GODS OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR Mega Poll - Round Two - SEMI FINALS

[JohnnyBlaze]

ok, here's the tally from Round One

 

Every guitarist who earned double digit votes, regardless of which group they were in, advanced .. It worked out well because I did not see anyone who was left out because he was in a more "difficult" group ( the NFL Wild Card Syndrome )

 

Here's how it broke down:

 

Hendrix - 26

Alex - 25

Page - 24

Gilmour - 22

VH - 22

Howe - 20

 

Iommi - 19

Randy - 18

May - 17

SRV - 15

Clapton - 15

Blackmore - 13

Townshend - 13

BB King - 12

Keith - 12

Beck - 12

Santana - 11

Chuck - 11

Zappa - 11

Mustaine - 11

Metheny - 11

Knopfler - 11

Les Paul - 10

 

Schenker - 9

Tipton - 9

Perry ( Joe not Claudia ) - 9

Hackett - 9

Holdsworth - 9

Space Ace - 8

Fripp - 8

 

 

And I felt it best to change the groups for a better balance .. I used my discretion as far as mixing the styles and eras

 

So Schon vs Frehley was the only 1st round tiebreak?

So Schon didn't make it and Lifeson did even though Lifeson stole riffs from Schon back in the 70's?

 

Signed,

 

Gemini79

 

Ah yes GeminiRising79

 

A quality troll...I really miss his postings.

 

Yeah, he didn't just lazily talk trash. He put some effort behind his crap.

[HemiBeers]

welp there goes my non-popular votes.

 

that's ok, i'd rather be cast-out than cool ;)

 

At least SOME of your first round picks must've reach this round, no?

 

I think I counted 14 of my 21 picks from round 1 here.

yes they did, and some will make the finals. But I think it's a forgone conclusion that it will be EVH in the end. There's so many more guitarists that I enjoy more than him.

 

I think it's shit that Les Paul likely won't make it past this round. People must think that only guitar playing from the 80s on is relevant. That guitar that you're doing 'diddly, diddly, diddly, wee wee wee' on it has his f***ing name on it.

It depends on what your reasons are for voting the way you did. Sure he invented that guitar, but who listens to Les Paul play guitar?

Watch his autobiography and learn a little:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=hiLBAv5AMUg

 

"who listens to Les Paul play guitar?" That statement obviously shows your ignorance. I guess you dismiss him because he doesn't have a big poster at Guitar Center.

 

https://www.discogs....ary-Ford?page=1

 

Since the poll topic is 'Gods of the electric guitar', Les Paul created alot of these guitars in addition to being a recording artist. In addition to inventing alot of studio techniques for modern recording. So since 'God' is supposed to be the ultimate creator, then Les IS God of the electric guitar.

Edited November 1, 2017 by HemiBeers

[Lucas]

ok, here's the tally from Round One

 

Every guitarist who earned double digit votes, regardless of which group they were in, advanced .. It worked out well because I did not see anyone who was left out because he was in a more "difficult" group ( the NFL Wild Card Syndrome )

 

Here's how it broke down:

 

Hendrix - 26

Alex - 25

Page - 24

Gilmour - 22

VH - 22

Howe - 20

 

Iommi - 19

Randy - 18

May - 17

SRV - 15

Clapton - 15

Blackmore - 13

Townshend - 13

BB King - 12

Keith - 12

Beck - 12

Santana - 11

Chuck - 11

Zappa - 11

Mustaine - 11

Metheny - 11

Knopfler - 11

Les Paul - 10

 

Schenker - 9

Tipton - 9

Perry ( Joe not Claudia ) - 9

Hackett - 9

Holdsworth - 9

Space Ace - 8

Fripp - 8

 

 

And I felt it best to change the groups for a better balance .. I used my discretion as far as mixing the styles and eras

 

So Schon vs Frehley was the only 1st round tiebreak?

So Schon didn't make it and Lifeson did even though Lifeson stole riffs from Schon back in the 70's?

 

Signed,

 

Gemini79

 

The tiebreaker was between Ace and Neal, not Alex and Neal

 

And as JB can attest, I did PM him in regards to breaking the tie before posting this second round .. I PMd JB at 12:02am because he seemed to be a good candidate to break the tie, as he had voted for BOTH Ace and Neal in round one ..

 

Being that there is 12 hours difference between JB and myself and I had not heard back from him by 1:00am, I PMd another member to break the tie ... I figured JB was busy working, and that I may not hear back from him until much later on ..

 

While I do appreciate a good laugh and ribbing, I just wanted to set the record straight as far as the integrity of this poll ... It would come as no surprise had I just pushed Ace - possibly my favorite musician ever - into this round .. But I did not do that and in the near impossible attempt at looking at this impartially, I do see Ace as a greater influence on a bigger number of current guitarists than Neal Schon ...

 

I say that not because it is my opinion, but just from the vast amounts of reading and listening I have done ..... Marty Friedman, Tom Morello, Dimebag Darrell, Mike McCready, Ty Tabor, Slash - even Van Halen played KISS covers ... the list goes on as far as guitarists who have professed their love of Ace musically ..

Edited November 1, 2017 by Lucas

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[Lucas]

The Gods of Guitar: dyslexic version!

 

 

 

 

 

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The best version of Bark At The Moon ever !!!!

[apetersvt]

Very tough to pick 3 out of the 4 between

Hendrix

Lifeson

Page

Gilmour

 

Seems a little unfair that all top vote getters ended up in the same group.

 

I'm putting in a write in vote for Duane Allman. Hard to believe he didn't make it out of the first round. You folks are either all on drugs or not doing enough drugs.

[driventotheedge]

Very tough to pick 3 out of the 4 between

Hendrix

Lifeson

Page

Gilmour

 

Seems a little unfair that all top vote getters ended up in the same group.

 

I'm putting in a write in vote for Duane Allman. Hard to believe he didn't make it out of the first round. You folks are either all on drugs or not doing enough drugs.

Duane was utterly amazing. Agree with your write-in.

It's also killing me that Gilmour and Hendrix are in the same group.

[JohnnyBlaze]

The Gods of Guitar: dyslexic version!

 

 

 

 

 

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"NOW you're messin' with..."

[JohnnyBlaze]

ok, here's the tally from Round One

 

Every guitarist who earned double digit votes, regardless of which group they were in, advanced .. It worked out well because I did not see anyone who was left out because he was in a more "difficult" group ( the NFL Wild Card Syndrome )

 

Here's how it broke down:

 

Hendrix - 26

Alex - 25

Page - 24

Gilmour - 22

VH - 22

Howe - 20

 

Iommi - 19

Randy - 18

May - 17

SRV - 15

Clapton - 15

Blackmore - 13

Townshend - 13

BB King - 12

Keith - 12

Beck - 12

Santana - 11

Chuck - 11

Zappa - 11

Mustaine - 11

Metheny - 11

Knopfler - 11

Les Paul - 10

 

Schenker - 9

Tipton - 9

Perry ( Joe not Claudia ) - 9

Hackett - 9

Holdsworth - 9

Space Ace - 8

Fripp - 8

 

 

And I felt it best to change the groups for a better balance .. I used my discretion as far as mixing the styles and eras

 

So Schon vs Frehley was the only 1st round tiebreak?

So Schon didn't make it and Lifeson did even though Lifeson stole riffs from Schon back in the 70's?

 

Signed,

 

Gemini79

 

The tiebreaker was between Ace and Neal, not Alex and Neal

 

And as JB can attest, I did PM him in regards to breaking the tie before posting this second round .. I PMd JB at 12:02am because he seemed to be a good candidate to break the tie, as he had voted for BOTH Ace and Neal in round one ..

 

Being that there is 12 hours difference between JB and myself and I had not heard back from him by 1:00am, I PMd another member to break the tie ... I figured JB was busy working, and that I may not hear back from him until much later on ..

 

While I do appreciate a good laugh and ribbing, I just wanted to set the record straight as far as the integrity of this poll ... It would come as no surprise had I just pushed Ace - possibly my favorite musician ever - into this round .. But I did not do that and in the near impossible attempt at looking at this impartially, I do see Ace as a greater influence on a bigger number of current guitarists than Neal Schon ...

 

I say that not because it is my opinion, but just from the vast amounts of reading and listening I have done ..... Marty Friedman, Tom Morello, Dimebag Darrell, Mike McCready, Ty Tabor, Slash - even Van Halen played KISS covers ... the list goes on as far as guitarists who have professed their love of Ace musically ..

 

13 hours :poke:

 

But yeah, that's right. The pm'ing went like this...

 

 

Lucas: Hey JB, Schon and Frehley are in a tiebreak so since you chose both would you mind deciding the winner?

 

((less than one minute later)

 

Me: Okay. I choose Neil Schon.

 

((immediate reply))

 

Lucas: Okay, great! Ace it is!

 

((even faster reply))

 

Me: I said Schon!!!!

 

((Half an hour later))

 

Lucas: Oh sorry. I put Ace into the semis thread already. When I read your reply of "Neil Schon", I somehow read "Ace Frehley". My bad.

 

Me: Sounds like an honest mistake. :sarcastic:

 

 

:poke:

[blueschica]

welp there goes my non-popular votes.

 

that's ok, i'd rather be cast-out than cool ;)

 

At least SOME of your first round picks must've reach this round, no?

 

I think I counted 14 of my 21 picks from round 1 here.

yes they did, and some will make the finals. But I think it's a forgone conclusion that it will be EVH in the end. There's so many more guitarists that I enjoy more than him.

 

I think it's shit that Les Paul likely won't make it past this round. People must think that only guitar playing from the 80s on is relevant. That guitar that you're doing 'diddly, diddly, diddly, wee wee wee' on it has his f***ing name on it.

It depends on what your reasons are for voting the way you did. Sure he invented that guitar, but who listens to Les Paul play guitar?

Watch his autobiography and learn a little:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=hiLBAv5AMUg

 

"who listens to Les Paul play guitar?" That statement obviously shows your ignorance. I guess you dismiss him because he doesn't have a big poster at Guitar Center.

 

https://www.discogs....ary-Ford?page=1

 

Since the poll topic is 'Gods of the electric guitar', Les Paul created alot of these guitars in addition to being a recording artist. In addition to inventing alot of studio techniques for modern recording. So since 'God' is supposed to be the ultimate creator, then Les IS God of the electric guitar.

Hemi, you would love a book I read this summer- Play It Loud: An Epic history of the style, sound and revolution of the electric guitar. Tells the full stories of Les Paul, Leo Fender, the Gibson company and more. It was fascinating. I keep forgetting to post it in the last read thread.

[djflex]

Voted

[HemiBeers]

welp there goes my non-popular votes.

 

that's ok, i'd rather be cast-out than cool ;)

 

At least SOME of your first round picks must've reach this round, no?

 

I think I counted 14 of my 21 picks from round 1 here.

yes they did, and some will make the finals. But I think it's a forgone conclusion that it will be EVH in the end. There's so many more guitarists that I enjoy more than him.

 

I think it's shit that Les Paul likely won't make it past this round. People must think that only guitar playing from the 80s on is relevant. That guitar that you're doing 'diddly, diddly, diddly, wee wee wee' on it has his f***ing name on it.

It depends on what your reasons are for voting the way you did. Sure he invented that guitar, but who listens to Les Paul play guitar?

Watch his autobiography and learn a little:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=hiLBAv5AMUg

 

"who listens to Les Paul play guitar?" That statement obviously shows your ignorance. I guess you dismiss him because he doesn't have a big poster at Guitar Center.

 

https://www.discogs....ary-Ford?page=1

 

Since the poll topic is 'Gods of the electric guitar', Les Paul created alot of these guitars in addition to being a recording artist. In addition to inventing alot of studio techniques for modern recording. So since 'God' is supposed to be the ultimate creator, then Les IS God of the electric guitar.

Hemi, you would love a book I read this summer- Play It Loud: An Epic history of the style, sound and revolution of the electric guitar. Tells the full stories of Les Paul, Leo Fender, the Gibson company and more. It was fascinating. I keep forgetting to post it in the last read thread.

sounds good, i'll check it out.

 

Being in Kalamazoo, we're home of the original Gibson plant, now Heritage Guitar.

Edited November 2, 2017 by HemiBeers

[Lucas]

ok, here's the tally from Round One

 

Every guitarist who earned double digit votes, regardless of which group they were in, advanced .. It worked out well because I did not see anyone who was left out because he was in a more "difficult" group ( the NFL Wild Card Syndrome )

 

Here's how it broke down:

 

Hendrix - 26

Alex - 25

Page - 24

Gilmour - 22

VH - 22

Howe - 20

 

Iommi - 19

Randy - 18

May - 17

SRV - 15

Clapton - 15

Blackmore - 13

Townshend - 13

BB King - 12

Keith - 12

Beck - 12

Santana - 11

Chuck - 11

Zappa - 11

Mustaine - 11

Metheny - 11

Knopfler - 11

Les Paul - 10

 

Schenker - 9

Tipton - 9

Perry ( Joe not Claudia ) - 9

Hackett - 9

Holdsworth - 9

Space Ace - 8

Fripp - 8

 

 

And I felt it best to change the groups for a better balance .. I used my discretion as far as mixing the styles and eras

 

So Schon vs Frehley was the only 1st round tiebreak?

So Schon didn't make it and Lifeson did even though Lifeson stole riffs from Schon back in the 70's?

 

Signed,

 

Gemini79

 

The tiebreaker was between Ace and Neal, not Alex and Neal

 

And as JB can attest, I did PM him in regards to breaking the tie before posting this second round .. I PMd JB at 12:02am because he seemed to be a good candidate to break the tie, as he had voted for BOTH Ace and Neal in round one ..

 

Being that there is 12 hours difference between JB and myself and I had not heard back from him by 1:00am, I PMd another member to break the tie ... I figured JB was busy working, and that I may not hear back from him until much later on ..

 

While I do appreciate a good laugh and ribbing, I just wanted to set the record straight as far as the integrity of this poll ... It would come as no surprise had I just pushed Ace - possibly my favorite musician ever - into this round .. But I did not do that and in the near impossible attempt at looking at this impartially, I do see Ace as a greater influence on a bigger number of current guitarists than Neal Schon ...

 

I say that not because it is my opinion, but just from the vast amounts of reading and listening I have done ..... Marty Friedman, Tom Morello, Dimebag Darrell, Mike McCready, Ty Tabor, Slash - even Van Halen played KISS covers ... the list goes on as far as guitarists who have professed their love of Ace musically ..

 

13 hours :poke:

 

But yeah, that's right. The pm'ing went like this...

 

 

Lucas: Hey JB, Schon and Frehley are in a tiebreak so since you chose both would you mind deciding the winner?

 

((less than one minute later)

 

Me: Okay. I choose Neil Schon.

 

((immediate reply))

 

Lucas: Okay, great! Ace it is!

 

((even faster reply))

 

Me: I said Schon!!!!

 

((Half an hour later))

 

Lucas: Oh sorry. I put Ace into the semis thread already. When I read your reply of "Neil Schon", I somehow read "Ace Frehley". My bad.

 

Me: Sounds like an honest mistake. :sarcastic:

 

 

:poke:

 

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[Mr. Not]

Steve Howe loses so much favor once you limit him to electric guitar - most of his best stuff is on the acoustic.

 

Voted:

1) Berry, Beck, Holdsworth

2) May, Fripp, Zappa

3) Hendrix, Lifeson, Page

[Mr. Not]

lol:

 

http://youtu.be/b1GLdbNfyCw

 

Note: the four guitarists which Zappa gave praise are all on in this poll. Beck, Townshed, May, and Holdsworth.

[Mr. Not]

Honestly surprised that Fripp gets very little love here.

[Lucas]

Steve Howe loses so much favor once you limit him to electric guitar - most of his best stuff is on the acoustic.

 

Voted:

1) Berry, Beck, Holdsworth

2) May, Fripp, Zappa

3) Hendrix, Lifeson, Page

 

I can understand what you are saying about Howe because his acoustic playing is just so incredible, but I don't think he is any slouch on the electric ..

 

South Side Of The Sky, even with the cleaner hollowbodied tone, is fantastic, and heavy ... Starship Trooper, Machine Messiah and one of my favorites from his Steve Howe album, Cactus Boogie

 

There is some definite Les Paul influence here

 

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Steve Howe loses so much favor once you limit him to electric guitar - most of his best stuff is on the acoustic.

 

Voted:

1) Berry, Beck, Holdsworth

2) May, Fripp, Zappa

3) Hendrix, Lifeson, Page

 

I can understand what you are saying about Howe because his acoustic playing is just so incredible, but I don't think he is any slouch on the electric ..

 

South Side Of The Sky, even with the cleaner hollowbodied tone, is fantastic, and heavy ... Starship Trooper, Machine Messiah and one of my favorites from his Steve Howe album, Cactus Boogie

 

There is some definite Les Paul influence here

 

 

My favorite Howe is on South Side Of The Sky. Heavy as heck.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Honestly surprised that Fripp gets very little love here.

 

Prog heads as many of us are around here, part of Rush's appeal was always their ability to tap into the (Proto) metal and AOR audiences. Jazz, fusion, super experimental stuff, and overall progginess wasn't usually what hooked Rush fans off the bat, though the prog stuff is often what made them stand out from their peers. So Rush's audience sees a lot more crossover with the BIG prog bands that were able to garner some radio success (Yes, Genesis, Floyd, etc.), the early metal followings (Kiss, Sabbath, Priest), and the AOR bands (Styx, Kansas, Journey, etc.). This actually puts Rush in a prime position to be one of the flag-bearers of "classic rock" as well, as the audience around that radio format tends to enjoy all of those sounds which Rush put together.

 

So that brings us to King Crimson. They were the first real prog band to most people's recollection, and they were hugely influential on all of the prog bands which came after them. But as far as audiences, they never really captured North America like Yes or Floyd (or latter day Genesis), and they never really got a following with the early metal heads or the AOR fans. In hindsight, of course, they're seen for the forefathers and geniuses that they were, but at the time, Rush's main audience was probably blind to them. Though they were both prog, they weren't really playing to the same people very often. There's a reason why Rush sooner toured with Kiss and UFO than Yes and Genesis, and it's not just their slight age gap.

Edited November 2, 2017 by Entre_Perpetuo

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Mustaine could play everything Marty could and then some, great as Marty was, he could only go toe to toe with Dave for so long.

 

hmmm

 

and to think, I actually liked you at one point

 

 

We'll have to agree to disagree there EP ... But they both are metal right ??

 

Lol, I suppose that's more opinion than fact, but you can't convince me that Dave doesn't totally show up Marty on Holy Wars, and to me even Tornado's Marty solo doesn't match up to the face melting thriller Dave lays down on Holy Wars.

 

But yes, they're both "metal" ;)

[JohnnyBlaze]

Uh oh...

 

Chuck and Clapton can still make a push for 3rd in group 1. Howe's got that momentarily.

 

Les Paul & Blackmore are 2 votes behind 3rd place Rhoads in group 2.

 

And Page has snuck back to only 1 vote behind 3rd place Gilmour in group 3.

 

Exciting!

 

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Edited November 2, 2017 by JohnnyBlaze

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Mustaine could play everything Marty could and then some, great as Marty was, he could only go toe to toe with Dave for so long.

 

Sorry, that simply isn't true...Dave has always had a neoclassical shredder to accompany him and play the really difficult solos....Not taking anything away from his abilities at all as he could walk into most bands as a lead player, but he can't match the fluidity and complexity of Friedman et al.....he is even quoted one time when talking about Chris Poland that "he could play circles around me"

 

Of course his real strength is songwriting, but purely based on technical axe proficiency I can't agree with you.

 

Hm, perhaps I've jumped the gun on my evaluation, but I honestly don't hear anything on RIP or CTE that shows Marty to be better than Dave.

[Oracle]

Surprised that Santana made it and Garcia didn't. Oh well. Wasn't too hard for me to decide this go around.

[MMCXII]

Nice to see Gilmour ahead of Page.. Ya I said it..

[JohnnyBlaze]

Nice to see Gilmour ahead of Page.. Ya I said it..

 

I'm with you! :hail: