I'm so sick and tired of people saying he was overrated.  He was amazing!!!  Easily the best ever.  For all of you saying no, please consider the fact that nobody can quite play everything he can, Jimi paved the way for millions of guitaists world-wide, he was the first person to play like that, and not to mention Rolling Stone magazine (some of the most musically knowledgable  people out there) agrees with me, as does almost everybody.  Come on people, get over it, your crappy metal guitarists will never overtake Hendrix.  Nor will anyone else.  He's not my favorite guitarist (alot of people know who mine is), but he is greatest of all time.  Get over it if you think otherwise (the few of you who will argue this with me: you may send your hate mail...now).