We havent done one of these in a while..
Who do you think is the best rock and roll guitarist ever? Poll coming shortly..
Best Rock Guitarist of All Time
We havent done one of these in a while..
Who do you think is the best rock and roll guitarist ever? Poll coming shortly..
Re: Best Rock Guitarist of All Time
Hendrix is the best but personally Id rather listen to Clapton.
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Kurk Hammet is my favorite guitarist, but I'd have to say Joe Satriani or Steve Vai are probably by far the most skilled.
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Me, in a very unique way. Obviously.
If you mean in real life and with talent to actually make good music, I guess Page...
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For nostalgic reasons I go for Brian May
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For me, Jimmy Page comes in at first followed closely by Hendrix. None of the others come even close to those two.
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I'm going to have to go with Brian May.
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You have Kirk Hammet but not Mustaine?! OMG!
You have Angus Young but not Dave Murray?!
Gah! Not my fav guitarists up there, aint voting!!!!
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You left out a biiggie and the mentor of Steve Vai and many others
The one and only FRANK ZAPPA.
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Dave Gilmour is my favourite guitarist out of those mentioned, with Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton tying for close second. I think Hendrix and Eddie VH are probably the most important, though.
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Although I dislike his music, Steve Vai is technically the best.
Joe Sat and Yngwe Malmsteen are close runners up...
Of course, these guys are all glam dinosaurs now, which doesn't say much for the solo guitar scene in the world today, haha...
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All those guys are also more of a jazz fussion type than they are rock. But they are the best.
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Where the Hell is Jerry Garcia?
Not that I think he's the best, but he's way better than Van Halen, or those sort of jokers.
Best is probably Hendrix, followed by Clapton and Page, then Duane and Jerry followed by Keith Richards and Gilmour.
Last edited by Steppe Merc; 07-15-2005 at 01:22.
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i voted other because Jack White is the best guitarist of all-time
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hmm, i would have inverted that (sat, yngwe, vai) but i'm not especially informed on the matter..Originally Posted by Roark
anyway, my fav guitarists up there would be gilmour, santana, and hendrix, probably in that order.
zappa and fripp should definitely be up there too. probably the two most skilled (overall) guitarists ever to live. though maybe it's hard to consider either of them "rock" guitarists.
now i'm here, and history is vindicated.
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I like Jack White, but I don't think that he is the best. Though he is varied, a bit too much, IMO. He shouldn't do as much grunge sort of stuff... I like his new stuff a lot, though.
Last edited by Steppe Merc; 07-15-2005 at 02:26.
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If you should stand then who's to guide you?
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Re: Best Rock Guitarist of All Time
Ernest Ranglin. He's more Jazz, but he can play it all.
John Kpiaye too.
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ProbablyWhere the Hell is Jerry Garcia?
The guy sucks wind. I went to see the dead doing a hit of acid and one of his solos put me to sleep LOL.
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HENDRIX
His guitar solos are simply amazing
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Slash.
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GAH! Anybody who chose this isnt a real person!Gah! Rock and Roll isnt real music!
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Hendrix, with Page a nice second.
Hendrix is technically excellent, but he can also play a note at exactly the right time in exactly the right way. You have singer that people say 'can read the phone book' and still be good, i think Hendrix could just play scales and still be worth listening to.
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For nostalgic reasons I go for Chuck Berry.
Then I choose Mark Knopfler and Jimi Hendrix at 2nd
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Angus Young. Most of it is dead easy to play, but hell it sounds good.
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Dave Murray
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Ah, man, how could you say that? The Grateful Dead are awesome! Sure some of their jams are long, but he's way better than Van Halen or Slash or Angus Young or Steve Vai, or those sorts of people.Probably
The guy sucks wind. I went to see the dead doing a hit of acid and one of his solos put me to sleep LOL.
"But if you should fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home."
Grateful Dead, "Ripple"
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Easy hes boring as hell and doesnt do one thing on the guitar that impresses me. How you can even mention him with these people is beyond me. He may be good for putting you to sleep but that about it.Ah, man, how could you say that?
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I want to know how 5 people think Hendrix is better than Page..
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Easy Page isnt fit to carry Hendrixs guitar case
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I like Page more than Beck. Besides, he was originally going to replace Clapton, but he turned it down and suggested Beck. Then aparently he changed his mind and became their bass played. But by the time he was lead guitarist, the Yardbirds were a joke anyway.
And I still don't understand how anyone could dislike Jerry.
"But if you should fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home."
Grateful Dead, "Ripple"
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