# In terms of pure skill and ability to push the envelope, who are the greatest guitarist of all time?

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> [@Nostradamus wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus-wrong/791/5):
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> Yngwie

Dull as shit. Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd have more feel and verve in their pinkies than Malmsteen has in his whole body. It’s not about envelopes and skill, not really. Jack White, Neil Young, Joey Santiago, Johnny Marr all blow a fret-wanker out of the water.

Prince does too.

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