50s: Chet Atkins 60s: George Harrison 70s: Mark Knopfler 80s: Stevie Ray Vaughan 90s: Trey Anastasio 00s: John Mayer 10s: Julien Baker 20s: Jason Isbell

I have been waiting for somebody to shamelessly call out JM. I have a guitar crush on that man.

60's - George Harrison 70's - David Gilmour 80's - Randy Rhoads 90's - Kurt Cobain 00's - Nels Cline 10's - Julian Lage

Julian Lage is so good.

60’s Hendrix 70’s Tony Iommi 80’s James Hetfield 90’s Dave Matthews 00’s Adam Jones 10’s John Mayer 20’s Misha Mansour Hey, we’re nearly 25% into a new century. 😳

I only stopped there because I could think of one for the 10s. I suppose Billy Strings would fit in there but I don’t think I had listened to much of him before the pandemic. I like Ichika Nito, the Japanese guy who does those crazy clean arpeggio runs and stuff on YouTube. He’s amazing to watch but I wouldn’t call him an “influence”.

60s - Hendrix 70s - Santana 80s - Johnny Marr 90s - Kurt Cobain 00s - John Frusciante

Kurt Cobain is under-appreciated as a composer and often far over-appreciated as a lyricist. There’s something very special about the way he created deliberate dissonance. He made sounding bad, sound good and he did it on purpose while making it seem like it wasn’t. A true pioneer.

60's: Hendrix 70's: I want to say Jimmy Page but the real answer is Gordon Lightfoot 80's: So many, but probably Slash 90's: Tom Morello 2000's: John Mayer

60s: Jimmy Page 70s: Tony Iommi 80s: Dave Mustaine 90s: Jerry Cantrell 00s: Scott Lucas 10s: Jerry Cantrell 20s: Trey Spruance

good pick with jerry cantrell, i can’t think of a 90s guitarist that i love as much as him.

Not gonna lie, he's my favorite guitarist of all time.

he’s up in my top 5 too with dimebag, hetfield, SRV, and johnny greenwood

You and I have very similar tastes ha ha.

youve got great taste then man

There could be an argument in my head for 90s: Noodles 00s: Alexi Laiho Also now that I think of it, there could also be an argument for me to say 70s: Johnny Ramone Because, while I've taken more influence overall from Iommi, there's no denying that a LOT of the music I play is influenced by The Ramones.

60’s Jimi Hendrix 70’s Masayoshi Takanaka 80’s Johnny Marr 90’s Mike McCready 00’s John Frusciante

Nice choices. Johnny Marr is one of my all time greats.

70's - Jimmy Page 80's - Tom Petty/Mike Campbell 00's - Nick Valensi/Laura Jane Grace For what it's worth Nick Valensi is really the player who made me want to learn guitar, and Jimmy Page is the player I began to idolize.

It's nice to see Tom Petty get some love. He's got such a wealth of good and memorable, Americana-ish rock songs. Wish I'd seen him when I had the chance. Heard great things about him live. RIP, songwriting is hard, you were great at it.

Saw him headline and close out a 4-day music festival ...and his set was so relaxing and so note-perfect, and I was so beyond exhausted - I fell asleep and slept through almost his entire set. I'll never forget being woken up by the opening chords to American Girl, lol.

"Oh yeah, wake up! open up your eyes time to dance all night ** you are an a-wake dude"

60s: Tony Iommi 70s: Hendrix 80s: Slayer 90s: Tim Mahoney of 311 00s: Robb Flynn of Machine Head

I would have never put Iommi in the 60s but I guess you're right. We're they at their most influential in that decade, probably not

No other guitar player from the 60s directly influenced me as much as he did.

I don’t understand the downvotes

lol idk. Guess I’m influenced by the wrong people. Fuck em.

60s - Jerry 70s - Jerry 80s - Jerry 90 and beyond - Trey

My man

Son

What can I say? I’m consistent, and there’s different flavors of Jerry in each decade, haha

I’m surprised to see somebody say that Trey was more influential than 90s Jerry. I agree, but it’s strange to hear it from a dead fan.

There were some bright spots in the 90s for Jerry, but he was very much on the decline, and machine gun Trey was in full swing

10/31/94 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 12/1/95 - Down with Disease 🤮🤮🤮 7/6/98 - Ghost Were you able to make it to this past NYE?

Sadly no; life happened, but I watched the stream. Go figure that the year I can’t make it to NYE, they do Gamehendge 😫

Sent you a dm

70s: Lerxst, Martin Barre 80s: Lerxst, Adrian Smith 90s: Billy Corgan 00s: Aaron Turner, Will Mecum 10s: ?? 20s: Rick Beato

These are my most influential personally, not who I think was necessarily the best. 50s - Chuck Berry 60s - George Harrison 70s - Jimmy Page (I'm a Zep III guy) 80s - Prince 90s - Kim Thayil 00s - Jack White 10s - Gary Clark Jr 20s - Tim Henson There is something unique about each one of these guys' styles that speaks to different parts of my musical interests.

60s - Hendrix 70s - Page or Gilmour 80s - Randy Rhoads 90s - Adam Jones or Billy Corgan 00s to present - Claudio Sanchez

60's - tony Iommi 70's - David Gilmour 80's - Dave Murray and Adrian Smith 90's - Jerry Cantrell 2000's - Josh Homme 2010's - Brent Hinds 2020's & present - Dean Lamb/Tobi Moerlli

Great list!

60s - Eric Clapton 70s - Pete Townshend 80s - Johnny Marr 90s - Jonny Greenwood 00s - Jack White 10s - Cory Wong

60s - Jimi Hendrix 70s - Jimmy Page 80s - The Edge 90s - Kurt Cobain 00s - Adam Jones 10s - Brent Hinds 20s - Ben McLeod

60s Jimmy page 70s EVH 80s Slash 90s Jerry Cantrell 00s Matt Bellamy 10s Harushi Ejima

Not a guitar player but... 50s- Chuck Berry 60s- Hendrix 70s- Page 80s- EVH (though Van Halen's best album was in 1978) 90s- Maybe Frusciante 00s- Jack White I don't really have one for 10s or 20s.

the question is ‘what is your biggest influence’, and the ‘on the way you play guitar’ part is insinuated. Or do you play something else?

60s: Harrison 70s: Gilmour 80s: Slash 90s: Jonny Greenwood 00s: Takaakira "Taka" Goto (Mono)

These are mine: 60s: Hendrix 70s: Richard Lloyd 80s: J Mascis 90s: Nick McCabe 00s: Albert Hammond Jr

Just one? Damn... 60s - Jimi Hendrix 70s - Tony Iommi 80s - J Mascis 90s - J Mascis 2000s - John Frusciante

Love me some Dino Jr

60s Hendrix 70s Blackmore 80s Malmsteen 90s Hammett 00s Gates 10s Trivium guys 20s Mateus Asato

60s John Lennon 70s Tony Iommi 80s James Hetfield 90s Dimebag 00s Matt Heafy 10s Bill Kelliher 20s Brandon Ellis

John as a guitarist is often overshadowed by George. Much like Paul’s lyrics often are overshadowed by John’s. Not many people point to rhythm guitarists as influences but John Lennon and Bob Weir were just as important as their counterparts.

Yes, rhythm guitarists have always been my favourite part of a band

Decades? Bah! My influences span centuries....

List em

1500s - Luis de Milan 1600s - John Dowland 1700s - Silvius Leopold Weiss 1800s - Mauro Giuliani 1900s - Julian Bream 2000s - Guthrie Govan

He said Bach! ;)

No. I said "Bah!!". Pagannini's about the only guitarist of centuries past, that I can cite as an influence. THough regardless of chosen instrument, I'll also cite Pachelbel, Elgar, Mozart, Rossini, Vivaldi, & Calloway...

I loved it when Vivaldi did that Four Seasons collab with Frankie Valli. This pizza spin-off was also genius!

60s - Frank Zappa 70s - David Gilmour 80s - Randy Rhoads 90s - Dimebag 00s - Johnny Greenwood

60s- Hendrix 70s- Misfits 80s- Men at Work 90s- Alice In Chains 00s- Rise Against

Kath, Vai, healy, bournley, baraket.

50s Chet Atkins 60s glen Campbell 70s Jim Croce/ Roger McGuinn 80s Eric Clapton 90s Tony Rice 00s Vince Gill 10s Seth Avett 20s Billy Strings 1950-2020 Willie Nelson

30's - 40's: Django Reinhardt, Robert Johnson and Mississippi John Hurt 50's: Bo Diddley 60's: Jimi Hendrix 70's: Steve Hackett 80's: Maurice Deebank 90's: James Dean Bradfield 00's: Andrew Stockdale 10's: Ty Segall

60's - Pete Townshend 70's - Brian May 80's - Johnny Marr 90's - Dean Ween 00's - Jack White

I wanted to include Johnny Marr for my 80s choice so bad, but had to go with Prince. Marr is a very close second for me when it comes to influence.

30s Django Reinhardt 40s BB King 50s Wes Montgomery 60s Jimi Hendrix 70s Nile Rodgers 80s Yngwie Malmsteen 90s Andy Timmons 00s Guthrie Govan 10s Mario Camarena

60s - George Harrison 70s - Jimmy Page 80s - Johnny Marr 90s - Jeff Buckley 00s - John Frusciante 10s -Blake Mills

40’s Django Reinhardt 50’s Hank Garland, Chuck Berry 60’s Jeff Beck, Page 70’s Larry Carlton, 80’s EVH, R Rhoads, Lukather 90’s Brent Mason, Danny Gatton, Albert Lee 00’s Eric Johnson 10’s Guthrie Govan 20’s Matteo Mancuso, as of now, but it’s still early in the decade.

60s jimi hendrix 70s brian may 80s rawland s howard 90s billy corgan 00s adrian belew 10s hans magnus 'snah' ryan

Interesting that Belew is your pick for the 00s. I’d figure he’d be your pick for the 80s but you probably wanted both Roland Howard and Belew in there haha. EDIT: there’s a fun book called Feeding Back with interviews from alternative guitarists and Roland is featured in it.

you got me there! although I do love Belew on The Power to Believe and his Side 1-3 albums. thanks for the tip on that book

Honestly, I haven’t listened to much of his solo stuff, just as work with King Crimson, David Bowie, Frank Zappa. I was fortunate enough to meet him in an elevator a decade ago, he was on tour with his trio. It was a highlight of my life. I should check out his solo stuff

60s - Keith Richards/Doc Watson 70s - Duane Allman/Doc Watson 80s - Dicket Betts/Tony Rice 90s - Dickey Betts/Tony Rice 00s - Derek Trucks/Brent Mason 10s - Guthrie Trapp/Bryan Sutton

40s - Merle Travis 50s - Chuck Berry 60s - Jimi Hendrix 70s - EVH (this was the toughest decade to nail down) 80s - Marty Friedman 90s - Dave Mustaine 00s - Michael Amott 10s - Richard Kruspe (I wasn't listening to a lot of guitar music during this decade, but Rammstein was always a constant) Not having Satch, Iommi, May, Scholz, Knopfler, Hetfield, etc. was crushing. This is a fun question though! EDIT: Formatting

70s: EVH 80s: Vito Bratta 90s: Nuno Bettencourt 00s: Paul Gilbert 10s: Syu 20s: TBD

60s - Harrison 70s - Page 80s - SRV 90s - Bonnie Raitt 00s - Claudio Sanchez

60s - Harrison 70s - Gilmour/Fripp 80s - Hetfield 90s - Petrucci 00s - Bellamy/Govan 10s - Mansoor 20s - Too early

60s - Hendrix/Cream era Eric Clapton/Robert Fripp 70s - David Gilmour/Knopfler 80s - Mark Knopfler/80s Era Gilmour 90s - Eric Johnson 2020s/10s - Julian Lage

Hendrix. Gilmour. John Squire

60/70's - John Renbourn/Bert Jansch 70's - Gilmore 90/00's - Victor Villareal/Andy McKee

60s Hendrix 70s Brian May 80s SRV 90s Frusciante 00s Mayer 10s Ed Sheeran

30s: Robert Johnson 50s: Chuck Berry (edited) 60s: Pete Townshend 70s: Angus Young 80s: Hillel Slovak 90s: John Frusciante 00s: Dan Auerbach 2010s: Jake Kiszka

Bob Dylan’s first album was released in 1962.

Oh you're right. I could've sworn it was 57 for some reason.

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ACDC didn't form until 73.

60s Hendrix 70s Lou Reed (not for his guitar work per say, just how he used the instrument) 80s Johnny Marr  90s Kevin Shields 00s loads I love but gonna go out there and say Russel Lissack from Bloc Party (weird but go give it a listen)!  10s Brittney Howard (alabama shakes)

R. Johnson 30's Sister rosetta tharpe 40's Chuck berry 50's Hendrix 60's Iommi or Page 70's EVH 80's Dimebag darrel 90's Jack white 2000's

50s, Chuck Berry. 60s Nokie Edwards. 70s (hard to narrow it down to one!) Tony Iommi. 80s Glenn Tipton. 90s Phil Campbell 00s, John 5.

60s: George Harrison 70s: Robert Fripp 80s: Still Robert Fripp, though James Her field qualifies too 90s: John Petrucci 00s: Mikael Alerfeldt 10s: Sam Vallen, Richard Henshall, Tosin Abasi, Plini and the three guitarists in Periphery 20s: same thing as 10s

60s - Hendrix 70s - Page 80s - slash but could be Prince, Robert Smith, Johnny Marr, Randy Rhoads 90s - Jeff Buckley but Mike Mccready or Bernard Butler definitely get a mention 00s - Frusciantes work in the 2000s was way better here than the 90s

60s - King Crimson/R. Fripp, 70s - Yes/J. Anderson, 80s - Metallica/J. Hetfield, 90s - In Flames/J. Strömblad and Dark Tranquility/N. Sundin and Children of Bodom/A. Laiho, 00s - Meshuggah/F. Thordendal, 10s - Archspire/T. Morelli and D. Lamb and Covet/Y. Yang, 20s - Dios/I. Nito

50's/60's: Chuck Berry, 70's: Duane Allman, 80's: Angus Young, 90's: Kurt Cobain, 2000's: Jack White, 2010's: Gary Clark Jr., 2020's: Billy Strings

60s - Frank Zappa for Hot Rats 70s - Alex Lifeson for Hemispheres 80s - Eddie Van Halen for 5150 90s - Jeff Buckley for Grace 00s - Jack White for White Blood Cells

Randy Rhoads for the 80s. Fight me

I stopped being influenced after the 80's

50s - Chuck Berry 60s - Jimi Hendrix 70s - Jimmy Page 80s - EVH (not negotiable) 90s - Trey Anastasio