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A few of my favorite hard-rockin guitarists. Who do you like more? Who belonged to a better band? Who is the better soloist? Who has the catchier riffs?

OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ONLY GREAT GUITARISTS, SO DON'T START BITCHING OR I'LL KILL YOU FASTER THAN YOU CAN BLINK. IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR A TRUE AXE MASTER THAT SHOULD BE ON THE LIST, POST IT, AND I'LL GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT.

Now that that's out of the way...

Slash, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoades, Jimmy Page, or Angus Young?

As you may be able to tell from his prominent placement, Slash is my personal favorite. He may not be the best guitarist ever (what does that even mean?) but his style really moves me.

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Go for it.

This is bullshit! Eric Clapton is the greatest Artist with a guitar ever, PERIOD.

This is bullshit! Eric Clapton is the greatest Artist with a guitar ever, PERIOD.

I certainly agree that Clapton is one of the top three greatest guitarist ever, but if you read my post, it states specifically 'hard rock' guitarists. Clapton, as I'm sure a fan like you already knows, was much more of a blues artist than hard rock. He did do his fair share of rock n roll, though, so he really does deserve mention. Don't get me wrong, I do this with no reluctance whatsoever.

Clapton is God.

Good choices but if this is a category for rock guitarists then maybe Dave Navarro from Jane's Addiction, Carlos Santana and Robby Kreiger from the Doors should be included.

Adding Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath, Alvin Lee from Ten Years After and Pete Townsend from the Who.

Excuse me? These choices are horrible! Angus Young?!

Where the hell is Stevie Ray Vaughan or Clapton or Vai or Satriani or... argh!

Malmsteen :mad:

brian maybrian may :mp5:

brian may

Malmsteen :mad:
dont like that guy

To the person who said Brian May -- Jimi Hendrix beats Brian hands down, but because Hendrix is such a given, I voted for the second best in my opinion -- Jimmy Page. I love Queen's music, but Brian cannot claim the title of best guitarist.

If it was on the poll, my vote would be for Zakk Wylde instead.

Malmsteen is def. a guitar god, no matter what anyone says. And is this just electric guitar? Even if so, I think Flea should be in. For those of you who aren't fans, Flea plays Bass for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and, even if you don't like their music, listen to Around the World or Californication sometime, listen to the bass part. Face it; Flea is a god.

tony iommi period :mp5:

Malmsteen is def. a guitar god, no matter what anyone says. And is this just electric guitar? Even if so, I think Flea should be in. For those of you who aren't fans, Flea plays Bass for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and, even if you don't like their music, listen to Around the World or Californication sometime, listen to the bass part. Face it; Flea is a god.
As good as he is, Flea is nothing next to John Entwhistle, Bill Wyman, or James Jamerson.

Jeff Beck and David Gilmour deserve a place in the poll, IMO.

Pfft ... George Benson kicks all their asses twice and comes back for seconds.

Oh ... and Muddy Waters, too.

... and T-Bone Walker

... and Robert Johnson

... and Otis Rush, John Lee Hooker, Son House, and Billie Gibbons ... and ...

Damnit ... do you people even know what a guitar is?!

Young, Van Halen and Rhodes are not in the same league as the others you mentioned or about 20 others you didn't. There's not a single jazz, blues or classical guitarist on the list and everyone on the list is a hard rocker from the 80s except for Hendrix, who is the standard favorite of the tired old music media (Rolling Stone, for instance.) For technical skill, the Delta bluesmen blow any rock and roller out of the water (I still prefer rock, but that's a different story.) As far as favorite, that's personal preference, but I like Pete Townsend. He has the most distinctive style in rock and has influenced many great bands.

the Delta bluesmen blow any rock and roller out of the water

Damn fine call!

Django Reinhardt? Lightning Hopkins? :)

well there isnt the BEST guitar player...but i believe there is a king of it...and i would have to say..eric clapton...no..jimmy paige...no..omg!

If it was on the poll, my vote would be for Zakk Wylde instead.

The creature thus be born!
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Unless that's not Zakk Wylde, in which case ignore my post.

Lol no no, Zakk is the guitar frontman for Ozzy Osbourne.

Pete Townshend. The best song by The Who has got to be Won't Get Fooled Again. The guitar exit is fantastic.

Is your view of "hard rock" broad or narrow? A broad view of hard rock would also include death metal, but since you have no death metal guitarists on there, I'll assume your view is narrow.

Tony Iommi, Josh Homme, Tom Morello, Robby Krieger, Kim Thayil and East Bay Ray are all masters of their craft.

From the list? Hendrix and Page are about even.

John Petrucci (Dream Theater)!!!

Jeff Beck and David Gilmour deserve a place in the poll, IMO.

I definitely agree that Jeff Beck should be there.

No Joe Satriani?
No Steve Vai?
No Eric Johnson?
No B.B King?
No Stevie Ray Vaughan?
No Dimebag Darrel?
No Mike Wilton? (Queensryche!!)
No David Gilmour?
No Ted Nugent?
No Yngwie Malmsteen?
No Jerry Cantrell?
No Dave Navarro?

No Stevie Ray Vaughan?

Oh yeah - how could we have forgotten him??!!

From the list? Hendrix and Page are about even.

Is that why Hendrix has about 9 times the votes as Page?

And for the best guitar player noone's ever heard of -

Roy Buchanan

So many guitarists....so many styles......

I would just like to honorably mention Tom Morello


And BTW: Zakk Wylde isn't JUST guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne. :rolleyes:

Steve Jones.

What about a mention for John Frusciante :mad:

I mean come on there's Can't Stop, Under the Bridge, Zephyr Song, Otherside, Give it away, Californication (live intro) <awesome, Scar Tissue and Suck my kiss just to name a few

What about a mention for John Frusciante :mad:

I mean come on there's Can't Stop, Under the Bridge, Zephyr Song, Otherside, Give it away, Californication (live intro) <awesome, Scar Tissue and Suck my kiss just to name a few
Errr..... no offence, but his work with RHCP isn't....well......hard

Pfft ... George Benson kicks all their asses twice and comes back for seconds.

Oh ... and Muddy Waters, too.

... and T-Bone Walker

... and Robert Johnson

... and Otis Rush, John Lee Hooker, Son House, and Billie Gibbons ... and ...

Damnit ... do you people even know what a guitar is?!

Totally dude. I Robert Johnson is God. However, B.B. King said himself, "if it were not for the British rockers and then the Americans, the blues man would not have lasted; we would have no place to play."

The blues obviously is the basis for almost all American music. However, I must limit this to rock music, as I've said. And for those of you who want to include bassists, I could make another poll...maybe I will. My vote would be big John Entwistle.

Here's an update:

Jeff Beck is God. Pete Townshend is God. Zakk Wylde is God.

Richard Thompson is better than any of the ones mentioned in the poll.

Is your view of "hard rock" broad or narrow? A broad view of hard rock would also include death metal, but since you have no death metal guitarists on there, I'll assume your view is narrow.

I don't like "death metal." I like to think I have a fairly broad view of music, but I can't think of any "death metal" artists that really should be on the list. Mainly I think this because in my opinion, "death metal" is just taking Sabbath's stuff, mixing in some of Ozzie's other stuff, and making it slushier. I don't think they've contributed very much in originality.

For all the discussion about Zakk, I'm amazed that no one's voted for Randy yet. The man was a genius, and without Randy, Zakk would not have existed as we know him.

There are too many guitarists, but out of what was in the poll, I had to choose Hendrix, because he was an inovator and did things never done before. (Trust me, I just had a boring class about it :rolleyes: )

But there are classical guitarists, Spanish style guitarists, etc, who could probably blow these guys away.

Again, there are too many excelent guitarists to ever choose one!

A good question that I might be able to answer would be more like this:

"Which 100 guitarists do you think are the best." I might be able to answer that! :)

In response to the recent ignorant broadening of the topic, I would like to bow to the demands of the people. Instead of taking the poll, list the 10 guitarists OF ANY STYLE you think are the best. I'll refrain from listing mine until everyone else gets to have a say.

Then at the end, we can tally the votes each guitarist gets, and then make an UBERLIST. I'll call it the "People's Choice Award."

No, wait. Fuck that idea. Why would I even think of that? Terrible. List your top ten NOW!

EDIT: Or you could just take the poll and say why you like the guitarists I actually wanted to compare, instead of just bringing in a hundred names that I don't really think could be in the GUITAR GOD category. Your choice.

Hi-ho-diddly-oh neighbours!

Are you taking our good Lordy-wordy names in vain?.....












... and NOT mentioning Segovia? Or Knopfler? Or even Beck?


It's a pickle - that's for sure!

Micheal Angelo Batio, fucking amazing makes a lot of guitarists look like idiots.. also plays a twin neck guitar, but not like Led Zepplins guitarist... he also has a quad neck guitar,

John Petrucci
Samoth - not brilliant, but his style is awsome
Abbath - again not brilliant, but has one of the hardest styles to master,

and if we are to include bassists also my vote goes to either the Mudvayne bassist, and Primus's bassist, Les Claypool, makes flea look like a complete muppet

I certainly agree that Clapton is one of the top three greatest guitarist ever, but if you read my post, it states specifically 'hard rock' guitarists. Clapton, as I'm sure a fan like you already knows, was much more of a blues artist than hard rock. He did do his fair share of rock n roll, though, so he really does deserve mention. Don't get me wrong, I do this with no reluctance whatsoever.

Clapton is God.
Then can I ask what the hell jimmy hendrix is doing there? He's good, but he's not hard rock, he funky, and he still isn't that good, he just uses a lot of the same licks over and over and uses weird distortion effects to cover up the fact that he can't play.

I don't like "death metal." I like to think I have a fairly broad view of music, but I can't think of any "death metal" artists that really should be on the list. Mainly I think this because in my opinion, "death metal" is just taking Sabbath's stuff, mixing in some of Ozzie's other stuff, and making it slushier. I don't think they've contributed very much in originality.


Look up NILE, they are some of the most talented Death metal musicians i have ever heard, Annihilation of the Wicked is by far one of my favourite albums

Oh and btw, i forgot to mention this, I voted for Randy Rhodes...

Totally dude. I Robert Johnson is God. However, B.B. King said himself, "if it were not for the British rockers and then the Americans, the blues man would not have lasted; we would have no place to play."

The blues obviously is the basis for almost all American music. However, I must limit this to rock music, as I've said. And for those of you who want to include bassists, I could make another poll...maybe I will. My vote would be big John Entwistle.

Here's an update:

Jeff Beck is God. Pete Townshend is God. Zakk Wylde is God.

Dude I'm totally with you there, but this is a Hard Rock thing.. but man I know, these guys would be nuthin next to some good Bobby-J or BLJ or Ray Vaughn... but right now they are taklin about hard rock so give them a break

The best (in no particlar order) Jimmy Page (the Yardbirds' song White Summer is atcually by him), Eric Clapton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Sergova, Micheal Hedges, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Scofield (nobody knows him, I just heard of him but shit, 34 records out, beautiful jazz guitar). If I think of more I'll put them down.

Hendrix, Clapton, Santana, Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen, Petrucci and Moore are some of my favourites.

Malmsteen isn't a guitar god by any means. He is technically proficient and can play fast, but that is it. Listen to any of his music and you hear no feeling in it at all. Just the notes, really fast.

In my opinion, Satriani is the most versatile guitarist to ever pick up an axe. Everything from blues, jazz, metal, electronica, industrial, the man can play it all, and play it awesome.

hendrix. He was amazing.

I like Richie Sambora.

Slash and Rhandy are great. . But I've heard better.

Page.

This list should perhaps be re-titled: the Guitar Wank Poll. Maybe we should think of some guitarists who don't get boners when they solo.. ;)

In my opinion, Satriani is the most versatile guitarist to ever pick up an axe. Everything from blues, jazz, metal, electronica, industrial, the man can play it all, and play it awesome.
Satriani is teh awesome, but I think he's been exceeded in virtuosity by his former pupil Steve Vai.

Where's Blackmore? His stuff with Rainbow and Deep Purple was awesome!

One of the previous threads on this sort of topic had a poll with firstly Kurt Cobain in it, secondly he was about third or forth, in front of people like Angus young. IIRC May, Satriani and others wern't even mentioned :(

fripp

Hendrix winning a best guitarist poll? Almost as shocking as Stairway to Heaven winning a best song poll. :rolleyes:

Hendrix was good, no doubt, but it seems that people, especially those who haven't actually heard, or have heard very few, of the great guitarists simply vote Hendrix.

I voted Van Halen. Although if he was on the poll, Gilmour would have gotten consideration.

I've never liked the guitar as an instrument but I voted for Jimi Hendrix.

Has anyone mentioned Matt Bellamy of MUSE fame! *bows to guitar god*

ME!

whats the point of a guitar without frippertronics?

Maybe I wasnt clear enough... Matt Bellamy of MUSE

brian may brian may :mp5:

brian mayI also support brian may's nomination

What's with all the huge writing? Saying something in a big font doesn't suddenly make it correct. Or make it even slightly more convincing.

And if you do it anymore, you will be warned. Stop with the big font.

The best guitarist I've ever seen play is Dave Mustane, and I've seen Dimebag Darrell :( and Tony Iomi (both awesome). He totally blew my mind. I already knew the guy was 100 times more talented than I could ever be, but I really wasn't expecting what I saw.

If I had to pick the best ever, it'd be hard to pick between Hendrix and SRV. I admit that I'm not familiar with many of the older off-topic guitarists. The best I ever met was a skinny redhead 16 year-old kid that who was doing Hendrix-style behind-the-back shit. I wasn't just a trick, this kid could really play.

As good as he is, Flea is nothing next to John Entwhistle, Bill Wyman, or James Jamerson.

And as good as those guys are they must all tip their hat to the king of groove Mr. John Paul Jones.

ZANK FRAPPA = genuis

Totally dude. I Robert Johnson is God. However, B.B. King said himself, "if it were not for the British rockers and then the Americans, the blues man would not have lasted; we would have no place to play."

The blues obviously is the basis for almost all American music. However, I must limit this to rock music, as I've said. And for those of you who want to include bassists, I could make another poll...maybe I will. My vote would be big John Entwistle.

Here's an update:

Jeff Beck is God. Pete Townshend is God. Zakk Wylde is God.

Pagan!

Slash. Slash is God.

Then can I ask what the hell jimmy hendrix is doing there? He's good, but he's not hard rock, he funky, and he still isn't that good, he just uses a lot of the same licks over and over and uses weird distortion effects to cover up the fact that he can't play.

You do realise that SRV and a lot of other guitarists that people are naming in this thread learned to play by listening to Hendrix.

This list should perhaps be re-titled: the Guitar Wank Poll. Maybe we should think of some guitarists who don't get boners when they solo.. ;)

There's a lot of soul in some of the names mantioned on this thread. Hendrix might have played with his teeth and set his guitar on fire but he also wrote brilliant ballads like Castles Made of Sand and Villa Nova Junction.

Page did a lot of subtle stuff on acoustic guitar and Carlos Santana's work on Samba Pa Ti is as sweet as it gets.

Jimi Hendrix

Listen to Voodoo Child. The guitar sings that song, not Jimi.

*cough* Matt Bellamy *cough*

This list should perhaps be re-titled: the Guitar Wank Poll. Maybe we should think of some guitarists who don't get boners when they solo.. ;)

Get. Out.

The best guitarist I've ever seen play is Dave Mustane, and I've seen Dimebag Darrell :( and Tony Iomi (both awesome). He totally blew my mind. I already knew the guy was 100 times more talented than I could ever be, but I really wasn't expecting what I saw.

If I had to pick the best ever, it'd be hard to pick between Hendrix and SRV. I admit that I'm not familiar with many of the older off-topic guitarists. The best I ever met was a skinny redhead 16 year-old kid that who was doing Hendrix-style behind-the-back shit. I wasn't just a trick, this kid could really play.

Funnily enough, I'm a skinny redhead who plays a white stratocaster, frequently behind his back. I don't t think you've ever seen me play, however. But for vanity's sake, I have to ask: what was this kid's name? I might want to see him play if I can.

Slash. Slash is God.

Damn fuckin straight, motherfucka. We gotta jam when I get home.

Maybe I wasnt clear enough... Matt Bellamy of MUSE

Doesn't deserve to go within 50 feet of these great guitarists.

well im kinda late to the party here, but it really depends on what is "better." Like Van Halen and Malmsteen can shred like mofos, but they've got nothing else, whereas Santana would be killed in a guitar-off but he's got much more feeling and soul instead of notes. I think the best guitarist, combining technical skill and feeling, would probably have to be Eric Johnson. He can bust out insane licks when he wants to and it doesn't sound crappy like two-handed shredding. I saw him (and Clapton, Cray, and tons of other guitar gods) front row at Crossroads Guitar Festival last year. It was badass. :D

well im kinda late to the party here, but it really depends on what is "better." Like Van Halen and Malmsteen can shred like mofos, but they've got nothing else, whereas Santana would be killed in a guitar-off but he's got much more feeling and soul instead of notes. I think the best guitarist, combining technical skill and feeling, would probably have to be Eric Johnson. He can bust out insane licks when he wants to and it doesn't sound crappy like two-handed shredding. I saw him (and Clapton, Cray, and tons of other guitar gods) front row at Crossroads Guitar Festival last year. It was badass. :D

Sweet! Man I wish I could have been there. Oh, and "the party's just begun we'll let you in."

--Kiss

Sweet! Man I wish I could have been there. Oh, and "the party's just begun we'll let you in."

--Kiss
too bad there's not an embarrassed smiley like on aim, cuz now might be a good time to use it, though I rarely do. well here's one anyway: :mp5:

whats the point of a guitar without frippertronics?


Robert Fripp!!! Are you perchance a David Sylvian fan?

Pfft ... George Benson kicks all their asses twice and comes back for seconds.

Oh ... and Muddy Waters, too.

... and T-Bone Walker

... and Robert Johnson

... and Otis Rush, John Lee Hooker, Son House, and Billie Gibbons ... and ...

Damnit ... do you people even know what a guitar is?!


Amazing Blues Guitarists....

It's just impossible to pick ONE!

A few of my favorite hard-rockin guitarists. Who do you like more? Who belonged to a better band? Who is the better soloist? Who has the catchier riffs?

OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ONLY GREAT GUITARISTS, SO DON'T START BITCHING OR I'LL KILL YOU FASTER THAN YOU CAN BLINK. IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR A TRUE AXE MASTER THAT SHOULD BE ON THE LIST, POST IT, AND I'LL GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT.

Now that that's out of the way...

Slash, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoades, Jimmy Page, or Angus Young?

As you may be able to tell from his prominent placement, Slash is my personal favorite. He may not be the best guitarist ever (what does that even mean?) but his style really moves me.

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Go for it.


I told ya no one could choose just one! There are too many amazing guitarists out there!

Where the heck is Clapton or Stevie Ray Vaughan on this list?

I certainly agree that Clapton is one of the top three greatest guitarist ever, but if you read my post, it states specifically 'hard rock' guitarists. Clapton, as I'm sure a fan like you already knows, was much more of a blues artist than hard rock. He did do his fair share of rock n roll, though, so he really does deserve mention. Don't get me wrong, I do this with no reluctance whatsoever.

Clapton is God.

Okay, then where are Jimmy Page and Pete Townsend? They're the founders of hard rock guitar playing.

Tom Morello but only when he was with Rage Against The Machine, none of that Audioslave crap...

Kurt Cobain
Joe Strummer
Johnny Ramone
Jerry Cantrell
East Bay Ray
Noodles

Kurt CobainGET. OUT.

Doesn't deserve to go within 50 feet of these great guitarists.

well he sure as hell is better than kurt cobain, and has come up with more memorable guitar riffs than most of the above, he's a better musician than most of them anyway

has anyone mentioned Alexi Laiho yet?

I'm going to speak for my boyfriend and say

Matt Bellamy from Muse.

I'm going to speak for my boyfriend and say

Matt Bellamy from Muse.

YES! Finally! :)

Of the present, I would have to choose Jimi Hendrix....

Contributions made on the larger global guitar scene though, are so numerous and diverse that there is no single one "best".

To the departed I say "Thanks..." and to those still around "Rock on..."

has anyone mentioned Alexi Laiho yet?

I will!

Alexi Laiho :p But seriously, he's fantastic.

To all the people who said Malmsteen has no emotion, does that include all his classical/neo-classical music? Because, to me at least, that side of his music has emotion in.

How could you leave out Eric "Slow Hand" Clapton?

No one's even mentioned Chuck Berry!

Kurt Cobain
Joe Strummer
Johnny Ramone
Jerry Cantrell
East Bay Ray
Noodles

Kurt Cobain was a great song writer not a great guitarist. Joe Strummer played rhythm guitar. If you can play three chords over and over then you're as good as Johnny Ramone. I don't know who Noodles is. East Bay Ray is the only good guitarist you mentioned.

Maybe I have no taste in music but I am once again going to nominate Richie Sambora.

Am I going mad?!

hendrix, page, clapton.. ya

but no on has mentioned jerry garcia or bb king!

and only one person has mentioned santanna!
:eek:

well, out of those u mention, i agree with the mob by saying hendrix was the greatest rocker. but i think you should take a look at some of the other artists mentioned on this thread. i know i will :D

Randy Rhoades, for his tasteful use of high level technique without ever losing a sense of melody. That way you can happliy tap along, throwing in pinched harmonics and dive-bombs left right and centre without people wondering what happened to the music..

But I'm a big fan of SRV too. Bring back the blues!

I will!

Alexi Laiho :p But seriously, he's fantastic.

To all the people who said Malmsteen has no emotion, does that include all his classical/neo-classical music? Because, to me at least, that side of his music has emotion in.
heh, I saw Malmsteen live this sunday ... anyone that says there's no emotion in his music has never seen him play ...

heh, I saw Malmsteen live this sunday ... anyone that says there's no emotion in his music has never seen him play ...

:eek: *turns green with envy*

:eek: *turns green with envy*
:D

Okay, then where are Jimmy Page and Pete Townsend? They're the founders of hard rock guitar playing.

Uh....Jimmy....Page....is....on....the....poll....

And Pete was a rhythm guitarist.

From the available choices, Hendrix. Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson.

Steve Vai

Eric Clapton is God. Stevie Ray Vaughn is God. Carlos Santana is God. Joe Satriani is God. Steve Vai is God. Frank Zappa is God. Brian May is God.

Proper Metal Guitarists:

Slash (GnR, VR)
Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
Dimebag, RIP (Pantera, Damageplan)
And the guitarist out of Chimaira, the name escapes me! (the drummer out of this band is God himself!)

Best Rock guitarists

Hendrix
Brain May (his solos are amazing)
Guitarist out of Pink Floyd (again name escapes me...)

Best ever has to be Hendrix, best living is Slash PERIOD.

Graham Harvey

Eric Clapton is God. Stevie Ray Vaughn is God. Carlos Santana is God. Joe Satriani is God. Steve Vai is God. Frank Zappa is God. Brian May is God.

I forgot Carlos Santana.

Proper Metal Guitarists:

Slash (GnR, VR)
Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
Dimebag, RIP (Pantera, Damageplan)
And the guitarist out of Chimaira, the name escapes me! (the drummer out of this band is God himself!)

Best Rock guitarists

Hendrix
Brain May (his solos are amazing)
Guitarist out of Pink Floyd (again name escapes me...)

Best ever has to be Hendrix, best living is Slash PERIOD.

Graham Harvey

Damn fuckin' straight, mothafucka!

May I ask, where is Tony Iommi? The creator of the "Iron-man", "Paranoid", and "N.I.B" along with other instant metal classics.

I voted for Hendrix, just because its an undeniable fact that he is THE guitar god. After him comes Jimmy Page and Clapton. Jimmy page may not have wrote a ton of music or anything, but he FREAKING OWNED. And Clapton is also a given, but since I am a hardcore Zeppeleptic, Page had to come first.

HENDRIX

I voted Van Halen. Eruption > *

Pfft ... George Benson kicks all their asses twice and comes back for seconds.

Oh ... and Muddy Waters, too.

... and T-Bone Walker

... and Robert Johnson

... and Otis Rush, John Lee Hooker, Son House, and Billie Gibbons ... and ...

Damnit ... do you people even know what a guitar is?!


I presume you were going to mention B. B. King? :)

Uh....Jimmy....Page....is....on....the....poll....
.
:headbang: Oopsie.

For King Graham IV - Pink Floyd's guitarist was Dave Gilmour.

And we can't forget Steppenwolf's guitarist from whom the term "heavy metal" derives.

Thanks,

Anyone watch Live8 today?

One Word: WOW! Velvet Revolver, yeah!!!!

Thanks,

Anyone watch Live8 today?

One Word: WOW! Velvet Revolver, yeah!!!!

Damn fuckin' straight, mothafucka. I will reiterate:

Slash is God.

Pfft ... George Benson kicks all their asses twice and comes back for seconds.

Oh ... and Muddy Waters, too.

... and T-Bone Walker

... and Robert Johnson

... and Otis Rush, John Lee Hooker, Son House, and Billie Gibbons ... and ...

Damnit ... do you people even know what a guitar is?!
Billy Gibons.

Hendrix aclaimed Gibons as the best guitarist alive.

he didn't get any worse.

I particularly like Robert Cray. Very percusive style.