its to tough for me

Out of those?? Dave! Definatly Dave. No contest. David Gilmour is highly underrated by the way. He's never really talked about like Clapton, Page, or even Eddie Van Halen of all people! He's very talented. When he was first around they compared him to Jimi Hendrix. That he could play like him or something. I can't remember the story now. Plus.........he's pretty too.









Sorry! Once I get started though...

you think hes better then george harrison even?

Yes. I think David is one of the best. While George is very good, I really haven't heard him do the kind of things Dave has done on songs like Shine On, Comfortably Numb (awesome live on Pulse!), Time etc...... But then the Beatles don't do extended guitar solos and instrumentals like Floyd did so who knows. Plus Dave played a lot of the bass parts on Floyd albums for Roger. (Hey You, Pigs) He won Roger a few bass poll awards along the way! Very talented man.

ya you can see daves skill in dogs , shine etc.

i think Dave the most talented guitarist out of those and is very underrated, but i chose Pete, right now Im too into The Who too not choose him, I just bought "Live at the leeds" so who wouldnt be into them if you just recently bought the best Live album of all-time?

Best: Dave
Fave: George

Eric Clapton-the other guitarists are equally great as well but Clapton defines the guitar god. 

dave is a great player, BUT i think im gonna have to go with clapton on this one as he's probably the BEST all rounder as a player ..............

really like gilmour and clapton, but im a big beatles fan so i'll go with harrison on this one...they're all good, but i really like george's guitar playing on many many tunes...

Quoted from Maccalvr, posted January 19, 2005, 3:51am at here

Yes. I think David is one of the best. While George is very good, I really haven't heard him do the kind of things Dave has done on songs like Shine On, Comfortably Numb (awesome live on Pulse!), Time etc...... But then the Beatles don't do extended guitar solos and instrumentals like Floyd did so who knows. Plus Dave played a lot of the bass parts on Floyd albums for Roger. (Hey You, Pigs) He won Roger a few bass poll awards along the way! Very talented man.

comfortably numb is probably my favorite floyd song...and that live on pulse is really amazing...

George.

Maybe not technically the best one, I just like his style (a lot) better than that of the other ones.

Dave, I think clapton is more talented, but there is such emotion in DDaves playing.  The guitar crashing in on "Mother" is just incredible.

im surprised u guys have chosen glimour that much

its a very floyd fanbase here, not to diminish the other guitarists.

but pete townshends playing has never been that incredible.  The windmill jamming is obviously very cool, but he doesnt compare witht he others imo.  maybe hes better than george

Quoted from number14, posted January 19, 2005, 10:29pm at here

im surprised u guys have chosen glimour that much

well there are only 4 choices in there, if you'd add Page, Hendrix, Frampton, Van Halen, Knopfler or any other famous guitarists it would have probably been pretty different...
and like hcys said, a lot of people really like floyd here...

Quoted from Herecomesyoursun, posted January 19, 2005, 10:10pm at here

Dave, I think clapton is more talented, but there is such emotion in DDaves playing.  The guitar crashing in on "Mother" is just incredible.

I agree with every word you said, Clapton is the most talented guitarist, but the emotion in Daves playing

Why do people say that Clapton is more talented than David Gilmour? I'm not being sarcastic here or anything I'm just curious. I know nothing about the technical aspects of guitar playing, but it seems to me that Dave could play anything Clapton could. I'm not sure what Clapton does that makes him superior. Any guitar players around here that care to elaborate on this? Seriously, cuz to me David Gilmour is amazingly talented. I'd call them equals I think. Oh, and why the nickname Slow Hand? Just curious.

Its a toss up with Gilmour and Clapton, but i'll take Clapton. Poor George, but i think he brings up the rear in this contest.

Have you heard "Crossroads" live?...that can explain why Clapton's so good

I know Clapton is good, I'm just not sure he's better than Dave. Technically that is. I've been a Clapton fan longer than a Floyd fan. I just think Dave is pretty talented. Live at Pompeii and Pulse are amazing. I still think they're pretty equal. Just have a different playing style.

Miss Macca- he is named slowhand not as a snide remark about his slow playing but out of respect. When he was doing shows with the Yardbirds and Cream (during the Clapton is God phase) he would often bend strings so violently that they would snap. therefore the other members of the ban would lead the audience in slow hand clapping while he got a new guitar or restrung his current one.

I know it's a complimentary nickname! I just have never heard how he got the nickname!! I have never heard that but it's a very cool story. I had no idea. Clapton is an AWESOME guitarist. I'm in no way saying he's not by putting Gilmour up there with him. Mainly because Dave is also an AMAZING guitarist. I think they're equal. Is that an insult to Clapton? Because I don't mean it to be. I was just wondering what Clapton does that makes him technically better. I'm not a guitar player so I don't know.

I love Dave too, I think hes underrated too, but Clapton isnt overrated(not that you said that)...yeah, i own Live At Pompeii and dave is amazing on it, Nick mason too, all of them were amazing, as usual, I love the "Echoes" peformance

I was watching That 70's Show yesterday and two of the characters (Eric and Hyde) were asked to draw a picture of God and they both drew Eric Clapton! I thought that was funny. Wonder when the whole Clapton is God thing started? He must be good to have invoked that response in people!

Echoes on the Pompeii DVD is very cool. I love it. Wish they would have shown him doing more recording for Dark Side though. Have you seen Pulse? He's amazing. And he's not even in his prime on it. Well, maybe he's still in his prime I don't know. Wonder if age effects guitar playing like it does the voice!

Clapton Is God started when he was in Cream..one day he went to a city and there was "Clapton Is God" banners everywhere...it explains it in my Cream booklet, dont remember anything else at the moment

I didn't know it went that far back! I thought it happened in the mid 70's or something. Interesting.

Here's just about everything you would want to know about Clapton.

http://clapton.onecom.com/biography.htm

oh gee thanks...lol john mayalls good too.

Shut up you, or I will start posting accounts of Zimmerman everywhere on this forum.

I chose Clapton.
I think Gilmour is amazing, but Eric tips it.

i went for clapton...but where's hendrix?

If he put Hendix on there most people would probably vote for him.

geroge harrison wo is  it ,mess english language

Well I'm glad Pete got at least one vote!

Quoted from lennonlegend, posted January 20, 2005, 6:11pm at here

i went for clapton...but where's hendrix?

i didnt want to put henrix becaus I knew he would win

Quoted from tkitna, posted January 20, 2005, 2:13am at here

Its a toss up with Gilmour and Clapton, but i'll take Clapton. Poor George, but i think he brings up the rear in this contest.

I dont think he is in last!
George is an amazing guitarsit

I always think Pete Townshend is hugely over-rated..
but horses for courses

Tough call between Gilmore, Harrison, and Clapton. 

definatley

Quoted from number14, posted January 20, 2005, 10:14pm at here

I dont think he is in last!
George is an amazing guitarsit

Thats cool, but the other three are also amazing guitarists. Somebody has to lose and out of that group,,,,,,its George.