What if Hendrix

[Nimitz]

Best thing going for Vai right now is his hot ass violin player!!!
I saw a Vai concert on directv couple nights ago and the best part was when she would come front and center...

Ann Marie Calhoun

[Frigo89]

Lets not forget Jimmy Paige... most all rock song riffs are ripped off from Zeppelin.

which are ripped off from old Blues guys...

Jimmy Page fucking sucked

I agree, that as far as rock guitar goes, Jimi, EVH, and then Yngwie are the "big 3." as much as I am not an Yngwie fan, I won't deny the effect his playing made on a generation of guitar players

[Nimitz]

which are ripped off from old Blues guys...

Jimmy Page fucking sucked

He did but somebody had bridge the gap.

Fucking Sucked?

[jgcable]

no mention of the guy who inspired more lead guitar players than any other rock guitar player in history...
Ace Frehely

[atomic charvel guy]

blind melon endrik, i mention him , and still no credit is given.
i give up.

[Endrik]

It was a sunny afternoon and my momma wanted to cook an apple pie. Momma told me to get some apples. I couldn't see shit of course, somehow managed to get into our backyard. I believe I got pretty close to the tree because suddenly... whack!... an apple fell on my poor lil' head. Suddenly I asked myself "To be or not give a damn". I decided to go back to the house but suddenly I heard my neighbor Betty asking me "watcho doin' there boy". I said that I was trying to pick up some apples. Betty said she's gonna help me. She came near me and told me "right there... there's two apples". I said "Where? Can't see shit!". "In front of you, let me get them". I started twisting like a windmill with my hands, trying to pick up anything. So as I started to bow my hands suddenly came into contact with two round objects. I said "damn, these aren't apples, these are mighty fine melons, I sure like some melons mmhmm". Suddenly Betty shouted in my face "Are you trying to get fresh with me boy". I said "Fresh? I'm trying to eat some melons here baby!". She got mighty angry and was roaring like a tornado. But I noticed that her angry words which came out of her purdy mouth were exactly six semitones higher from the pitch I usually spoke. I thought "interesting". As she kept yapping in the flat fifth I also tried to answer her in minor third, fourth step, fifth and minor seventh. It sounded good. I said "I gotta go baby, bye-bye!" and went back to the house. I took a blank, put a nail to both tail, then tied a thin wire to the nails. I took an old empty glass medicine bottle and put it on my pinky. So I started sliding on the wire with the bottle and tried to find the notes I heard from the discussion with Betty. After a while I came up with pretty cool phrases. I started saying or singing some lines then replying to it with a phrase by sliding, kinda imitating the conversation with Betty. It sounded pretty darn good. Suddenly my momma told me to bring lunch to my pop who worked in the next town down the road, 4 miles away. She said that Bobby J. who was her friend's son, was coming along. So I took my pop's lunch box and my new toy and hit the road with Bobby J. As we had walked for about two miles, we took a break near the crossroads. We sat down and I told Bobby J. how Betty sounded like she was possessed by the devil when I was trying to get a taste of some of those sweet melons. I started singing and playing about it. As I finished Bobby J. was gone. I never saw him again. I wonder what happened to him?

[RacerX]

Tl,dr

[PowerTube]

How soon we forget. The ultimate guitar inspiration, that shining light of innovation who spread the guitar frenzy far and wide, who did more to make youngsters want to play the instrument than any other, has not even been mentioned in this thread. Shame on all of you with your misguided Rhoads, EVH, and Malmsteen disillusion.

I'm talking, of course, about Esteban.

[Shawn Lutz]

Lets not forget Jimmy Paige... most all rock song riffs are ripped off from Zeppelin.

I didn't forget him. I was talking about players who have actually influenced generations of lead guitar players. Page is one of the best rhythm player /songwriters ever though, no question about that.

[Nimitz]

How soon we forget. The ultimate guitar inspiration, that shining light of innovation who spread the guitar frenzy far and wide, who did more to make youngsters want to play the instrument than any other, has not even been mentioned in this thread. Shame on all of you with your misguided Rhoads, EVH, and Malmsteen disillusion.

I'm talking, of course, about Esteban.

One of my dumbass friends parents bought and Estaban guitar and the fucking thing was a horrible pile of ass marbles stuck to the floor of a out house... the guitar would not tune

[atomic charvel guy]

Blind Melon Endrik can eat Esteban for lunch. I oughta know, I'm the devil who gave him his skills.