you realize, by saying that, you're opening a can of worms...
Best Drummers: Neil Peart, Brann Dailor, Charlie Benante
Best Bassists: Steve Harris, Les Claypool, Geddy Lee
Best Guitarists: Hendrix, Van Halen, SRV, Billy Gibbons, Dimebag
haha, I was hoping to. Love to hear what other think when it comes to this.
Best Drummer: Neil Peart, Nikko McBrain (single bass)
Best Bassists: Steve Harris (agree with you), Billy Shehan
Best Guitarists: Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani
Drummers and bass players, no arguement...
Guitar players though, I always thought Vai used too many effects and it deluded his talent. Satriani is a f'ing god.
I also forgot to add Flo Mournier to my list of drummers. Dude plays for a technical death metal band from Quebec called, Cryptopsy. You tube him if you get the chance, he's an animal...
I will look that up.
You can probably see that I'm a little older, grew up a teenager in the 70's, so I am not familiar with the newer groups. Hard rock guy here.
I personally would put Jimmy Page on the list of guitarists, simply because he has written some of the most memorable guitar licks of all time.