say he can't- their's one part of Nun Chuka Kata where I can hear him "bring it up to that next level." If he did that more often, he'd have my vote.

My vote: SRV