You clearly never played guitar. I have and his subtleness was what made him great.

SlideMaster, I AGREE with you. I am a professional, classically trained guitarist with a Jazz background. George was great. To say that he couldn't do what guitarists now accomplish is to say the Wright Brothers are nothing because the A340 is a huge plane.

The analogy is this: George started the flight, linking cultures, mixing influences, and opening the way for a whole new way of hearing, being, and knowing. And he still is, even by today's standards, a tasteful, sophisticated guitarist.