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So who are the best guitarists alive today? First up: Muse's Matt Bellamy. Why? Because "his virtuoso squealing takes the traditional metal-widdle show-offery and makes it tuneful", according to Mark Beaumont.

The greatest guitarists alive today

So who are the best guitarists alive today? First up: Muse's Matt Bellamy. Why? Because "his virtuoso squealing takes the traditional metal-widdle show-offery and makes it tuneful", according to Mark Beaumont.

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