Well, I am the only kiwi in my family. The rest of my siblings and large extended family, are all Aussies in Australia. I feel more at home over there than I do in NZ for some reason. Sometimes I dont know why im even in NZ to be honest, but I love Australia and I love NZ. I dont see myself in NZ in the next 5 years though. I know your down here too raytard?

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Two players who I love. The better guitarist is Eddie and why is he getting slammed for a style he invented is beyond me, and please no Hacket or Gibbons tapped a note before him as you cant even tell it is a tap, as it sounds like a hammer on or pull off. Nothing sounded like Eddie tapping before Ed. This is like guys who say Hendrix did nothing original as Curtis Mayfield played rhythm with chord embelishments before him, and a lot of guys used the trem before him and so on and so on. The bottom line is the whole package and after Hendrix, Vanhalen was the second coming in taking the guitar to a whole new planet besides both being two of the greatest rhythm players ever. For those who dont hear melody in his playing listen to Dreams or Love Comes Walking In for starters.

Now in no way does any of this take away from Angus who is more old school Chuck Berry on Steroids, as even Ed has payed homage to Chuck(Panama solo) .Angus always gives it all he has and always pulls out what seems to be the perfect solo.

But if you want to sum it up I bet just about everyone can play 5 Angus solos note for note perfect, but I doubt the same could not be said of a Vanhalen solo.

Van Halen, When Eddie hit the music scene in the late seventies, The guitarists of the day were stopped in their tracks by his tone and his style, not just the tapping technique, and I as a 13 year old music fan, had never heard anything like VH at the time. I had already been listening to AC/DC and I do like their music, But come on, Eddie set the music world on a different course(or at least had a big part in it). It's a lot easier to play AC/DC songs than Van Halen And Eddid didn't have a Malcom backing him up, He did it all man...

I could listen to Angus infinitely longer than I could listen to Eddie.

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no contest, van halen

I couldn't decide. Both are entirely different players. Yes Eddie is ... well Eddie Van Halen, but Angus is just a different player. If i'm in the mood for shred guitar obviously i'd turn to EVH, but if i'm in the mood for just a raw, smelly rock tone, Angus certainly tickles my fancy there.

This is why I hate these better than post, as there is really no point to them unless someone puts up someone who does not even belong in a greatest guitarist poll like the one that listed Mike McCready. Now I hate to dis anyone but Mike McCready and all time great do not even belong in the same sentence. I saw a tribute to Heart and Gilby Clarke the former rhythm player from G&Rs was playing lead guitar for them while they brought out guest players, and McCready came out to play on Barracuda and cut heads with Gilby who I thought was just a rhythm player, and he destroyed McCready who kept playing the same first position pentatonic licks over and over. At least here you have two greats.

Agreed. As for Mike McCready, i thought the first PJ record was cool but after that it seemed they just put out crap because it would sell soley because they were Pearl Jam. A buddy of mine happen to meet Mike McCready... might have been Stone G. I don't recall, around 95' in a bar in Thailand while over there and went bar hopping with him for a bit. He said he was such a chode and all he talked about was how great his band was in the cab that when they got to about the third bar, they walked in and my friend walked out and ditched him. I always thought that was kind of funny.

It is a preference thing but EVH is much more versatile, even funky on some earlier recordings, more to his game by a long shot. Lost it after first 3 albums though.

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Hmm tough choice.

Not really, it's apples and oranges so a comparison doesn't fit.

Angus for Groove, attitude, and just plain fun to play.
Eddie for technical proficiency and innovation.

next poll I'd suggest picking guitarists of similar styles.

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Oh Clarke can play alright. When we played with him here he was the only guitar player in his band. He came with a three piece and cut some great leads. I have 3 of his picks an they have his signature on one side and the Heart logo on the other.

CC

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