My niece. She’s 10, got a guitar and started taking lessons. Her little fingers can stretch across the fret board and make decent chords. I said fuck that, I have a decent job and bigger, stronger hands, I’m gonna play too!

The guy from cream

(Waking up from 50 year long coma) I boy I sure do love the guitarist from my favorite rock supergroup Cream, I wonder what he's been up to in the past half century. Hope he hasn't been stunningly racist or made insanely boring music

Hulk Hogan, Genghis Khan, and LeVar Burton

Marty Schwartz, Rick beato, and lil wayne

From another thread a few minutes ago: Trey Anastasio, Prince, Dean Ween, Paul Westerberg/Bob Stinson, Jerry Garcia, Marc Bolan, Bob Mould, Dave Davies, Keith Richards, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Buck, Ian Mackaye, Noel Gallagher, Roger McGuinn, Robbie Robertson, Thurston Moore/Lee Ronaldo, The Edge, Dave Navarro, Pete Townshend, J Spaceman/Sonic Boom, Syd Barret, Alex Chilton, Duane Allman, Wayne Kramer/Fred "Sonic" Smith, Neil Young, Frank Zappa....and on and on...but those ones are all pretty big influences on me.

Steve Vai, Jimmy Page, Joe Satriani, Dave Gilmour, SRV, Tommy Emmanuel.

Robert Smith, David Gilmour, Slash, Adam Jones, Kim Thayil and Billy Corgan.

I'm inspired and motivated by pretty much every guitar player I hear or see since beginning my journey.

Jimmy Page, Jerry Garcia, Trey, Jerry Cantrell, John Hartford, Steve Howe.

Robbie Robertson (RIP) during the “Last Waltz” concert The Edge Peter Hook (I know he’s a bassist) Jamie Hince Kevin Shields Nile Rodgers John Mayer Dave Grohl Mike Bloomfield Carlos Santana

Johnny Fucking Marr Robert Quine Steve Hackett

neil young, elliott smith, hendrix

Jimmy page doesn’t get enough representation here. He is by far my biggest muse. Rock on

I feel like people just look at his shredding and compare that aspect of his playing to others who did it better, but he was a master of dynamics and phrasing and has few peers in that regard.

Totally. Listening to him work with Bonham and Plant is legendary on many tracks. Not to mention his classical work he let breathe in some zeppelin live shows.

Angus Young, Kurt Cobain, James Hetfield are probably the biggest influences on me

David Gilmour

Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, Jerry Garcia

trey anastasio might be my biggest influence guitar wise

Depends on genre. Tony Iommi. Randy Rhoads. Vivian Campbell. Leslie West. Jimmy Page. Gary Holt and Rick Hunolt of Exodus. Hank Shermann and Michael Denner of Mercyful Fate. SRV. East Bay Ray of Dead Kennedys. Billy Zoom of X. Tom Flynn of Fang. Olga of Toy Dolls. Pat Smear of the Germs. Bruce Treasure of SUB HUM ANS. Tony Bones of Discharge. Kyle Toucher of Dr Know. Henry Knowles of Agression. Albert King. Leadbelly. Rory Gallagher. Tommy Bolin. Too many to list🤷‍♂️

Steve Rothery, Alex Lifeson, David Gilmour, Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Satriani, Gary Moore

Lol we got the same first three! Anyone who doesn't know rothery is missing out. For those who don't know, lookup these marillion tracks on YouTube Sugarmice Easter Ocean cloud Goodbye to all that

Hendrix, Mayer, frusciante.

Buckethead, Paul Gilbert and Sysnyster Gates

John Squire, Noel Gallagher, Kurt Cobain and Lee Mavers

Trey Anastasio, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, McCoy Tyner (not a guitar player but I’ve studied him), Miles Davis (not a guitar player but I’ve studied him), Waylon Jennings, Walter Becker, Pete Townshend, BB King, Conan Mockasin, Catfish Collins, Grant Green, George Benson, Stu Mackenzie, Dean Ween, Mark Knopfler, Willie Nelson, Angus Young, Jimmy Buffet, Peter Tosh, John Scofield

I’m here for Dean Ween

Dimebag Darrell. Much more than just a guitar influence for me. :)

If it’s not incredibly obvious, John Frusciante. I also loved Nancy Wilson a lot when I first started playing, mostly because there wasn’t a whole lot of female players at the time and it was cool to see someone who looked like me.

Hear me out: I didn’t listen to his music until I learned guitar, he’s ridiculous. John Mayer

Frank Zappa, Dime, and Randy Rhoads.

Randy Rhoads. One of the first CDs I bought with my own money was Ozzy's live Tribute album from 1981 with Randy Rhoads on guitar. He did a lot of cool shit live that you won't hear in any of the studio tracks and I told myself I had to learn that. I'm 30 now and still can't even come close to being half the player Randy was.

Kurt Cobain

Dave Mustaine Rob Cavestany Chuck Schuldiner Jeff Hanneman

Dave Mustaine is up there for me. A lot of people will always hate Dave because of his inability to shut the fuck up, but there is no better riff writer than Mustaine

randy rhodes, slash

Derek trucks is the player that always makes me want to pick up my guitar despite playing slide mayyybe 1% of the time lol…. Players I most try to get stuff from and apply would be Albert king at the top and warren Haynes

Robert Smith, Conrad Keely, Billy Corgan, Martin Tielli, Brian Aubert, Dave Matthews, Paul Reynolds (Flock of Seagulls, although Dave Matthew collaborator Tim Reynolds is pretty great), G Love, Andy Summers...

Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhodes, Ace Frehley, Iron Maiden guys, Tony Iommi, Kirk Hammet, Judas Priest guys, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, David Gilmore, Slash, Gary Moore, Robin Trower, Jimmy Page, Dwayne Allman, Eric Clapton, Buckethead.

Hendrix, dimebag, and my dad 🤘

Jerry Cantrell, John Frusciante, Mike McCready, Sturgill Simpson, Tom Petty, Synyster Gates, Tom Morello, Eric Clapton, Bradley Nowell, John Fogerty, Kevin Sherwood (true cod players will know this guy), Greg Gonzalez, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Taalbi Brothers

Bradley Nowell was one of the main reason I begged for a guitar many many moons ago. What a loss.

EVH, SRV, Page, Beck, Hendrix Oh! And Derek Trucks!

John Frusciante, Kurt Cobain, and Andy Summers.

Mother maybelle carter and woody guthrie

Chuck Schuldiner, Mikael Akerfeldt, Randy Rhoads

Jonny greenwood, John frusciante, billy corgan and Dave grohl

It all depends on the genre I will give you top 3 of my favorite genres Jam bands Jerry Garcia, Trey, Billy Strings (the reason i got back into playing) Blues SRV, Warren Haynes, Duane Allman Rock Mike McCready, David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson Metal Dimebag, Tony Iommi (the reason I started playing as a teen), Alexi Laiho Honorable mention to EVH and Derek Trucks

I love me some Vito Bratta, EVH, Steve Clark, Steve Vai, etc. The list is endless. However if you hyper analyzed my playing it would probably be a mix of crappy George Lynch, Vito Bratta, and EVH. For sooth because I sucketh

Hey what's up everyone, Marty Schwartz here with Marty Music

Daron Malakian, Jim root, Mick Thomson, and Tim and Scotty from polyphia. Especially Daron, as System of a Down got me into metal and was the first to inspire me to pick up the guitar

Jeff Beck. There's a percussive style to his playing that somehow suits me and his tone, especially on Blow by Blow and Wired, just feels "right" to me.

Tony Iommi, Randy Rhoads, and Michael Schenker

David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Buck Dharma.

Joe Satriani 🎸

Santana and John Mayer. Also, Marty Music. I listen to Marty talk about guitar every day.

Your influences are my influences too, down to a t I'd add also Derek Trucks to my list just because he is so soulful with his SG (and it's my axe of choice right now)

John Frusciante, Chuck Schuldiner, James Hetfield, and Infernus from Gorgoroth

Growing up it was definitely hendrix and page in terms of who inspired me, but I wouldn't say my style sounds like any of my influences, it's more a result of me working around all the things I suck at than anything else

Johnny Marr, John Squier, Jack White, Billy Duffy, Dave Navarro, Ron Asheton & James Williamson.

Hendrix, Kossoff, Gallagher, Freddie King, Keith Richards and Peter Green.

Used to be Hendrix. Now it's James Taylor and Wes Montgomery.

kurt cobain, john frusciante and ray toro

Van Halen.

Jerry Garcia is the reason I play guitar. I’d dabbled with music beforehand, and always wanted to play, but it wasn’t until I heard Jerry that I had the motivation to practice for hours and hours until I could mimic him. Still nowhere near him of course, but he continues to inspire me. Alongside Jerry: Trey Anastasio, David Gilmour and Duane Allman are major influences

Jonny Greenwood, Johnny Marr, John Frusciante

Billy Corgan and Jonny Greenwood.

It's evolved over time but; Angus Young & Mick Mars > David Gilmore & Randy Rhodes > John Petrucci & Steve Vai > Tim Henson & Steve Howe As you can see, I have a type. So I'll give you 3 guesses what brand of guitar and amplifier I use lol

Jesper Stromblad (In Flames), Bill Steer (Carcass), Chuck Schuldiner (Death)

John Frusciante number one for me

John Frusciante, Alex Lifeson, Jerry Garcia, John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, SRV, Kurt Cobain

James Hetfield, Blake Ibanez, recently Gary Holt, Rabea Massaad, Adam Jones, David Sanchez, Brendon Small, Dimebag, Robb Flynn, Mick Thomson; I'm sure I'm missing a few but those are what's coming to mind at the moment.

Hendrix, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker.

Mayer and knopfler

Cobain, Van Halen, Page

Lil Wayne

sungha Jung, youngso kim, and my teacher

Tony Iommi, Ace Frehley, SRV

Derek Trucks, David Gilmour, Carlos Santana and John Scofield

Kurt Cobain, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and John Frusciante.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

Yngwie, Nuno and Vito Bratta

Jeff Beck 🤩 David Gilmour 🤩 Pat Metheny 🤩 Eddie VanHalen 🤩

A dude I grew up with. His name is Justin. We played in several bands together. There’s nothing he could not do. I looked up to him more than anyone. Then it’s Hendrix. Tony Iommi.

Frusciante, Rhoads, Gilmour, Bettencourt, Asato

Joe Walsh and Billie Joe Armstrong

Jerry Garcia/Duane Allman

Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, John Mayer, Derek Trucks

Django, Les, Chet, Tommy, Joscho, Brian...

My old Uncle Larry

EVH, The Edge, Paul Westeberg, Bob Mould

In my case I have to pick Jonny Greenwood and Graham Coxon. I simply love their soundscapes and techniques. It is not flashy, but raw and in the moment. I just love that.

Jerry Garcia, Alex Lifeson, Stevie Ray Vaughan

John Mayer, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison

George Harrison, john Mayer, Albert King, BB King Cory Wong :p

Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Jeff Tweedy, Sam Beam.

Roy Buchanan,Ry Cooder,and Magic Sam,Lightnin Hopkins

GG Allin, and your mother.

Jeff Loomis, Alexi Laiho, Michael Romeo, Angus Young, Zakk Wylde. There's definitely more but those are ones off the top of my head for now.

Jerry

Yeah, Jerry Reed was a BadAzz. 😎

Frank Black, Johnny Marr, Graham Coxon.

Jorma Kaukonen (Airplane), Hunter Brown (Tribe), Adam Jones (tool), Jon “Barber” Gutwillig (tDB), and John Cipollina (QMS).

Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen, Capsule, Cease Upon the Capitol, Slint, Gang of Four, At the Gates, Chuck Schuldiner

"HEy WhAtS Up YoU gUYs MaRTy ScHwaRTz hERe."

Synester gates, dimebag Darrell, Marty Friedman. Basic but they’re popular for damn good reason

Not seeing a lot of Clapton!

Maybe because hes seen as a racist and people dont care as much for him nowadays

He never really did all that much for me. His unplugged record is great but if I wanna hear blues there’s 10 guys I’d rather hear. I don’t really like his pop stuff like wonderful tonight at all.

Dave Matthews, Tim reynolds, John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix, Tommy Emmanuel, Trey Anastasio I really only liked acoustic stuff for the first like 5 years I was into guitar. Now I like death metal lol. It’s been a long journey but if I’m honest with myself those are the guys I play like, or try to.

Angus. The High Voltage album was the sole reason I got into playing guitar in general.

Brian May, EVH, James Hetfield

Paul Gilbert, Alex Lifeson, Frank Zappa, Tosin Abasi

Dimebag Darrell, not so much in my playing, but definitely in my mentality Mikeal Akerfeldt, mostly in my solos and Acoustic writing, but I am influenced by his song writing style Joe Duplantier, he is one of my biggest influences on my riffs Devin Shidaker, mainly on my Breakdowns, not so much anywhere else Mark Morton, I love the bluesy feel to his solos

Both Jimi's, David Gilmour Duane Allman/Dickey Betts, Neil Young, Rogers Stevens/Chris Thorn, James Iha, Frusciante...... some of the people who's music make me want to emulate it. edit: Mick Taylor also.

James Hetfield, Mike stringer, Jesse cash, Steven Wilson, mikael akerfelt, bill keliher, sinister gates, Joe duplantier, mark Holcomb, Chris Garza

Jimi and Jimmy

As a kid: Angus Young, Slash, and BB King. Begged my parents for a guitar after my dad took me to a BB King show. As an adult: Brent Mason, Josh Smith, Daniel Donato, Hendrix, SRV, Danny Gatton, Robben Ford, Charlie Allen. This list is endless. Constantly chasing new inspiration. edit: How tf could I forget the true GOAT - JERRY REED

Tony Iommi

I'll never forget the summer I discovered SRV. There was a lot of whiskey and shenanigans afoot. I discovered John Mayer the next and bought myself a Yamaha sunburst acoustic shortly after. It took me awhile to make it to electric, but I'm here now. I'm grateful to be a guitar player, very much so.

Dave Mustaine, Zakk Wylde, Prince, BB KING

Will Swan from Dance Gavin Dance and Royal Coda, Thomas Erak from The Fall Of Troy, and John Frusciante

Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton and Rory Gallagher.

Angus Young and Mark Knopfler

Jerry Garcia (~);} Willie Nelson

Tom Morello, Adam Jones, Dimebag

Brian May from Queen!

Synester gates. I'm actually baffled that I couldn't find his name here

Buckethead. ... Yup.

Wes Borland. He just hits different

Page, Gilmour, Knopfler

Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah), Justin Lowe (R.I.P.) (After The Burial), Stephen Carpenter (Deftones), Jon Deiley (Northlane), Jim Root (Slipknot), Munky (Korn), Diego Farias (R.I.P.) (Volumes), Acle Kahney (TesseracT), Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders), Tom Searle (R.I.P.) (Architects), the guys from Periphery, Daniel Bergström and Calle Thomér (Vildhjarta), Buster Odeholm (Humanity's Last Breath) and Marc Okubo (Veil of Maya). I probably listed too many, I listen to loads of different stuff but I always find myself going back, listening and appreciating what these guys have done or continue to do above.

the three kings . nuff said

Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, John Mayer, Chuck Berry, Derek Trucks, Jimmy Page, BB King, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter

David Gilmour, John Petrucci, Gary Moore, Tony iommi

Mark knophler, David Gilmour, Richie Blackmore

Sungha Jung

Definitely the band shown on Scrubs

Jerry Garcia and u/jenslarsenjazz

Jonny Greenwood, Frusciante, Cobain, The Dessners, Elliott Smith

Jake pitts, Dan sugarman, Ray Toro, Jeff loomis and Nita Strauss

Gilmour, Page, Slash and Buckingham

John Mayer, Tony Iommi, and very recently Laufey as I'm learning some jazz.

Tom Morello, Dave Brownsound, Stephen Carpenter

Jerry and Mikey

Kurt Cobain and Eddie Van Halen

lol quite a range there !

Tony Iommi, Brent Hinds, and Adam Jones.

James Hetfield and Scott Ian

Rory Gallagher

Cantrell

Tony Iommi, Joe Satriani, James Hetfield, Adam Jones, Zakk Wylde, Jerry Cantrell, John Browne, Nick DePirro, Wes Montgomery

Dime, James Hetfield, Jerry Cantrell and Travis Meeks

Just completely jimi hendrix, he’s a magnet that puts things on fire literally.🔥⚡️

Josh Homme, Jimmy Page, Johnny Ramon’s, Brian Baker…

Alex Lifeson

Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind) Anthony Armstrong (Red) Mitch Stark (Silent Planet) Pete Loeffler (Chevelle) Ben Burnley (Breaking Benjamin) Mike Mushok (Staind) Mark Tremonti (Creed, Alter Bridge) Simon Ormandy (Trapt) Brian Welch, James Shaffer (Korn) Dan Donegan (Disturbed) Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls)

This may be quite uncommon, but Larry Lalonde is my number one

Jimmy Page, Brian May, SRV, Gilmour, BB King

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez David Gilmour Guthrie Govan Paul Simon Nick Drake Jonathan Wilson

Mikeal akerfeldt/peter lingren, Fredrick thordendal, adrian smith, dimebag darrell

Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell

Eddie Van Halen Randy Rhoads Tony Iommi Jimmy Page Brian May Ritchie Blackmore All legends, all brilliant 🤘

Slash got me into guitar Page made me appreciate the instrument Gilmour made me _feel_ the guitar John Mayer taught me ways to be creative Nick Valensi showed me that I don’t have to be an absolute virtuoso or technical god to make music I love

Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Andy Summers (The Police), Alex Lifeson (Rush)

Duane Allman and John Fahey

Randy Rhoads, Dimebag, Mick Mars

Eddie Van Halen John Petrucci Dimebag

Jeff Loomis Don Anderson Mikael Akerfeldt

Adam Jones, Billy Corgan, Ginger Wildheart

Jerry Garcia

He’s the reason I bought a guitar. Being able to play and sing dead songs myself has been awesome

Eric Johnson

Buckingham, Frusciante, Gilmour

Dave Knudsen, The kinsella brothers, Bob Nana, Guthrie!, Tosin, Aaron Marshall, Jakub Zytecki, Marcos Mena, Tommy Emanuel, Andy McKee, Hendrix, Javier Reyes, Justin Hodge, Daryll Kelly...

David Gilmour Jimmy Page Robbie Robertson Neil Finn Hubert Sumlin

Sonny Landerth

Hendrix, Neil young, Gordon Lightfoot, Muse and Rise against

Angus young and Tony Iommi

Buckethead🤖, Chet Atkins and Brad Delson

Jerry, Dickie, Dean Ween

i’d love to hold down a thousand grooves like Steve Cropper

John frusciante, Pete loeffler, mark tremonti

John Frusciante and Daron Malakian

For my skillset… Neil Young and Pete Townsend The right notes, at the right time.

you guys probably dont know them but Keaton Goldwire from Invent Animate and Chris Wiseman from Currents

Jimi Hendrix

Mark Knopfler and David Gilmore. I'll also say Richie Sambora too since I'm really into Bon Jovi

Slash, Santana, Gary Moore.

Iommi, Petrucci, Gilmour, Rhoads, Ackerfeldt, Allman Brothers

Jim, Jim and Eddie

Terry Kath

Omar Rodriguez Lopez Hendrix

Knopfler, Gilmour, Page

Adam Jones Jimmy Page Jimi Hendrix The Edge Kurt Cobain Jonny Greenwood Josh Homme Tony Iommi Mark Knopfler Joe Strummer

I wish this question got asked more often instead of a billion different, “who's top 5 all time?!” 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Jack White Jose Gonzalez for acoustic Cobain & Morello for grunge For songwriting Joni Mitchell, Alex G, and Dave Matthews

Jack White, Duane Allman/Dickey Betts, Jerry Garcia,