cookieman15061 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 At least you didn't say HR Puffinstuff..... he always sounded better after puffin the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarxBros Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 he always sounded better after puffin the stuff. As odd as that show was one had to wonder.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelake07 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 The ones I like and whose songs I can actually play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nelson Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I hesitated to post a serious reply to this thread' date=' but after some thought I decided to. It's too easy to spout off something to sound hip, but Django is/was a heavy influence on me, my playing style even when doing rock blues deteriorates into Djangoesque type runs...it's a real problem and I've never been able to really purge it from my various styles of playing. Some folks think it sounds cool, I think it's a rut I'm in that I can't seem to escape. Unfortunately as a young child I heard Django a lot and became hooked long before I was playing guitar or listening to rock, so it ended up stuck in my head. [/quote'] You know, I've probably been more influenced by the guys I've played with over the years rather than anyone on records..I, of course, started out wanting to be Clapp or Hendrix and came from the Beatle frame of reference for pop songs..my ex wife after hearing a recording I'd over-dubbed a lead on said "well, you've nailed McCartney" but it wasn't a compliment...she meant I sounded derivative and like a bass player trying to play lead which is what I am if I'm honest..I had an older guitar teacher for a very short time who was a huge Django fan but never really appreciated him until I was much older and now you're right,...it is a kind of a cliche' to say "Django" as an influence and George Harrison once said "Django was an influence to be a smart *** and hadn't really ever been that exposed to him...within weeks everyone had Django as an influence... Mr.Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generation zero Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 For me, initially, I was driven to play by Slash. Soon after, I got into Page and Zeppelin... But it really clicked when I started really listening to what David Gilmour was doing in Pink Floyd. There it was, finally, a lead guitar part with a melody that I could remember, and even sing, just as much as a lyric... and consistently, song after song... Don't get me wrong, I still admire Page's work, particularly as an arranger and rhythm guitarist, (Slash, not so much...) but when I think lead, I almost ALWAYS think "What Would Gilmour Do?" As for rhythm work, I'm really inspired by more modern bands like Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, and Sevendust. I also love Thornley, (Ian Thornley, formerly of Big Wreck,) both as rhythm inspiration and songwriting as a whole. I could write a long list of one or two hit bands from the late 90's and early 2000's that I really love and borrow from frequently when writing, but then you'd all know my secrets, and where all my cool riffs come from, LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcorn429 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 These are both mty electric and acoustic influences 1. Guns N Roses - Listened to Appetite for Destruction and decided that I had to learn how to play guitar 2. Aerosmith - Joe Perry is a totally underrated guitarist. My parents always had him playing 3. The Who - Pete Townsend's playing is just incredible 4. Lynyrd Skynyrd 5. Dave Matthews Band 6. CCR 7. ZZ Top 8. Led Zepplin 9. Hendrix 10. Paul Simon I'm sure others have influenced me (especially on the acoustical side) but these are the ones that come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larkin38 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 My guitar sound can be summed up in three people. Johnny Thunders. Johnny Ramone. Tony Iommi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EL-KABONG! Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Mick Ronson Eddie Clarke Jimmy James early Yardbirds Paul "Kid" Size Billy Zoom Bill Kirchen Rick Miller Unknown Hinson Reverend Horton Heat Eddie Angel LINK WRAY!!! of course, I sound like a chimp w shoe-box/rubber band rig compared to my influences, but at least i'm tryin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unreal77 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Robert Smith - The Cure David Gilmour Kevin Shields - My Bloody Valentine Johnny Marr - The Smiths hendrix/clapton/page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMcClane5000 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 for me: Beatles, Who, Stones, Velvets, Smiths, early Motown stuff, Britpop (Oasis, Blur), Edwyn Collins, Muddy Waters, Eddie Cochran, basicly everything that I hear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenegadeMaster Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Johnny Marr of the Smiths is probably my guitar hero, I always respect a player who can play a Smiths song John Squire Noel Gallagher (I believe he is a very under-rated guitarist just because his playing isn't as technically challenging as others) The Strokes Libertines Led Zep (Jimmy Page, Legend) Believe it or not, Bob Marley :) Arctic Monkeys B.B King The Coral The Jam Kings Of Leon Ocean Colour Scene RHCP Velvet Underground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelligentAl Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I suppose when I think about it, my playing is similar in some ways to that of my idols. However, I have never actually played guitar with the aim of playing like any particular person. I guess it just kind of happens... 1) Chuck Berry - I always find myself playing Johnny B Goode type tunes, even when I don't mean to. 2) Angus Young - His solos always inspire me to pick up the guitar, even when I've just put it down. 3) The Beatles - My all time favourite band, so of course I'm going to be influenced by them. 4) Guitar Hero - Just kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulsaslim Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I am always getting accused of sounding like Billy Gibbons although I've never consiously tried to sound like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrirlupus Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 shockwire!!! m/ (ok, so that's a local band... they're pretty good...) how i play though... hmm... i don't know if i could... lots of jazz improv. sounds like BB king, but there are some 50's rock n roll influences... otherwise it's mostly covers and i don't think that really counts as my style of play, but i play some led zeppelin (because every guitar player seems to...) and beatles, buddy holly, roy orbison... a very small amount of AC DC, and the animals (house of the rising sun on organ and guitar... unfortunately, i only have 2 hands, so 1 instrument at a time...) and the riff from purple haze (i'm not a hendrix fan, so i won't bother with the entire song) so yeah, i guess if i had to pick 3, it'd be Roy Orbison, BB King, and The Animals (they're not so similar to each other, but i'm not too similar to any of them... that and all of them have [or did have] more skill than i do) (RIP Roy Orbison) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Oh well, here is my attempt for the most pretentious post of the day award. I guess I'd love to play guitar the way Paul Desmond played alto sax, "Like the sound of a dry Martini." Only a bit bluesier. [And for the benefit of our members who haven't a clue who Paul Desmond was (although I'm guessing Notes_Norton might be a fan)] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJE92phKzI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabar Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I'm often surprised listening to recordings of my guitar playing, because the influences I hear most prominently aren't necessarily the ones I'm conscious of trying to emulate. I aspire to have a style that sounds distinctively like me, but that contains elements of the players that inspire me most: Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Terry Haggerty, B.B. King, Robben Ford, John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana, Jerry Miller of Moby Grape, John Scofield, Brian Setzer, early Clapton, and many others. But listening back I sound more like a mixture of Charlie Christian, "Live Dead"-era Jerry Garcia, Gary Duncan of Quicksilver, Carlos Santana, Mike Bloomfield, with touches of Pat Metheny, Scotty Moore, Robin Trower, and David Gilmour --- among others. Always more to learn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbonyLP Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 For me it's Guns N' Roses (Slash made me want to start guitar), AC/DC, Nirvana, KISS, Iron Maiden and a little bit of Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmcoram Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 For me, it started as a visual thing. I saw the "Simply Irresistible" video and wanted to play. Then I saw CC Deville and figured if that schmuck could do it, then so could I. But after I started playing, these are the players that really influenced me: Slash & Izzy, Angus and Malcolm, Glen Buxton and Michael Bruce (Original Alice Cooper Band), Whitford and Perry, Tony Iommi, Rich Robinson and Marc Ford, Hetfield and Hammett, mainly any two guitar lineup. Always liked the interplay between two guitarists, and in my early years, I modeled my playing after Malcolm and Izzy, i.e. strictly rhythm, no solos. Later on, I started listening to Jerry Cantrell, SRV, Zakk, Dimebag, and even later, a lot of Santana, Gilmour, Clapton, Jeff Beck, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Hendrix, and Buddy Guy. I just dig the guitar, so if someone is playing and having fun (although they may not be that good), go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 . Bloomfield, Terry Kath, Stills and Young with the Buffaloes and after, Cooder, Zappa, Beck, Clapton and the two Jims (little Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan), Alvin Lee, Dave Edmunds, Tony McPhee, Bill Nelson, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Marriot, the list could go on and on - like somebody else said somewhere back aways, every guitarist I ever heard or played with had some influence, and still does to this very day. You are always able to learn something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfrets Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Lots of influences: John Lennon Billy Gibbons Skynyrd Blackmore Page Beck Clapton Earl Slick Steve Howe Chris Squire Paul McCartney Chet Atkins Les Paul and the list goes on... Sadly, I still sound like me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphtown Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 As above,loads of influences but I find myself drawn to these guys mainly. Mick Ronson Neil Young Rory Gallagher George Harrison Marc Bolan RALPH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw8830 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Johnny Winter Albert Collins Sammy Hagar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggy Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 In terms of who defines my playing style then I guess it's BB King. Not through any form of emulation but simply that's how I play and can't do it any other way (one day maybe I'll be a 10th as good and then I'll be happy) In terms of influences over the years then the list is enormous - my earliest were Les Paul, the Sputnicks, Aker Bilk (yes I know he doesn't play guitar but the tone and phrasing of his playing somehow stuck), Lonnie Donagan, and Johnny Cash. After that Steve Howe, Carlos Santana, Beck, Page, Et All Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aminaziz92 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 for me of course mainly the strokes.(nick and albert) but sometimes , kings of leon the beatles depapepe(japanese acoustic players which you should check out.they rock big time.) joy division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalhed717 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 i think the guitar player that most influences me (or that i wish i could play most like) is alex skolnick. i cant play anywhere near him but what he does with the guitar is truly amazing. he is probably the most skilled, technical and emotional player i know of. he can shred better than just about anyone out there but can put some real feeling in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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