What caught my attention in this thread was the posters name (Ex-GnR guitarist Slash's REAL name) and the first response which said something like "great solo's shouldnt just be slashed thru" -- I have officially died laughing.

In my opinion there is a time and place for both feeling and speed. However, you can have feeling without speed and be great, but you can't have speed without feeling and be great. Pure speed without even a little bit of feeling will always be pure shash. Its like driving 200mph without a steering wheel. IT JUST DOESNT WORK.

Great feeling guitarists: Angus Young, Slash, Brian May, Noel Gallagher, and DEFINITLY Jimmy Page (Wait before you flame me, keep in mind i never said Noel was a technically proficient guitarist. He is fantastic at putting emotion into his solos, even with his limited talent.)

Great Speed guitarists : Dave Murray, George Lynch

Notice tho that almost all of our guitar idols are feeling oriented. I don't know many guitarists that, when asked who their guitar idol is, go off and say Zakk Wyld or something similar. Sure, Zakk is very good at what he does, but he's hardly an artist.

Cheers