Originally Posted by: ChristopherSchlegel

A guitarist is more accomplished at playing guitar than a "mere" guitar player. Or a guitarists plays guitar professionally.

[br]But any strict defintion of guitarist is "a person that plays guitar". In other words, a guitarist is a guitar player. And a guitar player is a guitarist. :)

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Nice explanation about the definition of guitarist

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Originally Posted by: ChristopherSchlegel[p]In that case you are referring to a person's primary function or primary instrument in some specific context. So, a composer that can also play guitar can still be called a guitarist.

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[br]Ya, I accept it, So their primary function represent their profession.

[br][quote=ChristopherSchlegel][p]They are all guitarists. Or guitar players. Some of them are also singers, songwriters, arrangers and, or composers.

[br]Make sense?

[br]Yes, got it