Lee Ranaldo

Funny not to see any comments on this guitarist while there are avalanches of them on legendary hard-rock guitarists. Great players, of course, but they all get downplayed once you hear someone like Ranaldo. Lee is like a Fripp or a Shields: someone who didn’t write riffs or songs, but who put together a real "sound project," and once you realize what he has done, like with the other two mentioned, you’re left in shock. In short: a fucking genius of the electric guitar.