re: Who is the best guitarist today?

Then again, a case could be made for Keef.

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Alive? Should be Clapton. He's forgot more than what most modern day speed virtuosos know.

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And yet did he ever utilize his guitar chops to the end of making a song better than it would have otherwise been?

Technical skills are irrelevant in answering this question. Jimmy Page, for example, is absolutely a better guitarist than Clapton, regardless of technical chops. The guitar is a tool; it is not the end game. The end game is the song.