Is there even a close second to Jimi Hendrix?

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Ok more more factoid: The last time I saw a Guitar Player magazine ranking of the 100 top guitar soloes, Page had the #1 spot. Food for thought.

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Dilz...you made a great argument until this part. lol.

Who cares who has the best solo? There is a lot of variance in that. And besides, Stairway isn't even Page's best solo, IMO. It's just revered as "quintessential".

The argument you put forth was good though.

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Actually I agree with you for the most part. But in an argument about best guitar players' actual guitar playing ability, it seemed relevant to point out that our guy, who wok is lumping in with everyone else who is not Hendrix, is considered to have performed the best recorded solo in rock and roll history. That doesn't prove he's the best, but I think it does help prove he deserves enough respect not be thrown in with "all the rest," as wet wok seems to believe he should be.

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I do still think with Hendrix it's the total package...Hendrix had some intangible quality that set him apart from everybody else.

I think Page could've spent the last 20-30 yrs. solidifying without question that he's the GOAT, it begs the question "why hasn't he? The fact that he kind of dropped off the map as an artist/performer IMO takes away something for me in considering him #1.


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Hendrix the total package..the guy barely touched the acoustic.

"Intangiable quality"...being from America (whereas all the best rock guitarists at the time were largely English), being black, and dying young. I think that is the intangiable quality you are looking for.

So Page gets deductions because the band broke up in respect for Bonham after 11 solid years of totally owning the rock world? His body of work is huge. Hendrix dies young yet his handful of years of work usurps Page's 11+ years? What if Hendrix were around 8 more years and put up a bunch of bricks?

Also, your usage of "begging the question" is not right.

Also, do you realize how huge it would be if Zep reunited and toured in N. America this year? I don't see why they have to to prove anything, but at the drop of a hat, they could steal a big chunk of the attention in rock music.

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No doubt on a Zep reunion, it would be incredible. And there's no doubt they owned rock music.

Hendrix didn't play as much acoustic as he should've, maybe if he had more time that would've changed, possibly? But when he did it was pure gold: web page

Hey man let's put it to rest, they're both great and I think we both know these lists and the arguments that ensue get almost nowhere. Cool?

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Nah man, I want to fistfight you.

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LOL. Did you check out that link though? I love that piece of film.