hey good poll steve,so far confirms what i've said all along that jimihendricks is not the best. there's a bunch of freaks here that, haven't listened to many different artists,i think different genre's help too, though rock is my favorite,grew up in the 50's-60's haha thanks for the memories, steve have a great day and poll. wolfen
What your poll has highlighted to me is that (in my opinion) guitarists have improved vastly in the last 40 years.
Not so much technically, plenty of the guys on the list could play very well but in terms of making guitar music accessible and sound better than it used to.
Back in the 70's I would listen to all those guys but the recording sound quality back then was very poor and the guitars themselves were inferior also. Today guitar design, construction and treatments have really gone ahead in leaps and bounds and I believe that the artists themselves do a better job of writing progressive music with them which fits the other instrumentation, vocals and the tone of the songs better. Plus, of course, the production quality is from a different galaxy than it was in the 70's. It all helps.
Bascially, they have better ears and gears than they used to.
I'm sure there will be plenty here who disagree but that is my 5 cents worth.
there are so many great guitarists out there, with different styles who each bring something different to the table, so to ask who the best from the 70's is, is kinda like having to choose which one of your kids is your favourite....
I voted for Brian May but Carlos Santana is amazing and not on the list Robert Fripp and Andre Segovia....so many truly fantastic guitarists both live and dead. Nikogash.. ;-)
There are quite a few depending upon individual taste but for me being self-taught & not a total fan has to be Jimi Hendricks & Les Paul who is the father so to speak...
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