YES IT WORKED.

Facewon wrote:

So yeah, as Nick assumed. 

Here are the Head to Heads we're voting on. 4 from Pool A and 4 from Pool D.

I agree with all of these so double
Count them as my vote

Slash
BB King
John Lee Hooker
Les Paul

Jimi Hendrix
Robert Johnson
Eddie Van Halen
Mark Knopfler

Did we do James dean bradfield?

Done crumpet.

Slash (Kris Derrig Les Paul) - Narrow strap/heavy guitar (+1), pickup covers removed (-2), Les Paul copy not made by Gibson which was apparently better than the Les Pauls which were being made by Gibson at the time (+2), signature edition which is made by Gibson and is therefore a copy of the copy of their own guitar (-37) Total: -36
Johnny Marr (Rickenbacker 330) - Ric (+10) Total: 10
Result: Johnny Marr

John Frusciante (’62 Strat) - natural wear (+3), but he seems to have terrible aim (-3) Total: 0
B.B. King (Gibson Lucille) - nominal anthropomorphism (-4), eschewance of unnecessary f-holes (+2), Varitone switch (+3), signature edition (-5) Total: -4
Result: John Frusciante

Robert Fripp (Les Paul Custom) - middle pickup (+1), curly lead (-3) Total: -2
John Lee Hooker (’64 Epiphone Sheraton II) - Epiphone pre-Gibson defamation (+4), posthumous signature edition (n/a) Total: 4
Result John Lee Hooker

Les Paul (Gibson Les Paul Recording II) - played ugliest version of own signature model (+6) Total: 6
Vernon Reid (ESP Mirage) - ESP before they were everywhere (+2), lurid paint job (+3.9) Total: 5.9
Result: Les Paul



Jimi Hendrix (’68 Strat) - CBS Fender (-4), couldn’t even be bothered to find a left-handed version of what was the most commonly available electric guitar even back then (+2), posthumous signature edition (n/a) Total: -2
Prince (David Husain Cloud) - luthier obscurity (+5), shape weirdness (+7), unofficial signature editions (n/a), not a real cloud (-15) Total: -3
Result: Jimi Hendrix

Robert Johnson (The Gibson L-1) - The 'The' in the The Gibson logo (+3), posthumous signature edition (n/a) Total: 3
Brian May (Brian and his Dad Red Special) - brand obscurity (+5), Special-is-comparative-but-since-there-is-no-Red-Regular-there-can’t-logically-be-a-Red-Special misnomer (-1), mantelpiece usage (-7), signature edition (-5) Total: -8
Result: Robert Johnson

Eddie Van Halen (Frankenstrat) - tape, tape, tape everywhere (-4651321789)
Jimmy Page (Gibson EDS-1275) - ridiculous (+9) Total: 9
Result: Jimmy Page

Mark Knopfler (Flying resonator on the cover of the blue and pink album) - I don’t think it’s actually played on the blue and pink album so it has no business being on the cover (-10), which is good because, think about it, if you were a guitar, would you want to be played on a Dire Straits album? No, no, of course you wouldn’t (+10) Total: 0
Eric Clapton ('The Fool' SG) - lurid paint job (+3.9), unofficial signature editions (n/a) Total 3.9
Result: Eric Clapton

Knew it.

Can't argue with any of that.

If he's in then Vini Reilly definitely gets added.

If any Manic Street Preacher is in a greatest guitarist list then there's some serious misunderstanding of the words greatest and guitarist. And maybe even list.

Kow wrote:

If any Manic Street Preacher is in a greatest guitarist list then there's some serious misunderstanding of the words greatest and guitarist. And maybe even list.

And time.

But not Madness.

Will call this tomorrow.

Nope. Sam Cooke.

Slash
John Frushiante
John Lee Hooker
Vernon Reid

Jimi Hendrix
Brian May 
Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton

Brooks wrote:

Gibson Les Paul Recording II

I still want a go on one of these.

I am fond of a mess of pots and switches even if most of the time they don't do anything terribly exciting. I think it reignites a little of the initial fascination I had with electric guitars when I didn't know much at all about how they worked. I notice the LPRII's more intriguing twiddly bits were left off the recent reissue though, just a pair of volume and tone knobs replacing the original's separate bass, treble, and whatever 'decade' did (just looked it up; still not sure).

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Well actually if I were a guitar I'd love to be played on a Dire Straits album actually. Even the last one.

Moot_Geeza - Would love to be played on a Dire Straits album (-3)