Who are your guitar heroes?

[Jerich]

Stephan Forte'- from ADAGIO still is..... and I am really digging Johnny Hiland too......Carl A Tideman......NEW NEVERMORE is Killer!!!!!

 

[telecaster90]

John Petrucci
Steve Howe
Yngwie
Alex Lifeson
Zakk Wylde
Alexi Laiho

 

[Shawn]

Wow. This thread is old. I have many guitar heroes.....
Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield, Marty Friedman, Alex Skolnick, Dimebag, James Murphy, Trey Azagthoth and Eric Rutan, Doug Cerrito and Terrance Hobbs (Suffocation), EVH, Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee, Vernon Reid, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, SRV, Johnny A, etc.......I colud go on and on...lol.

Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani are main influences.

 

[Shawn]

Just listened to Neal Schon's Blue Passion on Favored Nations.com. Awesome.

 

[XIEmperorIX]

John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Alex Lifeson are my main heroes...and Jeff Loomis is starting to have a pretty big impact on my playing..thats all that really comes to mind at the moment

 

[Guitarist4JC]

I have a long list of heroes. They include: Randy Rhodes, Vinnie Moore, Tony MacAlpine, Paul Gilbert, Jeff Loomis, Chris Broderick, Dime in the 80's early 90's, Andy LaRocque & Michael Denner (King Diamond), Chris Impellitteri, Henrik Danhage(Evergrey) and Rex Caroll (WhiteCross).

 

[nyck]

Jason Becker, Chuck Schuldiner first come to mind.

 

[Dark Tranquillity]

Alexi Laiho
Petrucci
Adam Jones
Niklas Sudin
Mikeal A.
Jeff Loomis

Much more also.

 

[gdbjr21]

George Lynch,Randy Rhodes,John Petrucci,Joe Satriani,Alex Skolnick,Paul Gilbert,SRV,Dimebag,Yngwie Malmsteen,Jeff Loomis,Jerry Cantrell,David Gilmour

 

[Mastodon]

How many times has this thread been dug up?

I'll be the deviator and say myself, because none of those guys are gonna learn the guitar for me.

 

[Naren]

Wow. This thread is old. I have many guitar heroes.....
Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield, Marty Friedman, Alex Skolnick, Dimebag, James Murphy, Trey Azagthoth and Eric Rutan, Doug Cerrito and Terrance Hobbs (Suffocation), EVH, Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee, Vernon Reid, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, SRV, Johnny A, etc.......I colud go on and on...lol.

Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani are main influences.

My guitar heroes are pretty much the same as Shawn's. I have a few ones I'd add to that list and maybe a few I'd remove, but pretty much the same here.

 

[Shannon]

These are the guitarists I've been heavily influenced by, not just the guitarists I happen to like. There's a big difference between the two.

Eddie Van Halen (VH)
Zakk Wylde (Ozzy, BLS)
Dimebag Darrell R.I.P. (Pantera, Damageplan)
John Petrucci (DT, LTE)
Hammett / Hetfield (Metallica)
Scott Ian (Anthrax)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
King / Hanneman (Slayer)
Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah, Special Defects)
Alex Skolnick (Testament)
Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
Paul Waggoner (BTBAM)

 

[Michael]

Rob Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Rusty Cooley, Jason Becker, Steve Vai, Michael Romeo, Joe Satriani, Emppu Vuorinen, Marcel Coenen, John Petrucci, Marty Freidman, Jani Liimatainen, Fredrick Thordendal, Vince LuPone kiss

 

[bostjan]

Buckethead, Django Reinhardt, Dave Martone, Ron Jarzombek, Michael Romeo, Steve Vai, Norman Brown, Tony MacAlpine, Chuck Schuldiner, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Kotzen, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Rosenberg, Jim Morris, Jan Akkerman, Buster Jones, Jason Schimmel, Matthias IA Eklundh, Neil Haverstick, Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny, Al DiMeola, Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, John Pettrucci, Dan Terosati, Eric Johnson, Drew Peterson, Edgar Winter, Mikko Lanikinnen, Ty Tabor, etc etc.

 

[David]

holy thread resurrection!

Since I'm a shred head... my main influences are:
Jani Liimatainen
Rusty Cooley
Jason Becker
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci



Jani's the only one that I don't seem to see on everyones list.

 

[Michael]

Jani Liimatainen is a big player for me too!! :hi5:


PS: We need a smiley for hi5's dammit!

 

[Cancer]

I absolutely love Lynch. I do a ton of 1st-5th fret pull offs for fills like he does. It's not an intentional cop of his style, but I grew up wanting nothing more than to be like George, and his style grew into mine. I don't think he gets enough credit outside of guitarist circles. Someone could toss in a CD of him playing Jingle Bells, and I would probably recognize his playing. He definitely has his own distinct sound and tone, and it's fantastic.

Agreed, I was, and still am, a HUGE Lynch fan. He's not the fastest, nor the techincally sophisticated, but he succeeds at doing what few popular guitarist can, he sounds like him. George has managed to go through every amp trend since the 80's (even using a Rockman at one point), and managed to sound like himself, and his phrasing and dark modal note choices, never fail to turn me on as a player. People would ask me what I was going for and I'd always say the same thing "a faster George Lynch".

Paul Gilbert
Fredrik Thorndendal
James Hetfield
Andy LaRocque

 

[jakeskylyr]

Wow, I guess I never replied to this thread. Huh.

Anyway, guitar heroes... Initial inspiration I'd say the following:

John Lennon/George Harrison/Paul McCartney
Brian May
Tom Scholtz
Jimmy Page
Ritchie Blackmore
Steve Howe
Steve Hackett
Jamie West-Oram

After that, I had another slew of guitarists who helped me keep the flame burning. Among those:

Ty Tabor
Nuno Bettencourt
Eddie Van Halen
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci
Eric Johnson
Steve Vai
Michael Romeo

That's it in a nutshell. I'm sure there are more, but that is a summation. As overall importance goes, I'd say the Beatles made me play, Petrucci helped me discover what I REALLY wanted to do with my style, and Satch, May, and Tabor helped me realize how to be true to myself, unique, and down to earth at the same time.

 

[abyssalservant]

Getting me to playz0r:
Tony Iommi/Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) - Yes, bass, I know. Bass pwnz. Band context is very important to me.
Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)

Further:
John Petrucci (DT, LTE, etc)
Jeff Hanneman/Kerry King (mostly Jeff) (Slayer)
Bill Steer/Michael Amott (Carcass) - yay, I'm not the only one!
Ihsahn/Samoth (EMPEROR!!!)
Jeff Loomis/Steve Smyth (Nevermore)
obviously David Shankle (Manowar/DSG) - as he's my teacher
Alexi Laiho (COB)
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd/David Gilmour)
Adam Jones (Tool) - Jones/Gilmour have more effect on my ear than on my fingers, as it were. I don't play the way they do. I play their stuff.
Galder/Silenoz/Mustis (keyboards) (Dimmu Borgir)
Karl Sanders (Nile)
others . . .

Local people:
Sigi Mueller (Sigi Mueller and the Parallel Universe or whatever it is)
Nick Sprenger (KHAZM)
Chris Arwady (whatever he's doing)
Ben Welzenbach (Toastface, solo)
Brian Krock (Advent)
the guys in Still Hunt Malice - my first exposure to death metal.

 

[METAL_ZONE]

Tom Morello (RATM)
Daron Malakian (SOAD)
Buckethead
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)
Les Claypool (Primus) I know he plays bass
Fredrik Thordendal/ Mårten Hagström (Meshuggah)