Vote for Eddie! Greatest Guitarist of all time

[vhfanjack]

1. Jimi Hendrix

2. Eddie Van Halen

3. Tom Morello

4. Randy Rhoads

5. Chris McCready from Pearl Jam

Honourable mention to Kurt Cobain and Kirk Hammett.

[wimpyliberalbuster32]

Here's my top 5:

1. Edward Van Halen

2. Randy Rhoads

3. Nuno Bettencourt

4. Joe Perry

5. Jimmy Page

(Ace Frehley & Warren Demartini, honorable mentions)

Same one and two as me!

[ErickC]

1. Jimi Hendrix

2. Eddie Van Halen

3. Tom Morello

4. Randy Rhoads

5. Chris McCready from Pearl Jam

Honourable mention to Kurt Cobain and Kirk Hammett.

Tom Morello?
hmmm, to me Tom is like The Edge on steroids. They play simple riffs and add fx for texture except one plays pop rock and the other plays hard rock. What im saying is i wouldnt necessarily have him in any top 10, or even top 25 top guitar players list, and its not a knock on him really, my second favorite guitar player is James Hetfield who's just a rhythm player.

[unchainedguitars]

1. Jimi Hendrix

2. Eddie Van Halen

3. Tom Morello

4. Randy Rhoads

5. Chris McCready from Pearl Jam

Honourable mention to Kurt Cobain and Kirk Hammett.

Mike McCready, dude!

[vhfanjack]

Mike McCready, dude!

LOL crap!!

[unchainedguitars]

My revised list:

1. Kurt Cobain (Genius, nothing more.)
2. Dave Grohl (better than Eddie, better smile, too)
3. Taylor Swift (Great strummer, nice nail polish)
4. Dave Grohl (Yes, he's THAT good!)
5. Chad Kroeger (Love this guy!)

[Nick AVH fan]

My revised list:

1. Kurt Cobain (Genius, nothing more.)
2. Dave Grohl (better than Eddie, better smile, too)
3. Taylor Swift (Great strummer, nice nail polish)
4. Dave Grohl (Yes, he's THAT good!)
5. Chad Kroeger (Love this guy!)

No mention of Jason Mraz?

[rawkinrobbievh1]

Nice! Ed's got 60% of the vote, even though Satch posted news of the poll on both his own and Chickenshit's facebook pages. Unfortunately, it will come down to Ed vs Jimi and the same lazy, tired result as always will occur...but that's ok, I'll take an aging EVH with a "tainted" legacy still going strong after 40 years in the business over a guy dying extremely young because of his own recklessness and reaching ridiculously mythical status.

THIS !
we know what the results will be . it's a forgone conclusion , yet people still get worked up over it . in the grand scheme of things , and taking EVERYTHING into consideration , Eddie will always be #1 in my book .
no one else will ever top him , IMO .

my 5 favs , not saying they're the 'best' . other than the first entry !!

1- Eddie Van Halen
2- Richie Sambora
3- Jake E. Lee/Randy Rhoads (Jake's my fav by a hair on this one )
4- Yngwie J. Malmsteen
5- Steve Vai

very honorable mentions go out ot George Lynch , Vitto Bratta , Mick Mars , Nuno Bettancourt and Doug Aldrich

[Jungle Drummer]

THIS !
we know what the results will be . it's a forgone conclusion , yet people still get worked up over it . in the grand scheme of things , and taking EVERYTHING into consideration , Eddie will always be #1 in my book .
no one else will ever top him , IMO .

my 5 favs , not saying they're the 'best' . other than the first entry !!

1- Eddie Van Halen
2- Richie Sambora
3- Jake E. Lee/Randy Rhoads (Jake's my fav by a hair on this one )
4- Yngwie J. Malmsteen
5- Steve Vai

very honorable mentions go out ot George Lynch , Vitto Bratta , Mick Mars , Nuno Bettancourt and Doug Aldrich

Hey Robbie, nice list. Jake will always be my favorite Ozzy-solo guitarist and Vitto and Warren DeMartini are up there for me. It goes without saying that Ed has done more for the instrument itself, even outside of playing, than anybody. Jimi didnt influence how the things were built the way Ed did. Ahh whatever, our ears know who the best is and that's all that really matters.

[rawkinrobbievh1]

Hey Robbie, nice list. Jake will always be my favorite Ozzy-solo guitarist and Vitto and Warren DeMartini are up there for me. It goes without saying that Ed has done more for the instrument itself, even outside of playing, than anybody. Jimi didnt influence how the things were built the way Ed did. Ahh whatever, our ears know who the best is and that's all that really matters.

thanks JD !!

you and i both regard EVH in a similar light , so it's almost not even worth getting into debates with those who don't see or FEEL it the same way .
like a lot of the greats have often said - if it sounds good it IS good !!

rock on bro