#1 Influence

[zz666]

EVH/Ace/Sykes

 

[dirtyfunkg]

Page and Hendrix made me pick it up when I was in grade school.

Kurt Cobain and Kim Thayil made me play it more.

Jerry Cantrell and John Frusciante took it to a different level for me.

 

[Inca Roads]

Thank fucking gawd I didn't have to be the first.

Inca Baby, you and me Bro, you and me

Hahaha, My Brother from another Mother...
We know that Righteous Path MO!!!

It was an easy decision for #1 but this guy
Blew it WIDE OPEN for me when I was young!

 

[Deleted member 17525]

I started playing guitar because of Slash.

 

[crankyrayhanky]

Zacky Vengeance changed my playing forever

j/k Steve Vai for FTW!

 

[a24fretman]

Surprised we haven't seen Metheny's name mentioned

 

[Ethn Hayabusa]

My dad.

 

[Bankrupted A Casino]

Pussy.

 

[ob1clyde]

Considering all the metallica songs i tried to learn when i first started playing, Id have to say Hetfield!

 

[milkchickenbomb]

Page, then Yngwie, then Lalond, then El Jefe, the Scofield, then Richard Thompson. Nowadays it's Knopfler.

 

[Ventura]

Jerry Cantrell and John Frusciante took it to a different level for me.

Interestingly enough, the 2 players responsible for my most recent catalogue of covers being learned

 

[jbrown013]

Roy Buchanan, Waylon Jennings and Jimmy Page.

 

[bob123]

https://soundcloud.com/bob493/im-the-one-van-halen

I'll let you guess xD

(Satriani is a very very close second...)

 

[Guitarhack]

Robben Ford

 

[JCDenton6]

Dino Cazares for sure, you can hear it in my drumjams.