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Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

The Underground Ultimate Guitarist Awards...

braxious · 500 Club Member

brian may
mark knophler
mark king ( level 42)
eric clapton
john williams

OK this is why Brian may is great

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-- Edited by braxious at 01:12, 2008-01-06

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Mark Tremonti*
Nuno Bettencourt
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Jimi Hendrix

-- Edited by Darth Mattitude at 17:48, 2008-01-07

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Okay time for the intelligent picks...

1. Richie Blackmore
2. Stevie Ray Vaughan
3. Rory Gallagher
4. David Gilmour
5. Ace Frehley

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

I forgot to add, in the event of a situation where there is only 1 vote for a guitarist I shall allow people to pick one guitarist from their list to go through to the final vote for sure.

Just Edit and put a * by their name :)

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

1. Eric Clapton
2. Carlos Santana
3. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
4. Jack White (White Stripes)*
5. Joe Perry (Aerosmith)

-- Edited by David McKinney at 15:19, 2008-01-06

tengen · On The Casting Couch

Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Page

James Hetfield

Eric Clapton

Jeff Loomis

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

My picks...

Slash
Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
Tom Morello (RATM, Audioslave)
Jimi Hendrix
John Frusciante (RHCP)

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

Ok, the next round commences. The Brackets are....

Eric Clapton - Slash
Jack White - James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine - Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix - Mark Tremonte
Dimebag Darrell - Brian May
Dave Gilmore - Dave Murray

You have but 1 week

My Vote is...

Eric Clapton - Slash
Jack White - James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine - Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix - Mark Tremonte
Dimebag Darrell - Brian May
Dave Gilmore - Dave Murray

Mollison · 500 Club Member

Eric Clapton - Slash
Jack White - James Hetfield
Dave Mustain - Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix - Mark Tremonte
Dimebag - Brian May
Dave Gilmore - Dave Murray

appologies, editor wouldn't let me unbold it. Hope you get who I vote for!

Fixed for you!

MIB

-- Edited by Man In Black at 22:38, 2008-01-19

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Eric Clapton - Slash
Jack White - James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine - Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix - Mark Tremonte
Dimebag Darrell - Brian May
Dave Gilmore - Dave Murray

Man In Black · Anime Mod

The lack of appreciation for David Gilmour is sickening. Call yourself music fans...

Eric Clapton - Slash
Jack White - James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine - Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix - Mark Tremonte
Dimebag Darrell - Brian May
Dave Gilmore - Dave Murray

SOD - I hope our other choices will appear in the later rounds.

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

As my documented Pink Floyd dislike attests you won't catch me voting for him.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Have you ever listened to Floyd rather then just be put off by other people's fandom?

Seriously, check out Shine On You Crazy Diamond. If that doesn't touch you musically or resonate with you then...well, you have no soul I'm afraid...

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

I took the most popular choices and the Starred nominations through and this is going to be the brackets as apposed to the long drawn out shit like the Greatest song (Not that there's anything wrong with that)

In all intents and purposes this is the Quater finals these 12 get wittled down to 6 then 6 to 3 then we have a poll for the number 1 out of those 3.

braxious · 500 Club Member

here is the vote from the out there party

Eric Clapton - Slash
Jack White - James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine - Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix - Mark Tremonte
Dimebag Darrell - Brian May
Dave Gilmore - Dave Murray

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

Eric Clapton - Slash
Jack White - James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine - Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix - Mark Tremonte
Dimebag Darrell - Brian May
Dave Gilmore - Dave Murray

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Eric Clapton - Slash
Jack White - James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine - Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix - Mark Tremonti
Dimebag Darrell - Brian May
Dave Gilmour - Dave Murray

Comments:

Clapton vs. Slash
I love GnR (and Velvet Revolver as well), but if you asked me straight up my answer to this question, then it would easily be Clapton.

White vs. Hetfiled
Again, I love The White Stripes and I'm amazed at what they can do with just a guitar and drums, but Jack is nowhere near great enough to even compare to Hetfield.

Mustaine vs. Page
I love what Mustaine has done in Megadeth, but I've always been drawn to Zeppelin, mainly because of Plant and Page.

Hendrix vs. Tremonti
Hendrix vs. Alter Bridge? With all due respect, DM, this must be a joke.

Dimebag Darrell vs. May
I respect everything that Abbott did with Pantera and then Damageplan, but Queen is one of my favorite bands, and May is one of my musical hereos.

Gilmour vs. Murray
This was close, but it came down to the fact that I like Maiden more than Floyd.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

David McKinney wrote:
Gilmour vs. Murray
This was close, but it came down to the fact that I like Maiden more than Floyd.

With respect this not about favourite bands it's about who you rate better as a guitarist. I rank Maiden higher in my all time favoruite band list but Gilmour is a far better guitarist than the Maiden lads as good as they are.

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Yeah but people pick their favorites over the best in my Greatest Band thread.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

That's because you asked them to pick their favourites didn't you?

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

ok here's how the Votes went

Clapton 5 - Slash 2
White 0 - Hetfield 7
Mustaine 1 - Page 6
Hendrix 6 - Tremonte 1
Darrell 2 - May 5
Murray 5 - Gilmore 2

The next round goes

James Hetfield - Brian May
Dave Murray - Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton - Jimmy Page

You have a Week :)

Man In Black · Anime Mod

James Hetfield - Brian May - No contest
Dave Murray - Jimi Hendrix - No contest
Eric Clapton - Jimmy Page - Very tough but Page was a little more inventive while Clapton stagnated early

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

James Hetfield - Brian May
Dave Murray - Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton - Jimmy Page

For once I wholeheartldly agree with MiB on one of these voting thingys.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

And so you should!

braxious · 500 Club Member

here are the head bangers votes in bold

James Hetfield - Brian May ( no contest)
Dave Murray - Jimi Hendrix ( have to go for him as he lead the way)
Eric Clapton - Jimmy Page ( again no brainer)

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Hope I'm not too late. Here are my votes:

James Hetfield - Brian May
Dave Murray - Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton - Jimmy Page

These were a lot easier than I thought they would be.

Hetfield vs. May
Hetfield is a good guitarist, but with all due respect, he is actually the rhythm guitarist for Metallica. I know that he gets the benefit of the doubt because he writes and sings too, but based on guitar playing alone, I don't think there are many guys that could beat May.

Murray vs. Hendrix
Again, I'm a huge fan of Maiden and Murray, but Hendrix is just on another level. The things he could do with an axe are unbelievable sometimes.

Clapton vs. Page
I don't see how Clapton loses in this competition. He's so versatile that it's not even funny, and he is also a top-notch singer. "Tears in Heaven" is one of the greatest guitar songs of all-time, regardless of genre. Plus, he's always sold records on his name, and he has the biggest name of anybody in this competition (not that it matters much, however).