BBC axe factor

[brandycoke]

Vote your favourite guitarist !

Suprisingly none of the usual suspects here.

JDB for me all the way.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/theaxefactor/

[Zacko]

Voted for Prince, the mans a machine when he needs to be.

Would have went for Page or Paul Gilbert if they'd been on the list.

[Red_Eye_Jedi]

No Neil Young?! Shocking.

[srvman]

no stevie ray vaughan? Tommy Emmanuel? Joke

Voted for Jack White

[ampersand]

mike mccready for me.

[BlackHole2006]

J mascis all the way.

[dirty_dog]

Slash!!!! al the way. extra points for still being alive.

[Alcatraz]

No Neil Young?! Shocking.

[Red_Eye_Jedi]

I believe they're trying to avoid the standard lists you see in Rolling Stone and the like, due to the fact that they do best of the last 40 years, by doing the last 30 years instead

[Runner]

Did this a while back. Frusciante for me. The man is a frickin' genius!!!!

Peace x

[18Alex18]

It's always been Tom Morello

[Tugger2k]

joke list - noel gallagher's in it!!

[Steve P]

Omar Rodriguez Lopez - that boy can sure play guitar

[Halfbaked79]

No Clapton or Knopfler????!!!!!

[Runner]

No Clapton or Knopfler????!!!!!

[Toilet Duck]

Tis an interesting poll nonetheless, by limiting it to '80s/'90s/'00s an thus removing many of the usual suspects it begs the question whether any contemporary guitarists are even in the same league as the legends from the '60s/'70s (when I suppose much of the music was guitar-driven). Obviously there's non entities on the list like Noel Gallagher (does he even consider himself a guitarist?...He's always been quite open about his limitations as a lyricist and guitarist, but he knows how to write a song)...while Kurt Cobain was a great frontman when he tried, he was hardly an axe-God (good to see at least Joey Santiago is on the list having been Kurt's inspiration). Having said that, I'd class Knopfler as an '80s guitarist through and through, so he's a notable absentee...also Rodrigo y Gabriela are both fantastic exponents of the style they play, and Elliot Smith was a lovely guitarist. But the most striking feature of those listed are how many of them have a "signature" sound. It's pretty easy to spot a Johnny Marr riff, or an Edge riff, or a Kevin Shields song, couldn't really confuse their sound with anyone else (not that the greats from the '60s and 70s didn't have signature sounds, but you know what I mean, many of the new breed aren't overtly technically proficient (or maybe they're just not flash), but still unmistakable).

[Langdale Wolf]

No John Butler????!

Crazy.

[Pinhead]

Mike Oldfield

[Kowalski]

Kevin Shields.

[TheNewUnion]

Probably won't be popular to say this, but John Mayer has to be up there. Brilliant guitarist, very under rated, probably because he's generally considred to play pop.

[Craig_G]

No Hendrix? is this only still living or something?

[Craig_G]

And no Steve Vai/Joe Satriani??!!!!

[Joshuwarr]

Johnny Greenwood or Thurston Moore for me

[Langdale Wolf]

I find Satriani a bit of a show off to be honest. Undoubtedly talented, but it's more 'look how fast I can play' as opposed to 'look what I can play'.

He's no Clapton. Or Page.

[0rbita1]

The correct answer is 'None of the above - Hendrix was/is'.