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    Posted: December 11 2006 at 23:39
Probably Hendrix is more important... But i like Slash simple yet melodic style a lot
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If I voted based on skill, I would've picked Hendrix or Page. However, there was a passion in the way Pete played his guitar, almost provocitive at times, that makes him my favorite. The Who are my favorite band, and he just captured their spirit in his guitar playing. He was completely wild and intriguing, but with a layer of depth behind it.
 
Neil Young could also be up there, that man can rock with the best of them! "Cortez The Killer", "Cowgirl In The Sand", and "Powderfinger". Dang.
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Hendrix, though I love all the guitarists on this poll
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WOW what an amazing line-up!Clap

In the 19th Century there was a virtuoso Italian violin player called Nicolo Paganini whose skill was so phenomenal people believed he must have made a pact with the Devil - like today's rock stars he played to packed houses around Europe and played on the "Devil" story with a showpiece called "Devil's Trill" - this story draws some interesting parallels with one or two latter day masters of a different kind of stringed instrument!Wink
 
 
Back to the poll - all those artists listed have left a huge mark on the history of rock, though i'm sure they would all agree Hendrix is the man - he, Clapton , Blackmore and Townshend were the first to pioneer the development of stage amps due to their dealings with Jim Marshall, and Page, Iommi and Young developed the popularity of the riff, but none of it would have been quite the same without the phenomenal inventive skill of Jimi, though like Paginini his skill was honed through hard work and hours and hours of practice! Clap
 
 
 
 
 


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Beck was fine but not a match the panache or swagger of a Blackmore or a Page. Heavy rock guitar is about showmanship as well as skill.

That said,Gary Moore for me, out of that lot.

Any doubters please check out the title track from Lizzy's "Black Rose"...

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Debatable labelling and short memories. What about Jeff Beck? Truth and Cosa Nostra Beckola laid the ground rules for 'heavy', revisited when Beck joined up with that pioneering heavy rhythm section, Bogert & Appice.
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Oh gosh, I wonder how I missed this one...Confused

Do I really have to say it? Do I really have to?....Wink

The Man in Black for me.. The incomparable Ritchie Blackmore Heart... Gary Moore as a close second, then tie between Page and Iommi. Hendrix is in a class of his own IMHO. Michael Schenker was also a great guitarist, though he managed to ruin his career due to his drinking habits and unpredictability.
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Of the guitarists in the poll, the most singularly talented was probably Michael Schenker.

Not listed is the incomparable Randy Rhoads and the inhumanly gifted Uli Jon Roth.
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Van Halen and that tappy thing man!!
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Page wins it for me, Blackmore a close second.
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Ritchie Blackmore...the man is a guitar god!!!
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Pete Townsend and Rory gallagher are not hard rock guitarists (respectively pop/psychedelic and blues) !
Jimi hendrix is probably the best in the list, but I am not an expert. Once more, he is not a hard rock guitarist, but rather blues/psychedelic. Rory Gallagher impressed me a lot with his soloing in the band TASTE, and his first solo album is sheer perfection.
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Jimmy Page out of these, but some great Hard Rock guitarrists you forgot are Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Brian May of Queen, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy and also Alex Lifeson of Rush. Steve Vai is an extremely proficient guitarrist aswell, though not my personal favourite.


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Blackmore, with Van Halen a close second.
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For pure hard rock it's Eddie Van Halen.  Hendrix, Page, SRV, Blackmore, Clapton and others were and are terrific but are graduates from the school of blues or R&B.  I've never really heard Eddie play a blues riff (doesn't mean he hasn't, I just haven't heard it yet) and he really changed the direction of lead guitar when he "erupted" (pardon the pun) on the scene.
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JIMMY PAGE IS THE GREATEST GUITARIST IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little.


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I like Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton.  I also like Townsend's powerful playing. 



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