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Who is a better Strat player:Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, or Stevie Ray Vaughn
Eric Clapton 15%  15%  [ 44 ]
Jimi Hendrix 28%  28%  [ 82 ]
Jimi Hendrix 28%  28%  [ 82 ]
Stevie Ray Vaughn 28%  28%  [ 82 ]
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I have already replied a while back but.... I think all three are really good. Hard to decide because i like all of them but im a huge Hendrix fan!


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You guys realize there are no wrong answers here, right!
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Twelvebar wrote:
You guys realize there are no wrong answers here, right!
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Exactly. 8)

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SRV is my favorite guitarist out of everbody :!:
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It's like comparing apples, oranges and tuna if you catch my drift.


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Hey Fellow Stratheads-

It is a shame that two of the three did not live long enough to share the stage with each other. Clapton has jammed with both Hendrix and SRV and was blown away by them both and yet both Jimi and SRV admired Clapton.

It is hard to say who was best. Each had their own individual style- SRV worshiped Hendrix and played a lot of Hendrix covers "SRV Style" . In my opinion, I like Clapton in his Cream days. I love Hendrix and SRV. Their music touches my soul and blows me away.

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It depends on what you mean by "blown away". They both respected Clapton for good reason. They played similar music (Blues), but they each had a unique and different creative approach. Remember Clapton didn't write "Crossroad Blues" Robert Johnson did but look what he did with it.

Look at Jimmy Vaughan. Very few people can say so much playing so little. His brother idolized him. It's all just different playing styles.

I like them all, but I have great respect for the blues no matter who plays them.


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the question begs of itself... :roll: ... BETTER AT WHAT ???? :?:


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All of them are perfect guitarist.


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I am going to go with stevie on this one.yes I know that he played some of hendrix's stuff but stevie I think perfected it because Hendrix mostly made a ton of useless racket that had no real purpose of being played but still they are both blues gods and will never be forgotton!!!! :D [/i]


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cenap12 wrote:
I am going to go with stevie on this one.yes I know that he played some of hendrix's stuff but stevie I think perfected it because Hendrix mostly made a ton of useless racket that had no real purpose of being played but still they are both blues gods and will never be forgotton!!!! :D [/i]


Huh????????? Respectfully, I guess you don't understand Hendrix. His "useless racket" was controlled and part of his music. Listen to his version of "The Star Spangled Banner" and you'll hear dive bombing planes, bombs, peoples screams ect. Machine Gun and the list goes on and on. SRV's playing was a lot like Albert King. He had a handful of signature licks that he used. That's why you know it's Stevie. mihaiad said it all, "all of them are perfect guitarists" sort of anyway.
As much of a SRV fan as I am, he was just beginning to come into his own after he cleaned up. It's a shame. Clapton has evolved over and over.


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As much as i really like both Hendrix and Clapton, I think SRV was just phenominal,especially in concert.I watch him do Texas Flood from Montreux dvd and am awed by it.His cover of little wing i think is at least as good as Hendrix and way better than Claptons version.


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cenap12 wrote:
I am going to go with stevie on this one.yes I know that he played some of hendrix's stuff but stevie I think perfected it because Hendrix mostly made a ton of useless racket that had no real purpose of being played but still they are both blues gods and will never be forgotton!!!! :D [/i]


Huh????????? Respectfully, I guess you don't understand Hendrix. His "useless racket" was controlled and part of his music. Listen to his version of "The Star Spangled Banner" and you'll hear dive bombing planes, bombs, peoples screams ect. Machine Gun and the list goes on and on. SRV's playing was a lot like Albert King. He had a handful of signature licks that he used. That's why you know it's Stevie. mihaiad said it all, "all of them are perfect guitarists" sort of anyway.
As much of a SRV fan as I am, he was just beginning to come into his own after he cleaned up. It's a shame. Clapton has evolved over and over.

Handful? When it comes down to Bags Of Tricks Stevie's was much bigger. Hendrix may have had a more in-your-face experimental aproach, but you certainly don't hear a lot of Different Styles coming from his works.

Stevies Experimentation was much more subtle, manifesting itself in his arranging and Songwriting. Take a listen to Dirty Pool, Couldn't Stand The Weather, or Change It. Very well written stuff that fits as easily into Rock as it does Blues.

The stuff Hendrix Wrote was centered around expanding the sonic pallet of the Electric Guitar and making music that didn't fit into any existing Genre. The Stuff Stevie Ray wrote was about making music that didn't fit into any existing Genre and expanded the Sonic Pallet of the Electric Guitar.

Hendrix was all Blues and Acid Rock. SRV was Blues, Acid Rock, Surf, Jazz, Pop, Boogie, RnB, and Country.

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Sorry, I can't vote, the styles are so different I think it's apples and oranges. All thre kick it.


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I voted Jimi Hendrix then after after him i would say Eric. I did like SRV but I cant say that I think he is one of the greatest because there are just to many I think were and are better. Just cant jump in on the SRV lovefest even though many think he was the best not me . :oops:

in reality hendrix is not as good as SRV jimi was about sound
more than his playing ability. he was a blues player who incorporated
heavy distortion/feed back into that style of playing. his leads were not
that hard to play for the simple fact 95% of his leads were nothing more
than single note blues runs. with heavy distotion/feed back/uni vibe added to that style of playing. most of his sounds were made possible by eddie kramer. his reverse guitar playing and other effects were created in the studio by mr. kramer. jimi was a great blues player end of story. SRV played a little bit of everything.


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