Steve Vai probably was/is more technically proficient, but not by much, and Eddie is much more influential, so the nod goes to Eddie. Not my favorite, but the poll doesn't ask that so I'll keep it to myself.
dont know steve - but eddie van halen would have been nowhere without david lee roth getting his band going, mostly because he cant sing. when DLR left the band it went south for a while
If the question included Jimi I would have had a harder time picking because I give him credit for taking guitar playing into the dimensions where all other guitar heroes followed. I wonder what he would have given us if he had lived.
Stevie is also da bomb. But Steve Vai to me remains in a class of his own.
None of the above
Eddie Van Halen
None of the above
Steve Vai
All of the above
None of the above
Eddie Van Halen
None of the above
Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
Steve Vai
Steve Vai
Eddie Van Halen
None of the above
None of the above
All of the above
Undecided
Steve Vai
Eddie Van Halen
Steve Vai
Steve Vai
Eddie Van Halen
Steve Vai
Eddie Van Halen
Steve Vai
Eddie Van Halen
Steve Vai
yngwie malmsteen
None of the above
Stevie is also da bomb. But Steve Vai to me remains in a class of his own.