Jimi Hendrix is not the best guitarist of All Time

I admitted and I concede now that Jimi is not the best guitarist. Steve Via, Dimebag, and many others can totally beat the brakes off poor ole Jimi.(I lose debate) I want to explore with you why he's considered the best. Very brief history of guitar: essentially the 6 string guitar came along in the early 1800s. For about a hundred years it was confined to folk music and classical. The former was the working man's music the latter was confined to a small group that played piano pieces on it. The early 1900s went through 2 brutal world wars and music (which is always reflective of its times) changed drastically. It was celebratory, glad to be f***ing alive, loud and fast. In the mid 1900s rock was born. Rock took the rebellious soul of its time and expressed it on the guitar. From then to now it's had many grandsons come along, punk rock, heavy metal, etc. Out of that came the holy Trinity: Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, and Eddie Van Halen. They made guitar super cool. They had epic stage presence with all their crazy antics. They also had the talent to back it up. They kicked guitar playing in the butt in 3 different ways. Chuck Berry in the 50s took guitar ,which was largely complimentary to music and he brought it out front. Jimi Hendrix in the 60s took 50s/60s rock guitar scales and combined them with blues scales. He also took Little Richard's vocal inflections (which were considered revolutionary at the time. My dad said people were floored by that dude's voice back in the day) and added it to his guitar style. Eddie Van Halen in the 70s took guitar even further with harmonics and even faster/broadened scales. All three had one thing in common, everybody else was doing the same exact thing. (Whether that can be attributed to guitarists quickly learning their styles and implementing them into their own, or simultaneously having the same vibe of inspiration is not important to me) Now with that out of the way, why is a jimi Hendrix considered the best? He didnt consider himself the best. On the Dave Cavett show Dave said to Jimi, "you're considered the best of all time", to which Jimi responded, "nah, how'bout I'm the best in this chair, laughs." Hendrix was made into the mascot of guitar, especially after his death. I don't know how good he'd be considered had he lived. B.B. King was considered the best blues player during his 60 year career. So it's possible Hendrix could've kept his status too had he lived. You're right about Jimi being out of tune a lot. Those old Fender Srats would go horribly out of tune if you even looked at the tremolo bar. And he aggressively used his. I have 3 of his concerts on DVD, he was hopelessly out of tune after the second or third song on each one, and too stoned to retune it while performing. I learned how to use my thumb as well on the E string from playing his music. Jimi was arguably the best at using all 5 fingers on the frets. If you play his songs correctly you need all 5 fingers. The same cannot be said for much of the "music" of today. You're right about his experience band being hired for him. Noel Redding was a guitar player turned last minute bass player. He quit the band in 2 years. Mitch Mitchell was an amazing jazz drummer. Jimi tried to start a band called: Band of Gypsies, (with much better musicians, Billy cox, buddy miles) but his record label stopped him. They wanted Jimi front and center. The crazy black dude entertaining the whites. Alas, racist times. Jimi Hendrix didn't ask to be the mascot of guitar playing. He just loved to play his guitar. I think his songs are amazing. Voodoo Chile slight return is an epic guitar jam. T