How Do They Do It?

I been thinking about guitarist I like, there aren't that many of them [guitarist that I like], but I think that because I know so many guitarists whom aren't musicians. One trait stands out among the guitarists I like, they sound like more then one person. I've only seen three musicians do this with guitar [Alex Lifeson, and a couple of awesome studio players whom names I can't recall] but I tried something I vowed I'd never do with bassists, purposely copy them.

Alex Lifeson

I figured out you have to be stellar at muting [I think] to mute some string[s], while letting others ring on, and start playing others.