Top 15 Most Influential Guitarists

Tig*** · September 23rd, 2010, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by 6stringdrug

Robby Kreiger

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!
Robby is interviewed in an October "Guitar World" article.

**R_of_G** · September 23rd, 2010, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by Kestrel

Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order, Monaco, Freebass)

InterstateAssembly · September 28th, 2010, 03:52 AM

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.

deeaa* · September 28th, 2010, 05:28 AM

Originally Posted by InterstateAssembly

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?

**Jx2** · September 28th, 2010, 08:44 AM

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

Commodore 64*** · September 28th, 2010, 09:33 AM

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.

Eric*** · September 28th, 2010, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by Commodore 64

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.

Coincidentally, I once read that C.C. was actually the one who did the guitar solo for Cherry Pie by Warrant. Ironic, huh?

deeaa* · September 28th, 2010, 10:24 AM

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 messÃ½ 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.

Eric*** · September 28th, 2010, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by deeaa

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 messÃ½ 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.

That's probably a fair description. I still can't do finger exercises as fast as him, however.

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.

Tig*** · September 28th, 2010, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by deeaa

Finally pretty much guys I also know&affected my playing, for the most part....except...Abbott? Carlitos?

Abbott, as in Dimebag Darrell.
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.

**Andy** · September 28th, 2010, 05:11 PM

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

**DeanEVO_Dude** · September 28th, 2010, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by Tig

Abbott, as in Dimebag Darrell.
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.

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!

FrankenFretter*** · September 28th, 2010, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by Andy

In no certain order (ok....Hendrix is always #1) >

Pat Travers
Kim Mitchell

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.

**Tibernius** · February 11th, 2011, 04:54 PM

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)

**R_of_G** · February 14th, 2011, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by Tibernius

14: Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)

Always nice to see Jonny in someone's list.

**Jimi75** · February 15th, 2011, 04:32 AM

In no particular order:
Jake E. Lee
Kirk Hammett
Gary Moore
Jimi Hendrix
SRV
Richie Kotzen
and some other...

pedalbuilder*** · February 15th, 2011, 09:23 AM

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

**NWBasser** · February 15th, 2011, 03:03 PM

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...

**pictoratus** · February 15th, 2011, 07:45 PM

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

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