My own little guitar war.

[space ace]

I am having a guitar war between some of my favorite guitarists. Here are the rules. There will be 32 guitarists and everyday (or whenever I can) I will enter 2 more. All I want you people to do is vote for your favorite between the two. You can only vote once. And just write the name of the guitarist you like (between the 2) then they will go on until their is 1 left. Oh and when you vote DO NOT give me your life story just write the name of the guitarist.

[space ace]

COMPETITION #1:

EDDIE VAN HALEN (VAN HALEN) VS. DAVE MURRAY (IRON MADIEN)

THE EARLY COMPETITIONS ARE GOING TO BE OBVIOUS.

[Bardsley]

You're really asking two questions here, the first goes back to when I was a lad back in the late 80's. You see, when.....
Lol. Van Halen.

[PonyOne]

Van Halen.

Next.

[Mr. Vai]

eddie

[Christoph]

Halen.

[PeptoB]

Van Halen, of course.

[zepo]

EVH

[Christoph]

Well, I'd call this a landslide. Next war!!

[TexasStrat69]

EVH

[fendermonkey77]

No contest

[Fenderblues]

Dave Murry, just to prove we are all different

[space ace]

Alright well I guess Eddie kiked his ass badly.
COMPETITION #2

BILLY GIBBONS (ZZ TOP) VS. KEITH RICHARDS (ROLLING STONES)

HAVE FUN.

[Bardsley]

Keif. Who really cares about merit, Keif has to win hands down. I mean, he's a rolling stone!

[Mr. Vai]

keith, hands down

[Raskolnikov]

I say gibbons because the Rolling Stones have always struck me as an overrated Chuck Berry cover band. Actually, they just really annoy me.

[PonyOne]

That's a tough one, because I don't cae that much about ZZ Top, and although I like the old stones, i hate the new stuff, so, whatever, ZZ Top, to be different.

[Christoph]

These must be a couple of geezers, cause I don't really know the difference between 'em.

Abstain!

[Zeppelin]

Rolling stones for sure..
i like 'em for being the beatles alternative band in the 60's...

[PeptoB]

Gibbons is awesome (especially with those fretless strats) but I'll have to say Keith for this one. He definitely wins over Gibbons in creativity department.

[quakked]

Rolling Stones

[Fenderblues]

Yep, I got to agree this time, Keith can play and play and then some. I don't jagger but keith and not forgetting ronnie make up for it

[zepp_rules]

in this case: keith richards

[space ace]

Alright Keith Rickards it is.

COMPETITION #3

RITCHIE BLACKMORE (DEEP PURPLE) VS. ACE FREHLY (KISS)

LIKE I SAID THE FIRST ROUNDS WILL BE OBVIOUS.

[Raskolnikov]

I choose...
BUCKETHEAD!
(Write in candidate)

[zepp_rules]

this is definiteley no contest, ritchie blackmore

[Fenderblues]

Yep, Richie is the man who can

[Zeppelin]

I dont think that there are many players around there, who switched so many styles along the years (and were good at all of them), and i think that he deserves some credit, as a man who brought exotic scales to rock, and as a man who included in his music classical influences, all together with soulful blues licks.. i can talk hours about his abilites ,but to make it short just check out the dp self titled album, the machine head and in rock albums , and also the rainbow stuff...

peace out

[Led Zeppelin]

Ritchie Blackmore by a long way

[space ace]

Alright Blackmore wins.

COMPETITION #4

ANGUS YOUNG (AC/DC) VS. JERRY CANTRELL (ALICE IN CHAINS)

[Led Zeppelin]

Angus

[Zeppelin]

Yeah!! he just rocks...

[Mr. Vai]

jerry

[unefu72]

Jerry hands down.

[Christoph]

Jerry.

[PeptoB]

Angus. There's no doubt about it.

[Bardsley]

Angus.

[Fenderblues]

Now youre speakin' my language, ANGUS, with out a doubt my all time hero's Angus and AC/DC. Bonn is truly missed

[space ace]

Angus wins that was good keep voting because this is going to get even better in round 2,3,4,ect...

COMPETITION #5

ERIC CLAPTON VS. MARK KNOLOPFLER (DIRE STRAITS)

[unefu72]

Slowhand all the way.

[zepp_rules]

this is one of the closer ones, but clapton all the way

[zepo]

I'm with Ras on writing in BucketHead

[Led Zeppelin]

Clapton

[Raskolnikov]

as to #4 (yeah, I know, it's over) I think it's definately Jerry Cantrell. The man is a master of doing things like nobody else would. Also, he writes lyrics and music- I'm pretty sure Angus sticks to solos.

[Bardsley]

Clapton

[Martin Spaans]

Mark Knoppfler

[Fenderblues]

Mark'y boy, (clapton is however a blues genius)

[space ace]

Clapton wins. Do not vote after a competition is over and please **** off with the Buckethead thing. I listen to only real guitarists.

COMPETITION #6

JIMI HENDRIX VS. SLASH (GUNS N ROSES)


HENDRIX HAS ENTERED THE BUILDING.

[BluesShredder]

Is this a joke?!?!?!?!

who else can chop a mountain down with the edge his hand?

I vote for Jimi

[PeptoB]

This is a tough one.
I'd say Hendrix of course but Slash can easily kick all other guys butt that's been presented here so far..
Well, tough luck Slash, I say Hendrix.

[zepp_rules]

i wish you didn't put these two together, because it's obvious that hendrix is better, however slash is very good

my vote: Hendrix

[BluesShredder]

lets bet
i heard that bookmakers give 4 to 1 for Hendrix and 5 to 1 for Van Halen, for Stevie Ray is also 4 to 1 (if he will take part in the competition)

Blues Shredder

[Christoph]

Slash.

[Christoph]

And Buckethead is a real guitarist, by the way.

[Bardsley]

Is it really fair to put Hendrix next to anyone? No. Hendrix wins.

[BadHorsie]

Just because of that little "real guitarists" bit, I vote for Buckethead also. :D

[Fenderblues]

Hendrix, Hendrix, etc. etc.

[zepo]

My vote : Buckethead

[space ace]

OK HENDRIX IT IS.
NOW I'LL HAVE A BIT OF FUN WITH YOU.

COMPETITION #7
BUCKETHEAD VS. STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

WOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blackrose]

I thought the idea was to put the easy debates at the beginning, not here...

[BluesShredder]

Stevie Ray Vaughan
and no matter what you say he was the greatest

Blues Shredder

[BadHorsie]

Definately Allan Holdsworth. :)

[Raskolnikov]

Originally posted by space ace
please **** off with the Buckethead thing. I listen to only real guitarists.

Buckethead is most definatley a real guitarist, and anyone else who has seen the man live will tell you as much. Heh... you think he's fast on CD?

[Raskolnikov]

Of coure I have myself to blame since I started this whole Buckethead thing...

Buckethead is faster, more extreame, uses more textures, and shreds while doing the robot (yes, I've seen as much). However, he just doesn't funnel raw emotion into what he's playing like Stevie could. That's not to say he can't- their's one part of Nun Chuka Kata where I can hear him "bring it up to that next level." If he did that more often, he'd have my vote.

My vote: SRV

[Bardsley]

While doing the roboot you say? This guy is my new god. However, SRV.

[Fenderblues]

SRV, of course

[fendermonkey77]

Stevie.

[PeptoB]

Stevie Ray Vaughan, though I still don't know how to spell his name properly..

[space ace]

Thanks for voting right. I'll admit Buckethead is not bad but I don't feel he will ever do what Stevie did for us.

COMPETITION #8

FRANK ZAPPA VS. B.B. KING









Now back to the competition. Were half way through the first round.

[BluesShredder]

Thats a difficult one...
i vote for the King of the Blues

no one can bend like BB does

[BluesShredder]

how do you choose who's going to fight who? is there a reason, or is it a draw?

[PeptoB]

yeah, I was wondering about that too. Do you draw the names out of a hat or use your own discretion to match them?
In any case, I vote for Frank Zappa, the king of innovation.

[Raskolnikov]

Because he testified before Congress that Tipper Gore and the PMRC are a bunch of PMSing soccer moms, my vote goes to Zappa. It takes balls to do that sort of thing.

"Their is no word in the English language so terrible as to instantly send any listener to the lake of fire."
-Frank Zappa testifing before Congress

[space ace]

Ok I just think up who are my favorite guitarists (except buckethead that was popular demand). And try to space out the true greatest. I mean don't get me wrong Slash is a great guitarist but I don't think that he'd qualify up against Hendrix or Van Halen that's why I put him up against Hendrix in the first round. there will be several more greats coming into this competition but I can't name them right now.

[Fenderblues]

BB king, the blues to choose

[Led Zeppelin]

BB King.

[firstwardrocker]

BB King.

[space ace]

Alright it goes to B.B.

COMPETITION #9

RANDY RHOADS (OZZY) VS. GARY MOORE (THIN LIZZY)

[Led Zeppelin]

Gary Moore definitely. Have you heard Parisienne Walkways.

[zepp_rules]

rhoads, all the way

[Christoph]

Gotta go with Rhoads . . . even though I never liked his soloing style that much.

[PeptoB]

Randy Rhoads.

[BluesShredder]

Thats a close one,
but I vote Gary Moore for his blues soul

[Mai Zure]

Randy all the way

[Fenderblues]

Randy.

[space ace]

That was suprizingly close. I love Gary Moore but I thought Rhoads would woop him. Rhoads wins.

COMPETITION #10

PETE TOWNSHEND (THE WHO) VS. GERRY GARCIA (THE GRATEFUL DEAD)

[space ace]

Originally posted by Led Zeppelin
Gary Moore definitely. Have you heard Parisienne Walkways.

Yeah it's incredible, especally when he holds that one note in the main solo. He holds it for about 30 seconds.

[Zeppelin]

got a feel inside (can't explain)
certain kind (can't explain)

i'm too tired to write it all down but you get my point

yeaah substitute me for him :) :)

[BluesShredder]

Dont forget Neil Young

[zepp_rules]

i'd have to go with townshend


the "gerry" in Jerry Garcia is spelled with a "J"

[Led Zeppelin]

Pete Townshend. No competition

[PeptoB]

If you're asking who's the better musician, I would say Pete Townshend, but since we are asking who's the better GUITARIST, I'd have to say Jerry Garcia.
My vote: Jerry Garcia.

[zepo]

Garcia.

[Fenderblues]

pete townsend of course, WHO else

[space ace]

Pete Townshend barely pulls through. This next one should be interesting.

COMPETITION #11

JEFF BECK VS. TONY IOMMI (BLACK SABBATH)

[BadHorsie]

Beck

[PeptoB]

This is a joke.
Beck, Beck, and Beck!

[zepp_rules]

Jeff Beck, no contest



Is Yngwie Malmsteen in this thing?

[PeptoB]

Just a quick question to Ace,
are we looking at only the rock guitarists here or the ones in jazz and classical as well, such as Pat Metheny, Steve Morse, Muddy Waters, John Williams and the like?

[stratman42]

Have to go for the metal man...
Iommi

[space ace]

Originally posted by PeptoB
Just a quick question to Ace,
are we looking at only the rock guitarists here or the ones in jazz and classical as well, such as Pat Metheny, Steve Morse, Muddy Waters, John Williams and the like?

Rock guitarists but probably I'll have another war after this and it will be different styles.

[space ace]

Jeff Beck takes the cake. Personally I think he is the greatest guitarist of all time.

COMPETITION #12

KURT COBAIN (NIRVANA) VS. DUANE ALLMAN (ALLMAN BROTHERS)






Please think of Kurt as a guitarist in this not a song writer. I don't like his guitar playing but someone might.

[zepp_rules]

i don't see cobain as much of a guitarist, i have to go with duane allman

[PeptoB]

Duane Allman. Allman brothers all the way!

[BluesShredder]

Duane Allman

[stratman42]

Sorry, i'm a youngster

Kurt

[Led Zeppelin]

What are you thinkin?

Duane Allman is 100 times better. Up to now theyve been competitive but this is a joke.

[space ace]

Led Zeppelin knows the score. Duane Allman wins. I'm also a youngster (16).

COMPETITION #13

BRIAN MAY (QUEEN) VS. CARLOS SANTANA (SANTANA)

[PeptoB]

Santana. End of story.

[Gad]

May is far more technical. He is also a self learner that builds his own guitars. Carlos learned from his father and everything he plays sounds the same to me.

IMHO

[PonyOne]

Yup, you hear a Santana song on the radio, and you can tell in no time at all it's Santana, which would be good if it weren't for the fact that it's not just his style. They all sound identical. No matter how many celebs guest on the CD.

Queen rules. They were one of the most absolutely brilliant bands ever, no matter what. May all the way.

[BluesShredder]

Carlos Santana,
he can play the blues with his soul,
just listen his solo in John Lee Hooker's Chill Out

[zepp_rules]

while i like brian may a lot, i'd have to say santana is better

[BadHorsie]

Brian May

[Zeppelin]

Brian may all the way..
he is a genius when it comes to harmony in the songs... imo the only santana good song is chill out.. he is not so fast, and he's not as soulful as other slower players.. i dont see what's all the big deal with him

[stratman42]

I may be young and inexperienced (15!), but i know both these, and i have 2 say

Brian May

I just think he's more varied

[space ace]

Brian May wins.

COMPETITION #14

KIRK HAMMETT (METALLICA) VS. STEVE VAI







UHH-O!!!!! SHRED-OFF

[zepp_rules]

i'd have to go with vai on this one. he's obviously much better






malmsteen's in this, right?

[Christoph]

Geezers, geezers, geezers . . .




Bahahaha . . . Steve Vai of course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zeppelin]

Steve Vai

[PeptoB]

Vai.

[BluesShredder]

Highpriest Steve Vai

[stratman42]

Whoever votes hammet is either an idiot, a metallica fanatic who can't face the truth or someone whos never heard steve vai. or all three...

Steve Vai

[Led Zeppelin]

Ill vote for Hammett but Ill tell you why. Noew Im not a Metallica fan, not by a long way. I reckon its pretty obvious that Vai is by far the more skillful guitarist but I really don't like his playing I mean its unbelievable but I cant stand all that wanking **** he does. take FTLOG for example, its got a good tune, great song but I just think all the mental stuff he does ruins it. Hammett is a technically very good guitarist though not near as good as Vai but he plays alot more melodic stuff(although Ill never forgive Metallica for what they did to Whisky In The Jar. I mean that idiot Hetfield doesnt even know the words).

I vote Hammett although it pains me to do so. But Im making a point.

[space ace]

I actually expected Kirk Hammett to win that one, although I'm extremely glad he didn't. Vai wins.

COMPETITION #15

JIMMY PAGE (LED ZEPPELIN) VS. GEORGE HARRISON (THE BEATLES)











The guitarist from the most musically talented band of all time versus the guitarist from the most lyrically talented band of all time.

[BluesShredder]

Jimmy Page

i would suggest for the next rounds you should draw the name of the guitarists and not choose who's going to fight whom, it will be more interesting that way because there be will fights between guitarists with different style

[PeptoB]

Jimmy Page.
He's way up there along with Hendrix and Clapton.

[zepp_rules]

page

[Led Zeppelin]

Although Harrison is probably the most underrated musician let alone guitarist ever having lived in Lennon and McCartney shadow for so long but for guitar ability and Stairway To heaven Page wins.

[Zeppelin]

Page

i dont think Harrison was that good anyway...
i dont think in the mid 60 there were any good players at all, or at least there was a very little amount of them

[stratman42]

JIMMY PAGE IS GOD.

It is impossible to express how much his music has changed my life

[space ace]

suprise suprise Page wins.

COMPETITION #16

DAVID GILMOUR (PINK FLOYD) VS. YNGWIE MALMSTEEN






FINAL OF THE FIRST ROUND.


THIS WILL BE A BATTLE OF OPINIONS. SURE YNGWIE IS TECHNICALLY BETTER BUT GILMOUR HAS DONE A LOT MORE FOR THE INSTRUMENT.

[space ace]

Originally posted by Zeppelin
Page

i dont think Harrison was that good anyway...
i dont think in the mid 60 there were any good players at all, or at least there was a very little amount of them

HATE TO ALARM YOU BUT THE YARDBIRDS WERE AROUND IN THE MID SIXTIES AND IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD JEFF BECK HE'S ABOUT ONE MILLION TIMES BETTER THAN ERIC CLAPTON. AND CLAPTON'S ****IN' GREAT. THIS WAS BEFROE PAGE'S TIME THOUGH.

[Christoph]

While I do enjoy Malmsteen's insane shredding from time to time, David G is just awesome in the phrasing and emotion department.

To use Stratman's wording, it's impossible to say how much Pink Floyd's music has influenced my life.

Glimour!

[PeptoB]

Yngwie's very good but Gilmour has my vote.
By the way, if this is the final match of the first round, what happened to Peter Green or the Edge? I know their talent is somewhat controversial but if George Harrison made it to the list for his creativity, I believe these guys deserve more.

[PeptoB]

Forgot to mention Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani as well.

[Mai Zure]

This is probably the most difficult choice Ive seen in this contest. We all know Yngwie is about blindingly fast perfectionist in both technique and plain talent. Gilmour's guitar work with the Floyd brought light to emotional darkness per say. Gilmour has much more depth than Ynwgie and can probably inspire a rock to roll over by itself.

But then again, what is this? Musician wars? oh wait this is a GUITAR war.
Yngwie could Axe Gilmour into bits :D

YNGWIE

[BluesShredder]

David Gilmour

Malmsteen does not have a better technique than Gilmour,
unless you are thinking of speed as the main element of technique.
Do you think that bendings and vibrato aren't techniques??
Just listen to Sorrow from P.U.L.S.E.
Who is techniqually good enough to play the into?


"You can give him a ukelele and he
can make it sound like a Stradivarius"
- Bob Ezrin

[zepp_rules]

as much as i like dave gilmour and pink flyd, i'd have to say yngwie because of his speed and skill. he amazes me every time i hear him. he's better

[stratman42]

AS regards my previous comment about Led Zep (borrowed by Christoph), the same applies to Floyd. I think that emotionally Gilmour is the best guitarist i ever heard, but Yngwie is obviously miles faster. However, i consider both these elements essential to a guitarist, so i must go into the music. However they are diffetent types of music, and while Gilours is much more intricate, its not as dramatically stunning as Yngwies. However, Yngwie has a tendency to take the guitarists penchant for a long fast guitar solo too far (i have a ten minute one), while having no real tune or theme. While songs like Black Star and Far beyond the sun are brilliantly written and not like that at all, i have to say that he widdles far too much. Therefore

DAVE GILMOUR

(that took a bit, didn't it?)

[Zeppelin]

i knew about jeff beck, and i know that clapton was there in the sixties, but overaly the 70 had much more better players to offer than the 60
at least that's what i think..
anyway tough i dont like floyd much it must be gilmour

[Led Zeppelin]

Dave Gilmour.


Musically Yngwie just doesnt impress me.

And if youre lookin for mid sixties guitar gods try Jeff Beck & Hank Marvin. 2 of the greatest guitarists ever.

[space ace]

Gilmour wins by a very little bit. We're heading into the second round now.

COMPETITION #1

EDDIE VAN HALEN (VAN HALEN) VS. KEITH RICHARDS (ROLLING STONES)

[BluesShredder]

Eddie Van Halen

[Led Zeppelin]

King of the widdlers

[zepp_rules]

eddie all the way

[Christoph]

I vote Van Halen once again.

[Mai Zure]

Eddie

[space ace]

Alright Eddie wins.

COMPETITION#2

RITCHIE BLACKMORE (DEEP PURPLE) VS. ANGUS YOUNG (AC/DC)

[BluesShredder]

Angus Young

[zepp_rules]

while i like angus a lot, i think blackmore is better

[Led Zeppelin]

Ritchie

[PeptoB]

Angus.

[Christoph]

Crap #1

[Lordathestrings]

I enjoy AC/DC, but I LOVE Deep Purple!

I found it instructive to see a supposedly outdated Deep Purple release 'Perfect Strangers' and show all of the upstarts how its done.

[Zeppelin]

when talking about blackmore, you should talk only about his DP career till 74 or whenever he quit the band, his rainbow career and the classical thing he is doing now, dont even mention the reunion of deep purple because it was not good..
but anyway enough with the bull**** i choose ritchie blackmore

[stratman42]

Blackmore

[space ace]

Good Blackmore won I like his playing way more also.

COMPETITION #3

ERIC CLAPTON VS. JIMI HENDRIX








I hate to put these two together so soon.

[zepp_rules]

i feel sorry for anybody paired with Hendrix, especially Clapton who is a god himself. My vote is for Hendrix.

[PeptoB]

Swallowing my tears, I'll have to say Hendrix.

[Mai Zure]

Hendrix

[Zeppelin]

i would choose hendrix, if it wasnt clapton
hendrix maybe was a great studio player, but when talking about improvising, he often was not so good, and he was just hitting notes on the guitar and thats all

[stratman42]

HENDRIX ALL THE WAY

[space ace]

Hendrix wins.


COMPETITION #4

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN VS. B.B. KING

[Mai Zure]

SRV

[PeptoB]

SRV

[Led Zeppelin]

SRV

[BluesShredder]

that was it?!
the war is over?

[stratman42]

SRV

[Incidents Happen]

shouldnt there be more...?

[Christoph]

Dude, this thread is 6 months old. It be dead.

[Incidents Happen]

waoaaaah really lol i didnt know that:( too bad eh? i just got here a a week ago, typed in "Jerry Garcia" for search, and this one came up, started readin it, got pretty cool, then yeah...