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Who is the best rock Guitarist in History?

Lunatic Retard Robots
06-09-2004, 22:01
So, who is it?

Is it Hendrix? Is it Townshend? Page? Knopfler?


Who do you think is the best Rock Guitarist? Personally, I'd vote for Hendrix, with the Who winning drums/bass, and mabye the Police close behind for bass.
Incongruency
06-09-2004, 22:04
Vernon Reid of Living Colour gets my vote (though I also like the minimalism of Andy Summers).
_Susa_
06-09-2004, 22:10
Pete is the best on that list, but my alltime favorite is http://img46.exs.cx/img46/5752/angus.jpg
Incongruency
06-09-2004, 22:12
Very nice drawing.
Wehling
06-09-2004, 22:16
Daron Malakian
New Spartan Empire
06-09-2004, 22:16
Where's Gary Rossington? GAH!
_Susa_
06-09-2004, 22:23
Very nice drawing.
Thank you!
LiberalisticSociety
06-09-2004, 22:24
I think Randy Rhodes should at least be on the list.
Lunatic Retard Robots
06-09-2004, 22:59
Who's Randy Rhodes?
_Susa_
06-09-2004, 22:59
Look what I made:

http://img78.exs.cx/img78/8513/GuitarGods.jpg
Incongruency
06-09-2004, 23:01
Who's Randy Rhodes?

You are joking, right?
_Susa_
06-09-2004, 23:03
He is from Black Sabbath.
Lunatic Retard Robots
06-09-2004, 23:28
Oh. Yeah, I've never really listened to Sabbath much, but I hear that they're pretty good.

I'm surprised Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn aren't getting more votes, although Jimmy Page is right where I expected him. Great music, Led Zeppelin.

'Oh Stevie Ray, you love that guitar more than you love me!'

-From the Cold Shot video
Abdeus
06-09-2004, 23:33
u gotta be kidding me!! no Zakk Wylde? no Steve Vai? no Joe Satriani? no Justin King? come on man!
Dakini
06-09-2004, 23:37
i thought tony iommi was the guitarist for black sabbath...
Incongruency
06-09-2004, 23:37
Dear God, no, Randy Rhodes was not a member of Black Sabbath!

He was a young, classically-trained guitarist who became Ozzie Osbourne's songwriting partner and onstage foil when Ozzie went solo. Randy died in a plane crash some years ago.
_Susa_
06-09-2004, 23:39
Dear God, no, Randy Rhodes was not a member of Black Sabbath!

He was a young, classically-trained guitarist who became Ozzie Osbourne's songwriting partner and onstage foil when Ozzie went solo. Randy died in a plane crash some years ago.
OK, Ozzie, Black Sabbath, all the same.
Dakini
06-09-2004, 23:41
OK, Ozzie, Black Sabbath, all the same.
not really, sabbath continued on under the same name in ozzy's absence. they had a lot of lead singers and were still black sabbath. ozzy is ozzy..
Teer Na Nogue
07-09-2004, 00:07
Rory Gallagher of course, no contest.
Incongruency
07-09-2004, 00:30
Rory Gallagher of course, no contest.

He's the guy who smashes watermelons, right? ;)
_Susa_
07-09-2004, 01:13
Rory Gallagher of course, no contest.
Who?
Palmyra Isl Dependancy
07-09-2004, 01:22
Where's Van Halen,Beck,Blackmore?
It also depends on what you mean by greatest...status,talent,longevity etc. I really dig S.R.V. and Hendrix. I read somewhere Hendrix still has sales around 3 million $ a year,considering he's dead.That's pretty amazing.
Peace
Lunatic Retard Robots
07-09-2004, 01:26
Where's Van Halen,Beck,Blackmore?
It also depends on what you mean by greatest...status,talent,longevity etc. I really dig S.R.V. and Hendrix. I read somewhere Hendrix still has sales around 3 million $ a year,considering he's dead.That's pretty amazing.
Peace


Hey, there's only 10 options and I couldn't really think of any others.

But yeah, Van Halen is good, so is Jeff Beck. Never heard of that Blackmore fellow, unless he's Deep Purple's guitar.
Mr Basil Fawlty
07-09-2004, 01:26
Page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But some other Gods on the board will play with him together when they all say goodby here.
Palmyra Islands
07-09-2004, 20:07
Yup, the Blackmore from D.Purple.I like the way he plays fluently.
One year my n my friends had a chance to see S.R.V.live n we decide to go out n get liquored up n chase females instead.Now he's gone. I kick my ass.
Peace
Kwangistar
07-09-2004, 20:18
http://www.thebluewave.net/eddie-van-halen.jpg
~ Van Halen
Slaytanicca
07-09-2004, 20:49
Kerry King!
Legless Pirates
07-09-2004, 21:00
Zakk Wylde and Steve Vai
Strensall
07-09-2004, 22:56
1) Jimi Hendrix
2) Jimmy Page
3) Eddie Van Halen
4) Slash
5) Angus Young

From the guitarists I know about. There are some I haven't heard.