Jimmy Page or Mike McCready?

lucylespian

Mike - good at what he does, limits himself to blues based solo stuff on electric and a couple of tunings, not a lot of modal variation, with very occasional slide and open tuning work, solid technique, but nothing hair-raising, don't get me wrong, I like him a lot, very nice touch, gives a song what it needs, no more, no less

Page - was in a better position to pioneer stuff since a lot of stuff had not been done, outstanding at what he did, master of all styles from electric rhythm and lead, acoustic , including 6 and 12 string, open tunings, slide, hybrid picking, explosive technique and wild innovation esp the violin bow work, masterful producer and song-writer as well

I don't like ranking people, these were just some comparative thoughts.

Who I prefer ? I prefer them both.

I also think the Clapton is pretty over-rated. It's not that he has not done some tasty stuff, cos he has, but his overall volume of great work is pretty small to me. The opening riff to LAyla is great, but there are not enough moments like that. I loved his acoustric effort, but was underwhelmed by "The Cream of Eric Clapton"

MichaelMcKevin

soulsinging wrote:

the post asked who people preferred listening to. so what do either of these posts have to do with that?

Right... The POST did ask that question... but the THREAD brought up mentions of "best guitarist of all time". There is more to a thread than the original post, am I wrong? I also believe the first part of my post reads "1. Mike is not anywhere near Page's level" which does answer the exact question that the original thread asks... so I don't know what the hell you're talking about.

"best guitarist of all time"

GlorifiedAnimal wrote:

is this a serious question? jimmy page is prob the third best guitarist of all time, behind clapton and hendrix. lets be serious.

and "one of the best guitarists of all time"

Zoso wrote:

the point is jimmy page is one of the best guitarist of all time

So my question to you is...

What exactly do you have to do with this thread?

FinsburyParkCarrots

I'd know Page's tone in a sonic fog, and I love his 12-string guitar work, so I'd have to say I'd go with Page.

I prefer Bert Jansch to either of them, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp-CkH56G34

Samtheman123

Page is better, as said before though, he is sloppy live though.

Beav

Page by a mile in every aspect. He did slop it up live on more than one occasion though.

bossman3188

is this thread a joke? jimmy page without any doubt

solsurfr

I hate to bump this thread up again but even Mike would laugh at this comparison. Page is one of the Godfathers of rock and roll. It's not even a fair comparison.

Zoso

i like mike's work but jimmy stood out in every song maybe because there was just one guitar player in zep but he owned the stage. Pearl Jam blend in more as a band.

Django

Got to be Pagey......

ianvomsaal

Mike is by far the cleaner player - Page is by far the better arranger - I've always been quite
underwhelmed by Clapton (and some people call him GOD), so I guess it's all up to interpretation.

- Ian

By The Way:
Who else knew that Page used a Telecaster (NOT a Les Paul) and a small Supro amp to
record "Stairway To Heaven" - I guess it's why he was known as a real tone chameleon.
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azwyldcats

What a silly post. Without Page there would be no McCready.

MichaelMcKevin

ianvomsaal wrote:

By The Way:
Who else knew that Page used a Telecaster (NOT a Les Paul) and a small Supro amp to
record "Stairway To Heaven" - I guess it's why he was known as a real tone chameleon.
'
'

I read that somewhere about 6 months ago and was floored.

ianvomsaal

GivenToCarve wrote:

I read that somewhere about 6 months ago and was floored.

ehh, who knows, you could have heard it from me (I've posted that on here before).

Get_Right

Pj_Gurl wrote:

Jimmy = arguably the greatest song writing guitarist that's ever lived.

Mikey = good. very good. one of my favorite guitarists. better than Page? nope. not even close.

I agree with this


stone is the riffmeister
mike is the solo god

Jimmy is/was both
IMHO, no one even comes close

bootlegger10

GlorifiedAnimal wrote:

is this a serious question? jimmy page is prob the third best guitarist of all time, behind clapton and hendrix. lets be serious.

Well, first we should probably clarify that with "rock" guitarist. I'm sure there are many, many folks that are better than them in the classical guitar area. Their music is just not popular.

I guess it comes down to "chops" vs. "songwriting". Those who write famous songs may not have better chops, but they are more visible as their songs are more popular.

who's_pearljam?

bootlegger10 wrote:

Well, first we should probably clarify that with "rock" guitarist. I'm sure there are many, many folks that are better than them in the classical guitar area. Their music is just not popular.

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Funny you say this. I was just checking this out. 26 year old virtuoso:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=cFo9eRKeZY0&feature=related



Otherwise, between the two, I prefer Jimmy Page. The solos I like the best are the ones where he's out on the edge and on the verge of collapse and then he pulls out. That tension in his playing is what I love about it!

Them-Bones

Mike McCready

but I don't listen to Zeppelin that much

who's_pearljam?

ianvomsaal wrote:

Mike is by far the cleaner player - Page is by far the better arranger - I've always been quite
underwhelmed by Clapton (and some people call him GOD), so I guess it's all up to interpretation.

- Ian

By The Way:
Who else knew that Page used a Telecaster (NOT a Les Paul) and a small Supro amp to
record "Stairway To Heaven" - I guess it's why he was known as a real tone chameleon.
'
'

I knew I knew!

The whole first album was Tele and a Supro. He was all about playing the edge of the distortion, mike placement and the room he was recording in, too.
I saw them several times back in the early 70's and once he yanked out the trusty old couple-a hundred dollar Danelectro and played Kashmir.

Pearl Jam and toast

If Mike is anywhere close to Page's level of musicianship he sure doesn't show it. Sorry.

dharma69

Jam10 wrote:

Which guitar player do you prefer and why?

Really? Page because...he's Jimmy Page.

There you go. No other explanation necessary.