who are your influences?

[FunkyApocalypse]

Slash is what got me to play, but sound-wise my influences would be Friedman, Chuck Schuldiner, Satch, and Dimebag.

[kramer]

Angus Young...after seeing the highway to hell tour..RIP bon
Peter Green....then Lindsey Buckingham
Steve Miller
Eric Clapton
Paul Quinn & Graham Oliver...after bein' at the saxon..strong arm of the law concert
Rik Emmett....thanks to the three triumph shows
rush...all three of 'em...
adrian smith....even before the Rio gigs....(got arrested there.....)
Jake E. Lee
Vivian Cambell...holy diver & last in line concerts ruled!! Lock up the wolves was A complete waste of everything..ronnie must have owed the record company an album..
George Lynch
Marty Friedman..
heart, SRV...
Van Halen...got to see them with Dave and sammy
Sammy Hagar...heh
montrose...

Fuckin' Jimmy Page!!
and Hendrix too...
Zack Wilde...not an influence I just listen to him so I can NOT make those irritaing fuckin' squeels!!!

Billy Gibbons
Ritchie Blackmore...

Scorpions

[MindRapist]

Stevie Ray Vaughan
James Hetfield
Pepper and Kirk from Down
Dimebag Darrell
Sakk Mylde
Kerry and Jeff from Slayer(rhythm wise)

There are obviously more but I can't remember at this time.

[maluco]

Angus Young
Nuno Bettencourt

[The Rossness]

To start playing the guitar, it was EVH, Carl Wilson (the beach boys), Kevin Cadogan (3eb)

as par as influencs go- Chris Cheney (The Living End)
EVH
George Lynch (dokken, Lynch Mob)
Andrew Stockdale (Wolfmother)
Robert Marcello (D2)
Satch
The guys from Maiden

[6string40]

George Lynch, Randy Rhoads, Dime and Slash were probably the main guys that got me into playing guitar in the first place.

My current guitar and songwriting influences are primarily the duos of Brent Hinds/Bill Kelleher, Mark Morton/Willeh Adler and Adam Dutkiewicz/Joel Stroetzel with a little Adam Jones thrown in for good measure, while my lyrical influences would be Corey Taylor and Maynard.

[Ark]

1. EVH
2. George lynch
3.vitto bratta
4. Satriani

[guitardudeluke]

the first person who made me get a guitar was slash in the novemer rain solo
id say my 1st influence was randy rhoads
2nd after listening to megadeth marty friedman
3rd dime obv pantera and his style just awsum and a kool guy
maybe a bit of kirk and james in there aswell

[levantin]

Starting up;
Curt Cobain (yes I was into grunge at one point), Slash, Richie Sambora then James Hetfield and Dimebag

Trying to shred (emphasis on "try");
Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman

Song writing wise;
Mikael Akerfeldt for the kooky arrangements and clean passages
Jesper Stromblad - to me this guy is the Jimmy Page of our times, his sound has influenced so many bands in so many ways and he never gets the recognition I think he deserves.
Max Cavalera - ethnic without being generic
Eric Peterson - crushing riffs and sound
Mark Tremonti - great songwriter and pretty good player, taught me a lot about letting a song flow

[Misanthrope[ALWT]]

as for picking up the guitar:
Jimmy Page- lifelong hero
Thomas Erak- the genius that gave me the smack in the face that told me i was going to play the guitar for the rest of my life, and probably my favourite frontman in rock and roll history

influences in my style:
with my band:
Dave Mustaine- the greatest, most well-rounded metal guitarist in my opinion. rhythm-wise, this man is responsible for a huge chunk of my inspiration
Chuck Schuldiner- arguably THE greatest metal visionary ever. not only did he pioneer multiple genres in the metal scene, but he never stopped pushing the boundaries and following his heart when it came to his music. my biggest motivation for pushing my own boundaries and a huge influence on my soloing style (and my attempts to improve upon it)
Marty Friedman- if anyone knows how to be fresh, versatile, colourful, and nearly inimitable when it comes to soloing in metal, it's this guy. his work on Rust In Peace and and Countdown to Extinction will permanently affect my views on the importance of being tasteful and interesting when it comes to soloing.
and there's a whole lot of residual stuff that seeps in after those two, incl. the duos of Holt/Altus (Exodus) and Eschbach/Knight (TBDM), Paul Waggoner of Between the Buried and Me, and the ever-charming team of Pat O'Brien and Jack Owen

Solo Endeavours:
i try to make my solo stuff an even blend of my favourite solo artists, so basically what comes out is any concentration of a mixture of these guitarists;
Buckethead
Kaki King
Adam Jones
Bill Kelliher
Jack White

[Hellbat]

I wanted to be a guitar player because of Randy Rhoads.

I can't play like ANY of my influences but after Randy, the list of my early influences would include

Yngwie, Gary Moore, Paco De Lucia, Vivian Campbell, Akira Takasaki, John Sykes, Dweezil Zappa, Steve Vai, Jake E Lee.

In reality, I've been influenced by every piece of music I have ever heard, plus the sounds in my head...

[grimm]

Jack Owen is my main influence.

Though Chuck Schuldiner and Alex Skolnick are closer to my playing style.

[Robert Hendrix]

Some of my influences are a little more obscure than most people, and some of them are old fuggers that I've listened to since I was a kid. Mostly its good bluesy guitarists with a hard edge.

Mark Kendall
Tony Iommi
Carlos Cavazo
Leslie West
Pat Travers
Hagar/Montrose
Gary Rossington
Damon Johnson

The list goes on and on...

[Frigo89]

good call on the Mark Kendall and Leslie West!

my are probably
George Lynch
Neal Schon
Leslie West

and there are more, but those are the big 3 for sure

[Lord_Jereth]

Got me playing:

Eddie Van Halen got me to pick up the instrument and Randy Rhoads kept me wanting to play.

Biggest influences:

EVH, Tony Iommi, George Lynch, Zakk Wylde, Jake E. Lee, James Hettfield.

LJ