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lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

f.sciarrillo wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Les Paul Vs. John McLaughlin

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

I went with Les Paul on this one.

Apparently, you have never heard John McLaughlin...on electric or acoustic.

Gallowglass · Post by **Gallowglass** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

lonewolf wrote:
f.sciarrillo wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Les Paul Vs. John McLaughlin

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

I went with Les Paul on this one.

Apparently, you have never heard John McLaughlin...on electric or acoustic.

IMO, I would have been comfortable with McLaughlin going all the way.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

Gallowglass wrote:
lonewolf wrote:
f.sciarrillo wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Les Paul Vs. John McLaughlin

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

I went with Les Paul on this one.

Apparently, you have never heard John McLaughlin...on electric or acoustic.

IMO, I would have been comfortable with McLaughlin going all the way.

Same here Jason. From a technical standpoint and for all around guitar prowess, I doubt there is anybody in the list that can match him.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

lonewolf wrote:
f.sciarrillo wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Les Paul Vs. John McLaughlin

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

I went with Les Paul on this one.

Apparently, you have never heard John McLaughlin...on electric or acoustic.

Actually, I never heard of him till this poll. And going by influencing other people, I think Les Paul did.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Randy Rhoads Vs. Mark Tremonti

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... k-tremonti

This is a no brainer - Randy Rhoads ...

Edit: It is a close one. I am shocked. I thought Rhoads would be way ahead. It must be that popularity thing again.

Gallowglass · Post by **Gallowglass** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

Already posted that one Frank...Catch up!

Gallowglass · Post by **Gallowglass** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

lonewolf wrote:
Gallowglass wrote:
lonewolf wrote: Apparently, you have never heard John McLaughlin...on electric or acoustic.

IMO, I would have been comfortable with McLaughlin going all the way.
Same here Jason. From a technical standpoint and for all around guitar prowess, I doubt there is anybody in the list that can match him.

I completely agree Jeff, there are plenty of great guitarists in that poll, but none that I would actually feel comfortable voting for against McLaughlin in a "greatest guitarist" poll.

I can see where one might be inclined to think that his influence has been less, just because his name recognition isn't as apparent as some of the others; but I actually think his influence might be significantly more than some of the others. Sure, none of the current popsters cite him as an influence, but there might not be anybody else on that list who has had as real and lasting of an impact across the board (alright, maybe Hendrix). Many of the people who are influencing others in ALL genres cite him as a big influence.

I have read articles where such luminaries from that very poll like Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Warren Haynes, Zappa, Eric Johnson, Holdsworth, Jason Becker, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Kirk Hammett, and Dimebag all give him praise and acknowledge his influence on their playing and composition. That's just a short list from the pool without even looking too deeply, if I were to go on, the list would get much bigger. How many people has that list influenced? He gave Jimmy Page guitar lessons for crying out loud! Anyway, I'm getting down off my soapbox...I just wanted to give my own .02 about the John thing.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

Gallowglass wrote:Already posted that one Frank...Catch up!

Duh! Sorry

Gallowglass · Post by **Gallowglass** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

f.sciarrillo wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Randy Rhoads Vs. Mark Tremonti

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... k-tremonti

This is a no brainer - Randy Rhoads ...

Edit: It is a close one. I am shocked. I thought Rhoads would be way ahead. It must be that popularity thing again.

I just went back and looked again. I'm glad to see that Randy has caught up and actually pulled ahead. When I voted this morning, Tremonti was actually ahead. That scared me.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

Gallowglass wrote:
f.sciarrillo wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Randy Rhoads Vs. Mark Tremonti

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... k-tremonti

This is a no brainer - Randy Rhoads ...

Edit: It is a close one. I am shocked. I thought Rhoads would be way ahead. It must be that popularity thing again.
I just went back and looked again. I'm glad to see that Randy has caught up and actually pulled ahead. When I voted this morning, Tremonti was actually ahead. That scared me.

Yeah, you can't compare Tremonti to Rhoads. Albeit that Tremonti is a good guitar player. But he doesn't compare to Rhoads.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

My vote for Randy just put it at 55.9% to 44.1% for Randy.

Gallowglass · Post by **Gallowglass** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Dickey Betts Vs. Jerry Garcia

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... rry-garcia

Monday's matchup saw Randy Rhoads (60.44%) defeat Mark Tremonti (39.56%)

I had to go with Dickey.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

I just voted for Dickey Betts, and he is way ahead, but its early in the day. I have seen both of these guitarists play many times and probably own about 25 albums and CDs with these guitarists playing with their bands and solo projects.

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

Gallowglass wrote: I had to go with Dickey.

no garcia for you??

hah.

i'm goin with Dickey Betts (no brainer IMO).

- kayla.

Mysterytrain · Post by **Mysterytrain** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

Jerry on a Strat and Betts on a Les Paul at RFK Stadium 6/10/1973

That's alright mama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFmHhWiTjSs

Not Fade Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niI2yEEJtYE

Goin' down the road feelin' bad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA2jGRkaR6s

Joe, you were probably at this show?

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

Mysterytrain wrote:Jerry on a Strat and Betts on a Les Paul at RFK Stadium 6/10/1973

That's alright mama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFmHhWiTjSs

Not Fade Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niI2yEEJtYE

Goin' down the road feelin' bad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA2jGRkaR6s

Joe, you were probably at this show?

Oh, do I wish!!!!!

Thanks for the links.

Now that I think about it, I was working in the Poconos that summer, and was only about 1 hour away from Philly when those vids were recorded. I did go to see the Allman Brothers Band that fall at the Philly Spectrum.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

Gallowglass wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Dickey Betts Vs. Jerry Garcia

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... rry-garcia

Monday's matchup saw Randy Rhoads (60.44%) defeat Mark Tremonti (39.56%)

I had to go with Dickey.

Here is another one that I can not agree on. So I will sit this one out.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Jul 25, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Allan Holdsworth Vs. Django Reinhardt

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

Dickey Betts won by 21 points yesterday. I do not know how to vote on this one today.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Jul 25, 2012

Django is up by about 28 points.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Thursday Jul 26, 2012

undercoverjoe wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Allan Holdsworth Vs. Django Reinhardt

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

Dickey Betts won by 21 points yesterday. I do not know how to vote on this one today.

I voted for Allan Holdsworth. I never heard of Django till tonight. He was good, that is for sure.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Thursday Jul 26, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Chet Atkins Vs. Albert Lee

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... albert-lee

I can't choose between these virtuosos. Django won yesterday.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Thursday Jul 26, 2012

undercoverjoe wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Chet Atkins Vs. Albert Lee

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... albert-lee

I can't choose between these virtuosos. Django won yesterday.

I am sitting out yet another one. There is no way I could chose between these two.

Gallowglass · Post by **Gallowglass** » Friday Jul 27, 2012

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Robert Johnson Vs. John Lee Hooker

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... lee-hooker

Thursday's matchup saw Chet Atkins (70.19%) defeat Albert Lee (29.81%).

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Saturday Jul 28, 2012

Looks like Robert Johnson is way ahead.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Saturday Jul 28, 2012

Gallowglass wrote:Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Robert Johnson Vs. John Lee Hooker

http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greates ... lee-hooker

Thursday's matchup saw Chet Atkins (70.19%) defeat Albert Lee (29.81%).

Yet another one that I could never decide on. Wow...

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