Buck62
噛んでくれ
Clapton
Page
Blackmore
Townshend
Page
Blackmore
Townshend
Gidge
Lapdance Test Dummy
Rick Springfield.....
Kelly5150
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The music I was into at the time I started to play was early Judas Priest, Scorpions, UFO/Schenker....
MiXit-G
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The Devil before i sold my soul to him at the crossroads(He looked like Jimmy Page )
BrettB
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There wasn't one who actually made me want to play, but when I allready played, it was Jimi Hendrix who made me excercise a whole lot more!
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PFDarkside
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I saw Back to the Future when I was 5 or 6, and that planted the seed. I head Pink Floyd and the huge dreamscapes Gilmour created when I was 13, and that actually made me start to play. I heard the entire SRV catalog when I was 15/16 and that's when I realized that guitar didn't have to be trippy, it can be straight forward and blues based.
Mr. Moon
Force of Naked
1. Ace Frehley
Then, I picked up the guitar and started to play....
Since then, there have been far too many influences to list!
-mr moon
Then, I picked up the guitar and started to play....
Since then, there have been far too many influences to list!
-mr moon
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Toker41
Better Than You
King Elvis said:
Freudian Slip
New member
Well........
Tony Iommi, Jim Croce, Ace, K.K & Glen, ...........On & on........
Really always wanted to be a singer from a young age, needed something to sing to though
F.S.
Tony Iommi, Jim Croce, Ace, K.K & Glen, ...........On & on........
Really always wanted to be a singer from a young age, needed something to sing to though
F.S.
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charlie b
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newbie guitar victim
In terms of bands I would have to say guys like Tool inspire me to learn to play well. I also like stuff thats a bit more raw like Bic Runga (a New Zealand chickie), and Powderfinger who have some really catchy stuff. I don't really listen to music with just the guitar in mind...its more an overall package, although the vocals play a big part (I'd like to beable to sing well too). I like music with some kinda depth on all levels.
Its been my bf though that actually made me think I was capable of learning. He's undertaken the long, arduous and truly painful task of teaching me (I've had like about two lessons so far so I am truly very very new and awful at this stage). I'm hoping my persistence will pay off and one day I might actually want to try playing when he's around instead of grabbing the guitar the second he leaves so I can practice totally uninhibited...heh heh...I'm having a great time but I'm hoping my fingers will stop hurting one day...
In terms of bands I would have to say guys like Tool inspire me to learn to play well. I also like stuff thats a bit more raw like Bic Runga (a New Zealand chickie), and Powderfinger who have some really catchy stuff. I don't really listen to music with just the guitar in mind...its more an overall package, although the vocals play a big part (I'd like to beable to sing well too). I like music with some kinda depth on all levels.
Its been my bf though that actually made me think I was capable of learning. He's undertaken the long, arduous and truly painful task of teaching me (I've had like about two lessons so far so I am truly very very new and awful at this stage). I'm hoping my persistence will pay off and one day I might actually want to try playing when he's around instead of grabbing the guitar the second he leaves so I can practice totally uninhibited...heh heh...I'm having a great time but I'm hoping my fingers will stop hurting one day...
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bostonfan2
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the melodies and soaring harmony , and awesome vibrato of Tom Scholz was def my biggest influence to play guitar
Boston not only had a unique sound but
the music was not difficult to play .
Bostonfan2
Boston not only had a unique sound but
the music was not difficult to play .
Bostonfan2
sonusman
Banned
bostonfan2 said:
I remember reading an interview with Tom. His take on "easy to play" was a bit different....
By the way, I can see Slackmaster2K having a field day with you! He just HATES Boston! But me and Brad have your back buddy!
Ed
King Elvis
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I'll back you up on that one too, Tom Scholz rocks!!!
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Natural Gass
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I think I was inspired by guitarist in the following order:
1. My Uncle Gerry - when I was 5 years old I used to sit at his feet and watch him play his Fender Strat. The guitar looked really cool and I loved the sound of it. Plus he is a real good player.
2. Roger Miller - This was the first LP I spinned on my Mom & Dad's stereo counsel when I was tall enough to reach it.
3. My Mom. She bought a classical guitar and taught her self some chords. She had a real pretty voice and would entertain us around the camp fire and sing and play it in church.
4. Ace Frehley. I would sit in a bean bag chair and listen to KISS Alive over and over through a shitty pair of headphones and a shitty little stereo. I thought his Gibson looked soo cool.
5. Edward VanHalen. Blew me away when I heard the first chords on the album.
6. My neighbor. In 7th grade he would play a Black Gibson LP in the morning befor school in the music room. A bunch of kids would gather around him to watch and say "wow, that's cool". I watched what his fingers were doing and just said to myself "I can do that". I bought a homemade guitar from him for $60 got a Big Muff pedal and a Kustom Amp and I was rockin.
Twenty seven years later, and I'll still go back and spin the old vinyl and jam along with KISS and Van Halen I.
1. My Uncle Gerry - when I was 5 years old I used to sit at his feet and watch him play his Fender Strat. The guitar looked really cool and I loved the sound of it. Plus he is a real good player.
2. Roger Miller - This was the first LP I spinned on my Mom & Dad's stereo counsel when I was tall enough to reach it.
3. My Mom. She bought a classical guitar and taught her self some chords. She had a real pretty voice and would entertain us around the camp fire and sing and play it in church.
4. Ace Frehley. I would sit in a bean bag chair and listen to KISS Alive over and over through a shitty pair of headphones and a shitty little stereo. I thought his Gibson looked soo cool.
5. Edward VanHalen. Blew me away when I heard the first chords on the album.
6. My neighbor. In 7th grade he would play a Black Gibson LP in the morning befor school in the music room. A bunch of kids would gather around him to watch and say "wow, that's cool". I watched what his fingers were doing and just said to myself "I can do that". I bought a homemade guitar from him for $60 got a Big Muff pedal and a Kustom Amp and I was rockin.
Twenty seven years later, and I'll still go back and spin the old vinyl and jam along with KISS and Van Halen I.
Tom Hicks
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I was watching the Ed Sullivan tv show on Sunday night and the Beatles came on. Those too young to remember that moment missed something electric. It was the emblem of the social change at the time. Anybody wonder what John Lennon would be saying about our adventure in Iraq? I have no doubts...
"All we are saying
Is unilateral attack!"
I told my dad to buy me a guitar. He did.It was a Sears Silvertone acoustic with a generous half-inch clearance between the strings and the neck. I didn't care, because I had become a musician.
Thanks John,Paul,George and Ringo!
"All we are saying
Is unilateral attack!"
I told my dad to buy me a guitar. He did.It was a Sears Silvertone acoustic with a generous half-inch clearance between the strings and the neck. I didn't care, because I had become a musician.
Thanks John,Paul,George and Ringo!
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SteveE9C6
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I can remember my dad, grandfather, and uncles getting together on weekends in Scappose, Oregon in the late fifties and early sixties. These guys played bluegrass and country. I was mildy interested, but I think the Beatles were the primary motivating factor for me. Bluegrass and country just wasn't cool at the time from my perspective. Now I love the stuff! Guitarists who heavily influenced me years ago...
George Harrison
Chet Atkins
Jimmie Page
Jimi Hendrix
Duane Allman
Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant!!!
Oh Yeah... I still have my first electric guitar and amp. It is a Silvertone Jupiter (Think LP body style, but hollow sans F hole, covered in black sparkly plastic.) and the matching amp with an 8 inch speaker.
George Harrison
Chet Atkins
Jimmie Page
Jimi Hendrix
Duane Allman
Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant!!!
Oh Yeah... I still have my first electric guitar and amp. It is a Silvertone Jupiter (Think LP body style, but hollow sans F hole, covered in black sparkly plastic.) and the matching amp with an 8 inch speaker.
cavedog101
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Before there were Beatles there was Western Swing....Eldon Shamblin...Gene Crownover....Maphis....Les Paul...hell i was seriously hooked when the beatles showed up and then I saw Jimi and Jimmy and James Brown.....Someone these days askes me whats my favorite music? I tell em....'its all the same twelve notes'.............
Alanfc
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I Heard this album
Pat Travers Band Live Album "Go For What You Know"
Pat Travers and Pat Thrall playing together. Like almost the next day I quit the trumpet I had been playing for 10 years, and bought an old generic Gibson SG copy from a friend.
Never have been so thrilled with any other music that way before.
Then I heard Jimmy Page live "Song Remains the Same" , I mean really heard him as a player, then it was over.
So it was that Travers album, then Jimmy Page .
Pat Travers Band Live Album "Go For What You Know"
Pat Travers and Pat Thrall playing together. Like almost the next day I quit the trumpet I had been playing for 10 years, and bought an old generic Gibson SG copy from a friend.
Never have been so thrilled with any other music that way before.
Then I heard Jimmy Page live "Song Remains the Same" , I mean really heard him as a player, then it was over.
So it was that Travers album, then Jimmy Page .
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Toker41
Better Than You
David Gilmor......Good one, I forgot that one. I wonder if there is anyone that "the Wall" didn't have an impact on? Best lead on the album is done with 2 notes.....no shreading need here...