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When the guitarist creates sounds that are aesthetically pleasing for me, then that is "good" guitar playing to me. Same with any instrument.
The old cliche is that when Lou Reed finally learned how to play guitar he made Rock 'n Roll Animal which is nowhere near as good as the Velvet Underground stuff. I have no idea how precisely true that is historically, but the essence of the point is hard to argue. The Ramones best records are certainly the first few where nobody claimed whatsoever that they knew how to play with any level of technical skill.
Doesn't mean I don't like some Eric Clapton and Kirk Hammett solos, but I also think Jandek is a good guitarist since he plays songs on the guitar that I think sound great.
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