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Hello everybody and welcome to a new feature within the blog… Guitar Duel.

This is going to be a weekly feature where I pit two legendary guitarists against each other and you lot have to vote on who you think is the better guitarist. I must admit some of these choices will be hard to bare, almost like choosing who is the favourite out of your Mother or your Father. So grit your teeth and get ready to make some agonising but amazing choices.

Right, lets get on with the first in the series. This weeks Guitar Duel is going to be between two of the greatest British Guitarists to ever pick up a guitar. Between them, they penned four songs in Rolling Stone Magazines list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time . Which is some feat considering Hendrix had only three in there.

Their fame rose from the 60′s and 70′s respectively and they are widely regarded as two of the best guitarists ever. Their bands? The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Two of the finest Rock and Roll bands in history. Of course, I am talking about non other than Keith Richards and Jimmy Page.

But the question I’m asking is, which one is better, as a guitarist?

Before you decide let me tell you a little more about them.

Jimmy Page : Bio

Born: January 9th, 1944

Started Playing : Aged 13

Influences : Scotty Moore, B.B King, Buddy Guy

Early Work : Session Guitarist, The Yardbirds (Rhythm andlater lead), The New Yardbirds

Band That Made Him : Led Zeppelin

Other Projects : Solo, XYZ, The Honeydrippers, The Firm

Guitar : Gibson Les Paul

Best Known For : Countless Guitar songs but most notably Stairway To Heaven. (A Guitarists Dream)

Guitar Accolades  : He ranked 9th in Rolling Stone Magazines 100 Greatest Guitarists. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice,with The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin respectively.

Keith Richards Bio

Born : 18th December, 1943

Started Playing : Aged 15

Influences : Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, Ry Cooder

Early Work : Little Boy Blue and The Blue Boys

Band That Made Him : The Rolling Stones

Other Projects : The Dirty Mac, The New Barbarians

Guitar : Fender Telecaster

Best Known For : (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

Guitar Accolades : Ranked 10th in Rolling Stones list of the greatest Guitarists of All Time. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in 1989.

So, now you’ve read a little bit about these two legendary guitarists, it’s time to choose who you think is the best. Which of these guitarists has influenced you the most? Who has the better technique? Which one has done more for the guitar than the other? I know this is going to be a hard choice so make it wisely. Here’s the poll :

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Thank you for voting and the results will be posted on next weeks Guitar Duel. I hope your favourite wins

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