POLL- The WEAKEST LINK: Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 10 Guitarist- ROUND 3

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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Jeff Beck
    brianlux said:
    mrussel1 said:
    dankind said:
    They had to change the way music was written for guitar because of EVH, fer chrissakes! The guy was a fucking innovative wizard along the lines of Jimi and Les Paul.

    Plage just added his take to what everybody else was doing/had done and called it his own. You want to know how great Plage is without Plant, JPJ and Bonzo? OK, I've got a Death Wish 2 soundtrack to sell you. :lol:
    Page was the second singer in LZ.  His guitar was the perfect compliment to Robert's voice.  All four members were critical, but those riffs are timeless.  

    Another reason I would add bonus points for Page is because of his pre-Zep background, especially as a session artist.  It was these years (five full years, if I recall correctly) of playing in a variety of settings that made him a seasoned guitarist before starting up with Led Zeppelin.  As great as his playing was with Zep, that band's fame overshadows a yet fuller, expansive, and impressive career.
    That was all but over before his 40th birthday. 

    I do not disagree that he had a stellar 15-year run (session, Yardbirds, LZ) as a youngster, though.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    Jeff Beck
    dankind said:
    brianlux said:
    mrussel1 said:
    dankind said:
    They had to change the way music was written for guitar because of EVH, fer chrissakes! The guy was a fucking innovative wizard along the lines of Jimi and Les Paul.

    Plage just added his take to what everybody else was doing/had done and called it his own. You want to know how great Plage is without Plant, JPJ and Bonzo? OK, I've got a Death Wish 2 soundtrack to sell you. :lol:
    Page was the second singer in LZ.  His guitar was the perfect compliment to Robert's voice.  All four members were critical, but those riffs are timeless.  

    Another reason I would add bonus points for Page is because of his pre-Zep background, especially as a session artist.  It was these years (five full years, if I recall correctly) of playing in a variety of settings that made him a seasoned guitarist before starting up with Led Zeppelin.  As great as his playing was with Zep, that band's fame overshadows a yet fuller, expansive, and impressive career.
    That was all but over before his 40th birthday. 

    I do not disagree that he had a stellar 15-year run (session, Yardbirds, LZ) as a youngster, though.
    And Hendrix was done at 27...
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Jeff Beck
    mrussel1 said:
    dankind said:
    brianlux said:
    mrussel1 said:
    dankind said:
    They had to change the way music was written for guitar because of EVH, fer chrissakes! The guy was a fucking innovative wizard along the lines of Jimi and Les Paul.

    Plage just added his take to what everybody else was doing/had done and called it his own. You want to know how great Plage is without Plant, JPJ and Bonzo? OK, I've got a Death Wish 2 soundtrack to sell you. :lol:
    Page was the second singer in LZ.  His guitar was the perfect compliment to Robert's voice.  All four members were critical, but those riffs are timeless.  

    Another reason I would add bonus points for Page is because of his pre-Zep background, especially as a session artist.  It was these years (five full years, if I recall correctly) of playing in a variety of settings that made him a seasoned guitarist before starting up with Led Zeppelin.  As great as his playing was with Zep, that band's fame overshadows a yet fuller, expansive, and impressive career.
    That was all but over before his 40th birthday. 

    I do not disagree that he had a stellar 15-year run (session, Yardbirds, LZ) as a youngster, though.
    And Hendrix was done at 27...
    Now there's a retirement plan that I'll lament until I retire.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Jeff Beck
    I don't love Beck's catalogue either, but he had mad skills and he was one of the very earliest 'Guitar Gods'.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    edited April 2021
    Eddie Van Halen
    dankind said:
    brianlux said:
    mrussel1 said:
    dankind said:
    They had to change the way music was written for guitar because of EVH, fer chrissakes! The guy was a fucking innovative wizard along the lines of Jimi and Les Paul.

    Plage just added his take to what everybody else was doing/had done and called it his own. You want to know how great Plage is without Plant, JPJ and Bonzo? OK, I've got a Death Wish 2 soundtrack to sell you. :lol:
    Page was the second singer in LZ.  His guitar was the perfect compliment to Robert's voice.  All four members were critical, but those riffs are timeless.  

    Another reason I would add bonus points for Page is because of his pre-Zep background, especially as a session artist.  It was these years (five full years, if I recall correctly) of playing in a variety of settings that made him a seasoned guitarist before starting up with Led Zeppelin.  As great as his playing was with Zep, that band's fame overshadows a yet fuller, expansive, and impressive career.
    That was all but over before his 40th birthday. 

    I do not disagree that he had a stellar 15-year run (session, Yardbirds, LZ) as a youngster, though.

    In baseball, that's known as being ooooooooooold!  :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,602
    Eddie Van Halen
    guitar and amp.


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    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
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    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,705
    Jeff Beck
    Page is the best guitarist I’ve seen live Beck has to go 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Jeff Beck and EVH have been eliminated in Round 3
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    Jimmy Page
    MedozK said:
    EVH  eliminated in Round 3

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