| REVIEWER | REPLY |
 | Chrisrianna
(15)
08/22/2008 | I won't deny it, because it's true. I went to those youtube links you left and it was exactly what I expected, CRAP! |
 | fitman
(50)
08/21/2008 | Many years ago, I was explaining to my friend Samantha (Gram Parson's gf) how the Rolling Stones developed their sound by copying artists like Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and Howlin' Wolf. She stopped me and said, "I don't care about all that stuff. I just want to fu*k Brian." |
 | irishgit
(151)
08/21/2008 | Its impossible to take you seriously, when you have anonymously rated so many great guitarists on this list with one star. I don't suggest you have to like them all or give them all 5 stars, but its hard to imagine anyone uniformly and anonymously giving 1 stars to dozens of acknowledged masters. Clearly, you're doing that to ensure no one gets near your beloved Eddie. Which means your opinion isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit. And don't bother denying it, I checked. |
| fitman
(50)
08/21/2008 | Personal attacks are fine by me. The reviewer who makes 'em just reveals his/her own insecurities. Wish there was less censorship around here. |
 | rh287
(1)
12/05/2007 | Hendrix, by today's benchmarks, was a mediocre guitarist. (And thats only because he was a pioneer of sorts). By the 60's and early 70's benchmarks Hendrix was a crazed genius prodigy. Man, how things change. He did pioneer controlled distorted feedback and actually by the time of his death I think he had a good mastery of it. Besides that and I suppose pioneering crazy, (and stupid), antics while playing live, Hendrix really was in my opinion, at best, a very good, and fairly inventive guitarist of his generation.
When I listen to his rendition of his original live version The Star Spangled Banner, I cant help but laugh. Sounds like a 12 year old trying to play the guitar like a modern rock guitar God... I simply have only been able to bear the full thing maybe twice.
He was a VERY good song writerno doubt about that.
The main contribution Hendrix made to the truly great guitarists that followed his overall minor achievements was what might be possible with the guitar. Although he NEVER achieved those possibilities as a guitarist himselfwell maybe remotely. Maybe had he lived longer? Did fewer drugs? Who knows? But look at the level of guitar virtuoso that someone like Eddie Van Halen achieved by age 17. Or Malmsteen at 17. Or Vai at like 16. You really have to be truly great to play at those levels at such young ages. Hendrix was just making electric noise still, in his early twenties.
And I know people will say had it not been for Hendrix there would be no EVHs. BS. There was Clapton, and many others who pioneered the electric guitar much more than Hendrix ever did.
Hendrix?....Way over rated as a guitaristWay under rated as a songwriter. |
 | NotesInGroove
(0)
08/18/2007 | You have to want to go into the extreme areas that the feeling Hendrix puts into his playing. Alot of people could play more technically correct. But many are boring to listen too. Plus, Hendrix died young, after just having 4 straight top 10 albums. Insofar as string bending: HENDRIX WAS BLUES BASED. STRING BENDING IS BLUES 101 OR EVEN BLUES KINDERGARDEN. WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ON COMPLAINING ABOUT STRING BENDING? |
| Chrisrianna
(15)
07/23/2007 | Eddie towed the line in the interview and said "Hendrix was great", but in the same breath he said that he never listened to him because he didn't care much for Hendrix's distorted sound. So think whatever you want to think about that, if it makes you feel better about yourself. |
 | ma duron
(63)
07/23/2007 | The question concerned Eddie van Halen's opinion on record about Hendrix as a guitarist, not whether van Halen acknowledges anybody's influence. This obsessed elusiveness to dismiss Hendrix's place in music history has become tiresome. |
 | numbah16tdhaha
(156)
07/22/2007 | *whistles and look around* Hey, we agreed not to discuss them so I ain't saying squat... |
| Chrisrianna
(15)
07/22/2007 | Watch on YouTube, Eddie Van Halen interview (part 2) and then tell me if Jimi Hendrix was an influence on Eddie. |
| ma duron
(63)
07/21/2007 | It might help to look up the Stones', Clapton's or van Halen's opinion about Hendrix. |
 | Victor83
(37)
07/19/2007 | I know that you are a VH worshipper, but I don't get the Hendrix bashing. Personally, I think Hendrix was far superior to Eddie- but I still like Eddie and would never give him one star. |
| Chrisrianna
(15)
07/19/2007 | I reposted to get rid of the name calling. |
| Victor83
(37)
07/19/2007 | Chris...don't you ever tire of this BS? Just asking. |
 | bassman44113
(17)
05/03/2007 | You mean that Quiet Riot isn't the best band of all time? I dont understand....... OH NO, my world isnt making any sense again....lol. |
| bassman44113
(17)
05/03/2007 | Good one Flick. Very well said. |
 | Flick01
(72)
04/27/2007 | I'm not asking you to change your mind but your review is mostly about style and doesn't seem to touch on musicianship, ability, musical innovations, or a number of other items worth mentioning. I'm not looking to get into a pissing match with you. Like Bassman, I was also there in the 1960s and shared the same pop culture. It really was a different world. Film clips and album cuts don't do justice to what we as teenagers were living for 24 hours a day. I guess Bassman is right. Unless you lived through the times as they happened, and walked down the new paths that were being blazed by people like Hendrix, it's very difficult to get a feel and understanding for the ground that was broken and the debris that was cleared which showed the Eddie Van Halens and others like him what was possible. Hendrix showed us and them, when we were just kids, that there was more to playing a guitar than just strumming chords and plucking out individual notes for a lead. People like Eddie took what Hendrix showed us and built upon it, and rock music and all rock guitar players, whoever they may be, are better for it. |
| Chrisrianna
(15)
04/26/2007 | Les Paul said that he made the electric guitar, and Eddie Van Halen is the one that has made it the monster that it is today. I can not change my review because that is how I feel about Hendrix's music and playing. I did not ask anyone to change their review because that is how they feel. Opinions are what they are and that is it. This poll is not like asking who is the greatest baseball player of all-time, where you have statistical data to back-up your arguement. The only stats that you can use here is album sales, chart positions and if you do, one would get the over used response of "that doesn't mean anything or prove anything" and someone will say something like "Quiet Riot had a number one album, does that make them the greatest band of all-time?". These stats do not prove who is the best, but they are the only statistical data that we have to base anything on. No can say with certainty that Jimi Hendrix, if he did not die, wouldn't have faded out of the spotlight as he got older. I do not think he would have lasted as long as the Stones or Eric Clapton. |
| bassman44113
(17)
04/26/2007 | One of the reasons Jimi's recognized as one of the best guitarists has been his pioneering of guitar effects. The bending of strings and distortion along with phasing, echo, octave effects among them. All guitar effects in modern music we now take for granted. And he was one of the first to really use stereo sound to its full potential. Sure he played sloppy live, he was loaded out of his mind a lot of the time. But in the studio, he really shined, and thats where his skill and dexterity will be remembered. And its not that he set out to appeal to the drug culture. That was the pop culture amongst the youth of the period. I know, I was there. I was a youngster myself, But I do remember The late sixties.... "tune in, turn on, drop out" was a theme of the period. And Jimi reflected his times. Obviously, you are not old enough to know. It truly was a different world than we live in today. |
| Flick01
(72)
04/26/2007 | I'm quite surprised that after you read my review of Van Halen (and commented on it) and explained in detail that style does not reflect ability, you have not gone back and changed this review. I am not a fan of certain types of Jazz but just because I do not like the music or the style of playing means that John Coltrane was an untalented musician. I wish you would seriously reconsider what you currently have posted and approach it from a different angle. |
| Chrisrianna
(15)
03/24/2007 | Autz, I did not know that back in the day that there were not many left handed guitars, and that is why using a right handed guitar was necessary, thanks for the knowledge drop. As far as the one star, I give him that because I do not like his playing. It's like if you hate the taste of a hotdog, you are not going to say "I hate the taste of hotdogs, but I recognize its great taste". That would make no sense. |
 | AutzenMaven
(84)
03/24/2007 | Now...while it is true that Hendrix could play "upside down," he performed playing standard. Otis Rush is the only guy I know of who routinely performed playing "upside down." Interestingly, I play lefty, but I flip my guitar over to tune it right handed. A lot of lefties that are of my vintage did crap like that because we couldn't get lefty guitars...there weren't any. Dick Dale was our patron saint...and, come to think of it, he was an "upside down" guy. We didn't do this crap because we were guitar gods, we did it out of necessity. Another interesting note is that most lefties can also play right handed (not well, but playable), whereas I have never met a righty that can flop it over. |
 | Wiseguy
(121)
03/24/2007 | One star??? c'mon man. |
| AutzenMaven
(84)
03/24/2007 | Well Chris, I am a left-handed guitarist, so I know a little bit about playing "upside down." Please look at him playing his Strat and note the position of the "fat" E-string. |
| numbah16tdhaha
(156)
03/23/2007 | (yawns) still re-posting? |
 | chicagoman
(9)
03/21/2007 | Must be able to play guitar |
| Chrisrianna
(15)
03/20/2007 | Who's mind am I trying to change? I don't get that comment. |
| numbah16tdhaha
(156)
03/20/2007 | Re-post it a couple more times. That always changes peoples minds... |
| Victor83
(37)
03/20/2007 | Chris, if you don't watch it, you're going to be even less populr than I am...lol |
| Chrisrianna
(15)
03/20/2007 | Another review says "he had to teach himself to play the guitar upside down" I know that, tell the other people this. |
| AutzenMaven
(84)
03/19/2007 | About his playing a right handed axe lefty? The guitar was restrung lefty. |
 | magellan
(174)
03/08/2007 | if he was a great guitar player, why are you giving him one star? you're not spamming the list are you? |
| numbah16tdhaha
(156)
03/08/2007 | Dang, I want to know what happened to get the "change it or delete" message... |
 | lawrence
(19123)
03/06/2007 | This review will be deleted unless you edit out the personal attacks on other RIA reviewers. Please see the site rules for more details. |
| Flick01
(72)
03/06/2007 | When I gave you a well thought out response you republished your post which, before the format change, eliminated my comment. |
