Preferred Guitar Player
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Topic: Preferred Guitar Player
Posted By: Abstrakt
Subject: Preferred Guitar Player
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 16:02
| Yeah... Pick your FAVORITE. Not the most technical or whatever... |
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 16:05
These are the only choices? 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 16:09
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Yep. My top 3 when it comes to guitar players. |
Posted By: SgtPepper67
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 16:14
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Jimmy Page, but the three of them are some of my favourite guitar players.
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In the end the love you take is equal to the love you made... |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 16:44
| Tony Iommi wins for me, though the 3 are VERY close! |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 16:51
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Ritchie. The man who seriously gave white boots a face. And lovely moustache. Oh, and a great guitarist. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 23:08
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Jimmy Page was my favorite guitarist for most of my life, and he's still in my top 10. Wrote some legendary stuff. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 23:16
When my friend first showed me Led Zeppelin, being a middle-school-age boy who listened to mostly punk rock, just picking up the guitar, I was mesmerized at Page's work (along with the rest of the band of course). I looked to Zeppelin for inspiration for quite a while (especially when I discovered Achilles Last Stand). Even today I find that Page's work and Zeppelin's music in general was/is great. It's always a pleasure to whip out my Zeppelin vinyls. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Equality 7-2521 wrote:Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: August 13 2009 at 17:58
I flatly refuse to choose between three of my all-time faves. Great list though and at least Steve Howe won't get a look-in this time ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: Arsihsis
Date Posted: August 14 2009 at 14:01
I voted for ole glass finger 
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: August 14 2009 at 14:14
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Pagey!!! ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: August 14 2009 at 14:19
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Jimmy Iommi...er...sorry,Tony Iommi. ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: wreckfan1
Date Posted: August 14 2009 at 14:22
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hmm, either page or blackmore
iommi's riffs are good but his solos have nothing on the other two
blackmore is probably better than page but he did do a lot of crap after he left deep purple
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 14 2009 at 15:05
| Page has the best riffs. |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: August 15 2009 at 10:58
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I'd go for Iommi riff-wise myself. Page's breaks are generally better tho IMO. The three of them really are too close for me to call  ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: August 15 2009 at 11:00
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Page for me.Forget solos,his songs,arrangements,improvisations and production were genius. Page! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: August 15 2009 at 11:32
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Tommy Bolin....ermm, he's not here, then.... Blackmore had a great balance on delivering great solos and riffs Page had better solos IMO Iommi had better riffs Too tough, this time I'll go for Iommi. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 15 2009 at 12:54
| Page for me. I've seen all three at some point in my life. I saw Blackmore and Iommi at CalJam. Blackmore was better then. Saw Page on Zep's "Houses" tour, Page blew them away. |
Posted By: mr.cub
Date Posted: August 15 2009 at 13:01
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Jimmy Page...delicate acoustic work to bombastic electric breakdowns. He does it all ------------- 
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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: August 16 2009 at 16:15
| Ritchie Blackmore easy. Don't really listen to Led Zeppelin, and I like Deep Purple and Rainbow a lot more than I do Black Sabbath. |
Posted By: GaryB
Date Posted: August 17 2009 at 07:35
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From this trio, I will pick Page since he's the only one that's on my top ten list of guitarists. Favorite / Influencial
1a - Jeff Beck
1b - Gary Moore 2 - Jimi Hendrix 3 - Rory Gallagher
4 - Eric Clapton
5 - Peter Green
6 - Ulrich Roth
7 - Michael Schenker
8 - Tommy Bolin
9 - Jimmy Page
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Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: August 17 2009 at 16:40
 for Beck and Schencker - god I still love that solo on Rock Bottom, even after zillions of listens------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: GaryB
Date Posted: August 18 2009 at 12:13
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I could go on and on about Jeff Beck and I certainly agree with you on Michael Schenker. The eleven minute live version of Rock Bottom on Strangers In The Night is incredible. I swear that guy sounds like he's got six fingers on his left hand. |
Posted By: GaryB
Date Posted: August 18 2009 at 12:35
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I want to clarify my list of top ten guitarists. I know that names like Tommy Bolin, Rory Gallagher and Ulrich Roth may not be quite as well known as the others on the list. But influencial is the key word here. From the mid 60s through the mid 70s these ten guitarists were the main influences on my playing style. I would listen to any one of these guys and say, "I will never be as good as they are, but I can be better than I am now". So, their influence was of a motivational nature. |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: August 18 2009 at 15:30
I know exactly what you mean. I barely play at all myself, but sure can appreciate those that do. The studio version on Phenomenon is brilliant and was surely always written for impro anyway. Dunno if you've checked out the UFO BBC In Concert/Session CD but it's vintage early MS. Starts with a crunching Oh My and carries on a rockin'  ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: GaryB
Date Posted: August 18 2009 at 21:29
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Hearing Doctor Doctor on FM radio was what turned me on to UFO. When I bought the LP and played it the first time I discovered Rock Bottom. The only early Schenker I have is Lonesome Crow but I have a few MSG CDs and a later one (2004) called Schenker / Pattison Summit. They do a few covers like Shapes Of Things, Hey Joe and A Whiter Shade Of Pale. |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: August 18 2009 at 22:08
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Iommi inspired me to pick up a guitar. 'Nuff said. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: August 18 2009 at 22:08
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Nothing against Page, but if could have played like Blackmore...
------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |