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Posted: Dec 07 2007 03:03 am

...Hendrix was the best ever?

I say yes.

And I say if you disagree, you are incorrect.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 04:41 am

I have to agree, Hendrix was indeed insanely awesome. Fantastically terrific. Incredibly Bad A$$. uh.... real fucking cool

Posted: Dec 07 2007 03:57 pm

A Hendrix song was in "Masters of the Universe: The Motion Picture", therefore Hendrix is the best ever. Cool

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

The man just oozed awesomeness.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 08:35 pm

To quote:

"When the power of love triumphs over the love of power, there will be world peace."

That's one cool motherfucker. I'd say he was the greatest guitarist to ever live, in terms of evolving the art and innovating.

Eddie Van Halen is now the greatest living guitarist, as well as the greatest hard rock guitarist of all time. A worthy heir to a mighty throne I'd say

Posted: Dec 07 2007 10:14 pm

I would like to throw Robert Johnson into this thread, just for the sake of discussion.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 10:22 pm

Valdronius wrote:

I would like to throw Robert Johnson into this thread, just for the sake of discussion.

I can only do Johnson in small doses due to the similar sound in many of his songs, and the age of the recordings is not something I always want to hear either.

Joined: Sep 17 2007 Location: The Opium Trail Posts: 3475

Are there any actual guitarists on this board who can explain the awesomeness that is the "All Along The Watchtower" solo?

Posted: Jan 14 2008 02:08 am

I am a guitarist, and have been for close to 5 years, but I don't think I can explain it...it is just perfect, end of discussion. It soars, and moves. Also, when he combines delay with wah right after, it makes me piss myself...almost

Title: Hugh Joined: Sep 23 2007 Posts: 1591

Yeah, pretty much.Also, while Hendrix was the best, I'd throw in Clapton as second, then EVH, Then Jimmy Page.

Posted: Jan 14 2008 12:46 pm

My personal Top 5 is EVH, Slash, Hendrix, Page, and Angus Young.

5 Greatest Guitarists though, I'd do Hendrix, EVH, then the Yardbird Three (Page, Clapton, and Jeff Beck)

Posted: Jan 14 2008 04:26 pm

hendrix :

- not as fast and fancy as EVH or Satch

- not as crystal clear as Clapton

- not as rigourously practiced as a concert classical guitarist

BUT - simply the most lyrical, groundbreaking and goddamm funky rock guitarist that ever strummed. pretty much untouchable.

Posted: Jan 14 2008 05:28 pm

Robert Johnson Muddy Waters T Bone Walker. Without those guys you would have zero Hendrix

Posted: Jan 14 2008 06:35 pm

erock462 wrote:

Robert Johnson Muddy Waters T Bone Walker. Without those guys you would have zero Hendrix

agreed, but put them all in a line and look at the jump hendrix gives to the genre. You can argue of course that Johnson had a bigger impact, but due to it being the earliest years of recorded music, its easy for him to seen like the 'inventor' of the blues, when he quite obviously wasn't, just a great exponent of it.

and yes, muddy makes hendrix. but listen to hendrix and he blows him away. but put hendrix against all the people influenced by him and.... well i don't really know anyone who comes close....

btw, anyone have the Hendrix BBC sessions album? it is incredibly good.

Posted: Jan 14 2008 10:10 pm

What? No love for Les Paul?

Posted: Jan 14 2008 10:28 pm

Gotta go with Clapton if we're talking technical skill, but Hendrix if we're talking about making the guitar really speak.

Any love for Frampton?

Title: Hugh Joined: Sep 23 2007 Posts: 1591

ross_rifle113 wrote:

My personal Top 5 is EVH, Slash, Hendrix, Page, and Angus Young.

I didn't know we were doing five, I only gave four. Oh well, I'd put up Mr. Stevie Ray Vaughan as my fifth.

Posted: Jan 15 2008 03:55 pm

Hendrix was pretty much God at his time. There may be guys nowadays that can outplay him, but none who broke as much guitar ground as he did, or with as much passion and soul (though SRV might be number two in that regard). It's also of note that at the time Hendrix was around, the Wah-Wah pedal had only been recently invented, and the fact that he'd mastered it so soon after its creation, and in such a short amount of time really says something. (Short time: 1966-1970, I believe it was Frank Zappa who showed Jimi the wah.)

And my favorite guitarists (not necessarily best)
In Metal:
Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Damageplan), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne), Kerry King/Jeff Hanneman (Slayer), Dave Mustaine (Megadeth, ex-Metallica), Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom), Gary Holt (Exodus), Andreas Kisser (Sepultura), Overkill's various guitarists, and I've started to dig the various guitar players from Budgie. I do NOT dig Kirk Hammett. Mustaine was waaaay better as a guitarist and a songwriter.

In others:
Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Scott Gorham/Brian Robertson from Thin Lizzy, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Brian May (Queen), and I've started to dig Tim Sult from Clutch.

'Course, I'm a bassist, so factor that in.

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Are there any actual guitarists on this board who can explain the awesomeness that is the "All Along The Watchtower" solo?

If one day we are at the mercy of superhuman galactic beings who will kill us unless we show them something that could make life worth living, that one song may be good enough to persuade them to spare our human lives. It is THAT good.[/quote]

Posted: Jan 15 2008 07:06 pm

ross_rifle113 wrote:

I am a guitarist, and have been for close to 5 years, but I don't think I can explain it...it is just perfect, end of discussion. It soars, and moves. Also, when he combines delay with wah right after, it makes me piss myself...almost

thats really all you can say.