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Originally posted by chiliD
...think of what rock guitar was BEFORE Jimi, and then after...nobody played "outside the box" before Jimi...nobody was playing at such volume to create feedback, and then corral the feedback...nobody used the whammy bar like Jimi. From a structured technical standpoint, no, Jimi wasn't that proficient, but from the standpoint of expanding the boundaries of "technical", Jimi was the pioneer....
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That's pretty much what I meant, only better put!
Here's my top 10 (*favourite* guitarists, not necessarily who I think are "the best") :
1) Lindsey Buckingham
2) Slash
3) Eric Clapton
4) Mark Knopfler
5) Django Reinhardt
6) Dave Gilmour
7) Brian May
8) Peter Green
9) Prince
10) Jimi Hendrix
