Ooohhh! Good matchup! Gotta give the edge to BOLD AS LOVE – Jimi Hendrix , though.

to bad it's not "Hot as Love" by Reggie Bannister

Hopefully, all present will remember this in the event that there's a Guitar Wars II for all the master pickers who didn't make it into this contest and I nominate a Monkees song with Louie Shelton on guitar.

As for master pickers and the matter at hand...

Bold As Love -- Jimi Hendrix, please!

Yeah, maybe we can see these guys in there.

The Edge
George Thorogood
Zakk Wylde
Rory Gallagher
Paul Gilbert
Michael Schencker

Kindly add to the list: Charlie Christian...Wes Montgomery...Bert Jansch...Danny Kalb...Jerry Miller...and, yes, Louie Shelton, to name an additional six!

I choose Jimi.

As a general rule, I would say that Hendrix probably outplays McCready 9 times out of 10. I just think that this happens to be that one time that he doesn't. McCready to advance.

This match will close tomorrow.

Jimi Hendrix leads Mike McCready 14-4

Robert Smith...Robin Guthrie (who I can't believe that I didn't nominate the first time around)...William Faith (although I'd probably go with his Faith and the Muse or Mephisto Walz stuff over his late-era Christian Death)...Luther Perkins...oh, yeah. I've easily got another half dozen I could nominate.

I covered some of the bigger names, but you two have really gone deep into the guitar players list. Robin Guthrie and Bert Jansch should both have been in the first go 'round.