Poll

Who is the greatest guitarist of all time?

Joe Satriani6%6% - 19
Steve Vai7%7% - 23
Yngvie Malmsteen3%3% - 11
John Petrucci2%2% - 7
Eddie Van Halen5%5% - 17
Alexi Laiho1%1% - 6
Jimi Hendrix32%32% - 99
Jimmy Page6%6% - 21
Kirk Hammett5%5% - 16
Someone Else, Who?27%27% - 85
Total: 304
millhous
Member
+39|6675|OREEGONE, USA
Malmsteen, all the way.  Only person i've ever heard play "flight of the bumblebee" on the guitar.
diglow~Flow
Member
+32|6665|British Columbia, Canada
Angus young AND AC/DC FTW!
Coolbeano
Level 13.5 BF2S Ninja Penguin Sensei
+378|6801

millhous wrote:

Malmsteen, all the way.  Only person i've ever heard play "flight of the bumblebee" on the guitar.
Petrucci did his own equally awe-inspiring version, Bite of the Mosquito.
Smaug
This space for rent
+117|6615|Arlen, Texas

millhous wrote:

Malmsteen, all the way.  Only person i've ever heard play "flight of the bumblebee" on the guitar.
ManOwaR has a version on bass (guitar not the fish) called "Sting of the Bumblebee"
Pretty awesome, and of course he uses a pick.
Naughty_Om
Im Ron Burgundy?
+355|6671|USA
No Tom Morello!?!
Mitch
16 more years
+877|6564|South Florida
ANGUS!! HE's A CRAAAAAZY MAN!

Last edited by Dezerteagal5 (2006-11-26 09:17:30)

15 more years! 15 more years!
the lost prophet
White-Fusion is god
+8|6400|land of dave
john frusciante should be there, he owns all the others asses, twice X)
White-Fusion
Fuck
+616|6590|Scotland

the lost prophet wrote:

john frusciante should be there, he owns all the others asses, twice X)
Seconded
Slayer
---hates you
+1,137|6795|Hell, p.o box 666

the lost prophet wrote:

john frusciante should be there, he owns all the others asses, twice X)
name me one example where Frusciante owns Vai, Satriani, Dimebag, Malmsteen etc etc. He´s a good guitarist, well if you can talk about skill to play funk, but are you f*cking shitting me, he owns none of the guitarist in the poll. Kthxbye
the lost prophet
White-Fusion is god
+8|6400|land of dave

Sl4y3r wrote:

the lost prophet wrote:

john frusciante should be there, he owns all the others asses, twice X)
name me one example where Frusciante owns Vai, Satriani, Dimebag, Malmsteen etc etc. He´s a good guitarist, well if you can talk about skill to play funk, but are you f*cking shitting me, he owns none of the guitarist in the poll. Kthxbye
because most of those guys rely on speed alone and they even though they can play like a thousand notes per minute they all sound the same and john's sound is very versatile and he can pull off a lot of cool stuff.dont get me wrong, i think they are all good musicians, cept malmsteen he thinks he's god, but i think that john f is the master.
Sydney
2λчиэλ
+783|6882|Reykjavík, Iceland.
Michael Amott gets my vote.
Jasp
Bongabilla
+171|6700|The Outer Circle
Johnny Marr, The Smiths.
https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/11882/holteendersig2.jpghttps://forums.bf2s.com/img/avatars/11508.gif
White-Fusion
Fuck
+616|6590|Scotland

Naughty_Om wrote:

No Tom Morello!?!
Tom FTW
jermyang
I've Seen the Saucers.
+38|6778|Norcal, usa

diglow~Flow wrote:

Angus young AND AC/DC FTW!
gross el grande
vedds
Member
+52|6793|Christchurch New Zealand
Tommy Emanuel, an aussie is pretty impressive too. Suspect hes not too well known outside of Aus though
CrazeD
Member
+368|6711|Maine
This guy is the greatest guitarist of all time:  http://youtube.com/watch?v=HOz3Qgr3-Po
JeSTeR_Player1
Flying Solo
+98|6809|Canada, Ont
You guys don't listen to enough Metal

In my personal Opinion the best Guitar Player would be Personal Choice...

I really like Micheal Romeo from Symphony X

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid= … ea+Of+Lies

(Lots more Examples on Google Video)

Last edited by JeSTeR_Player1 (2006-11-26 19:42:55)

Coolbeano
Level 13.5 BF2S Ninja Penguin Sensei
+378|6801

I hate how people praise a guitarist for being in a band they like.

Until the day John Frusciante has his own CD out, he doesn't deserve to be put on this list.
DonFck
Hibernator
+3,227|6670|Finland

Coolbeano wrote:

Until the day John Frusciante has his own CD out, he doesn't deserve to be put on this list.
Well.. only these:

Niandra LaDes & Usually Just a Tshirt - 1994
Smile From the Streets You Hold - 1997
To Record Only Water For Ten Days - 2001
Shadows Collide With People - 2003


Frusciante is a brilliant musician, but I wouldn't classify him as a "guitar hero" (as the poll "candidates"), but rather a "master of soundscapes".
Ref: "Ramparts" from "To Record Only Water For Ten Days"

The whole concept of "best guitarist of all time" is really not up for discussion as there are masters in each genre.

Jimi Hendrix - No explanation needed
Jimmy Page - see above
Slash - The man can fingertap with a cigarette and a funny hat -> Achievement!
Dimebag - Pinched harmonics / Thorougly introducing blues into the Metal scene
Hetfield - Downstroke extraordinaire
Wylde - See Dimebag/first part
Frusciante - Sound"worlds"
Fripp - Progressive God
the list goes on...

Last edited by DonFck (2006-11-27 03:49:39)

I need around tree fiddy.
Slayer
---hates you
+1,137|6795|Hell, p.o box 666

pwned!
Fenris_GreyClaw
Real Хорошо
+826|6558|Adelaide, South Australia

Sl4y3r wrote:

pwned!
what, no pic?
Slayer
---hates you
+1,137|6795|Hell, p.o box 666

https://www.peekaboorecords.com/juniorvarsity/photos/jvjapan40.jpg

voila...
Fenris_GreyClaw
Real Хорошо
+826|6558|Adelaide, South Australia

SkoobyDu
'CLICK JOIN NOW'... OK lets go... BOOM!!!! =FFS=
+120|6600|Cheshire, UK




Steve Vai for technical ability and speed but personally Jimi Hendrix plays from the soul...

Last edited by SkoobyDu (2006-11-27 04:04:35)

Coolbeano
Level 13.5 BF2S Ninja Penguin Sensei
+378|6801

DonFck wrote:

Coolbeano wrote:

Until the day John Frusciante has his own CD out, he doesn't deserve to be put on this list.
Well.. only these:

Niandra LaDes & Usually Just a Tshirt - 1994
Smile From the Streets You Hold - 1997
To Record Only Water For Ten Days - 2001
Shadows Collide With People - 2003
My bad. My ego got the better of me and laziness took precedence.

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