A generic 80's Guitarist poll

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2998 Age : 55

All fine players, but never are mentioned with the "greats" [for good reason or not]. Who turns your volume knob up best?

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2998 Age : 55

Lifelong LeTekro fanboy here. Kmorg even got me a personalized and autographed tour poster a few years ago, that is a prized possession.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1939 Age : 53

Warren DeMartini always played some cool stuff

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17151 Age : 48

Paul Gilbert (for Racer X)

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7632 Age : 56

Warren Demartini followed by Wolf Hoffmann and Glenn Tipton.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 40562 Age : 56

Tough choices there. I'll go with Glenn Tipton I guess. Demartini and LeTekro are right up there too.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2960 Age : 36

Reb Beach is my favorite of these. I love his work on all of the Winger albums, Dokken's Erase the Slate and the last few Whitesnake albums. Killer live performer too.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 28617 Age : 39

Tipton, because Priest are my favorite band of the bands the guitarists listed are associated with.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9428 Age : 50

I went with Paul G, but Reb "The Lord of the Strings" is extremely underrated.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9428 Age : 50

Damn, Uncle, you sure do love your polls! Laughing

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 26454 Age : 55

I always loved Vivian Campbell's work on those first 2 Dio albums. I went with him. But that's quite a fine list of guitarists.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17151 Age : 48

glassprison wrote:: Reb Beach is my favorite of these. I love his work on all of the Winger albums, Dokken's Erase the Slage and the last few Whitesnake albums. Killer live performer too.

When I got into hard rock in the late 80s, Reb was the first player that blew my mind with his smooth but very fast soloing. Back then I really liked the first Winger album, but moved on quickly to much heavier bands. But I still like Reb's playing.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2998 Age : 55

the sentinel wrote:: Damn, Uncle, you sure do love your polls!

I suck at starting convos, otherwise. Except with all your girlfriends [ooops - was just supposed to think that...]

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17151 Age : 48

Although I chose Paul Gilbert, I also like Warren DeMartini, Mattias Jabs, Reb Beach, Wolf Hoffman and Glenn Tipton.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9939 Age : 49

Glenn Tipton. Paul Gilbert would be my second choice.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1779 Age : 58

went with Matthias Jabs....

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7059 Age : 44

Eddie Van Halen. Razz

Subject: Re: A generic 80's Guitarist poll Thu Apr 05, 2018 5:29 am

Way Cool Jr gets my vote!

Metal graduate Number of posts : 480 Age : 55

Thrasher73 wrote:: Way Cool Jr gets my vote!

Mine too.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3325 Age : 53

In a very close race: Warren DeMartini > Glenn Tipton > Vivian Campbell > Mathias Jabs > Wolf Hoffman. This is a list, depending on my mood, could change by the day.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5704 Age : 49

Hard to choose! Too much talent in that list.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5067 Age : 27

I went with my gut, which said Vivian Campbell.

On another day I probably would've picked Paul Gilbert, Reb Beach, or Matthias Jabs.

If I could vote "other", I would've thrown Jake E. Lee in there too.

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37871 Age : 54

Tipton, Hoffmann, and DeMartini, in that order

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Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5704 Age : 49

Tommy Thayer??? Come on.

There are at least 30 other 80s guitarists you could've put there.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1064 Age : 31

Hoffmann

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