• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Stupid Friday OT Poll

Started by s-man,

87 posts in this topic

s-man

s-man

Posted
Posted

Who's the greatest guitarist of all time????

 

My answer: Hendrix (of course! headbang.gif)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
VintageComics

VintageComics

Posted
Posted
Who's the greatest guitarist of all time????

 

My answer: Hendrix (of course! headbang.gif)

 

There is no best guitarist, silly. Page could never play Malmsteen, Boyd couldn't play like Neal Schon to save her life. And Hendrix, well, he didn't play. The guitar was just another limb for the guy... insane.gif

If i had to pick top five, though.....in no order

 

Eric Clapton

Randy Rhoads

Neal Schon

Jimmy Page

Yngwie Malmsteen

 

 

Roy.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
VintageComics

VintageComics

Posted
Posted
Just to be different.... <a href="www.yngwie.org" target="_blank">Yngwie Malmstein</a>.

 

I spent countless hours trying to learn Black Star. Man do i love that tune!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
thedude

thedude

Posted
Posted
Who's the greatest guitarist of all time????

 

My answer: Hendrix (of course! headbang.gif)

 

Django Reinhardt.

 

If you can only pick one.

 

WOW ! very good pick, most people have never even heard of Django, great player, and I believe with only two fingers on his fret hand.

 

it really just depends on what style you like,.. I think Hendrix gets way too much credit, maybe due to the whole 60's mystic and the misguided belief that music was much better then. for that era, I'd take Clapton over Hendrix.

 

for me though, It's Edward Van Halen, say what you will about his strange projects (porno film soundtrack), and his inability to get along well with others (Sammy, Dave, etc.), he is the most influential player ever, he created a whole new style of playing, which is very fun and exciting. I mean the man was building his own guitars and tweaking his own amps at the age of 18.

 

And most professional rock guitar players, Zakk Wylde, George Lynch (Dokken), Reb Beach, Dimebag Darrell,.. agree that Edward is/was the best.

 

I also like Yngwie, but he can sound tedious after awhile.

 

just one man's opinion. confused-smiley-013.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Dick Pontoon

Dick Pontoon

Posted
Posted
Who's the greatest guitarist of all time????

 

My answer: Hendrix (of course! headbang.gif)

 

Django Reinhardt.

 

If you can only pick one.

 

WOW ! very good pick, most people have never even heard of Django, great player, and I believe with only two fingers on his fret hand.

 

He had 3 good fingers. He was in a fire when younger and his ring and pinky were left unusable.

 

Djnago fans might want to check out Woody Allen's "Sweet and Lowdown," with Sean Penn as a jazz guitarist second only to his contemporary Django. Its very funny and dark, and one one Allen's best.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
jools&jim

jools&jim

Posted
Posted

The question itself is wayyyy too broad! Greatest rock guitarist? Jazz? Blues? Bluegrass? Greatest technician? Most influential? Most revolutionary?

 

Anyway, I'll stick with what I know--old-school Rock-and-Roll!!--and go with Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix. Chuck pioneered the vocabulary of rock guitar, which Hendrix then expanded and revolutionized. There's not a single person making a living as a rock guitarist today that doesn't owe something (everything?) to both of them.

 

Not that anyone cares, but here are my personal faves: Keef!, Pete Townshend, Angus Young, Johnny Ramone, James Williamson, Sonic Smith & Wayne Kramer, Paul Kossoff, Mick Ronson, Steve Hunter & Wagner, the Nuge, Leslie West, Nicke Andersson, Rontrose Heathman, Blind Marky Felchtone...and a cast of thousands, all of whom play A LOT better than I do!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Go to topic listing