Don't sweat it Biskit. Tony has not gotten a huge amount of ink yet...but he WILL. He most certainly isn't "the world's best" 'cause that's just silly....there AIN'T a "world's best", but in his style, he plays brilliantly.

You know folks we could make these "best" lists a lot more realistic if we broke it down into genres. For example, my take might be:

Most technically proficient player in DADGAD: probably Tony Mc.

Most technically proficient acoustic country fatpicker: Norman Blake (for that loooooose crosspicking)

Most technically proficient Blues fingerpicker..traditional: Bill Broonzy. contemporary: Fred Vine.

Best vibrato: BB King

At least if we do it that way it puts some perspective on it. I mean you could say that Hendrix was the most "inventive" guitarist using electronics, but he would hardly be on the same planet as George Barnes or Lenny Breau when it came to knowing his fingerboard.

Rick