who is the best of these three?
page or richie blackmore or black sabbaths guitar player?

ill go with richie ,the other 2 are not even close

well Deep Purple is definitely the most underrated of those three guitarists' respective bands and I think Ritchie was probably the most technically proficient of the three but I think I kinda like Jimmy's chaotic and sloppy yet energetic style a little more and I think Page understood the blues and roots music better than Ritchie did. And Iommi was probably the best of the three in terms of tone and heaviness

1. Page
2. Iommi
3. Blackmore


I agree Blackmore was probably the most technically proficient but on the whole I hate listening to his stuff and Smoke On The Water is such a poor riff I still have no idea why or how it has lasted so long as a classic.

I'd also put their respective bands in the same order, as it happens!


Iommi's style is kind of limited but then he does have the chopping-your-fingers-off-on-your-last-day-of-work scenario to contend with!



Edit cos my spelling is as sloppy as my guitar playing.....!
[Edited 4/24/08 2:54am]