Originally Posted by Kestrel
Robby Kreiger just released a Coltrane and Mile Davis inspired solo album, Singularity, that I need to get. The samples sound promising. This is a guitar album!Originally Posted by 6stringdrug
Robby is interviewed in an October "Guitar World" article.
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
Originally Posted by Kestrel
"I happen to have perfect situational awareness, Lana. Which cannot be taught, by the way. Like a poet's ... mind for ... to make the perfect words." - Sterling Archer
1. Glenn Tipton
2. Jason Becker
3. Yngwie Johann Malmsteen
4. Darrell Lance Abbott
5. Eddie Van Halen
6. Adrian Smith
7. J.C. MarÃ*n Carlitos
8. Paul Gilbert
9. Michael Angelo Batio
And #10. is Lita Ford for being so hot.
Finally pretty much guys I also know&affected my playing, for the most part....except...Abbott? Carlitos?Originally Posted by InterstateAssembly
Dee
"When life's a biatch, be a horny dog"
Amps: Marshall JVM 410H w/ Plexi Cap mod, Choke Mod & Negative Feedback Removal mod, 4x12", Behringer GMX110, Amplitube 3/StealthPedal
Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.
1. Slash
2. Jimmy Page
3. Kurt Cobain
4. Billy Joe Armstrong
5. Noodles
6. Dean DeLeo
7. Albert King
8. SRV
9. Eric Clapton
10. Shuggie Otis
11. Dimebag
12. Scott Ian
13. Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman...(hard to pick one over the other)
14. Kirk Hammett
15. Tom Maxwell-He's the one thats really got me going right now....I mean who use's a slide in metal?
Im going to do a short bass list cos I really enjoy playing bass to and I think those inspire my guitar playing as well.
1. Robert Trujillo
2. Flea
3. Robert DeLeo
4. Cliff Burton
5. Les Claypool
Jay Jay French
C.C. Deville
The guys from Warrant
Everyone shits on them, but if I could play half as good as any of them, I'd be pretty stoked.
You know, at least for C.C. Deville, I never quite understood why people kill him so much. He might not be very innovative, and he certainly seemed like an annoying person, but...it's not like I'm ripping out solos like his on a daily basis.Originally Posted by Commodore 64
Coincidentally, I once read that C.C. was actually the one who did the guitar solo for Cherry Pie by Warrant. Ironic, huh?
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350Originally Posted by Spudman
Amps: Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 + Avatar B212 / Genzler 12-3, Acoustic B20
Pedals: Pod HD500X, Diamond Compressor, Tech 21 VT Bass, Sonic Research Turbo Tuner
I dunno, Eric, I never did hear C.C. much at all. I had to go and see a bunch of Youtube vids of his solos. And I can definitely see why people bash him...pretty much all his clips seem to have a satanically horrible guitar sound, insane gain and messý delay, and the also seem to consist of bursts of largely something like finger exercises shredded thru so-and-so with distortion and delay masking any mistakes there might be.
Still, I wouldn't go out my way to bash him, there must be a gazillion players worse than him out there.
Dee
"When life's a biatch, be a horny dog"
Amps: Marshall JVM 410H w/ Plexi Cap mod, Choke Mod & Negative Feedback Removal mod, 4x12", Behringer GMX110, Amplitube 3/StealthPedal
Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.
That's probably a fair description. I still can't do finger exercises as fast as him, however.Originally Posted by deeaa
I imagine the reason people bash him is because of all of the things you said + the fact that he was the lead guitarist in what was probably the most popular hair-metal band at that time. High profile = much scrutiny.
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350Originally Posted by Spudman
Amps: Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 + Avatar B212 / Genzler 12-3, Acoustic B20
Pedals: Pod HD500X, Diamond Compressor, Tech 21 VT Bass, Sonic Research Turbo Tuner
Abbott, as in Dimebag Darrell.Originally Posted by deeaa
I only saw him once back in '81, opening for Ozzy (with Randy Rhoads).
Pantera was a new local metal band and was in their spandex era. I specifically remember someone completely shredding as a warm up/sound check before the concert started... He was already good as a kid.
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
In no certain order (ok....Hendrix is always #1) >
Hendrix
Pat Travers
Rick Derringer
Ritchie Blackmoore
Iommi
Joe Perry
Keith Richards
Page
George H
EVH
Doyle Bramhall II
Joe Bonnamasa
TY Tabor
Kim Mitchell
Leslie West
guitars-esp m1,esp vintage plus strat,85 gibson LP std,Hamer std,hagstrom xl-5,takamine 330r
amps-egnater tweaker,epi vj w/brat mod
efx-byoc/dvm comp, j cantrell wah,ocd,catalinbread dls,wampler plextortion,ibanez chorus,tech21 boost dla
Yes, he sure was... I read or saw an interview with him where he told of his love for Dean guitars (especially the ML) and dreams of owning one, then he entered a contest and won, the prize was a Dean guitar. Later, because he was so good, he was banned from entering any more contests, I think this all happend before he was even 18!Originally Posted by Tig
"...and I am outta here!"
Scott
Guitars:
Dean EVO Exotic Burl, EVO Special, Vendetta 1000 FR, Stagg Les Paul copy, Squier Standard Telecaster, Squier MIK Stratocaster
Amps:
Fender Princeton 65 (solid state), Vox AD15VT, Peavey Windsor Studio, Crate Vintage Club 50 2x12
Pedals:
DOD FX40B (x2), FX50, FX52, FX55, FX65, FX67, FX80
Washburn LSESLD, LSBOD
BBE Free Fuzz
Behringer EM300, VP1, PH9
Dunlop GCB-95
ProCo Rat II "The Rat"
DigiTech Bad Monkey, RP90
Rockman Soloist
and many, many, many more!
Nice. Nobody seems to remember Travers or Mitchell. I listened to a lot of both of them when I was in my teens. I don't think Kim Mitchell got much airplay south of the Canadian border, other than maybe Go For Soda. I was fortunate enough to live close to the border, so I was exposed to a lot of Canuck rock.Originally Posted by Andy
-Sean
Guitars: Lots.
Amphs: More than last year.
Pedals: Many, although I go straight from guitar to amp more often lately.
Right, time for an update.
Tied for 1st:
Grant Nicholas (Feeder)
Charlotte Hatherley (Ash)
Tim Wheeler (Ash)
4: Ben Moody (Evanescence, We Are the Fallen)
5: Michael Amott (Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars)
6: Morten Veland (Tristania, Sirenia)
7: Emppu Vuorinen (Nightwish)
8: Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
9: James Hetfield (Metallica)
10: Jesper Stromblad (In Flames)
11: Bjorn Gellote (In Flames)
12: Richard Z. Kruspe (Rammstein)
13: Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
14: Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
15: Dimebag Darrell (Pantera)
http://soundcloud.com/tarasque
Guitars: Encore Strat, No-Name Les Paul copy, Cort Acoustic, Vintage VRS100AW, Schecter Tempest Custom, Cort VX-4V, Dean Inferno V.
Amphs: Ashdown Fallen Angel FA 60 DSP, Harley-Benton GA5.
Pedals: Zoom G2.1U, Digitech Screamin' Blues, Electro-Harmonix Stereo Electric Mistress, Dunlop Crybaby 535Q Wah.
In no particular order:
Jake E. Lee
Kirk Hammett
Gary Moore
Jimi Hendrix
SRV
Richie Kotzen
and some other...
"A lot of people in the industry want to blame downloading for the state of the business. But I think if most music wasn't shit to begin with people wouldn't be downloading it for free," - Corey Taylor (Slipknot)
Sam Taylor
Dimebag Darrel
Edwyn Collins
Al Anderson
Jimmy Page
Al Jourgensen
David Gilmour
Jack White
Slash
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
The Reverend Horton Heat
Tom Morello
- Robert
Guitars: 1977 Gibson S1, Fender 50's Classic Player Edition Stratocaster (MIM), Fender American Deluxe HSS Stratocaster, Lonestar Tele, Yamaha FrankenGuitar (you could call it 'modded' but it just looks broken), Agile AL-3000M Thru-Neck, Agile Valkyrie 24, Peavey T-25, Xaviere XV-550, Xaviere XV-500
Amps: R-50H Reverberocket, Vintage Modern 2266, Twin Reverb, Blues Junior, YCV-40, Hot Rod Deville, Bassman Ten, Valve Junior, Lectrolab R700C, VS65R, Powerblock, GX212R, A small army of vintage Harmony's and similar amps
Pedals: Too many to list - 90% of them of my own making.
Visit me on the webz: pedalbuilder.com
For guitar playing influences, well I listen to a lot of players, but these few probably had the most direct impact:
Alex Lifeson
Duane
Dickey
Billy G.
The Nuge
I'd like to add players like Jeff Beck that I really enjoy, but they're so far beyond me that there's not much actual influence to my playing going on.
For bass players, the list would go in ad-infinitum...
Top most influential guitarists?
In no particular order,
Johnny Rivers
Ernie Isley (on bass)
Jimi Hendrix
Robin Trower ( in his Procol Harum days)
Alan Wilson
BB King
Eric Clapton (Bluesbreakers/Cream)
Jack Bruce (on bass Bluesbreakers/Cream)
A bit later on
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Frank Zappa
Stevie Ray Vaughan
John Lee Hooker
Albert King