I really can't pick one ... but if I had to .... I'd go with Santana ... I've lived to see him .... I never saw Hendrix.
Though from what I hear ... that man was a genius with the guitar
2006-11-20 01:55:57 · 21 answers · asked by Gummi Bear Devourer II 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Jimi Hendrix, hands down. I think Carlos Santana would agree. Hendrix could play backwards, forwards and upside down, with his fingers his teeth...
He made a guitar a supernatural instrument!
Now CS is good but Hendrix was magical!
2006-11-20 01:58:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jimi Hendrix.
2006-11-20 03:47:00 · answer #2 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say Hendrix, but I do respect Santana almost as much as Hendrix. In Hendrix's short lived life of 27 years, he innovated the sound of the guitar. In his life, he was ahead of his time. I know Hendrix was sincere because he relied souly on his heart and feel of playing. Hendrix never learned how to read music which just blows my mind. He played all of that by ear. This has nothing to do with you question, but Jimmy Page is my favorite guitarist of all time.
2006-11-20 01:59:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santana
2006-11-20 01:57:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Carlos Santana has more experience than Jimi did.Jimi was only 27 when he died.
2006-11-20 02:32:42 · answer #5 · answered by Celebrity girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this summer when Ritchie Havens was at the Kool Aid Days festival in Hastings, NE, I found out that this Havens dude actually wrote many of Hendrix's stuff and gave it to him, handwritten on scraps of paper, in a coffee shop. the good ole days, anyway, I have no idea of these 2 who was better, but watching Ritchid doing Freedom till his guitar strings broke and he was so exhausted he collapsed to the stage, I'm gonna go Hendrix.
2006-11-20 02:18:54 · answer #6 · answered by Joni J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll go with Santana.....
But I'll give props to Hendrix....he WAS a genius with the axe
2006-11-20 02:01:14 · answer #7 · answered by spun_up_06 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
jimi Hendricks need i say more but next would be Stevie ray Vaughn then Santana and im old enough to remember
2006-11-20 06:21:26 · answer #8 · answered by kayme42 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's like asking "Which is better, winning the lottery or hitting the Wheel of Fortune machine in Ac?" They both accomplish pretty much the same thing.... it's just all about how you want to get there.
2006-11-20 02:00:22 · answer #9 · answered by Meir L 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd pick Jimi Hendrix, but Stevie Ray Vaughn beats both of them
2006-11-20 01:58:09 · answer #10 · answered by Sunnie 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋