Who/What inspired you?

[sunvalleylaw]

Nuttin wrong with that. I miss Cobain as well.

[FatCat]

For me it was my cousin, I was just a wee lad back then, he was 20 something. I heard him play Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson. I just loved it intensely. I really wanted to learn to do that, but yea my small little mind sort of forgot about it.

20 years later I found the song, instantly remembered, and phoned my brother and asked if I can borrow his acoustic. Google'd my *** off for chords, how to actually play chords and after a while I could play it, but really badly hehe. My problem was I was trying to play with a pick (as the guides suggest) and follow the songs rythm to a tee. Just never could get the feel. I then got drunk and stoned one night, and decided screw this, I will make it mine. Started banging the strings using only my thumb, using my own rythm, and my weird thumb strumming style thingy was born.

To this day it's still my favourite song to play, and the one I do best. :-)

[pes_laul]

Nuttin wrong with that. I miss Cobain as well.

he did use the coolest chorus pedal

[ShootTheGlass]

Though I liked rock and metal, I never had any real interest in learning the guitar to be honest.

I went to see Alter Bridge play Glasgow in June 2005. I was going through a really bad time in my life and wasnt really up for the gig. Was first in the queue, so ended up right at the front of the barriers- as it turned out, right in front of Mark Tremonti's main stage area. Saying "I was blown away" is a bit of a cliche, but it was easily the best gig Ive ever been to: the energy and feel Tremonti put in his playing was incredible, and the speed of his fretwork was astonishing, made all the better because I was - at most - 2 feet away!

Came out from that gig so elated, and I knew then I was going to take up the guitar.