Biggest Guitar Influences

[jwguitar]

Who are some of your biggest guitar influences? You probably can tell from my playing I like Joe Pass, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, George Van Eps, and Lenny Breau! Who do you prefer?


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[jwguitar]

If you have video clips feel free to post your playing so we can see how you sound!

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[.]

Nicely done. I do not have any video, nor would it make much difference. I do not feel my playing mirrors my greatest guitarist influence. That said...I love Jeff Beck. Since I was a young boy. Oddly, it was his colaboration with Rod Stewart on "Flash" that did it for me. Mediocre song on a less than mediocre album, but, Jeff's work on People Get Ready grabbed me good when it came out. His sense of melody and phrasing is perfection to me. Zappa is a close second.

 

[ellsworthman]

Nicely done. I do not have any video, nor would it make much difference. I do not feel my playing mirrors my greatest guitarist influence. That said...I love Jeff Beck. Since I was a young boy. Oddly, it was his colaboration with Rod Stewart on "Flash" that did it for me. Mediocre song on a less than mediocre album, but, Jeff's work on People Get Ready grabbed me good when it came out. His sense of melody and phrasing is perfection to me. Zappa is a close second.

Beck and Zappa is an interesting juxtaposition. I would suspect I would like your music collection.

 

[.]

Oh yeah...Johnny A?

 

[.]

Beck and Zappa is an interesting juxtaposition. I would suspect I would like your music collection.

I find they overlap in odd ways. Zappa has a slower solo on Jazz From Hell ( drawing a blank at the moment) that always reminds me of cause we've ended as lovers. (I put Steve Vai's Some Call it Sleep in there too).

Btw...I was just about to comment on your other thread when I got an alert. I've only liked Burst Buckers in the Nighthawk studio they put out a couple years back. I always attributed it to the longer scale. I prefer 57s, or Rio Grande Humbuckers.

 

[jwguitar]

I agree Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck's version of People Get Ready is a beautiful version of that song. Their styles have always complimented each other well.

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[tapeworm]

Otis Rush, BB King, T-Bone Walker

 

[.]

Zappa St. Etienne and I was thinking of Becks pork pie hat

 

[jwguitar]

I also like Stanley Jordan a lot, though I never got into the two hand technique playing. But his playing is really beautiful.

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[Bluesful]

Peter Green. Unfortunately my playing pales in comparison.

 

[Steve Hotra]

Acoustic: Stills
Electric: Vince Gill
Pedal Steel: Al Perkins

 

[jwguitar]

I forgot to mention Roy Clark and Glenn Campbell!

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[GulfportBound]

My number one influence since age fourteen was, is, and will always be B.B. King.

Others? In no order of preference:

Duane Allman
Mike Bloomfield
Kenny Burrell
Albert Collins
Grant Green
Peter Green
Buddy Guy
Teenie Hodges
Eddie Jones (Guitar Slim)
Albert King
Robert Jr. Lockwood
Lonesome Sundown
Magic Sam
Curtis Mayfield
Wes Montgomery
Fenton Robinson
Otis Rush
T-Bone Walker

 

[teleman1]

Joe Pass was an awesome player. My friend became sort of his protege when we were just out of high school. I even saw him at his home cause I use to give my buddy a lift. I am not the biggest Jazz fan. But Joe is beyond ridiculous. I love to hear him not repeat himself for ten minutes. What rocker could ever do that? NONE!

 

[Fulldrive-1]

Who are some of your biggest guitar influences? You probably can tell from my playing I like Joe Pass, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, George Van Eps, and Lenny Breau! Who do you prefer?


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The Master.

 

[Eskimo_Joe]

BB King
Chuck Berry
Ian Moore
Bugs Henderson
Eric Clapton
Angus & Malcolm Young
Jimmy Page
Buddy Guy
Kid Ramos
Nick Curran
Hollywood Fats
Jimi Hendrix

 

[rusty]

the short list goes somethin like...

james burton
joe walsh
brent mason
eric clapton

 

[deeohgee]

Johnny Marr
Bill Frisell
Marc Ribot

 

[jo2012]

Eric Clapton
George Harrison
Jimmy Page
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Drew Shirley
Joe Bonamassa

 

[Turi]

Brian Setzer
SRV
Ian Moss
Mark Knopfler
Bruce Springsteen
Lindsay Buckingham
Chris Cheney

Those are the ones I feel have a direct influence on my playing, or at least my thoughts when playing.

There was a guy in my town called Matt Day who seemed to capture 'emotion' in his guitar playing, that guy is probably the biggest influence.

I always want what I play to have meaning, or to have 'feels', and he's the guy who showed me this is a 'thing'.
...I don't know any of his licks or anything so there's not audible influence on my playing though.

 

[Serenity]

Keith Richards and Rich Robinson, i love that open G playing, and these two are some of the best rhythm players in the business.
Chuck Berry is also a big influence, as is Ry Cooder for slide.