Tony Iommi or David Gilmour

Cristi wrote: Blacksword wrote: Both. It depends on my mood. I'm a fan of both bands. ^ this Not only I love PF and BS, but I like the solo works I heard from these two great guitarists.  Tony had three collaborations with Glenn Hughes, I warmly recommend these.

I guess it's a silly comparison. One is a prog rock guitarist with an emphasis on atmospherics and melodic soloing and the other is a heavy metal riff master.

As you say though, both really good, alone or with their respective bands.

Blacksword wrote: Both. It depends on my mood. I'm a fan of both bands.

Technically, I doubt that Iommi would even say he was the more proficient.

David Gilmour.

Gilmour

Two gutiar players who are similar yet different, both play the guitar , both are blues based, both use all the four fingers in soloing and chording, and are articulate, neither use flash but their skills (if not classiclal trained) share a sence of modesty and respect towards the guitar as something more then a piece of wood, but a tool to make people cry or pee their pants in fright, both can play balls to the walls riff but also, plucking, picking, and have nice vibratos, and sustaine technique, both even have a signature vibrato which you know when newer guitarists pull them of that its from their Immoi or Gilmour pocket, (Kim Thaiyl has a large Iommi pocket and Steven Wilson have a large Gilmour pocket).