Ultimate Guitarist Poll (lyrics, jazz, metal, fan, jimi hendrix)

Kevdo · 11-27-2005, 05:20 AM

My choices:

Jimmy Page - he is very experimental and he can write great ballads as well great hard rock songs. He is talented on both electric (Since I've Been Loving You) and acoustic (Rain Song) and his playing on White Summer is excellent

Ritchie Blackmore - I can't believe no-one mentioned him. Just listen to the solo in Child In Time if you disagree.

Dave Gilmour - 5 words: Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Nuff said.

cherrychic · 11-27-2005, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevdo

My choices:

Jimmy Page - he is very experimental and he can write great ballads as well great hard rock songs. He is talented on both electric (Since I've Been Loving You) and acoustic (Rain Song) and his playing on White Summer is excellent

Ritchie Blackmore - I can't believe no-one mentioned him. Just listen to the solo in Child In Time if you disagree.

Dave Gilmour - 5 words: Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Nuff said.

yeah i really like jimmy page; he is VERY experimental and he makes up exellent riffs.
jimmy hendrix; he's just a great guitarist period. great musician.

boo boo · 11-27-2005, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevdo

Ritchie Blackmore - I can't believe no-one mentioned him. Just listen to the solo in Child In Time if you disagree.

I have, and im still convinced he is overrated.

Kashmir86 · 11-28-2005, 12:12 AM

i think hendrix is more overrated than page imo. If your talking about guitarists, that is. As a musician, hendrix is probbably better, taking into consideration that he was the lead singer, songwriter, and that he played a right handed guitar when he was a lefty. However, if youre just talking about straight up guitar playing, jimmy page outdoes hendrix any day of the week. Page had more songs, better riffs, longer solos, etc. Correct me if i'm wrong but i have yet to hear a song by hendrix with an acoustic, however, page had a great number of acoustic songs that were totally amazing. black mountain side, bron-y-aur, babe im gonna leave you, etc. Page was so much more diverse in my opinion. I also prefer the tone of pages guitar too, but thats just my preference.

crimepartner · 11-28-2005, 01:58 PM

I think steve vai is probably the the best technical guitarist, but I like the sound of eric johnson, he has an awesome style. and then me...joke

Kashmir86 · 11-29-2005, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Nope, his difining style was many things, including being one of the first guitarists to use over a dozen guitar overdubs in one song and one of the defining guitarists in rock music.

And what does Pentatonic Scales have to do with anything?... Page uses pentatonics most of the time, so does Hendrix, Clapton, EVH, Gilmour and Berry... And i'll tell you why, because it sounds good, which is why its a common scale in many genres of music, and dispite what some of you might think, good music isnt defined by how technicaly dificult it is to play, but how it sounds, and thats all that matters, a guitarists job is to complement the music in the best way he or she can.

And if you think that Page is a one trick pony, you are wrong, and if you think that he only plays pentatonics and in 4/4 time, you are even wronger...Four Sticks is in 5/4, The Crunge is in 9/4 and Black Dog shifts between, 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4...You dont hear time sigs and tempo changes like those very often... So please do not speak of which you do not know.

Page's songwriting was ingenious. Ten years gone has 4 guitar parts, four sticks switches from 5/4, to 6/4, and back to 5/4, over the hills and far away starts with 4/4, switches to 9/8, followed by a measure of 7/8. Dazed and confused starts with 12/8 time, switches to 9/8 and then to 6/8. The ocean starts with 4/4 and switches back and forth between that And 7/8. Finally black dog starts in 4/4 and switches to 5/8 and back to 4/4. Another thing that page was amazing at was alternate guitar tunings. Kashmir especially is ingenious with the DADGAD tuning, as is black mountain side which is of the same tuning. If anyone says that pages playing is easy they are retarted, and lack musical knowledge. Its a hell of a lot easier to buy a tab book and have it all written out in front of you than to start from scratch. Page is the master of guitar.

Neutron2K · 11-30-2005, 09:45 AM

I have a number of guitar influences, but no one single person can really claim the title of greatest guitarists.

heres my list:

clapton - blues
instramental guitar - vai or satch
shred - Michael Angelo Battio (fastest shredder in the world i think)
Rock - Saul Hudson (Slash)

Leady · 12-12-2005, 10:06 AM

Rite Can I Just Say That For About A Year I Was A Nirvana Obsessive And Liked All The Music But Never In My Life Will I Say Kurt Cobain Was A Great Or Even Good Guitarist!!!! He Was A Guy Hu Had An Attitude And Hu Could Play A Few Chords On A Guitar And If He Hadnt Have Blown His Mouth Off, No One Wouldve Heard Of Him!

Kashmir86 · 12-12-2005, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Leady

Rite Can I Just Say That For About A Year I Was A Nirvana Obsessive And Liked All The Music But Never In My Life Will I Say Kurt Cobain Was A Great Or Even Good Guitarist!!!! He Was A Guy Hu Had An Attitude And Hu Could Play A Few Chords On A Guitar And If He Hadnt Have Blown His Mouth Off, No One Wouldve Heard Of Him!

would you call the band The Hu? or The Who?

boo boo · 12-12-2005, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Leady

Rite Can I Just Say That For About A Year I Was A Nirvana Obsessive And Liked All The Music But Never In My Life Will I Say Kurt Cobain Was A Great Or Even Good Guitarist!!!! He Was A Guy Hu Had An Attitude And Hu Could Play A Few Chords On A Guitar And If He Hadnt Have Blown His Mouth Off, No One Wouldve Heard Of Him!

Bull****!...He was already very popular before he died...Its also one of the things that suposedly driven him to commit suicide in the first place.

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11-28-2005, 12:12 AM	#54 (permalink)
Kashmir86 Traveler Of Time & Space Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I'm the bustle in your hedgegrow Posts: 628	i think hendrix is more overrated than page imo. If your talking about guitarists, that is. As a musician, hendrix is probbably better, taking into consideration that he was the lead singer, songwriter, and that he played a right handed guitar when he was a lefty. However, if youre just talking about straight up guitar playing, jimmy page outdoes hendrix any day of the week. Page had more songs, better riffs, longer solos, etc. Correct me if i'm wrong but i have yet to hear a song by hendrix with an acoustic, however, page had a great number of acoustic songs that were totally amazing. black mountain side, bron-y-aur, babe im gonna leave you, etc. Page was so much more diverse in my opinion. I also prefer the tone of pages guitar too, but thats just my preference. __________________ "Into this house we’re born Into this world we’re thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan Riders on the storm" "How many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died?" "Diamond rope silver chain Pretty noose is pretty pain And I don’t like what you got me hanging from"

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Neutron2K Groupie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 8	I have a number of guitar influences, but no one single person can really claim the title of greatest guitarists. heres my list: clapton - blues instramental guitar - vai or satch shred - Michael Angelo Battio (fastest shredder in the world i think) Rock - Saul Hudson (Slash) __________________ Visit my personal website: http://www.neutron2k.co.uk Resources for Guitarists, Web Developers and Computer Support: http://www.neutron2k.co.uk/pages/resources/index.htm Forums for Guitarists, Web Developers and Computer Support: http://forums.neutron2k.co.uk

11-27-2005, 05:20 AM	#51 (permalink)
Kevdo Groupie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 7	My choices: Jimmy Page - he is very experimental and he can write great ballads as well great hard rock songs. He is talented on both electric (Since I've Been Loving You) and acoustic (Rain Song) and his playing on White Summer is excellent Ritchie Blackmore - I can't believe no-one mentioned him. Just listen to the solo in Child In Time if you disagree. Dave Gilmour - 5 words: Shine On You Crazy Diamond Nuff said.

12-12-2005, 10:06 AM	#58 (permalink)
Leady Groupie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 14	Rite Can I Just Say That For About A Year I Was A Nirvana Obsessive And Liked All The Music But Never In My Life Will I Say Kurt Cobain Was A Great Or Even Good Guitarist!!!! He Was A Guy Hu Had An Attitude And Hu Could Play A Few Chords On A Guitar And If He Hadnt Have Blown His Mouth Off, No One Wouldve Heard Of Him!