Vote in Guitar World Poll

MistValkyrie · Post by **MistValkyrie** » Thursday Jul 05, 2012

boy thats a hard one....I want to vote for Blackmore because I think the music he's written over the years is alot more interesting than anything Malmsteen's done (whch is basically baroque done in guitar) but as far as raw ability goes, I'd have to do with Malmsteen because...well, he's Malmsteen and the standard that some of the best guitarists around use to judge themselves. Personally I think Malmsteen's music is boring as hell and he's a complete asshole but he's one hell of a guitarist.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Thursday Jul 05, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — John Petrucci Vs. Buckethead

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... buckethead

Petrucci is wayyy ahead.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Thursday Jul 05, 2012

MistValkyrie wrote:boy thats a hard one....I want to vote for Blackmore because I think the music he's written over the years is alot more interesting than anything Malmsteen's done (whch is basically baroque done in guitar) but as far as raw ability goes, I'd have to do with Malmsteen because...well, he's Malmsteen and the standard that some of the best guitarists around use to judge themselves. Personally I think Malmsteen's music is boring as hell and he's a complete asshole but he's one hell of a guitarist.

Malmsteen is a great guitarist. I think the main problem I have with him is the fact that he is a show off. If he would drop the ego and play something with a little bit of class, I might like him better.

undercoverjoe wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — John Petrucci Vs. Buckethead

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... buckethead

Petrucci is wayyy ahead.

This one is no contest. Petrucci all the way.

Edit: Blackmore beat Malmsteen yesterday. I am glad.

MistValkyrie · Post by **MistValkyrie** » Thursday Jul 05, 2012

f.sciarrillo wrote:
This one is no contest. Petrucci all the way.

Edit: Blackmore beat Malmsteen yesterday. I am glad.

Agreed on the Petrucci thing (although I do think Buckethead is a great guitarist in his own way)...and also, yay on the Blackmore thing!

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Friday Jul 06, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — George Harrison Vs. Rick Nielsen

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... ck-nielsen

Harrison is way ahead in the early voting, Petrucci won by almost 30 points yesterday.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Friday Jul 06, 2012

undercoverjoe wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — George Harrison Vs. Rick Nielsen

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... ck-nielsen

Harrison is way ahead in the early voting, Petrucci won by almost 30 points yesterday.

I am going to go with George Harrison on this one.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Friday Jul 06, 2012

f.sciarrillo wrote:
undercoverjoe wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — George Harrison Vs. Rick Nielsen

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... ck-nielsen

Harrison is way ahead in the early voting, Petrucci won by almost 30 points yesterday.
I am going to go with George Harrison on this one.

Harrison is leading by 50 points, but I thought it would be even more. I am quite surprised that Rick Nielsen even got on this list.

I want to know where was Roy Buchanan, or Danny Gatton, or Brent Mason the hottest Nashville session player alive today???

Correction: Danny Gatton was in round 1 and lost to Albert Lee. Both great Telecaster players, but i would have voted for Gatton.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tuesday Jul 10, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Warren Haynes Vs. Duane Allman

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... ane-allman

Warren is a great player, but Duane is one of the benchmark musicians of the last 50 years. Duane is way ahead.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Tuesday Jul 10, 2012

undercoverjoe wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Warren Haynes Vs. Duane Allman

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... ane-allman

Warren is a great player, but Duane is one of the benchmark musicians of the last 50 years. Duane is way ahead.

I am going with Duane Allman as well.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Jul 11, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Steve Howe Vs. Alex Lifeson

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... ex-lifeson

Lifeson has a large early lead, Duane Allman out-polled Warren Haynes yesterday.

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Wednesday Jul 11, 2012

undercoverjoe wrote: Lifeson has a large early lead, Duane Allman out-polled Warren Haynes yesterday.

ya!! duane allman all the way!!!

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jul 11, 2012

I see that the popularity poll is still going strong...I am just surprised that Neil Young is not in the running.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Jul 11, 2012

lonewolf wrote:I see that the popularity poll is still going strong...I am just surprised that Neil Young is not in the running.

Jeff, I agree a lot of it is popularity, but if it was just that, Warren Haynes would have beat out Duane Allman, who has been dead for over 40 years now, and only made 3 albums with the Allman Brothers. Warren Haynes plays in front of massive crowds of people at those huge jam fests every year, he should have got the popularity vote.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jul 11, 2012

undercoverjoe wrote:
lonewolf wrote:I see that the popularity poll is still going strong...I am just surprised that Neil Young is not in the running.
Jeff, I agree a lot of it is popularity, but if it was just that, Warren Haynes would have beat out Duane Allman, who has been dead for over 40 years now, and only made 3 albums with the Allman Brothers. Warren Haynes plays in front of massive crowds of people at those huge jam fests every year, he should have got the popularity vote.

I never heard of Warren Haynes...seriously. I never hear his name associated with the Allman Brothers...just Dickie Betts and, well, Duane Allman. I never really paid enough attention to them to know all their names.

Everybody has heard of Duane Allman.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Jul 11, 2012

Well, lets see, compared to Duane Allman's 2 original albums and one live recording with the Allman Brothers Band, Warren has recorded 7 albums with the Allman Brothers, 16 with Gov't. Mule, 5 solo, 1 with Phil Lesh and Friends, 3 with Dave Matthews, and several more with Dickey Betts, David Allen Coe, Garth Brooks and 2 more with Derek Trucks.

Duane had about a 3 year career with the Allman Brothers, Warren has had a 30 + year career, and has probably been seen by a milllion more people at the least.

Measuring by recorded musical output and number of thousands who have see the artist live, there is no comparison, Warren has to be more popular.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday Jul 11, 2012

undercoverjoe wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Steve Howe Vs. Alex Lifeson

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... ex-lifeson

Lifeson has a large early lead, Duane Allman out-polled Warren Haynes yesterday.

Even though they are both great guitar players, I went with Lifeson.

I am going to listen to some Yes now

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jul 11, 2012

undercoverjoe wrote:Well, lets see, compared to Duane Allman's 2 original albums and one live recording with the Allman Brothers Band, Warren has recorded 7 albums with the Allman Brothers, 16 with Gov't. Mule, 5 solo, 1 with Phil Lesh and Friends, 3 with Dave Matthews, and several more with Dickey Betts, David Allen Coe, Garth Brooks and 2 more with Derek Trucks.

Duane had about a 3 year career with the Allman Brothers, Warren has had a 30 + year career, and has probably been seen by a milllion more people at the least.

Measuring by recorded musical output and number of thousands who have see the artist live, there is no comparison, Warren has to be more popular.

He probably would be...if his name was Allman

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Thursday Jul 12, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Carlos Santana Vs. Slash

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... a-vs-slash

Slash is a little bit ahead, yesterday Lifeson won easily. Carlos easily gets my vote, just based on his work with John McLaughlin alone.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Thursday Jul 12, 2012

undercoverjoe wrote:yesterday Lifeson won easily {over Howe}.

An illustration of how little the voters actually know about guitar proficiency.

The key word here is easily.

MistValkyrie · Post by **MistValkyrie** » Thursday Jul 12, 2012

christ...lifeson beat howe and slash is beating carlos santana? I had high hopes for this not turning into just a popularity contest (it seemed in the first round that it wasn't going that way) but...nevermind.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Thursday Jul 12, 2012

I chose Santana in that one.

StumbleFingers · Post by **StumbleFingers** » Thursday Jul 12, 2012

Went with Santana here too. But all these players are so good, you could make a valid case for any of them.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Friday Jul 13, 2012

StumbleFingers wrote:Went with Santana here too. But all these players are so good, you could make a valid case for any of them.

Yes, you can. The decisions are getting pretty hard.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Friday Jul 13, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Vernon Reid Vs. Jerry Cantrell

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... y-cantrell

Slash outpolled Carlos yesterday,

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Friday Jul 13, 2012

f.sciarrillo wrote:
StumbleFingers wrote:Went with Santana here too. But all these players are so good, you could make a valid case for any of them.
Yes, you can. The decisions are getting pretty hard.

Can you imagine the All Star band you could make with the losers in this poll?