Which rock guitarists had as much as Eddie Van Halen after the VH explosion?

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by dave_is_vh
Yngwie was more innovative than EVH.

Nah..

I put them equal on the innovative scale...

[Fabulous Shadow]

Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, John Petrucci and Brian May all desrving of a mention however none to the levels of EVH.

[Fabulous Shadow]

OOPS... I guess I missed the AFTER EDDIE part...

[ELVIS]

Please pay no attention to the last two posts...

[rustoffa]

Top 5 easily.........

[Rebel]

SDMF baby.......

[Rebel]

The man.....

[ELVIS]

Top five is:

Edward

Yngwie

Hendrix

SRV

Rhodes

[scottydabodi]

In the history of the electric guitar, perhaps the 2 most influential players were Jimi, and Eddie. Now there's been MANY great players, and MANY influential players, but we're more or less talking about players that are AS influential as Ed. Well, SRV is a fine choice, and Malmsteen, and Vai, and Satch, and Schenker, and a billion other greats... I would dare say that out of those, perhaps SRV is up there with Ed as far as influence, fame, and a saturday mornin guitar shop kid tryin to play those riffs... I would personally LOVE to sit here and explain my love for Steve Morse, Greg Howe(not Steve Howe), Gary Moore, Uli Jon Roth(no relation to DLR), and Jake E. Lee, but that doesn't make 'em MORE influential than they've been already... and it's a shame... but that's how it goes... Not EVERYONE can be in the Top 3 Most Inflential Electric Guitarists of AllTime List... except for ME, that is!!

[ELVIS]

I do like Zakk, although he is too southern twang for Ozzy...

I would much rather Yngwie do an Ozzy album...

[scottydabodi]

Originally posted by ELVIS
I do like Zakk, although he is too southern twang for ozzy...

I would much rather Yngwie do an Ozzy album...

Ozzy needs John Fucking Sykes...

[Rebel]

I like Zakk's sound with Ozzy, he does tone down that twang a bit on Ozzy's records. I'm not saying Zakk is as influential as the other guys mentioned.....yet, but he's quickly working on it. Pride and Glory is without a doubt one of the top records put out in the last 20 years, very good stuff, he's an extremely good guitar player, but he's a great songwriter.

[ELVIS]

I think I'll get Pride and Glory...

[Fabulous Shadow]

Sorry about that Elvis...

I dont think there has really been anyone AFTER Ed that has made as much of an impact in Rock Guitar as Ed.

Some of my favs...

Angus Young, Jeff Beck, Jerry Cantrell, Kurt Cobain, Bradley Nowell and Dean DeLeo. Innovators? I dont think so...

[Rebel]

If you don't have it, it's truly a great album. Check out the remastered version with the bonus second disc with extra tracks. If you like southern rock, you'll love it. Anybody that appreciates really good music would like it even if it's not their favorite style, it's very well done.