Ken : Musical life is very hard... i renounced here to build a blues band after 5 years of research, & 2 years of work with a good drummer.. it has been a very big frustration. But it was that or turn nut into my head & heart.

About Hendrix, i've listened to a lot. The Electric Ladyland is a masterpiece. Hendrix has done with Blues what Haëndel had done with italian classical school.

I keep the Jimi Blues & the Band of Gypsies as two monuments of Bluesrock.

Jimi playing the Born under a Bad sign (Albert King)

Hendrix genius is powerfull, indeed.. but..

Without Delta Memphis Orlean Chicago Blues..

& Without British Boom..

I try to mean.. the creative & synthetic power of Hendrix is out of doubt..

But the point is onto Guitar, Jeff Beck has been visionnary on several things before him. That's simply the truth.

I mean that, as Haëndel had studied Scarlatti harpsichord, Hendrix has studied Beck guitar while he was in the London's shadows. (you can notice that Hendrix is compared here to Haëndel)

So much guys study nowadays Hendrix without studying Beck.. but Hendrix had studied Beck.

The Legend wants that Hendrix was the best. I'm just wondering now what is better?

To be flash in the pan as Hendrix or Van Halen?

Or to be straight ahead your time all along a life, as Beck?

Once, Clapton has said : "I get something that Beck doesn't get. Beck gets something i don't get. But Hendrix overshoots us both."

I would like to add nowadays that Beck gets something that neither Hendrix nor Clapton get:

A very long creative & evolutive life. Beck is the strongest brain. The Maëstro into & beyond a whole human attitude.

Hendrix has never been more than a young kid, with a powerful genius. A manish boy who is dead, depressive, into his own vomit.

Special respect for Page : Led Zeppelin.

If Hendrix has been the alive blue crossroad of his time, Beck is the genuine Scarlatti of electric guitar. A genius at the ground of all the rest after him.

M'not sure there's a best one. M'not sure that to say there's a best one means anything brilliant or deep.

But if Hendrix as been the best one, Beck is The Maëstro.

Where is the difference between a best one & a maëstro? Probably inside something we call the human standing.

& to be back to Joe Satriani, what Joe has essentially built onto guitar?

A bridge.

A bridge between Beck, Hendrix & Van Halen.

I don't say that Joe has awaked a morning thinking in his mind : "I'm gonna to build a bridge".

But signing up himself into a filiation of guitar genius, it's what he has done with a rare feeling of melody.

Hug.

Ibanez : i already knew all that & it's contained into my post.

Hendrix is dead. Your question has absolutly no sense. It's over for him since long time. Reality.

You can idolize Hendrix as much as you want, he has studied the english. He was probably the more powerful improviser.. he has understood everything about Stratocaster which existed long time before he starts to play guitar, but he's not the first tone visionnary.

They are all great, just listen to the music, thats all that matters. What is everyones favorite Hendrix song?

Ibanez : there's always interactivity, of course.. good point.. but i'm talking about vision.

Hendrix = Haendel, but an Haendel which he's never become adult.

Beck = Scarlatti, a Scarlatti at the top of his life.

Nothing more to say. I know i'm right.

You are not forced to agree.

Guitar man : Third stone from the sun, Drivin South, Jam back at the house, Who knows, Machine gun are some of my favs.

Talking about that, check this guys

Hear my train comin'

Scarlatti was influenced by several guys.

Ibanez : i'm very glad we finally met ourself on a solid point.

Spanish Castle Magic

Joan you MUST like that one no???

Castle : yeap.. even if Jimi hated his own voice.

I remember that the Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart has been an attempt to go beyond Yardbirds, Cream, The Experience.. but it not really worked..

The Bomb has been Led Zeppelin... Plant & Bohnam have chosen Jimmy Page..

and MC-5, Deep Purple & Black Sabbath.

So Jeff Beck is gone onto instrumental way, innovating with each album. The electric guitar player.

In 78, all has been exploded.

& now, Beck is still here.

I love Joe & Jeff. But not at all for the same reasons.

To me, as for the Cube, the Maestro is Beck.

The Jeff Beck Group. Saw them.

Too bad about Hendrix. It was the time. He did not respect his own gift. Sad.

Joe Satrini - I have a question for Satch, if you wouldn't mind asking... Why did he choose to team up with Vox for a line of pedals? I could see him going to Vox for a wah pedal, but I would have never expected an entire line of pedals, just seems to deviate from his usual selection of pedals.

Hi everyone,

check these vids from Portugal.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_SSZyY6fOU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT5CNMUc35I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPVwk48X02I

Dunno how we missed this back in Feb.... Little Kids ROCK!! Can you imagine sitting in a classroom and having Joe all of a sudden walk in? Holee GEEZ!! Chris said he'd actually go back to school for that, LOL!!

And how about some travels with Stu-man Hmmm, I think Mike Manning should be headlining, don't you?

Ibanezguitars, thanks for posting that vid of AWM, AWY, that song is so fantastic live, love the extended jam.