Yawn...except for Paul McCartney being a great musician...for that you get projectile vomiting.

Paul was actually considered to be the best guitarist in the band. (Many early guitar solos are actually played by Paul.) He also played piano and drums on Beatles tracks. He had a better sense of timing than Ringo did. (He was known to stand by Ringo during drum recording and help keep Ringo in time.)

Paul was excellent and his solo on Taxman was very good. But even Paul realized around '69 that George had become the greater guitarist. And he even says so on the anthology, in a round-a-bout way.

Paul was NEVER the better guitarist. He was an overwheening bully and egomaniac, but his guitar playing was consistently overrated. Evidence? Taxman is sloppy and derivative in contrast to George's Old Brown Shoe; Paul's early work never showed the range of George's "T'il There Was You" to "She Said, She Said," and the Paul matching the majesterial "Something"??? "
Factor in "Sour Milk Sea," the buzz-saw whiz of "Savoy Truffle," the snarl and weep of "Yer Blues" and "Dear Prudence"?
OH. NO. It's done.

Early, mid perioid, late period. George had it all over Macca. The only "musicians" who claim the Macca is the "best" are the Macca himself (typically), his hired hand Emmerick (now there's an unbiased source, one who doesn't even get the equipment right in his memoire, and George Martin, the same one who rejected "Something" for inclusion on the White Album, only to see it become one of the greatest Beatle hits of all time).

But dedicated, working guitarists know a lot better.

Very true that McCartney was a bully...not so sure about the egomaniac part to be honest. It may have seemed that way since he was very forceful about the music and quite confident in his ability as a songwriter. (So was Mozart) If he and John seemed like egomaniacs it's just because they were better songwriters than George and knew it. Paul was the one that continued to sign autographs and other fan-related activities after the others tired of it. He's no prima-donna.

And I'll even say Harrison eventually became the better guitar player. He did after all concentrate on the instrument after Paul switched to bass. But if you're going to discount the word of Emmerick and Martin...well good luck finding a more informed opinion.

The important part is...that isn't saying much. No Beatle should be in this conversation. Some seem to believe you have to talk about the Beatles in every conversation related to music. Give them their due...and leave them out of the stuff that doesn't apply. (Like lists of "great guitarists")