Original Inspirations

[Fishblister]

Re: Original Inspirations

Answering literally, because I had an older brother who played in our basement with his first band, Chuck Taylor. Being less of a wiseguy, Jeff Beck's Wired album was my record of choice when I was first learning the fretboard, spent many hours also with Dave Gilmour, and of course Randy, Eddie and Satch.

[markb]

Re: Original Inspirations

No order:

Randy Rhoads
Gary Moore
Jimmy Page
Smith/Murray
Dave Gilmour

[Jeremy]

Re: Original Inspirations

Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman for me, and still are. [img]graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]

[vitovanhalen]

Re: Original Inspirations

Definitely Joe F'n Perry

[surfdork]

Re: Original Inspirations

I'd have to agree about Ace Frehley. Not that he was the master of theory, but the old KISS stuff is what made me want a guitar. Also inspired by Joe Perry, Randy, Edwardo VH, Tommy Bolin, SRV, and I also think Jerry Cantrell is way cool.

[ November 18, 2003, 04:29 PM: Message edited by: surfdork ]

[1trussell]

Re: Original Inspirations

I started when I was 8 so there really weren't any guitarists I was trying to emulate back then. At least, there was no one that made me want to pick up the guitar and play. That didn't happen until Jr. High, then the big ones were Randy, Eddie, Vai, Satriani, and Malmsteen.

[A. Pulver]

Re: Original Inspirations

Yes, I'm old.
Ace
Randy
Iommi
Downing/Tipton
Page

[BTB007]

Re: Original Inspirations

Steve Clark and Phil Collen
EVH
David Gilmour
Steve Vai
Jerry Cantrell

[lantz_c]

Re: Original Inspirations

It’s not easy to limit this to just 5 but for me the top 5 who originally inspired me would have to be:

Dave Mustaine
James Hetfield
Chuck Schuldiner
Jeff Hanneman
Scott Ian

[mudkicker]

Re: Original Inspirations

Back then it was Frehley, Lynch, Jake E Lee, Rhoads, Malmsteen. Lately I've gotten back into old VH, Stevie Ray, Hendrix, Clapton, George Harrison, even some Tom Scholz (sp)old boston stuff.

[eaeolian]

Re: Original Inspirations

Ace Frehley was the real reason I was interested. (Don't laugh - many people in my age group picked upa guitar because of him.)

The guys I wanted to play like, when I got serious about it:

Blackmore
Eddie VH
Rhoads
M. Schenker
Montrose


Mike

[rhoadsfan74]

Re: Original Inspirations

In no order;

Ace Frehley
Angus and Malcom Young
Glenn Tipton/K.K.Downing
Duane Allman/Dickey Betts
Michael Bruce/Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper)

[ November 19, 2003, 01:49 AM: Message edited by: dan ]

[horns666]

Re: Original Inspirations

Eddie Van Halen / Frank Marino / Tony Iommi...

That's it

[lerxstcat]

Re: Original Inspirations

In the order I discovered them:

Ritchie Blackmore
Jimmy Page
Alex Lifeson
Michael Schenker
Ulrich Roth

Many many more have blown my mind snce then, but these 5 had a formative impact
on my playing. They're the only ones I'd say I idolized, only because they came along in my formative years.

[Rhoadsfan67]

Re: Original Inspirations

Man, I must be one of the few that WASN'T influenced by VH, but I didn't care much for their style of music, so that's probably why... I guess.

Randy Rhoads
Yngwie Malmsteen
Ace Frehley
Hank Shermann/Michael Denner
A. Young /M. Young