GREATEST GUITAR PLAYER OF OUR TIME???
 

ROLLING STONES-picked Hendrix........

Now I could live w/ that but I certainly can't roll w/ their top ten........

I would think Page a better choice, by a nose hair.......

Certainly Clapton #2 is wack..http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/banghead.gif

Thoughts????

Stevie Ray Vaughn is right up there.

Yep............ They got pete townsen in the top 10... Not sure if I should laugh or cry.......... He even knows he aint that good......

Townsend is a strange pick. Maybe it has to do with the longevity.

David Gilmour has my vote,,Im actually listening to "Pulse" right now LOL

I think it has to be one of the two guys in Union Station, Whitaker is on the left of Allison Krause, can't remember the other guys name

Pete Townshend pinwheel stroke, can stil do it, but his acoutics are still good too.
He can literally put on one man show, with session musicians.
Not strange, yes though I guess longevity does it.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers lead guitarist has been around almost as long.
Just saw him think "Last Dance with Mary Jane" Or any Heartbreakers song
Mike Campbell has played lead since the band started, in the early 70's as "Mudcrutch"

Clapton has a huge body of work, do you consider writers too? Like George Harrison?

It's subjective, I just listened to Hendrix's Band of Gypsys at Madison Square New Years Eve 1969, Buddy Miles sings, and is on drums.
One of the best live Hendrix albums i've heard.
Don't forget Purple Haze / Spangle Banner at Woodstock , and a few others on the directors edition.
I can't argue against Hendrix, anymore than any other "number 1", there are more then a few. trying to rank them.....just enjoy them

If the Michael Schenker isnt in there, its bullshit.



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All these years later, and some are still trying to figure Hendrix out. He was as much an innovator with the electronics, as much as a great guitar player. As you stated the list is always going to be subjective, but I have no problems with Hendrix being at the top.

It is very, very subjective, obviously. What I find important another finds frivolous perhaps...... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/dunno.gif

IMHO Clapton rode first Mayhall & then Cream way, way past it's usefulness..... Also he is given much credit-unearned....... Is he good? YES, Is he great?? Maybe-was he in the top ten??? NO......... Certainly not over Page........ I would also add that he himself, a rather modest man when it came to skills, freely said that he was in awe of ppl like SRV, Hendrix........

I enjoy them for sure, but I like music, music history & I enjoy hearing others views & specifically why they picked this one or that, what it was about them...

yeah. i see the point, and Page has to be up there further then Clapton.

The more I listen to Hendrix, the more amazed I am. check it out.

^ thughts? Jimi was a meteor streaking across the Purple Haze.
He stopped only to Kiss the Sky ( Excuse me while I kiss the sky), and streaked to some other astroplane.

I saw him, was blown away( LSD) he did Machine Gun that night, never released before....can't remember the "warm up" we all thought this was gonna last forever.

Jimi wasn't God like Clapton.
He was the Universal Mind, as Jim Morrison would say.

These lists are always subjective. See, I'd take Clapton #1 any day. He's been my favorite since I first heard the Layla album.

Hendrix? Shrug. He was innovative, but he always sounded like he was stoned out of his gourd. And, as a player and lover of Strats, I cannot commend or excuse a man who fucking burned them for show. Inexcusable.

Page was great, but I am sick of every Led Zeppelin song ever written, recorded, or covered. Never cared for Townsend.

Most of my favorite players are dead. My top go-to guitarists who are still alive are probably Clapton, Rich Robinson, and John Frusciante.

I agree on Zep, I have heard them all a million times but that would have little to do w/ my choice of Page......... He was better than any of them before that group was even thought of.........

Townsend-sorry I never got that period-who was a great group, nothing more......

For a player/writer I would say Peter Green has to be in that top ten as well.....

If I had a pick I would have to have Buddy Guy in @ least the top five as well.......

As a lover of blues, slow blues, country blues & Chicago I think John Lee Hooker needs to be in the top ten as well... Although not quick his influence is monumental & fairly original.........

Any thoughts on Van Halen???

Dis you SEE Hendrix? did you SEE Zep?? Both put on an unbelievable shows.
Just cuz "you're sick of Zep" doesn't mean their music doesn't stand up over the test of time.

I saw Zep 5 times, and never "was sick" of their music. Still ain't. i guess seeiing them so many times keeps the tunes fresh.
Page delivered, and Gonzo along with Keith Moon were prolly the greatest drummers, though i'd throw in Mic Fleeetwood too.

Hendrix. damn straight he wass zonked. so what? Yes he was innovative -he had foot pedals lined up -did a lot of feedback an wah-wah's .
Does it SOUND like a bunch of feedback and wah wahs" No it sounds like he's playin the godamed strings right off.
He burns a Strat -so that diqualifies him" WTF? Isn't the music ( or the show) more imporatant then a guitar?

I have a particualr fondness for Clapton, not just Delany and Bonnie, I'm extrmely partial to 461 Ocean Blvd. (Mainline Fl. / Motherless Children, and a few more). I do agree out of all of them his is the greatest body of work.

But he's not the best, not close to Hendrix. Hndrix makes it talk.
All Along the Watchtower -a great Dylan tune -Hendrix takes it to the level of ....bone chilling.

I also like Lindsey Buckingham, can write, and really pick with is fingers, underestimated, as is the Heartbreaker's Mike Campbell.

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Me neither.......... Some ppl really drool over the guy but I don't get it unless your only concern is playing fast.......

That does not impress me, & I don't care how hard it is to play.......... I don't like it......