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Jimi Hendrix - Greatest Guitarist Evah ? (1 Viewer)
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Reg Lllama of Brixton
Footballguy
No.
One of the most influential and inventive electric guitar players ever? Yes.
One of the most influential and inventive electric guitar players ever? Yes.
Ron_Mexico
I Love Doggies
Vaughn was absolutely nails.He has drawn many comparisons with Hendrix over the years.
SRV did quite a few JMH covers.
Awesome guitarist.
SRV did quite a few JMH covers.
Awesome guitarist.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Like others have already said:
Most influential? Probably.
Greatest? Nope.
Most influential? Probably.
Greatest? Nope.
ChrisCooleyFan
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ChrisCooleyFan
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Reg Lllama of Brixton
Footballguy
Is this where I post a link to Andres Segovia and the thread ends?
Black Label Society
Footballguy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GSpbuFSr2o = SRV
= EVHI know this is a long, drawn out issue in the guitar world, but I don't think anybody has been as influential as Eddie Van Halen.
And I give my props to Jimi because alot of what Eddie did (and many, many other great guitarists) was influenced by Jimi.
IMO....Nobody.....not even SRV (who I am still in awe of every time I watch him play) had better mastery of his instrument. By the time 5150 came out Eddie was no longer 'forcing' his chops. His play was seemless and uncontrived. It flowed from his hands effortlessly and he loved doing it.
I also think that's why most of his later music sucked. I think he got bored. He had mastered his instrument to the best of his abilities and there was nowhere else left to go for him.
This is one persons' perspective....but my Dad was fortunate enough to see Jimi Hendrix live. He came home one night and I was watching a Van Halen 2hr video called Live without a Net and he asked 'who's that dude?'. I told him Eddie and said "He's better than Jimi". Which promptly started an argument. (Dad is a huge Jimi fan).
I had 1 extra ticket to the upcoming Van Halen concert and said "I'll give you the ticket, and you can come see for yourself (12th row, main floor), and if he isn't better than Jimi, the ticket is free".
He paid me walking out of the concert and just said "Wow".
= EVHI know this is a long, drawn out issue in the guitar world, but I don't think anybody has been as influential as Eddie Van Halen.
And I give my props to Jimi because alot of what Eddie did (and many, many other great guitarists) was influenced by Jimi.
IMO....Nobody.....not even SRV (who I am still in awe of every time I watch him play) had better mastery of his instrument. By the time 5150 came out Eddie was no longer 'forcing' his chops. His play was seemless and uncontrived. It flowed from his hands effortlessly and he loved doing it.
I also think that's why most of his later music sucked. I think he got bored. He had mastered his instrument to the best of his abilities and there was nowhere else left to go for him.
This is one persons' perspective....but my Dad was fortunate enough to see Jimi Hendrix live. He came home one night and I was watching a Van Halen 2hr video called Live without a Net and he asked 'who's that dude?'. I told him Eddie and said "He's better than Jimi". Which promptly started an argument. (Dad is a huge Jimi fan).
I had 1 extra ticket to the upcoming Van Halen concert and said "I'll give you the ticket, and you can come see for yourself (12th row, main floor), and if he isn't better than Jimi, the ticket is free".
He paid me walking out of the concert and just said "Wow".
Penguin
Footballguy
Came in here to post Eddie as well
Postradamus
Footballguy
WRONG.Hendrix was the most soulful, heartfelt, rockingest, and BEST guitarist of all time.Stuff your technical skills in a sack and look at the man play live. No one on earth cared more about what he/she was doing more than Jimi Hendrix. He is immortal. End of story.Ghost Rider said:
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Also, where did I say that technical skills were what dictated who is the best? Nowhere, so YOU can stuff YOUR lame ### analogy in a sack, pal. 
Because he isn't a realistic contender for best guitarist ever. Shoot, he was only the 3rd best guitar player in The Yardbirds for crying out loud.How did the thread get this long without a Clapton nod?
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Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Elvis
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
For starters...Jeff BeckDavid Gilmour' said:
saintsfan
Footballguy
BB, usually I respect your opinions on music, but this is flat out wrong.I think Clapton is just OK as a songwriter, but as a guitarist??? The Cream stuff that he did in the late 60's compares with anything ever done on the instrument from a rock perspective. Hendrix himself was blown away by Cream. EVH also has come out as a huge Cream fan. Hendrix was certainly more inventive and a better songwriter, but Clapton has a very prominent place among the guitar gods very near the top.Over - Rated *clap* *clap* *clap-clap-clap*How did the thread get this long without a Clapton nod?
The Man With No Name
Footballguy
Greatest and Best are 2 different things. Someone can be the greatest and not be the best, and someone can be the best and not be the greatest.
kbreaker
Footballguy
Hmmm.. I must contemplate this for the remainder of the day.
bigbottom
Footballguy
I respectfully disagree.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan. But he doesn't rate a nom for greatest guitarist ever. If top ten is very near the top, I'm okay with that.
scoobygang
Footballguy
To me, this just points out one advantage that Jimmy has in these kinds of discussions. He died young. It's great to make the argument that Eric Clapton's work with Cream was mind-blowing or genre defining or whatever. But what are we to do with the fact the Eric Clapton has managed to make three decades of pretty crappy music since the mid 70s? Odds are that if Jimmy Hendrix lived 30 more years, we would all be making excuses for his later period. The same way that even the most devoted Stevie Wonder or Rolling Stone fan doesn't want to think about the stuff they recorded in the last 20 years.I respectfully disagree.BB, usually I respect your opinions on music, but this is flat out wrong.I think Clapton is just OK as a songwriter, but as a guitarist??? The Cream stuff that he did in the late 60's compares with anything ever done on the instrument from a rock perspective.Over - Rated *clap* *clap* *clap-clap-clap*How did the thread get this long without a Clapton nod?
Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan. But he doesn't rate a nom for greatest guitarist ever. If top ten is very near the top, I'm okay with that.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I would put Eric below the others mentioned but just above Mick Mars.I respectfully disagree.BB, usually I respect your opinions on music, but this is flat out wrong.I think Clapton is just OK as a songwriter, but as a guitarist??? The Cream stuff that he did in the late 60's compares with anything ever done on the instrument from a rock perspective.Over - Rated *clap* *clap* *clap-clap-clap*How did the thread get this long without a Clapton nod?Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan. But he doesn't rate a nom for greatest guitarist ever. If top ten is very near the top, I'm okay with that.
Postradamus
Footballguy
People, SRV aspired to be the white Jimi. Remember how he covered him all the time?
Hendrix took rock music to a whole new level. Guitarists following him all wanted to be him. He mastered the instrument.
Honorable mention to Johnny Greenwood. He's the best guitarist still making music today.
Hendrix took rock music to a whole new level. Guitarists following him all wanted to be him. He mastered the instrument.
Honorable mention to Johnny Greenwood. He's the best guitarist still making music today.
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Ghost Rider
Footballguy
That is the argument I often use for those who overrate Randy Rhoads.
Again, no one is arguing his influence. I think just about everyone would agree that he is one of the two most influential rock guitar players ever. But again, most influential does not equal greatest.
So have many others.
Oh my goodness, no. I adore Radiohead, but, just....no.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Uh, what are you even talking about now? It seems like you are pissed that every single person is not conceding that Hendrix is automatically the greatest, which you have deemed him to be (and a slight majority even in this poll agree with you!), so, instead of addressing the points some of us are making, you are spouting off some other nonsense.
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KnowledgeReignsSupreme
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Came here to post stuff by him.
simey
Footballguy
I like his Journeyman album from the 80's, and I think one of Claptons best albums is From the Cradle which he did in 1994. I also enjoyed the album he did with JJ Cale a couple years ago called The Road to Escondido.
saintsfan
Footballguy
Top Ten is pretty high, right??? I don't think that screams overrated. Kurt Cobain, to me, is an overrated guitarist. If I see him anywhere near the top 20 in one of these polls, I'll scream and this is coming from a Nirvana fan that would put Kurt near the top of songwriters of the last 25 years or so.Clapton is better than 99.9% of all guitarists. I would put Hendrix, EVH, and SRV in their own tier. Clapton would be in the next tier for me. You could argue whether or not he belongs near the top or bottom of that tier. I would put him near the top of that tier.I respectfully disagree.BB, usually I respect your opinions on music, but this is flat out wrong.I think Clapton is just OK as a songwriter, but as a guitarist??? The Cream stuff that he did in the late 60's compares with anything ever done on the instrument from a rock perspective.Over - Rated *clap* *clap* *clap-clap-clap*How did the thread get this long without a Clapton nod?
Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan. But he doesn't rate a nom for greatest guitarist ever. If top ten is very near the top, I'm okay with that.
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Reg Lllama of Brixton
Footballguy
Imagine what Hendrix could have done behind the Cowboys O-line...
bigbottom
Footballguy
I put him at around 10 and he was nominated in this thread for 1. There are a lot of folks who think he's in the running for greatest ever. That's why I think he's overrated. I'm not saying he sucks. Buckethead is better than 99.9% of all guitarists. I still wouldn't nominate him for best ever.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Actually, neither of us are technically right, since this is a discussion about something completely subjective, but I have no problem playing nice.' said:You say that if Jimi lived longer to make more music he might have made bad stuff. My point is: What if guitarists who lived long enough to make bad music just stopped after their peak. Maybe they'd be in Jimi's range. The what ifs go both ways.I haven't jumped on anybody else but you, and I apologize that I picked your post to go into a semi-rant on why Jimi is the best. Yours was one that said "Hendrix is not the greatest" so I used it to defend why I believe he is. Then you nitpick my slim arguments.I'm far from pissed. You're arguing things that I'm not saying. I never say any one thing makes Hendrix the best. It's the culmination of everything he brings to the table. I'm not going to make an entire list as to why he's the best. So stop putting words into my mouth. This is obviously an issue that is decided by one's own preference. All I can do is state my case and rest easy knowing that I'm right.Let's be friends.
I was just coming in here to ask: No love for Buckethead?I've always liked Earl Klugh, myself, but I wouldn't nominate him for best ever, either.bigbottom said:
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Yngrie is the best. Just ask him.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Jimi choked on his vomit and died 40 years ago yesterday. Time flies.
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The Man With No Name
Footballguy
Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck have said Hendrix was the best guitarist ever.
Postradamus
Footballguy
ugh I was being a ##### in this thread...
I like Jimi Hendrix.
I like Jimi Hendrix.
Short Corner
Footballguy
I guess that makes it official then.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
Actually, it pretty much does./threadI guess that makes it official then.
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