Guthrie Govan
Well, since you picked Satch already, I'll go with Nuno Bettencourt:
John McLaughlin or Jeff Beck
Nuno is way underrated. Probably the most badass sounding of all the guys you listed. A great combination of technique, feel, rock n roll flair and charisma.I respect you as a poster m8 but nuno?No SRV,Eric Johnson,Yngwie,EVH,Dime,Becker,Alex Skolnik,Petrucci etc. before him?
I’ve seen all of them live and simply no.You want flair and charisma watch any SRV live performance,never mind his tone,technique,feel,stage presence.Nuno is way underrated. Probably the most badass sounding of all the guys you listed. A great combination of technique, feel, rock n roll flair and charisma.
Nuno is still more badass though. SRV is probably the electric guitar GOAT. Skolnick is fast, technical and awesome, but Nuno's sound is still more badass - kind of a combination of EVH and Hendrix. That's a badass sound to me and he more than fits in with the others you mentioned.I’ve seen all of them live and simply no.You want flair and charisma watch any SRV live performance,never mind his tone,technique,feel,stage presence.
Do you even know who Alex Skolnik is?Nuno more badass than even him is blasphemy.