Eddie Van Halen or Ace Frehley?

[Bimmer]

Wow! Is this a serious question? EVH is on the Mt. Rushmore of rock guitarist. Ace Frehley is not even close.

This.

[ridgerunner6901]

[QUOTE=MMosher;10101871]No other guitar player has done more with just his guitar than Ed. None.[/QUOTEnot to diminish evh’s abilities, but man his stage rig has more gadgets than the cockpit of a fighter jet. Lots of things in play to achieve that tone, but the notes are from the player for sure

[mixermark]

[QUOTE=ridgerunner6901;10102168]

No other guitar player has done more with just his guitar than Ed. None.[/QUOTEnot to diminish evh’s abilities, but man his stage rig has more gadgets than the cockpit of a fighter jet. Lots of things in play to achieve that tone, but the notes are from the player for sure

his rig has some stuff in it for sure, but there always is a dry cab that gets plenty of space in the blend out front.

I love Ace, he had some killer riffs, but Eddie really revolutionized the guitar, and changed the entire direction of guitar based music for 20 years or so.

Gotta go with Eddie on this one, but old KISS is sure fun to listen to, especially on Vinyl.

[Phrog Phil]

EVH is in the league above Ace. While not my favorite guitar player of all time(randy Rhodes) Eddie is the gold standard.

[ziggen]

Kiss sucks. I'm not a huge Van Halen fan, but at least they made music for adults. Eddie over Ace, no question.

[Brownmaniac]

Maybe Ace is in the same universe as Eddie as a tile grouter.

Remember hearing KISS all learned to play their instruments after they started their garage band. Use the term "learned" loosely!! Gene could play the hell outa the base by the time he was 83 tho!

[bassboat1]

I think I'd rather spend a day in the boat with Ace.

[darrall]

Talent=Eddie but personally I have to go with the spaceman

Yep, both were huge influences to me learning guitar. Eddie blows him away. But Ace is the coolest of the two.

[OkieBud]

Eddie Hands Down...

[rboren]

So BBC has spoken! EVH by a landslide according to posts. Maybe we can get them to audition for us live. Now that would be cool! There are many great guitar players but EVH is among the best. Ace is just cool but ability is not one of the best to me. Sorry Ace,nothing personal! I'm sure he is watching.

[Fish Whisperer]

Eddie.

[ScottOz]

Eddie but Angus young from Ac/Dc is got to be up there too.

[Spanky06]

Eddie, not close....

Spanky

[DaveBrabec]

WHO is Ace Frehley?

[Shortbus17]

Ace

[javjoe]

Eddie is the better player but Ace is the better stage performer

Ace has inspired a lot of today's guitar players!

[joby1]

Eddie! Ace is average at best.

[61Woody]

I like both but it has to be Eddie, both ugly AF but Eddie had Valerie.

[mattmann7]

Saw Kiss two times in the 70s. First time it was a novelty. The second show I was 18. Almost everyone one there was pushing 12 or13 and with a parent or parents. Pretty much summed up the appeal of the music. Never took them as serious musicians or played their records thinking these guys are great.

Van Halen was the California version of Zeppelin in their early heyday. You bought an album for the sound because it was new and no one else did it as good in the mainstream.

[toddmc]

Everyone that grew up in the 80's pretended that they were Eddie when they played air guitar. It was no contest. Kiss has made a hell of a living selling action figures though!