Is a Stradavarious the best violin? One could say theoretically no because it's all down to taste but we're talking about reality here not theory and all the best violinists in the world will say the Strad is the best violin. You don't think the Strat would be the most commonly re-produced guitar in the world because it's the 2nd best guitar? Exactly, it's because it's the best.
And JM knows it that's why he never mentioned all the top players in the world who play the 3rd best guitar
PS Slicer et al, how can you say I only mentioned two virtuosos? Hendrix, Vaughan, Beck, Clapton and Malmsteen are all nenowned. Plus if you seen Slash on the tele trying to cover Hey Joe with a fag in his mouth you'd realise by how awful he played that he's more of a poser than a guitarist. That's why he chose the second best guitar.
Strat wins again. It's better than Phelps
