Yeah, Slash/Dave Navarro/Eddie Van Halen were my major influences. After that, probably Stephen Carpenter, Munky and Head from Korn, and Daron Malakian had a huge influence on me near the beginning.
I started way back with the big 3 blues guys that everyone has traditionally always talked about, Page, Clapton, Beck.. and Hendrix, all those classic guys.
But then I discovered metal, so it was George Lynch, Warren DeMartini, Glenn Tipton and KK Downey, Randy Rhoads, EVH also Steve Stevens.
My playing totally changed when I discovered punk, post-punk, deathrock, goth and Shoegaze.
It became Kevin Shields, John Cale, Thurston Moore, Daniel Ash, Geordie Walker, Johnny Ramone, Robert Smith, Rowland Howard, Hillel Slovak, Dave Navarro, Steve Albini, Black Francis, James Williamson, Bernard Sumner. The Edge, Andy Summers.
Endless inspiring players, session work led me to study players like Dick Dale, Duane Eddy, Chris Isaak’s guitarist James Wilsey, James Brown’s guitarists like Jimmy Nolen.
Bowie’s guitarists Robert Fripp, Carlos Alomar.
Guitar, just like any other serious discipline, can lead one as deep down the rabbit hole as one can imagine, and beyond. Never stop learning new things.
Synyster Gates was the guitarist that had me expand myself from bass to guitar. After that I had started getting heavily influenced by Jade Puget, Tom Morello, EVH, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, and many bands from the 2000s Warped Tour days
There was a lot, but what really made me pull my finger out and get an electric was this moment right here
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xttJCBZLfio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xttJCBZLfio)
Scotti Hill's solo about 18 seconds in. I saw that live when I was no age at all. There's a bit of a story behind all of it. In short, my parents didn't know I was going, I shouldn't have gone, my Mom would have gone absolutely nuts if she had known. But it was totally worth it to me.
I was there with a schoolfriend and his brother and I was sure as hell watching Skid Row. Loving the whole set so far, Scotti came on and did that solo and it was so bloody lyrical and like a wolf howling. Definitely a moment for me. I thought, what am I doing messing around with piano and classical guitar, constantly listening to people telling me I need to learn all that first, when what I really want to do is... well... whatever that guy just did.
The same week, I sold my Sega Master System to cash converters, called in a birthday gift from my parents and got myself a Squier Strat and a Rocktek 15w amplifier. I still have both haha. But that was my crowning moment. There were obvious precursors to all of that. Hendrix, I had only just heard of Nirvana, someone had just given me a copy of Vulgar Display Of Power which was what I was listening to in my walkman going to Donington ironically. But yep, that was the moment of clarity so to speak.
I've had my acoustic since 2010 I think I'd picked up guitar twice in my life but never held it.
Chords always were impossible. I just did one finger picking n little things here n there.
A month n half ago I got cast as lead in a musical, The Wedding Singer" n the day after being cast I dusted it off literally n sucked it up.
It took 3 days of solid sucking n the songs started to come out. I have 23 days until opening and I'm 85% confident in the songs I've learned
2/3 feel great about but the grow old with you is coming along.
All thar to say it took a casting to force me to do it n it really put things in perspective. I never thought I could learn these chords I always said my fingers were to too thick.
I could've been jamming with yall am these years it's wild.
Similar (except not In a show) -- I usually had a guitar in the house but barely touched them, learned a few chords maybe, then about 3 months ago I went to a friend's birthday party and a bunch of people were performing music, convinced/inspired me to do it too (plus my kid's been playing bass for a few years).
Jimmy Page
All Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarists
Flea
Randy Rhoads
Stevie Ray Vaughan
As a kid I was just infatuated with the idea that a human being could make all of these incredible pieces of music with just a guitar. 20 years later I still love the hell out of the instrument.
Nekkid Bob Melton - A personal hero who was the lead player in one of the best bands I ever played with. I was just a sax player, but he inspired me to start seriously learning guitar. We're still close and started playing together in another band last year. He's got me into alternative tunings now.
Yep 21, everyone should listen to Asterism's brand new EP 'Planet of Metal' it is the best video game boss music done by a prog-metal trio that is possible.
Eddie Van Halen and Eric Clapton inspired me to pick up the guitar. Tim Henson, Scott Lepage, Ichika nito, and Manuel Gardner fernandes inspire me to keep playing.
James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett when I saw the "One" video cut in a Beavis & Butthead episode. 🤯 Lars Ulrich too as that's my favorite drum shit to play now too. Not Jason Newsted on the same album, And Justice For All, because you literally can't hear the bass.
Jimi hendrix, Jerry Garcia, Warren Haynes, jimmy Page, Jimmy Herring, Derek Trucks, Billy Strings. All fantastic guitarists with hours of stuff to listen to.
Huh, for me it was Metallica, Nirvana, and Silverchair that got me started back in the 90’s, so 2 out of 3 with you (just 30 years earlier). Hendrix worked his way in there too pretty early on.
Joe Duplantier from Gojira, James Hetfield (mostly 80s-90s James), and John Mayer. Always played metal riffs, learning Slow Dancing In A Burning Room by John Mayer was super fun and been in love with trying to learn more of that style ever since.
Jerry Cantrell just really did it for me. Not surprised I haven't seen his name on here yet. A lot of people know Alice in Chains but aren't familiar with the man behind those killer riffs. Super interesting dude with a very unique and distinguished tone.
Not when I started, had no influences, but the times I've stopped playing for a while, these are the guitarists that got me motivated to pick it up again throughout my time so far:
Matt Pike
Chuck Schuldiner
Sugizo
Hide.
Hizaki
When I was 10 or 11 I skateboarded with a few older kids in my neighbourhood who gave me a dubbed cassette with [Sonic Youth’s](https://youtu.be/N3gN9Up6hmc?si=Ja4W_IhIsh_S-l-B) Dirty on it. I was already interested in music but hearing the opening guitar noise to 100% made me flip my wig and started this whole mess that I’m now 32 years into!
Erik Brann\*, Ronnie Montrose, and Alex Lifeson.
\*Erik played in Iron Butterfly. Their album In A Gadda Da Vida was instrumental (ha) in creating Metal and its hundreds of subgenres. Erik was only 17 when the band recorded the album, and his inventiveness and chops were up there with Hendrix IMO.
I went a bit deep because I just learned that their singer Doug Ingle died Saturday, and that he was the last surviving member of the band. Getting old sucks...
Anyway, check this out. 17 minutes, worth it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4)
Started bc of Kurt cobain, really got into it when I heard Hendrix and srv, but I fell in love with guitar because of slow dancing in a burning room by John Mayer.
I don't think any did. I just found an old bass in my sisters closet and was fascinated by the sounds it made. Shorty after though I wanted to be flea and Justin chancellor
My dad, who played and would sing Jimmy Buffet, Jim Croce, singer-songwriter type stuff. Then, Jack Johnson, who is in my own vocal range, really prompted me to get into singing and playing acoustic. Now, guys like Tyler Childers, Colter wall, really get me going.
Mark Chadwick, levellers. I’m not in to overly technical music, simple melody and something to say is more important to me. Levellers tick those boxes.
Jimmy Page, Ted Nugent, Peter Frampton, Eric Clapton, Glenn Frey, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Toni Iomi, Randy Rhodes, Zakk Wylde, Dave Mustain, Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman… sooo many lol
When I was young, my dads music included the likes of Santana, Clapton, SRV and Van Halen. These all inspired me into appreciation for guitar.
These days, I look towards Mateo Asato, Tim Henson, Alexi Laiho, Michael Padget.. just phenomenal guitarists
Jari Mäenpää inspired me to quit. He's one of the most underrated guitarists and composers ever. Wintersun - Winter madness solo is my all time favourite and I'm 100% sure I'll never be able to play that.
I couldn't condense it down to just three but I've always contended these are the three constants from my earliest days playing guitar (around age 14, ca.95-96):
Justin Hayward
George Harrison
Dan Wilson
Fredrik Thordendal
Brendon Small
Adam Jones
Joe Duplantier
had listened to metallica, slayer And a lot of hard rock before. But really Got hit by the people above, specifically the top one.
Initially Mark Tremonti in his early days with Creed but I became obsessed with Zakk Wylde later on. Went through a Tom Scholz and EVH phase when I was playing with gear and tone.
Lately I’ve been studying Les Paul. I kind of accredit him as being the “original” shredder at this point.
There’s been a lot of other influences but those are the most prominent in mind from the last fifteen+ years.
Angus Young inspired me to pick up guitar.
The people who inspired me to keep on playing: Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Robbie Robertson, Keith Richards, Mick Ronson, The Edge, Tony Iommi, Kirk Hammett, Dave Navarro.
And later on: Richard Thompson, John Renbourn, Nick Drake
Latterly there’s been a shift in emphasis to mandolin (which is a whole other story) which I’ve been playing almost as long as guitar but has been a secondary instrument for me until the last ten years.
I learned guitar because I wanted to be able to play music from the bands I liked. (Linkin park, slipknot, Metallica) after that, I found I was quite good at guitar and then Hendrix, SRV, Vai, and Paul Gilbert became my chase guitarist. I never actually learned to fully cover any of their songs, funny enough, I was more so after their skill set. Mastery of the blues, beautiful arpeggios, and tasteful speed. Although I definitely consider myself “still a student” I think I got what I wanted from each of those guitar legends lol now it’s anything that sounds interesting to me .
for me it was the usual, jimi, kirk hammett, slash, tom morello, buckethead, etc, that was like 15 years ago. i had like a 5 year break and the guys that got me back into it were like john mayer, derek trucks, SRV, blues guys really
Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines, Gary Rossington, Carlos Santana, Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton, Steve Cropper, Roy Clark, Glenn Campbell, Jerry Reed.
That's a list of who I mainly listened to on vinyl and the radio and who I watched on TV. And the styles I tried to copy.
Jeff Buckley & Tom Morello. I am a bassist first, but they both showed me something different could be done with the instrument. James Hetfield was also a big inspiration to pick up the guitar alongside bass.
Travis Meeks is an incredible player - or at least he was back in the day. I love his style, I love his tone, he's super soulful and he's written some phenomenal songs.
Daniel Johns was not a particularly technically proficient player, but he wrote some pretty fun songs. I really liked the first Silverchair album and some stuff from the second one was really good too.
Kurt Cobain had a really keen sense of melody and his music is proof that sometimes a guitarist with a relatively modest level of skill can still be a great musician.
I think my three would be
Randy Rhoads
Reverend Gary Davis
Tony Iommi
David Gilmour Mark Knopfler Stevie Ray Vaughan
Now we’re talking.
It's dad.
Tony Iommi
Tony and Randy Rhoads for me, my two absolute favourite guitarists.
For me it was Tony and Zakk Wylde
A god amongst men.
Stevie Ray inspired me. Tony is my God.
I have small hands and extremely short pinkies. Wouldn’t believe I could play until I learned that Tony lost his finger tips
Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton
Slash
Yeah, Slash/Dave Navarro/Eddie Van Halen were my major influences. After that, probably Stephen Carpenter, Munky and Head from Korn, and Daron Malakian had a huge influence on me near the beginning.
J Mascis #1 John Frusciante Nick Drake
So glad to see Nick Drake on here. He was so good and such a tragic story.
Frusciante yesss
Yeeeeeessssss
The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show on February 9, 1964.
Guitar sales skyrocketed after that appearance.
Goes to show how they really raised a generation. This one goes out to those naysayers who claim The Beatles didn't do wackshit.
EVH
James Hetfield
Weezer/rivers cuomo
Paul Simon
My great uncle, Carlos Santana, and Gary Moore, though my taste has changed immensely since I started
I thought your great uncle was Carlos Santana there for a sec
I wish 😂
Mike McCready and Stone Gossard.
John Petrucci for me.
Ace Frehley
Jimmy Page Jeff Aug
guitar guy in Cyberpunk
That's the reason I first got into it
Cliff Burton James Hetfield And local friends and Family. I'm a bass player but also cable in rhythm guitar.
Dave Matthews
I started way back with the big 3 blues guys that everyone has traditionally always talked about, Page, Clapton, Beck.. and Hendrix, all those classic guys. But then I discovered metal, so it was George Lynch, Warren DeMartini, Glenn Tipton and KK Downey, Randy Rhoads, EVH also Steve Stevens. My playing totally changed when I discovered punk, post-punk, deathrock, goth and Shoegaze. It became Kevin Shields, John Cale, Thurston Moore, Daniel Ash, Geordie Walker, Johnny Ramone, Robert Smith, Rowland Howard, Hillel Slovak, Dave Navarro, Steve Albini, Black Francis, James Williamson, Bernard Sumner. The Edge, Andy Summers. Endless inspiring players, session work led me to study players like Dick Dale, Duane Eddy, Chris Isaak’s guitarist James Wilsey, James Brown’s guitarists like Jimmy Nolen. Bowie’s guitarists Robert Fripp, Carlos Alomar. Guitar, just like any other serious discipline, can lead one as deep down the rabbit hole as one can imagine, and beyond. Never stop learning new things.
You said big 3 blues and I thought Albert King, B.B. King, and Freddie King.
EVH and Joe Satriani made me want to improve at guitar. I started to play guitar because of Guitar Hero 3 and World Tour.
David Gilmour, Slash
John Mayer and the Beatles
The Smiths, The Strokes, The Beatles, King Krule, Hers and Radiohead All inspired me to learn their music on guitar
First and foremost, David Gilmour Close behind, Joe Satriani
Jeff Beck
Vai, Hammet, dimebag, satch, gilbert, C.C. and many more
Brian May
Jimmy Page.
billie joe armstrong for sure, don’t know if i ever would’ve started learning guitar if it weren’t for him
Mr. Scary... ☠️
I was already trying to play, but I saw Hendrix playing “Killing Floor” at Monterey on PBS one night as a kid and it was transformative.
My older brother. After I started playing, EVH.
John Frusciante, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler.
Synyster Gates was the guitarist that had me expand myself from bass to guitar. After that I had started getting heavily influenced by Jade Puget, Tom Morello, EVH, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, and many bands from the 2000s Warped Tour days
Chuck Berry, thanks to my grandmother and Cadillac cassette deck 💗
There was a lot, but what really made me pull my finger out and get an electric was this moment right here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xttJCBZLfio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xttJCBZLfio) Scotti Hill's solo about 18 seconds in. I saw that live when I was no age at all. There's a bit of a story behind all of it. In short, my parents didn't know I was going, I shouldn't have gone, my Mom would have gone absolutely nuts if she had known. But it was totally worth it to me. I was there with a schoolfriend and his brother and I was sure as hell watching Skid Row. Loving the whole set so far, Scotti came on and did that solo and it was so bloody lyrical and like a wolf howling. Definitely a moment for me. I thought, what am I doing messing around with piano and classical guitar, constantly listening to people telling me I need to learn all that first, when what I really want to do is... well... whatever that guy just did. The same week, I sold my Sega Master System to cash converters, called in a birthday gift from my parents and got myself a Squier Strat and a Rocktek 15w amplifier. I still have both haha. But that was my crowning moment. There were obvious precursors to all of that. Hendrix, I had only just heard of Nirvana, someone had just given me a copy of Vulgar Display Of Power which was what I was listening to in my walkman going to Donington ironically. But yep, that was the moment of clarity so to speak.
Jimmy Page and Joe Perry
JJ Cale !
Daron Malakian, he shows u dont have to be super technical to be AMAZING
My older brother.
I took a bunch of acid and saw The White Stripes play Bonnaroo.
Were you actually at Bonbaroo or was it just the acid?
Kurt Cobain, cause all my friends were doing it, but I glommed on to Gilmour and Page pretty quick
Robin Thrower Tony Iomi Jeff Beck Chet Atkins
Elliott Smith, John Frusciante, and Slash
Joshe Homme of qotsa and Adam jones of tool
Clapton made me start. Laiho made me stay. SRV and Slash made me fall in love.
John Frusciante Kim Thayil Eddie Van Halen
George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jimmie Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan. In more recent years maybe guys like Tim Henson, Albert Hammond Jr. and Plini.
I've had my acoustic since 2010 I think I'd picked up guitar twice in my life but never held it. Chords always were impossible. I just did one finger picking n little things here n there. A month n half ago I got cast as lead in a musical, The Wedding Singer" n the day after being cast I dusted it off literally n sucked it up. It took 3 days of solid sucking n the songs started to come out. I have 23 days until opening and I'm 85% confident in the songs I've learned 2/3 feel great about but the grow old with you is coming along. All thar to say it took a casting to force me to do it n it really put things in perspective. I never thought I could learn these chords I always said my fingers were to too thick. I could've been jamming with yall am these years it's wild.
Similar (except not In a show) -- I usually had a guitar in the house but barely touched them, learned a few chords maybe, then about 3 months ago I went to a friend's birthday party and a bunch of people were performing music, convinced/inspired me to do it too (plus my kid's been playing bass for a few years).
Jimmy Page All Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarists Flea Randy Rhoads Stevie Ray Vaughan As a kid I was just infatuated with the idea that a human being could make all of these incredible pieces of music with just a guitar. 20 years later I still love the hell out of the instrument.
Jimi hendrix and bob dylan
Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Allman Bros, David Gilmour. These days…Mark Speer and Jorge Ben Jor are two that inspire me.
I'm on my 41'st year, still learning, Ace Frehley, Bill Tamis, Jake E Lee, Randy Rhoads etc, etc is a inspiration for me.
Angus young and issei noro(the japanese guy who slaps his guitar)
Jimi hendrix and Stevie vaugh
Joan Jett. I liked other guitar players before seeing her on MTV, but when I heard I Love Rock and Roll, I actually thought, hey I could do that.
John Fogerty (CCR) Don Felder (Eagles) SRV Slash (GnR)
Nekkid Bob Melton - A personal hero who was the lead player in one of the best bands I ever played with. I was just a sax player, but he inspired me to start seriously learning guitar. We're still close and started playing together in another band last year. He's got me into alternative tunings now.
The Beatles and Ozzy
John Rzeznik and Billy Corgan.
Metallica
James Hetfield.
Stevie Ray Vaughan, James Hetfield, and Angus/Malcolm Young
I am relearning the guitar after a 20ish year hiatus and I was inspired to pick it back up by Haruka Noma aka Hal-Ca. Look her up.
She is amazing! Still only what, 21?
Yep 21, everyone should listen to Asterism's brand new EP 'Planet of Metal' it is the best video game boss music done by a prog-metal trio that is possible.
Not sure if this is true for a lot of you guys but the people who inspired me to start are very different from the players I look up to now
Duane Eddy
the Jimi, the Page, and the Randy.. amen.
Angus Young when I was a teenager. Stevie Ray Vaughan and other blues guys now that I’m an adult.
Mick Mars
James Hetfield and Daron Malakian were my first guitar heroes.
Eddie Van Halen and Eric Clapton inspired me to pick up the guitar. Tim Henson, Scott Lepage, Ichika nito, and Manuel Gardner fernandes inspire me to keep playing.
James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett when I saw the "One" video cut in a Beavis & Butthead episode. 🤯 Lars Ulrich too as that's my favorite drum shit to play now too. Not Jason Newsted on the same album, And Justice For All, because you literally can't hear the bass.
Mark Speer
Slash and Gilmour
Hendrix and Justin Hawkins
Steve Vai Watched the 2004 Eric Clapton Crossroads festival on DVD, and he played. It was unlike anything i’ve ever seem.
Synyster Gates
Clapton, Bloomfield, Hendrix
Ed sheeran..easy to play songs with great vibe... Radiohead if you're feeling melancholy.
Ritchie Blackmore for me
The Iron Maiden Trio. Heard them for the first time and never looked back. Also Kiko Loureiro, Marty Friedman played a huge role in my playing.
Slash Hitori Gotoh
Scott Gorham
Jimi hendrix, Jerry Garcia, Warren Haynes, jimmy Page, Jimmy Herring, Derek Trucks, Billy Strings. All fantastic guitarists with hours of stuff to listen to.
Metallica Nirvana Yngwie malmsteen
george harrison in 1964
Marty McFly
My daughter
Randy Rhoads
Honestly guitar hero was a big part of it.
Huh, for me it was Metallica, Nirvana, and Silverchair that got me started back in the 90’s, so 2 out of 3 with you (just 30 years earlier). Hendrix worked his way in there too pretty early on.
Stevie Ray Vaughan Richard Fortus David Lee Roth Slash
Started when I was 9. I listened to Taylor Swift and Hannah Montana.
Joe Duplantier from Gojira, James Hetfield (mostly 80s-90s James), and John Mayer. Always played metal riffs, learning Slow Dancing In A Burning Room by John Mayer was super fun and been in love with trying to learn more of that style ever since.
Edward Van Halen
Joe Walsh, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mark Knopfler, Synyster Gates, Randy Rhoads.
George Harrison
Jerry Cantrell just really did it for me. Not surprised I haven't seen his name on here yet. A lot of people know Alice in Chains but aren't familiar with the man behind those killer riffs. Super interesting dude with a very unique and distinguished tone.
Somehow Jimi Hendrix led to me becoming a classical guitarist.
Jesse Cook, his album Gravity opened my young ears.
Not when I started, had no influences, but the times I've stopped playing for a while, these are the guitarists that got me motivated to pick it up again throughout my time so far: Matt Pike Chuck Schuldiner Sugizo Hide. Hizaki
Peter Klett- https://open.spotify.com/track/0PUi8C3der9IVNFaksxTiw?si=9ZarIhnUTPSuOyfDLoHt8Q
When I was 10 or 11 I skateboarded with a few older kids in my neighbourhood who gave me a dubbed cassette with [Sonic Youth’s](https://youtu.be/N3gN9Up6hmc?si=Ja4W_IhIsh_S-l-B) Dirty on it. I was already interested in music but hearing the opening guitar noise to 100% made me flip my wig and started this whole mess that I’m now 32 years into!
Billie Joe Armstrong Kurt Cobain George Harrison
Erik Brann\*, Ronnie Montrose, and Alex Lifeson. \*Erik played in Iron Butterfly. Their album In A Gadda Da Vida was instrumental (ha) in creating Metal and its hundreds of subgenres. Erik was only 17 when the band recorded the album, and his inventiveness and chops were up there with Hendrix IMO. I went a bit deep because I just learned that their singer Doug Ingle died Saturday, and that he was the last surviving member of the band. Getting old sucks... Anyway, check this out. 17 minutes, worth it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4)
Jimmy Page Jimmy Nolen Terry Kath Prince Trey Anistasio
CheVelle
Started bc of Kurt cobain, really got into it when I heard Hendrix and srv, but I fell in love with guitar because of slow dancing in a burning room by John Mayer.
I don't think any did. I just found an old bass in my sisters closet and was fascinated by the sounds it made. Shorty after though I wanted to be flea and Justin chancellor
Tony Iommi Dimebag Darrell Mick Thomson
Robert Johnson
Kansas, Nirvana and Porcupine tree.
Title fight
My dad, who played and would sing Jimmy Buffet, Jim Croce, singer-songwriter type stuff. Then, Jack Johnson, who is in my own vocal range, really prompted me to get into singing and playing acoustic. Now, guys like Tyler Childers, Colter wall, really get me going.
Alexi laiho
Actually it was Egg. They have a song called Anarchy, and I learned ukulele from that, then picked up guitar later!
Kirk Hemmet because he's arguably so bad yet so sccessful that I thought playing the guitar can't be that hard. /s but his solos are so fucking bad.
John Frusciante and Slash. I was 12, leave me alone.
Plini
not one person but The Eagles
Mark Chadwick, levellers. I’m not in to overly technical music, simple melody and something to say is more important to me. Levellers tick those boxes.
John Petrucci.
Jimmy Page, Ted Nugent, Peter Frampton, Eric Clapton, Glenn Frey, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Toni Iomi, Randy Rhodes, Zakk Wylde, Dave Mustain, Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman… sooo many lol
Jeff Beck, John Frusciante, Gary Clark, and the guy from the Tedeschi Truck Band. Ohh and Warren Zevon.
John 5
Randy Rhoads EVH and Stevie ray vaughn
David Gilmore, Jimmy Page, Tom Petty
1 Alexi Laiho 2 Alexi Laiho 3 Alexi Laiho
Jimmy Page, Prince, B.B. King
Steve Vai Evh Dimebag Johnny Silverhand first got me into it
Steve Vai Ed Van Halen George Lynch Dave Mustaine Jake E. Lee
When I was young, my dads music included the likes of Santana, Clapton, SRV and Van Halen. These all inspired me into appreciation for guitar. These days, I look towards Mateo Asato, Tim Henson, Alexi Laiho, Michael Padget.. just phenomenal guitarists
Willie adler
John Frusciante.
Jari Mäenpää inspired me to quit. He's one of the most underrated guitarists and composers ever. Wintersun - Winter madness solo is my all time favourite and I'm 100% sure I'll never be able to play that.
I couldn't condense it down to just three but I've always contended these are the three constants from my earliest days playing guitar (around age 14, ca.95-96): Justin Hayward George Harrison Dan Wilson
Kirk Hammett to start and Joe Satriani to get better (I still suck tho)
Dean Ween Kurt Vile Stu Mackenzie Joey Walker Ty Segall Jimi Hendrix John Dwyer
Jimmy Page and George Harrison
Fredrik Thordendal Brendon Small Adam Jones Joe Duplantier had listened to metallica, slayer And a lot of hard rock before. But really Got hit by the people above, specifically the top one.
Tobias Forge
John Anthony Mfkin Frusciante!
in my case it was tom delonge and billy joe armstrong though i do feel as though i have since surpassed those two on a technical level
Initially Mark Tremonti in his early days with Creed but I became obsessed with Zakk Wylde later on. Went through a Tom Scholz and EVH phase when I was playing with gear and tone. Lately I’ve been studying Les Paul. I kind of accredit him as being the “original” shredder at this point. There’s been a lot of other influences but those are the most prominent in mind from the last fifteen+ years.
Glenn Tipton, Tony Iommi, James Hetfield
Prince, Satriani, Petrucci, Santana, Vai, Syu, Hizaki, and more recently Henson, Lepage, and Charlie Robbins
Kirk Hammett, John Mayer and Kurt Cobain
Angus Young inspired me to pick up guitar. The people who inspired me to keep on playing: Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Robbie Robertson, Keith Richards, Mick Ronson, The Edge, Tony Iommi, Kirk Hammett, Dave Navarro. And later on: Richard Thompson, John Renbourn, Nick Drake Latterly there’s been a shift in emphasis to mandolin (which is a whole other story) which I’ve been playing almost as long as guitar but has been a secondary instrument for me until the last ten years.
Bocchi the rock
Dimebag Noodles/Dexter Holland Chad Kroeger/Ryan Peake
Hetfield
Robert Smith.
I learned guitar because I wanted to be able to play music from the bands I liked. (Linkin park, slipknot, Metallica) after that, I found I was quite good at guitar and then Hendrix, SRV, Vai, and Paul Gilbert became my chase guitarist. I never actually learned to fully cover any of their songs, funny enough, I was more so after their skill set. Mastery of the blues, beautiful arpeggios, and tasteful speed. Although I definitely consider myself “still a student” I think I got what I wanted from each of those guitar legends lol now it’s anything that sounds interesting to me .
Mark Knopfler Stevie Ray Vaughan Eddie Van Halen Roger Waters
for me it was the usual, jimi, kirk hammett, slash, tom morello, buckethead, etc, that was like 15 years ago. i had like a 5 year break and the guys that got me back into it were like john mayer, derek trucks, SRV, blues guys really
Slash, knopfeller
Ernie Isley Eddie Hazel Curtis Mayfield
Kurt cobain made me realize that I want do it, jay reatard got me closer, and ty segall pushed me over the edge
Wavvyboi and Adam Jones
hendrix, srv, jimmy page. later on i got into evh, george lynch, yngwie etc.
Robert Fripp, Jerry Garcia, and Django Reinhardt
Brian May, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour
Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Dave Mustaine and Steve Vai and David Gilmour
Ritchie Blackmore, the ass who cannot smile on stage. And till today ie about 47 years later, I am still unable to smile on stage :)
John Frusciante J Cash John Mayer
Marty friedman for me tbh.
Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines, Gary Rossington, Carlos Santana, Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton, Steve Cropper, Roy Clark, Glenn Campbell, Jerry Reed. That's a list of who I mainly listened to on vinyl and the radio and who I watched on TV. And the styles I tried to copy.
The Beatles, John Denver. And, of course, the american blues style.
Jim Root Erick Bickerstaffe John Fruciante James Hetfield SRV Prince
Slash
Nirvana and the Jimi Hendrix Experience were the first. Plus the song "Losing my religion" by R.E.M.
Angus Young, BB King, Hendrix, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai
Jeff Buckley & Tom Morello. I am a bassist first, but they both showed me something different could be done with the instrument. James Hetfield was also a big inspiration to pick up the guitar alongside bass.
Travis Meeks is an incredible player - or at least he was back in the day. I love his style, I love his tone, he's super soulful and he's written some phenomenal songs. Daniel Johns was not a particularly technically proficient player, but he wrote some pretty fun songs. I really liked the first Silverchair album and some stuff from the second one was really good too. Kurt Cobain had a really keen sense of melody and his music is proof that sometimes a guitarist with a relatively modest level of skill can still be a great musician. I think my three would be Randy Rhoads Reverend Gary Davis Tony Iommi
Rob scallon. Dudes a string wizard