therookie_123 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 hey im back, AGAIN... because Im bored AGAIN. Who are a few of your fave guitarists and/ or Musical Inspirations and how did they inspired you? Top 5 For Me: 1. Jimmy Page - Love his riff writing [Whole Lotta Love = Sexiest Guitar Riff of All Time] as well as his guitar customizations. Plus, come on... Stairway to Heaven [i only like the solo though, the song I use to love, but its so fricking long. It becomes boring, especially the acoustic intro] haha. I also love his personality in the few interviews I've seen him in. 2. Jimi Hendrix - Come on... to play Blues Rock and to not acknowledge Hendrix is a insult to all serious guitar players. Without Hendrix I wouldn't have picked up guitar. I just thought his charisma on stage and crazy sounds he made with a Strat was amazing, which I can now recreate : ) I wish he was still with us RIP. 3. Carlos Santana - First person I've seen live. GREAT Guitarist from Woodstock to the Hard Rock Hotel. He earns number 3 for me because he can say more with two notes than I could with 20 [right now haha maybe in 5-10 years] 4. Jack White - come on... Blues, Punk, Grunge, and Pop... all in one genre. Plus I envy his mad guitar skills and his Copper Top Gretsch Triple Jet http://media.photobucket.com/image/Jack%20White%20Triple%20Jet/shock_man710/post-31531-1150616797.jpg 5. Yngwie Malmesteen - "Fastest Picker in the World" Beast at Neoclassical Metal guitar. SPEED DEMON, but knows when to slow it down a really "dig into" a note. Plus he loves Hendrix and plays a lot Blues songs too. Extremely versitile guitarist. edit*** Number 5 for me belongs to Jeff Beck. Love Beck!!! His newer style of playing, has inspired me to float my tremolo bridge on my strat SORRY Malmsteen!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmurray Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Buckethead - The man's huge and varied body of work has inspired me to work on composition and ear training. Slash - He's rock personified, simply put. I would have never picked up a guitar if it wasn't for Slash. Jason Becker - He's the Stephen Hawking of guitar musicians. Mike Oldfield - Some of the best instrumental works ever written. Guthrie Govan - The guy is a monster player, teacher and songwriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look! Im guitarest! Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Buckethead - Very technical, yet artistic, creative, and versatile. He can play rock, electronic, funk, metal, classical, jazz, bluegrass, or anything else. He can shred very fast yet play tear-jerking ballads that sooth the soul. He has many influences but is a unique and true musician. He plays with true emotion, has developed his own style and created a cult of bucket-wearing, chicken-lovers. Randy Rhoads - Very unique, a musical genius. He's known for hard rock but he could also play classical and blues. He wrote amazing riffs and his phrasing was great. I wouldn't call Yngwie versatile at all. He plays incorporates shredding into classical songs and that's really cool but that's his also his problem. It seems like he can't go 1 song without shredding. It gets boring. He plays about 2 genres. I wouldn't call that diverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therookie_123 Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 I suppose Disembodied Loaf could be right about Yngwie Malmsteen. But hey we are all entitled to opinions, I also love Slash btw. Maybe I should change number 5 haha. I always thought of Slash as Joe Perry and Jimmy Page's Son who got guitar Lessons from haha. He made me fall in Love with Gold Tops. Wait!!! No... I know who diserves #5!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Some guitar players that I admire/enjoy listening to: James Hetfield (Metallica) Duane Eddy Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr) Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) Wino (St Vitus, The Obsessed, Hidden Hand, Spirit Caravan, Shrinebuilder) Yanni Papadopoulos (Stinking Lizaveta) Jim Martin (Faith No More) Josh Homme (Kyuss, QOTSA) King Buzzo (Melvins) Steve Cropper (Booker T & The MG's) Ian Williams (Don Caballero, Storm & Stress, Battles) John Lee Hooker John Reis (Pitchfork, Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Sultans) Efrim Menuck (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion) Max Cavalera (Sepultura) Doug Martsch (Built To Spill) Matt Pike (Sleep, High On Fire) EDIT: Crap, I'm sorry man, I didn't know there was a 5 limit. I can't pick 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therookie_123 Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 There's no limit to Inspiration Man!!!! I just did 5 because a Top 100 was too big haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therookie_123 Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 There's no limit to Inspiration Man!!!! I just did 5 because a Top 100 was too big and it was a number i thought of off the top of my head haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Well, I'm not sure if I want to get into details, but I'll give a quick rundown. Rory Gallagher - He played with sensitivity, attitude and emotion and had a great sense of timing and melody. He was also an incredible songwriter and a great vocalist, and he knew how to play to his audience in a way that demanded attention. Alex Lifeson - I think that I really began to love music from the first time I heard "Freewill" on the radio one afternoon when I was ten years old. As I began to listen to more Rush, I began to really take notice of Alex Lifeson's tasteful rhythm work and expressive lead work, which could (and often did, within a single solo) cover a range from textural ambiance to hard-driving rock mayhem. Then there's also Alvin Lee, Marty Friedman, Hubert Sumlin, Brian May, Steve Howe, Neil Young, John Cipollina and Jerry Garcia, but I don't know if I feel like writing any more than I already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Warren Haynes Derek Trucks Mark Knopfler Duane Allman (imagine what he could have done) Chan Kinchla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 First person that made me really want to pick up an electric was Paul Kossoff. Electrifying. I still rate him in my top 2 favourite players. After I started to pay proper attention I got into (in no particular order); Jimi Hendrix. Joe Pass. Andres Segovia. Django Rheinhardt. Peter Green. Eric Clapton. John Martyn. Rory Gallagher. Robert Johnson. That's 10 but I could go on and on and on...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGSpecialguy Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Tony Iommi Jimi Hendrix Mark Farner those were my biggest influences in my early years, of course MANY others have come and gone throughout the years Gary Moore SRV Alvin Lee Jeff Beck Eric Clapton Eddie Van Halen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrosion of conformity Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Jesper Stromblad Dimebag Darrell Billie Joe Armstrong Alexi Laiho Synyster Gates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Joe walsh, Marc Bolan, (Electric Warrior Guitar sound). Keith Scott, Bryan Adams guitarist. Very tasty. Listen to his early stuff. Kids wanna rock. Neil Schon Luke Steve Farris Mr Mister and many more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 then also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGSpecialguy Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Steve, I know the first two, but you stumped me on the third ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Steve' date=' I know the first two, but you stumped me on the third ???[/quote'] believe it or not mate...that is a very young ritchie blackmoore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_JEM Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 the style the feel the tone the damn stage show.. LAWNMOWER DETH!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Okay here is mine: Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin Angus Young - AC/DC Ace Frehley - Kiss Rick Sage - Mad House Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath Jimi Hendrix Eric Clapton Buddy Guy Jeff Beck Most of them are Brits. I don't know why, but I have always preferred music from the UK, especially the British Blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 the style the damn stage show STEVE!! I didn't know you could sing too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGSpecialguy Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 believe it or not mate...that is a very young ritchie blackmoore I was thinking that but it didnt really look like him :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Django Then a bunch of guys I played with, but no one else has ever heard of. Guitar isn't so exclusive as to belong solely to the six or eight recording artists that folks get fixated on because it's all they have to listen to. While I have an appreciation for the usual suspects, those aren't the folks who "inspired" me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 STEVE!! I didn't know you could sing too! na you got it mixed up bill...i'm the one on guitar :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I was thinking that but it didnt really look like him :- i know what ya mean mate' date=' it is also one of the VERY rareist pics you will see of ritchie playin a gibson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_JEM Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 na you got it mixed up bill...i'm the one on guitar thats funny becouse the guitarist is actually called steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 thats funny becouse the guitarist is actually called steve the bloke in that photo is not me' date=' i was washing my hair that night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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