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To get back to the original question of this thread. First off, I think for his time Jimi was a better guitar player, but like all things the art has grown and with each new gen of guitarist the old is built in and new ground is created. No one can ever take away the new ground Eddie covered. Sure finger taps are easy, but he totally revolutionized the technique and introduced it to the mainstream as a real altrenative to simply picking a string with a pick or finger. I also think Eddie was more classically trained, which doesn't mean he's a better musician, but only that Eddie did have a better overall understanding of the instrument from a purely academic standpoint. But fuck academics. We're talking revolutionary music when we talk about Hendrix, music that moves the spirit and evocs emotion. Personally I tend to think an untrained musician who can play from the heart is much better to listen to on an emotional level the anyone who trains and studies music. Training robs you of original creativity imho and i've never enjoyed listening to trained studio musicians jam.
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