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  • Jimmy was greatly influenced by clapton, but they're both great.

  • Two great legends! I prefer Jimmy Page, but Eric Clapton is GREAT to! I love Slash, Ace Frehley and Kurt Cobain too.

  • Eric Clapton-The best

    Jimmy Page-much better

    

  • Jimmy is much more versatile than Eric could ever be. Jimmy is so amazing to watch. I went to two of Eric's concert's he was such a bore to watch....he stands in one stop and bobs back & forth, no charisma. Jimmy drips charisma.

  • No way Eric Clapton plays the blues, he's far better than any shit Zepper solos by Jimmy Page.

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  • to put things straight they are both good guitar players , no need them to compare

  • page may be more popular bcause led zepp was more popular but most proper musicians will tell you clapton is better because of his phrasing and molten fluidity so much so that he is the reason hendrix came to england

  • i think clapton doesn't take alot of risk , in contrary with jimmy page , that dude like to trip out, you know sometimes page plays sloppy or some freaky stuff, he doesnt give a shit what people would think of him ,,clapton he 's always focused never to play mistakes cause he cares about his status as god , what people would think about him

  • @bruncen bullshit theres no risk when you play a solo you listen to the sound inside and play it out no risk involved

  • @Jcub90 i' dont say clapton doesn't take risk when he plays solos. His solos are heavenly , with risk i mean that he plays always blues on his last albums , his peak was during 60,70, where he didn't play always the blues , he was experimenting alot , like layla , cocaine , i shot the sheriff

    peace out

  • clapton owns page on blues playing in the same way that page owns clapton on rock playing but the clapton from the cream days could kick anyones ass just try playing the solo from crossroads even van halen said that was ripping guitar playing just a shame eric became an old blues man if hed have stayed in cream he would be as great as hendrix

  • ohhhhhh

    i love clapton but at the same time i love page.....

  • page better

  • Jimmy Page all the way!!!!!!!!!

  • page wins clapton was good untill the end of the 60,s then when he stopped the dope he lost it where as page kept doing the drugs and became rock god

  • Clapton is 100% Blues.. There's no other style in which he plays. Page has Blues, folk, Arabic, Rock influences.. Clapton is a better guitar player.. Better Tone, Better Feel.

  • Clapton is the best!

  • lol not too comparable but still imo clapton = page

  • JImmy page by far thats not to say clapton is not also a great guitarist (which he is) but theres more to music than picking up a guitar and being technically better

  • page makes the guitar shouts like something really cool and talented

  • Clapton, blackmore, hendrix, buddy guy, beck, gary moore, roy buchanan, zappa, rory gallagher, alvin lee, iomi, dave murray and many others, all wipe the floor with mr "broken fingers/ no tone" page....... ( my opinion). Page is the most overrated musician.. ever.......

  • Clapton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!! 

  • They are both great guitar players. Clapton is technically a better guitar player than Page.

    That doesn't mean Page isn't a great guitar player, Jimmy's greatest talent has always been songwriting. Jimmy is the greatest composer in classic rock history. So I am not surprised when people prefer Page over Clapton.  To all those that say Clapton is overrated - you are totally ignorant !

  • page!!!!!!!

  • JIMMY!!!!!!!

  • jimmy page hands down clapton is so over rated jimmy made heavy metal what it is today with them crazy riffs

  • Yes I know Crowley died in 1947.

  • Page always shoots for Euphoria when he solo's.....this is Page's KEY trait....He treats playing the guitar like making love ! Aleister Crowley taught Page the notion of EVOCATION. well done Jimmy!

  • Clapton's got some good stuff, but I'm gonna have to go with Zoso!

  • Ritchie Blackmore: 1000

  • Skydog by a country mile.

  • jimmy page:100

    eric clapton:100

    jimi hendrix:100

  • Page by miles. Page may have his sloppy moments, but his creativity and stage presence are far beyond anything Clapton can do.

  • They are BOTH VERY good, but I prefer Clapton!

  • JIMMY PAGE hands does, sheer creativity alone, not to mention emotion and technique

    To those who were saying that clapton has a crisper sound than jimmy, and that jimmy is "messy". well thats the whole point, jimmy stayed away from giving that crisp (santana-ish, dare i say) tone to his music, he invented techniques to make his guitar sound more buff and add more volume to it, like recording with two mics a distance of 10 meters away or adding a track with backward echo

  • Love em both...Page wins for creativity. Its not about the fingers, it's about the ideas..Pages creations are unearthly and never get old...IMHO

  • clapton is amazing page is very sloppy

  • Clapton =D !!

  • James Patrick Page is God. Period.

  • They are BOTH #1.

  • ok woah woah woah. First off yes Jimmy is amazing. He plays my favourite solo since ive been loving you but you guys are underestimating Clapton. This video seems biased. It dosent even show two of his mnost amazing solo. Layla/layla unplugged(love that song) Old love and many many many more Clapton's playing is so clean compared to jimmy's which takes more skill. while jimmy paige is messy. he is one of my favourites but clapton is amazing 2. Come on guys just lsten to layla unplugged

  • jimmy page!!!

  • BARLEY, BY A HAIR...page wins

  • they are both obviously both amazing players but Clapton is no fun at all all when compared to page and all of his solo in here all sound so similar except for "while my guitar....

    which was written by George Harrison

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  • Jimmy Page is da Best!

  • JIMMY PAGE is best of BEST.......;)

  • Clapton all the way!!

  • Page... tiene mas huevos, es vertiginoso. tiene todo.

  • so eric clapton

  • @Jacksz96 do you base your theory from youtube footage or have you ever seen Page live ? page is incredible live .

  • I love them both , but page isnt s good live , and clapton is always perfect , also amazing singer amazing voice and everything..

  • I was at the LA ARMS concert. Clapton and Beck both blew Page away. Page arranges some amazing solos which sound great but if you listen his playing isn't as tight as Clapton's, especially when you listen to live tracks that haven't been remixed.

  • @slarsen00: of course, Page was strung out at the time.  Wait a minute, Clapton might have been too, come to think of it.

  • page is better than clapton,but not by much,but man can jimmy play

  • Clapton

    Page's solos from Dazed and Confused and Heartbreaker imo are not very good. The timing was off. I saw Led Zeppelin on their first big US tour and Page played poorly. In their second tour he got better but his style was max. notes per second and I've never been impressed by that.

    I first heard Clapton live with Blind Faith. Crossroads was amazing. His Cream live solos are clean, crisp & in time. BTW some choices for EC here like Sunshine/Badge/Guitar-Weeps are not his best work.

  • @bb1111116 Can you do better?

    No, shut the fuck up.

  • @xMegadethFTWx You mean mean better at writing an articulate post? Obviously yes compared to yours. Try to use your words better next time.

  • @bb1111116 Dazed and Confused is not off, and Heartbreaker is a free solo, it isn't following much of a rhythm in general.

  • no one can make a solo like eric clapton could, he's the king of the blues, the slowhand!! how can you even make this video?

  • Hendrix

  • James Patrick Page is the man!!!!

  • JIMMY PAGE

  • JIMMY PAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 1. Jimmy P age

    2. Duane Allman

    3. a tie between all the rest

  • Clapton of course. At least he wasn't sloppy...

  • When it comes to rock n roll: Page

    When it comes to blues: CLAPTON

  • @JimBowie1133 Isin't it the other way around?

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  • Clapton.

    

  • Jimmy wins this.. but if we were talking about looks.. Eric would definitely take the prize.:3

  • @manningfan512 are you kidding? Jimmy is one of the most handsome dudes in rock...

  • Eric Clapton is a blues man.......Jimmy Page is a hard blues man!!!!!

  • jimmy page is god

  • this is rediculous, you're asking us to compare Blues to Rock... Jimmy Page can shred, i believe we all know that. but Eric Clapton is quite the songwriter. this comparison is the same as if you were to compare Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, they're too different to put next to each other.

    But i love the video and "the beatles song"? no, George Harrison wrote that after the beatles broke up.

  • @griffincorbin Clapton writes one type of song. In comparison, Page is not only a great guitarist but a great songwriter, composer, engineer and showman as well, and his songs are far more complex in structure, feeling, emotion, technical ability and musical knowledge than anything Clapton has done. And he can solo like a mother fucker on top of all that!

  • @griffincorbin

    Jimmy Page was a brilliant song writer as well.

  • close.... I have to say Eric. JUST MY OPINION!

  • RANDY RHOADS WON!!!!!!! HE DOESNT EVEN HAVE TO BE HERE TO WIN HES SO DANG GOOD!!!

  • I think Jimmy’s better, like musically, but Eric Clapton is more known, if you know what I mean.

  • no one is best. we just have our own favorites. it's an endless argument. but it's kinda fun to discuss who we think is best from time to time.

  • It's no comparison, their too different. Page is hard rock, Clapton is blues.

  • I have always felt that while Jimi Hendrix is clearly very talented, he still has a "clowning-around" kind of style that kind of disrespects the music sometimes. I'm not always into watching people do cartwheels and somersaults. I like the serious styles of Clapton and Page better and I think they're both much deeper. It's hard for me to judge Page vs Clapton. My own playing and style is more like Page (not that I'm as good!). But I think I like Clapton more. He is totally riveting and personal.

  • Really guys, I love Eric and Cream were the best until...........JP and Zep blew the world away. This montage of yours is a great illustration why Jimmy is the best ever and we didnt get round to his accoustic work.There can only be one true God ......"on lead guitar Jimmy Page" still send shivers down my spine.

  • CLAPTON IS GOD

  • page of course ! :D

  • Anyone know the song at 4.24? It sounds like a lick i learned from guitar tech. magazine, but does not say the song. Help please! i need to learn the song!! p.s CLAPTON!! (I.M.O). Answers on a postcard to Glasgow guitar legend wannabe lol

  • @coffebob Stairway to heaven

  • Anyone know the song at 4.24? It sounds like a lick i learned from guitar tech. magazine, but does not say the song. Help please!! iI need to learn the song!!

  • ''Artist'' Cream it says lol

  • page ftw

  • CLAPTON IS GOD, NO GUITARIST HAS DONE SUCH... F*#& ANYONE WHO SAYS HENDRIX WAS BETTER

  • watch?v=tiiY4ciKFQA i rest my case.

  • Page

    

  • clapton

  • Page wrote or co-wrote every single led zeppelin and yardbird song accept for 2. he even helped john bonhams son with his new band, he help write most of their songs.

  • Clapton is great. However, Page is on a completely different level! Jimmy Page by a long shot!

  • ERIC CLAPTON!!!! :P

  • RICHARD HUGH BLACKMORE

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  • JAMES PATRICK PAGE!

  • Page.

  • 1. Jimmy Page

    2. Jimmy Hendrix

    3. David Gilmour

    I don't think Eric Clapton is so amazing. He's very boring.

  • ACTUALLY i prefer ROBBIE BLUNT  over clapton.

    Page is also "far" more interesting than clapton.

  • @Scottishrunner45 the FACT that you think "rolling stone" magazine is a good source tells us alot about your cred. YOU probabably also like VH1s lists also ! LMFAO !

  • Dudes, it's completely stupid to have this kind of elections. There is no way you can say what guitarist is 'better'. One could easily argue that Paco de Lucia or john McLaughlin beats these guys completely. It's just a matter of genre, and even more a matter of taste. They're all inspiring musicians, so just let them inspire you, learn from them what you want to learn, have your favorite, but don't try to compare them with each other... Makes absolutely no sense at all.

  • ACTUALLY their are better gutair players to compair to Mr. Page than clapton.clapton is really not in Jimmy Pages league honistly

  • @z1inspector Neeh...page is way better.

  • @gre1990 dude im agreein with ya ! PAGE is not only better HE is WAY better !

    even clapton probably has to agree @ liest with the fact that jimmy can compose better than ANYONE  on gutair. actually I DONT THEY DENY IT !

  • obviously if any1 is saying page is a poser=they dont know what there talkin about . while the others have to pretty much stand still and play "posed in 1 position" /MY MAN JIMMY PAGE WAS DANCIN WITH THAT GUTAIR !

  • @z1inspector playin with a viloin bow is posing...cmon, he didnt even got a nice sound from it but page fans say "woow! he just played with that bow!! coool!"...poser

  • @gre1990 and i dont know...i really dont like Page, so i may never change my mid about him, but i think we both can live with that. Peace.

  • I think you're forgetting something here - Page had with him a little guy called John Paul Jones who wrote most of Zep's complex riffs and arrangements, and Clapton had with him for much shorter a little guy named Jack Bruce who wrote and sang most of Cream's songs.

    These two here are prime examples of guitarists who steal credit from their band members.

    That said - Clapton is greater as a guitarist, Page is greater as a musician.

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  • @CentraCross no, in fact, john paul jones wrote most of his stuff with keyboards (Carouselambra,Trampled Under Foot, No Quarter...) and jimmy is the one who wrote the music of all the songs of led zeppelin in this videos. btw do you relly think john paul jones would let jimmy steal his credit for all those years? and what about his work outside Led Zeppelin? did John write the riff of "Shake My Tree"? anyway show me where you read that.

  • Jimmy is god !

  • Page is god

  • Nobody can touch Clapton NOBODY! Except maybe Paco De Lucia, now that guy aucustically is untouchable. If your a guitarists you must know this.

  • page is the biggest dick of a guitar player you'll ever hear

  • MY 2 CENTS worth =

    you GOTTA go with the one who can compose the best licks & the most impressive riffs AND 1 of these guys blows + and i mean "BLOWS" the other one away !

    HE stands alone and has composed more & inspired almost everyband AND I DONT EVEN HAVE TO SAY HIS NAME!

  • @z1inspector I hope you mean Layla, Cocaine, Sunshine of Your Love, Crossroads, Outside Woman Blues, Wonderful Tonight, Presence of the Lord, Bad Love, White Room, Motherless Children, Badge, Steppin Out.

    Now those are some REALLY cool riffs.

  • @gre1990 those ARE great riffs my brother however not even close to the POWER in the other guys riffs. You are aware who gave clapton his FRIENDLY pet nickname of "slowhand"?

    HINT? its the same guy !

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  • i love Clapton but lets see him come up with a stairway to heaven or a composition like THE RAIN SONG ! i mean come on think about it GUITAR players, not just random fans they shouldn't even be posting on this video lol. Jimmy page all the way!

  • @crunkalac YOU ARE SO CORRECT !

  • @crunkalac Im a guitar player and i think clapton assrapes page.

    cmon', clapton was an innovator in all the way. He was the first to attempt the 'gibson les paul plus marshall amp' in his album with john mayall, long before page. He was the first to form a rock group with no rythm guitar to make the bass and drums have more protagonism, think de LZ later copied. He could play incredible duos with Allman, Hendrix, Beck, while Page was always alone, cause he was a poser.

  • @gre1990 While most people think 'slowhand' goes for clapton being slow when playing, the actual reason is he used to take long time to change his strings when they broke during concerts.

    And the nickname was idea of GIORGIO GOMELSKY, not Page.

  • @gre1990 i see = i stand corrected

  • @z1inspector i just noticed i kinda quoted myself to clear that slowhand was for being slow on changing strings on stage and that it was ivented by GIRGIO GOMELSKY

  • jimmy page !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jimmy Page is real man. when he was the only guitar player at stage like he was with Led Zeppelin he made masterpiece with one string if was necessary. but playing with Clapton and Beck he never wanted to be in the first plan. that makes him my fav.

  • JIMI PAGE

  • 1.Jimmy Hendrix

    2. Eric Clapton

    3. B.B. King

    - Rolling stone Magazine

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  • When it comes to the blues, Clapton all day

  • Jimmy Page<3

  • This is a retarded video and a retarded competition, but why not designate like for one artist and dislike for the other so people can actually vote.

    People who think music is a contest don't make any sense to me.

  • page!!! soo nice!!! the best

  • How come no one ever considers Duane Allman?

  • @ARVNpistola313 yes he was better

  • @ARVNpistola313 Because Dickie Betts is the main guitarist for the allman brothers and hes better than Duane Allman... Page is not god. He created God!!!

  • @lithiumxd1 dont think soo

  • @lithiumxd1 Commit suicide... hahaha

  • 1.Hendrix

    2.Clapton

    3.Page

  • Theres no list there a ten good guitar players in no order,

    Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, SRV, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, Joe Bonamassa, Duane Allman, Warren Haynes, David Gilmore

    no order

  • @rjackson1371 seriously? rethink your list but we can all agree that @lithiummxd1 obviously cant tell the difference between good guitar players and shit so when he sits down tomorow morning to eat breakfast he will; say wow this good guitar player tastes good

  • @ledzepplinforever1 No my list is idiot proof and can't be touched. At least we don't consider Kirt Cobain a great guitarist like the 18 yr olds do

  • Absurd to compare guitar gods. And for those of you who base it on the number of records sold or the amount of money made, that is ridiculous as well. McDonald's has sold more hamburgers than anyone. How many of you vote for a Big Mac as the best hamburger ever??

  • i like how page dominated the first half of this video, cuz when clapton started playing, i knew right away that he is far superior. speed does not make a better guitarist. if that was the case then the guitarists from dragonforce are better than clapton, hendrix, page combined.

  • jimmy page all the way, zeppelin is hands down the greatest band that ever took stage or ever recorded a song and thats the truth

  • @corpralkirsch AND that IS the truth !! nothing NOTHING  touches page & zeppelin !

    NOOOOTHHHING !

  • @z1inspector damn right my friend

  • The truth:

    1. JImi hendrix

    2. Jimmy Page

    3. Eric clapton( not saying hes third of all time but hes not better than the two above.)

    BOTH JIMIES RULE THE WORLD OF GUITAR MOFOS!

  • @bonkermcsteelo

    I agree you,yes!

  • No sweat, Page easily.Clapton was great while he played with Cream and Blind Faith, but after that...Page in other hand, evolved miles and miles, making history in the greatest band of all times.While Clapton turned into a pop-radio beverage drink, sad but true.The great thing about Clapton is that he didn't got wasted, even in the late 90's he still had it.Jeff Beck still awesome and in better shape tho.But Page and Hendrix are the real GODS of rock.

  • Jimmy Page is better but he cant touch Eric Clapton when it comes to the blues he play with more soul and feeling

  • @cpet19 watch this and then say Page can't compete with Clapton at blues

    /watch?v=x3RZvpWe5C4

  • oh my, when since ive been lovin you kicked in..i almost came..

  • jimmy page is exelent, but hendrix was a god

  • for EC at his best , simply search Steppin Out , Cream BBC sessions.

  • my only beef with EC is that he first wanted to be Muddy Waters or Buddy Guy , then he wanted to be JJ Cale , and now he just wants to turn his amp to 2 and bore people . Page , on the other hand just does nothing at all for 20 yrs and gets rusty

  • The highest rated comment that says Jimmy Page is better than Eric Clapton most likely does not play guitar or have the ears required to make that judgment.

  • Both can rock real hard, and both can play the blues real smooth. Eric has worked with and done shows with some of the best guitarist in history, I may be wrong, but i never remember him working with Jimmy, I would love to see the two together on stage.

  • @ClassicRockfan79 They did get together for one show (Jeff was with them too :D)... but jimmy was so into heroin that it kinda sucked.

  • MUSIC IS NOT A COMPETITON!!!

  • Yes Page is better than Clapton.

    Also, red is better than blue, dogs are far superior to cats as pets AND im 100 % sure oranges are better than apples AND im positive that i love my younger son more than my older son.

    Two absolutely different artists, no point in comparison(THERE NEVER IS!!!!)

    Its a matter of opinion or preference.ALWAYS, if you dont agree, then you have to grow up, music is not a competition.

  • @RockNRollOverDose The top e string is superior to the bottom one

  • yngwie j. malmsteen

  • page and clapton are pretty even. it all comes down to what style you prefer.

  • ERIC CLAPTON IS SHIT JIMMY BONE WITH A METAL IS LIKE ANY COMPARE WITH PURE GOLD, ALSO IS SOMETHING TO BE AWARE THAT ERIC stole MANY MORE IDEAS TO JIMMY AND LES Ensim went wrong, OSEA SUPER CLAPTON PLAYS WELL BUT DO NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF JIMMY PAGE FOR NOTHING BUT SHIT GRINGOS HEARD ME??

    YOU ALL SUCK COCK GRINGOS Culi PURE SHIT WORTH THE SIDE OF A BRITISH PURE AS JIMMY PAGE, WOULD LIKE TO COMPARE TO DAVID GILMOURG James Hetfield

  • these are my two favorites Guitarrists in the world i prefer clapton because since his young into 65 years he still Rulezzzzz and Jimmy page kind lose hes ability to improvise but if we were talking about page's best days i prefer page bu in general I Choose Clapton!

  • Different styles, bodh are very good!...

  • for those who say that page is sloppy and that clapton is cleaner.yeah it's true,but page was sloppy in 77-80 because he was on heroin

  • @ledzepguitarcovers actually playing sloppy on guitar is an actual style. im sure you probably know that, but page was playing sloppy near the beginning of zep, not just near the end. of course his heroin addiction started catching up to his playing, and eventually he couldn't help but play sloppy because of it.

  • Along with Jeff Beck both were very influential in the essence of rock can not be compared, Clapton is the soul and virtuosity Jimmy, I hope that this has been helpful