Ultimate Guitarist Poll (rock, album, hendrix, solo, concert)

Kashmir86 · 12-12-2005, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

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.

yeah nirvana was such an underground band until kurt died

was i this bad as a NooB?

12-14-2005, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kashmir86

yeah nirvana was such an underground band until kurt died

was i this bad as a NooB?

dont get any of that 2nd part

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Was I this bad as a NooB?

~~bungalow~~ · 12-14-2005, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Kashmir86

yeah nirvana was such an underground band until kurt died

was i this bad as a NooB?

You still are that bad......

Kashmir86 · 12-15-2005, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bungalowbill357

You still are that bad......

If I'm that bad then what does that make you?...

~~bungalow~~ · 12-15-2005, 09:37 PM

.....mentally retarded?

Kashmir86 · 12-15-2005, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by bungalowbill357

.....mentally retarded?

It all makes sense...

jazzfromhell · 12-18-2005, 01:38 PM

Ok, I'm going to try and address as much of this thread as possible in one or two posts.

First, my list of favorite ten guitarists, in no order. Not necessarily technical best, just whose style I enjoy:

Django Reinhardt (you guys need to check this guy out, he played better than most I've heard, and had only two fingers on his fret hand)
Charlie Christian (first guitarist to popularize the electric guitar, and one of the first to bring guitar out of the rhythym section as it had been in swing and make it a soloing instrument, as you can guess, his influence is immeasurable)
Frank Zappa
David Gilmour
Jimi Hendrix
John McLaughlin
Jimmy Page
Jack White (far from technical best, but seeing him play live was awesome)
Duane Allman
Jorma Kaukonen (listening to him FINGERPICK Embryonic Journey is amazing)

That's kind of a loose list, I guess, the guitar is far from my favorite instrument, and I don't think about it much.

Now, on to Jimmy Page: he was not the first to use the bow, along with many other riffs, lyrics, etc. (http://www.warr.org/zep.html, go a bit down the page for the list), he took the idea from someone else, in this case, Eddie Phillips of The Creation. Nonetheless, despite not being as original as many would believe, he is a fantastic guitar player, and one of my favorites, as I said above. Most, I think all of the songs you guys listed in the different time signatures, were written by him. I can explain how they work, if you wish. There's no harm in soloing with pentatonic scales, Coltrane (my favorite saxophone soloist of all time, perhaps my favorite soloist period) used them all the time.

Kurt Cobain was not a techinically skilled guitarist, but he had style (albeit, style heavily copied from earlier guitarist). Style is what matters by far the most, in my book. Dimebag, I haven't listened to, I don't like metal. Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen, their style alternates between being boring and annoying, I don't like it at all. I'm not a fan of Van Halen, Eddie's pretty good at guitar, but he wouldn't make my top 50.

Kashmir86 · 12-18-2005, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jazzfromhell

Dimebag, I haven't listened to, I don't like metal.

well you're not missing much IMO...

~~Don~~ · 01-27-2006, 11:26 PM

ok my 3rd shot at this haha

we're going on technical/compositional wise. I initially had 49 guitarists, but my 5 mins was running out so I missed some like Keith Richards and Allen Collins. And i put shawn angel and Blackmore twice Goddamnit! Bloody hell it's hard to copy and paste that quickly haha. I need some mod help please

Seltzer · 01-27-2006, 11:35 PM

Is there any point in having a poll based on technical ability? Because technical ability is almost factual. I can look at that poll and instantly say some of those are factually wrong such as Dimebag Darrell, even if he if a pretty awesome songwriter IMO. Adrian Smith is in the same boat.

And there are some guitarists who I can't see any merit in at all (technical, emotion, songwriting, style etc) such as Kirk Hammett.

View Poll Results: Best Guitarist
Jimi Hendrix	24	64.86%
Jimmy Page	13	35.14%
Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

01-27-2006, 11:26 PM	#69 (permalink)
~~Don~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 647	Ultimate Guitarist Poll ok my 3rd shot at this haha we're going on technical/compositional wise. I initially had 49 guitarists, but my 5 mins was running out so I missed some like Keith Richards and Allen Collins. And i put shawn angel and Blackmore twice Goddamnit! Bloody hell it's hard to copy and paste that quickly haha. I need some mod help please

01-27-2006, 11:35 PM	#70 (permalink)
Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,870	Is there any point in having a poll based on technical ability? Because technical ability is almost factual. I can look at that poll and instantly say some of those are factually wrong such as Dimebag Darrell, even if he if a pretty awesome songwriter IMO. Adrian Smith is in the same boat. And there are some guitarists who I can't see any merit in at all (technical, emotion, songwriting, style etc) such as Kirk Hammett. __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM

12-15-2005, 09:37 PM	#65 (permalink)
~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,140	.....mentally retarded?

12-18-2005, 01:38 PM	#67 (permalink)
jazzfromhell SHAKE! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: On the A train. Posts: 205	Ok, I'm going to try and address as much of this thread as possible in one or two posts. First, my list of favorite ten guitarists, in no order. Not necessarily technical best, just whose style I enjoy: Django Reinhardt (you guys need to check this guy out, he played better than most I've heard, and had only two fingers on his fret hand) Charlie Christian (first guitarist to popularize the electric guitar, and one of the first to bring guitar out of the rhythym section as it had been in swing and make it a soloing instrument, as you can guess, his influence is immeasurable) Frank Zappa David Gilmour Jimi Hendrix John McLaughlin Jimmy Page Jack White (far from technical best, but seeing him play live was awesome) Duane Allman Jorma Kaukonen (listening to him FINGERPICK Embryonic Journey is amazing) That's kind of a loose list, I guess, the guitar is far from my favorite instrument, and I don't think about it much. Now, on to Jimmy Page: he was not the first to use the bow, along with many other riffs, lyrics, etc. (http://www.warr.org/zep.html, go a bit down the page for the list), he took the idea from someone else, in this case, Eddie Phillips of The Creation. Nonetheless, despite not being as original as many would believe, he is a fantastic guitar player, and one of my favorites, as I said above. Most, I think all of the songs you guys listed in the different time signatures, were written by him. I can explain how they work, if you wish. There's no harm in soloing with pentatonic scales, Coltrane (my favorite saxophone soloist of all time, perhaps my favorite soloist period) used them all the time. Kurt Cobain was not a techinically skilled guitarist, but he had style (albeit, style heavily copied from earlier guitarist). Style is what matters by far the most, in my book. Dimebag, I haven't listened to, I don't like metal. Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen, their style alternates between being boring and annoying, I don't like it at all. I'm not a fan of Van Halen, Eddie's pretty good at guitar, but he wouldn't make my top 50.