Who do you think it is / was?

Obviously, I could have included many more guitarists on the list. The guys from Iron Maiden come to mind, as do many, many other bands. Hard to settle on one person.

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"There ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk." - Tom Waits

damn.. thats a tough question.

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He's like a maniac with a shotgun that doesn't run out of ammo.

Yep. Mind you, I only put Herman Li on the list to throw a bone to any of the younger board members

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"There ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk." - Tom Waits

hehehe.. is that band REALLY that popular?

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He's like a maniac with a shotgun that doesn't run out of ammo.

I guess. I know a lot of teens love them.

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"There ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk." - Tom Waits

sheesh.. what ever happened to kids sporting pentagrams and listening to devil worshipping music?


I gotta wonder.. if those same kids would also rock out to Helloween!

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He's like a maniac with a shotgun that doesn't run out of ammo.

No doubt.

I think I'm giving Page the edge on Hendrix. Even on the blues stuff, seems to me he was a little better in his prime. Hard to compare a lot of these guys because their styles are so different.

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"There ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk." - Tom Waits

I went with Stevie Ray. Not my personal favorite, but he had chops that put the rest to shame.

I'm not sure how you can justify taking Page over Hendrix since Page stole all of his good shit from Jimi in the first place.

although I stopped liking VH after Dave left, and the whole screaming tube sound is as dated as fuzz wahs, I think i'll have to say Eddie Van Halen. He revolutionized the rock guitar above anyone else who happens to come up with a catchy hook... Even Jimi.. who was knee deep in hippy stank before becoming the icon that he is.


honorable mentions

Frank Zappa
George Thorogood
Steve Vai
Dwayne Allman
Mark Knophler
Tom Morello
Jerry Cantrell

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He's like a maniac with a shotgun that doesn't run out of ammo.

Randy Rhodes didn't suck either.

Jimmy Page isn't in the same class as Hendrix, period.

I think he deserves distinction for doing some of the weirdest stuff imaginable with blues, though.

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Poor Spot! He was tired of being thought of as stupid. "I'm gonna join Mensa," he said to myself, "and then I'll be legally permitted to wear the society's insignia--a tattoo of a little map pin pushed into my flesh--and then everyone'll know that I'm not dumb at all!"
Spot Joins Mensa
by James "Kibo" Parry

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He's like a maniac with a shotgun that doesn't run out of ammo.

Hendrix reinvented rock guitar.

Either we give that laural to him or we have to give it to Les Paul who first started messing with feedback.

I love Jimi just like everyone else... and he was great.. but you might as well just said that the grateful dead revolutionized folk music by adding good acid.

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He's like a maniac with a shotgun that doesn't run out of ammo.

I'm not a Deadhead and I don't think they revolutionized anything...except perhaps good acid.

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Poor Spot! He was tired of being thought of as stupid. "I'm gonna join Mensa," he said to myself, "and then I'll be legally permitted to wear the society's insignia--a tattoo of a little map pin pushed into my flesh--and then everyone'll know that I'm not dumb at all!"
Spot Joins Mensa
by James "Kibo" Parry