dragonworks
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Coming out of the Yardbirds who do you like the best
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eyeslikefire
I CAN SMELL EM!
Beck.
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sheppard
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beck is by far my favorite.
page has no place in that poll.i have seen him live and i really had to wonder if zep used a ringer in the studio.
sheppard
page has no place in that poll.i have seen him live and i really had to wonder if zep used a ringer in the studio.
sheppard
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Beltrom
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More Beck...
But I must admit I haven't heard his latest albums. Somebody said he had gone hiphop on us...
But I must admit I haven't heard his latest albums. Somebody said he had gone hiphop on us...
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DJL
Self Banned
I ran the monitor mix for Jeff Beck at a show in CA years ago, I had my own monitor with nothing but Beck in it. It was so cool, Beck rules.
Lopp
New member
"The Best???"
I didn't know guitar playing was an objectively measurable competition.
Be that as it may, my humble opinions:
Beck: My favorite guitar style of the three, but a little inconsistent.
Clapton: Can't hit a sour note, consistent player.
Page: My least favorite of the three regarding solos. However, I enjoy listening to Zep more than any of the others' works.
I didn't know guitar playing was an objectively measurable competition.
Be that as it may, my humble opinions:
Beck: My favorite guitar style of the three, but a little inconsistent.
Clapton: Can't hit a sour note, consistent player.
Page: My least favorite of the three regarding solos. However, I enjoy listening to Zep more than any of the others' works.
dragonworks
Banned
I should have posted who do you like
Anyway, i find clapton and page pretty predictable, but I never know with beck.
Anyway, i find clapton and page pretty predictable, but I never know with beck.
Stratomaster
Active member
Well-someone has to speak up for Page...Jimmy was an idea man first-I'll have to agree that hearing his live solo's can be painful sometimes-but his recorded legacy shows some great playing. Jimmy was an orchestrator-his musical ideas were big and complex-he thought outside of the guitar, which is why the studio was always his strength. Not to say he didn't play well live-"No Quarter" live is my fave Page solo and theres alot of great stuff on that "S.R.T.S." live record. He explored more musical territory than either Beck or Clapton in my opinion. Beck seems the best technician of the bunch-but seems to rely on his sideman for something to play over and Clapton never seemed to bust out of his blues scale prison-until playing songs that other people wrote. Though I must admit I'm alot less familiar with Clapton and Becks whole career, so I may be misjudging them, they are all impressive players to me-I guess I like Page's music the most.
Middleman
Professional Amateur
Clapton had maybe 3 great albums Disraeli Gears, Best of Cream and the Blind Faith Album. These were his shining moments. A few good tunes after that but not stellar musical breakthroughs i.e. Layla.
Beck is technically great but never seems to get outside the clean sustain thing.
Page has left a musical trail which stands far above the other two for longevity and interest by the public. He has created a larger pallette of musical ideas and sounds. I think he and Jimi Hendrix get my vote for the most defining musical ideas, sounds and guitar playing styles. Then would come Clapton for the speed increase of the pentatonic scale in rock and blues. I would put Van Halen after that. He broke some new ground with not only notes but sounds.
There are a host of technical players who, although fast, never made the jump to great writing or a unique sound. Steve Morse, Johnny Winter, Rick Dehringer, Al Demeola, Rich Sanbora (sp?) Host of others here. There is nothing more boring than a million notes all over the neck. This style of playing is what killed the guitar solo in modern music.
Where Paige stands out is creating songs with just the right amount of guitar.
Beck is technically great but never seems to get outside the clean sustain thing.
Page has left a musical trail which stands far above the other two for longevity and interest by the public. He has created a larger pallette of musical ideas and sounds. I think he and Jimi Hendrix get my vote for the most defining musical ideas, sounds and guitar playing styles. Then would come Clapton for the speed increase of the pentatonic scale in rock and blues. I would put Van Halen after that. He broke some new ground with not only notes but sounds.
There are a host of technical players who, although fast, never made the jump to great writing or a unique sound. Steve Morse, Johnny Winter, Rick Dehringer, Al Demeola, Rich Sanbora (sp?) Host of others here. There is nothing more boring than a million notes all over the neck. This style of playing is what killed the guitar solo in modern music.
Where Paige stands out is creating songs with just the right amount of guitar.
Cyrokk
Farce of Nature
IMO Page has the most diverse and interesting musical personalities of the three. Zeppelin successfully threw in a variety of musical styles into heavy rock, and Page was certainly an important component of that talent. Listen to just about any one of Zeppelin's songs and when the solo comes up, it just works with style and excitement. It was his ability to play covincingly in a number of different musical styles that made him an in-demand studio musician. And had he not the genuine interest in studio technique and production, Zeppelin's albums would not have sounded as good and stood the test of time as they have.
Although Beck and Clapton certainly have their moments, I can't sit through a collection of their material without my mind wandering to other things. I think I listened to my Beck albums a total of two times. And even though I can't pull off Crossroads, I don't want to.. that solo bores the piss out of me.. And I leave the room when I hear Layla, the warhorse that should never have been. I will give him credit for getting better with age where Page did not.
Cy
Although Beck and Clapton certainly have their moments, I can't sit through a collection of their material without my mind wandering to other things. I think I listened to my Beck albums a total of two times. And even though I can't pull off Crossroads, I don't want to.. that solo bores the piss out of me.. And I leave the room when I hear Layla, the warhorse that should never have been. I will give him credit for getting better with age where Page did not.
Cy
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Henri Devill
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Beck!!Stuff with The Jeff Beck Group/Beck, Bogat and Appice was great..If he stayed on that path I think that more listeners would be hip to him..Claptons kinda boring to me..Cream stuff was good but I think that Jack Bruce is more important to that band than Clapton{IMHO}..But Page is the best stylist of the lot and a great studio craftsman..Page defines the modern studio guitarist..He also had a singer{Plant} who was a great foil..Becks run with Rod Stewert wasn't long lived enough..Anyways for me the Gutarist I think is best is Beck ..Career wise Page..Longevity{sp?} Clapton
Don
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Toki987
Rock Steady
I`ve always favored Beck due to his origionality and unpredictability.
dragonworks
Banned
Henri Devill said:
Amen to that
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Earlds
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Out of Yardbirds
Actually coming out of the Yardbirds would be a very close race when you concider the first Zepplen record and the Beano record and the Truth record youve dot to admit all three of those cats.had a bunch of magic .....Earl D.
Actually coming out of the Yardbirds would be a very close race when you concider the first Zepplen record and the Beano record and the Truth record youve dot to admit all three of those cats.had a bunch of magic .....Earl D.
64Firebird
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Clapton is still God.
Badger
Active member
Clapton and Beck may be technically better, but they bore me to tears.
I enjoy Page quite a bit...even when he's sloppy.
I enjoy Page quite a bit...even when he's sloppy.
gibs
New member
Page.......I repeat...Page.......
Athough it was a million years ago when I saw Zep live, I was moved.......still am......
Page was indeed sometimes sloppy, as was Hendrix......
They both are still my favorite guitar players......
Beck equals " ego tech robot" (my opinion only.....)
Clapton was and probably still is great, but his recordings past "Layla" sure don't show it.....and although Page doesn't exactly have anything past the last Zep album going for him, each song he recorded during that period is far more mind boggling than the 3 or 4 Clapton tunes we all remember......
As was disclaimed a few lines above, my opinion only......gibs
Athough it was a million years ago when I saw Zep live, I was moved.......still am......
Page was indeed sometimes sloppy, as was Hendrix......
They both are still my favorite guitar players......
Beck equals " ego tech robot" (my opinion only.....)
Clapton was and probably still is great, but his recordings past "Layla" sure don't show it.....and although Page doesn't exactly have anything past the last Zep album going for him, each song he recorded during that period is far more mind boggling than the 3 or 4 Clapton tunes we all remember......
As was disclaimed a few lines above, my opinion only......gibs
dafduc
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They all bore the shit out of me now. But Beck's old stuff still knocks my socks off, right up through his Jan Hammer period.
Clapton lost it after Layla (and Duane kicked his ass on that one).
Page's Zep stuff was all okay - some creative structures there - but my favorite work of his was with Joe Cocker.
None of these guys make my top ten, though all of 'em are on albums that do:
Blind Faith
Layla
Rough & Ready
With a Little Help from my Friends
Daf
Clapton lost it after Layla (and Duane kicked his ass on that one).
Page's Zep stuff was all okay - some creative structures there - but my favorite work of his was with Joe Cocker.
None of these guys make my top ten, though all of 'em are on albums that do:
Blind Faith
Layla
Rough & Ready
With a Little Help from my Friends
Daf
dragonworks
Banned
I saw Zep once and it happened to be the night they recorded the song remains the same at MSG.
cavedog101
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I've seen them all...beck twice, once as beck bogart and appice(with max middleton on keys) and once with jan hammer....page with led zep and once with that last thing with robert plant...clapton, ive seen 4 times....once around the release of 461 ocean boulevard, once around the release of slowhand,once after journeyman was released and once after that....beck is the most original...page is the most inept but probably the most inovative...and clapton is clapton...he plays with just a low heat on..like hes warming the tea water...i sat 15 feet from him in a small bar in tulsa while he jammed with the 461 oceans band...he was tremendous and then he was not there at all....jeff beck ruled the stage without ever approaching a microphone...he played like the guitar was a part of him...much like hendrix did(saw him too)....page was only brilliant for a moment or two and had a sick tone, but you could tell how much of him was part of the music.....the BEST i ever saw of guitarists that came from that age of music was alvin lee...followed closely by johnny winter...oh and right after them would have to be terry kath