These lists are always subjective. See, I'd take Clapton #1 any day. He's been my favorite since I first heard the Layla album. Hendrix? Shrug. He was innovative, but he always sounded like he was stoned out of his gourd. And, as a player and lover of Strats, I cannot commend or excuse a man who fucking burned them for show. Inexcusable. Page was great, but I am sick of every Led Zeppelin song ever written, recorded, or covered. Never cared for Townsend. Most of my favorite players are dead. My top go-to guitarists who are still alive are probably Clapton, Rich Robinson, and John Frusciante.