My favourite guitarists are Julian Bream and John Williams for classical.
Although I am not a great lover of jazz I still greatly admire two of the greatest jazz guitarists, Joe Pass could do more with a pick than most guitarists could do with four fingers. The other one who I have seen a few times and has the most perfect technique I have ever witnessed is Martin Taylor. He can do things on his instrument that most others can only dream of. In one of his concerts he showed the audience his approach to music. He took one of his tunes and dissected it, by showing us how he would pick out the tune on one of his fingers then he would use his other two fingers to pick out chords and then he used his thumb to pick out the bass. The audience were gobsmacked at this as he layered these pieces together to make some of the most complex arrangements I have ever seen. To cap it all I was in the front row one concert and I had a look at his Guitar a Yamaha semi acoustic and on it near the pick guard was a signature, it said "Martin you are the best Chet Atkins". Enough said.
Although I am not a great lover of jazz I still greatly admire two of the greatest jazz guitarists, Joe Pass could do more with a pick than most guitarists could do with four fingers. The other one who I have seen a few times and has the most perfect technique I have ever witnessed is Martin Taylor. He can do things on his instrument that most others can only dream of. In one of his concerts he showed the audience his approach to music. He took one of his tunes and dissected it, by showing us how he would pick out the tune on one of his fingers then he would use his other two fingers to pick out chords and then he used his thumb to pick out the bass. The audience were gobsmacked at this as he layered these pieces together to make some of the most complex arrangements I have ever seen. To cap it all I was in the front row one concert and I had a look at his Guitar a Yamaha semi acoustic and on it near the pick guard was a signature, it said "Martin you are the best Chet Atkins". Enough said.