POLL: Who is the world's best reknown rock guitarist?
By Bee1955
@Bee1955 (3882)
United States
February 14, 2007 12:49am CST
Choose one:
1. Santana
2. Peter Frampton
3. Lindsay Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
4. Ted Nugent
5. Slash (Gunz n Roses)
6. Gene Simmons (KISS)
7. The Edge (U2)
8. Jimi Hendrix
9. Joan Jett
10. Nancy Wilson (Heart)
11. Steven Van Zandt (E Street Band)
12. Nicki Sixx (Crue)
13. Eric Clapton
14. George Harrison (Beatles)
15. Tom Petty
Anymore?
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13 responses
@XrectifierX (31)
• Portugal
14 Feb 07
I would say Hendrix, though he's highly overrated as a guitar player.
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@XrectifierX (31)
• Portugal
14 Feb 07
oh, and Steve Lukather, he plays on Toto and is a worldwide known studio guitar player for artists like Cher, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Elton John n many more.
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@nicoffeine (48)
• Philippines
14 Feb 07
I agree about Hendrix. But though he may be overrated, what he was was a consummate guitar player. What he lacked in skills, he made up for with fire (not the burning guitar kind) in his performances. Of all the greater skilled and better composers out there, he made me want to pick up the guitar.
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
15 Feb 07
I'd like to add Johnny Marr (The Smiths) to the list. He's done some AMAZING work. Oh, might as well add Anthony Field (The Cockroaches), too. LOL Why not?
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@steerpyke (396)
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15 Feb 07
Johnny Marr certainly deserves to be there, what a sound he created. I'd rather have his weave of lush rythmns than all of this widdly widdly look at me guitar playing form the others on the list.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
16 Feb 07
Out of your list, I pick Jimi Hendrix.He is still the best guitarist I have ever seen or heard.
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@recycledgoth (9894)
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15 Feb 07
I'd have to go 50:50 on this one. Slash and Eric Clapton. Both amazing guitarists and each has contributed so much in his own way.
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@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
14 Feb 07
Clapton by a wide margin, I'd say. He's been at it since the early '60s, in groundbreaking bands from the John Mayall Bluesbreakers to Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, and numerous solo albums. He was a legend even in his 20s.
Some others I can think of off the top of my head would include Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers, Government Mule), Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Peter Buck (R.E.M.), B.B. King, and a bunch no longer with us, including Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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@jajatisalgoe (646)
• Belgium
14 Feb 07
I especially like the guitar work of Lindsay Buckingham. Also in his solo album of last year, he makes great riffs, melodys, you can always hear him playing, he has his 'own' sound.
Like most of these offcourse, Clapton is fantastic, Jimi is a legend and Petty is maybe the best singer between those to me.
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@FishStick (102)
• Belgium
14 Feb 07
If I have to chose I think it is Jimi Hendrix, although Eric Clapton is a great musician too. Hard choise :)
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@mckenziemom (522)
• United States
14 Feb 07
I have to go with Eric Clapton. His contributions to music are uncomparable. I did look at the top 100 list on the Rolling Stone site... I agree with their listings. However, Clapton is my favorite.
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