Top 15 Most Influential Guitarists

**Fretcruiser** · February 9th, 2009, 08:22 PM

Randy Rhodes
Van Halen
Paul Gilbert
Eric Johnson
Andy Timmons
Tom Schultz (Boston)
Phil Keaggy
SRV
Eric Clapton
BB King
John Petrucci
Joe Satriani
Steve Howe
Alex Lifeson
Slash

**just strum** · February 9th, 2009, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by Fretcruiser

Phil Keaggy

I use to go see Phil every week when he was with Glass Harp and played at the Agora

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**Fretcruiser** · February 9th, 2009, 08:31 PM

I saw him 2 summers ago at a campground with Glass Harp, then I saw him at a guitar clinic in Medina last year.

**Fretcruiser** · February 9th, 2009, 08:47 PM

Actually, I have to add Neal Schon to that list as well.

syo*** · February 9th, 2009, 10:11 PM

Richard Thompson
Pete Townshend
Joe Strummer
Jerry Donahue
Jimi Hendrix
John Lee Hooker
Mick Ronson
Blixa Bargeld
B.B. King
Brian Setzer
Jerry Garcia
Jonny Greenwood
Robert Fripp
Bill Nelson
Keith Richards

**R_of_G** · February 10th, 2009, 06:50 AM

Originally Posted by syo

Jonny Greenwood

Glad to see him on another list. Jonny's an endless source of inspiration for me.

**evenkeel** · February 10th, 2009, 11:19 AM

From the light side....

Steven Stills
Merle Travis
Neil Young
Joni Mitchell
James Taylor
Bonnie Raitt
Eric Clapton
Shawn Colvin
Leadbelly
Roger McQuinn
Pete Seger
Tom Rush
John Curtis

and a name I'm very surpirsed has not come up before
Les Paul

duhvoodooman*** · February 10th, 2009, 08:19 PM

Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Pete Townshend
Keith Richards
Duane Allman
Dickey Betts
Toy Caldwell
Terry Cath
Carlos Santana
Mark Knopfler
Steve Morse
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Joe Bonamassa

**wingsdad** · February 11th, 2009, 09:18 AM

Chuck Berry
James Burton
Steve Cropper
Eddie Willis/Joe Messina/Robert White
Tommy Tedesco
Al Caiola
Tony Mottola
Mike Bloomfield
John Lennon
George Harrison/Paul McCartney
Keith Richards
Pete Townshend
Eric Clapton
Carlos Santana
Elliott Randall
Jim Messina
Gary Rossington/Allen Collins/Ed White/Steve Gaines
Don Felder
Lindsay Buckingham
Andrew Gold
Waddy Wachtel
Lee Rittenour
Tom Scholz

**SweetSong** · February 14th, 2009, 04:17 AM

1. BB. King ( I saw him live and wanted to play so he's my number 1!)
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. John Frusciante
4. John Lee Hooker (Fun and the songs help learning blues)
5. Slash
6.Mark Knopfler (so sweet.I love his voice too)
7. Deborah Coleman
8. Bonnie Raitt
9. Allison Robertson
10. Alot of others ,but noone knows who they are!

**Katastrophe** · February 14th, 2009, 07:52 AM

It's cool to see the diversity of influneces, as well as the guitarists we have in common.

Paul Gilbert
Steve Vai
Alex Skolnick
Michael Wilton
Chris Degarmo
George Lynch
Jimmy Page
Angus Young
Malcom Young
James Hetfield
David Gilmour
EVH
Lindsey Buckingham
Adrian Smith
Dave Murray

There are others.

**Andy** · February 14th, 2009, 09:30 AM

R Blackmore
Pat Travers
EVH
Joe Perry
Jimmy Page
Hendrix
Ray Flacke
Gary Rossington
Scott Gorham
Brian Robertson
Tony Iommi
Buck Darmha
Ace
Alex Lifeson
J Giels... the list goes on

**Jimi75** · February 10th, 2009, 04:56 AM

Oh man, there are no 15 guitarists who have influenced me - at least I think so. So how do we define influence? Does this imply that you study their style, cover their songs, maybe you just like them and listen a lot to their music...?

Guitarists that really influenced me, because I like/liked listening to their music a lot, their technique/style were a big part of my guitar studies and I am/was a big fan of theirs:

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. SRV
3. Joe Satriani
4. Kirk Hammett
5. Steve Vai

Sorry, but that's about all the guitar dudes... ;-)

Musicians that influenced me generally, and I pick only those that had a big part in my development as musician/guitarist:

1. Jeff Buckley
2. John Williams
3. Abdullah Ibrahim
4. Richie Kotzen - as a songwriter

Finito.

J75

tunghaichuan*** · February 10th, 2009, 11:35 AM

Mine:

Buckethead
David Lindley
Adrian Belew
Robert Fripp
Johnny Winter
Muddy Waters
Warner Hodges
Tony Iommi
David Gilmour
Eric Johnson
Steve Morse
Steve Earle

tung

deeaa* · July 20th, 2009, 03:34 AM

This kind of threads are always interesting, as they reveal to me how much my tastes differ from many. SRV, Clapton, Halen and quite a lot of my personal dislikes always rate very highly.

My list is pretty short...of those people anyone here might know:

1. Malcom Young
2. Angus Young
3. Neil Young
4. The Cult's guitar player...Duffy?
5. ZZ Top's player...Gibbons?
6. Johnny(?) Ramone

...sure there are many others I like, but generally you get the picture...not the guitar hero types. Can't understand Kirk Hammett etc praise...when Hetfield for instance is like 10 times better a player...or even Mustaine. And I absolutely cannot stand SRV and Clapton etc.

Many of my favorite players I don't know by name actually. Whoever plays guitar in Reef for instance is great. Saigon Kick. Hammerbox. Whoever played guitars on Aimee Mann's Lost in Space and (I think the following album.)

I'm not the kind of guy who's a fan of anybody really, I really appreciate their work and talent but I'm not interested in their names or seeing them or whatever. I've bought all Reef and Aimee albums but I don't care to find out who is the player or even what are the song names. I just MP3'em and randomize all I like.

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