Best guitar player Live or dead. I say John Pettruci

[Shaun421]

No love for Alex Lifeson? Rush isn't known specifically for crazy guitar solos, but that guy puts out so much sound.

Petrucci was a blast to see live as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U3D-V7LoaQ

I went to this show a couple years ago and got to see Dweezil Zappa, John Petrucci and Steve Vai just jamming. Jordan Rudes came out with a keyboard guitar and jammed with them too.

[purist]

I'm glad you added alive or dead, because asking who the best guitar player is without specifying a genre wasn't broad enough.