Originally Posted by: srpianojrguitarhow exactly is he a god? He is good yes, but a ton of his songs are covers and a lot of guitarists that are better than him. i can think of 10 off the bat.

dimebag, randy rhoads, zakk wylde, slash, kerry king, mick thompson, tommi iommi, jimmy page, eddie van halen, and kirk hammett there is a lot more too, those are just a small feild. .....u kno what, i think ive said enough im only namin one feild too, metal. Theres lennon clapton....

and ndont think im biased towards metal, because im not even that HUGE of a fan of it, classic rock, like hendrix, is my favorite. he might be the best of his time, but certainly no god

my friend says steve vai

Ok first of all you shouldn't compare Metal guitarists to Blues and Blues Rock Guitarist, and if you knew anything about Guitar you would know that.

Most of the Guitarist you mentioned practiced and studied for years at Universitys and Private Lessons and such.

but Hendrix was Self taught which makes him really Increadible in what he accomplish in just a few years.

Sure he isn't anywhere near as technical as people like Vai or Van Halen but Hendrix is one special Player.

He was better at Improvising than anyone ever, Hands Down and he was WAYYYYYYYYYY ahead of his time.

Second, Jimmy Page better than Hendrix? HAHAHA I don't think so.

Come on man, Page is a great guitarist but IMO he can't even come close to some of the stuff Hendrix did. Page was a little better technically and at his Best came close to imitating Hendrix but seriously dude he wasn't better.

And when it comes to Guitar playing Lennon shouldn't even be Mentioned in the Same sentence as Hendrix,

PS I have never heard of a guitarist named Tommi Iommi.