I'm not responding to pick a fight, Incidents, but I beg to differ. What could be considered sucky technique can also be viewed as a player's uniqueness. In what way do you mean their technique sucks?

As for today's players, they probably wouldn't be the players they are now w/out the influences of players like Hendrix & Clapton. Look at SRV (unless you think he sucks too); man, his Hendrix influence is all over the place. Clapton doesn't make it on my top 5 list, but I still like him. Far's as Hendrix is concerned, I think he took the guitar to a level so far above and beyond what was before him that his influence still resounds to this day (Hendrix isn't my fav player tho; just appreciate what he did.) Santana's my man. JMHO.