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Lists like these will always spark debate, which is part of the fun! Thankfully, it appears that this list considers much more than just "chops," or the ability to physically do things with a guitar that others cannot. Otherwise, Thurston wouldn't make the top 1000, let alone top 100. As I see it, Thurston's great contribution as a guitarist is how vastly he increased the "vocabulary" of rock guitar playing. Technically, any decent guitar player can re-tune a guitar and play like SY, but who else would have been creative enough to develop such a unique style in the first place? That's where his true genius lies.
And that's why I agree that he and Lee probably should be paired together on this list. They both learned together under Glenn Branca and most likely, they both influenced each other in how they re-shaped the guitar's role in rock music.
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