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Who is a better lead guitarist?

Jimmy Page or Eddie Van Halen? And why?

Update:

Has Eddie Van Halen ever bowed a guitar? Or used a fuzz box??? I don't think so!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Lets just face facts....

    Who elso can wear pants with dragons on them and still look cool?

    http://www.stryder.de/pics/page_dragon.jpg

    Click and see why!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That's like comparing apples to oranges. Page is the studio pro, composer and some much more. There are facets to Jimmy that most are not aware of. His use and innovations of alternative tunings, not to mention what he did using the bow. The monster tones & riffs he created are forever immortalized in the first LP alone. Eddie on the other hand will always be acknowledged as the guy his guitar teacher said would have no future in music. He revolutionized the techniques employed by practically every aspiring guitarist from the early 80's on. Quite possible responsible for metal guitar as we know it. Both brilliant and will remain forever Rock & Roll legends

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Jimmy Page

  • Page got no licks on Eddie

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Jimmy Page

    Ok heres why,Page can play many different types of styles,and does it with perfection,he also has many more songs that he either wrote or co-wrote with Robert Plant

    Dont get me wrong,Eddie is amazing too.

  • 1 decade ago

    Jimmy Page because he was really a influential, important, and versatile guitarist and songwriter in rock history

  • 1 decade ago

    Van Halen could do things Jimmy Page could only dream of. Listen to "Eruption" and you'll know why.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Paul M hit it right on the head. It's like asking "What is better for you, water or air?"

    It's not even a question.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    EVH, because he invented two handed tapping

  • 1 decade ago

    Halen.

    I mean, have you seen THIS?!

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ULEBSxP725w

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