What players today, inspire you to keep playing Guitar:

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This is part two of what
"Inspired you to play Guitar"

Here's a Few, without even thinking:

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At the moment...Vinnie Moore, David Gilmour, Greg Howe, Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Steve Morse. They all have so much style and feel.
 
randy rhoads -without question
criss oliva
jason becker
 
Dimebag
Gary Holt
Mark Morton
Devin Townsend
Adam Jones
 
EVH, Landau, Timmons, Hinds...and after all these years Randy Rhoads still kills me.
 
Andy Timmons, Andy Wood, Paul Gilbert, Joel Hoekstra, Petrucci, Doug Aldrich, Johnny Hiland, Joe Bonamassa, Reb Beach, Wylde, Pete Thorn, Marco Sfogli, Guthrie Govan, Richie Kotzen... just to name a few :rock:
 
Today....honestly no one. Sure there are players I like, but its fun to just pick up the guitar and play.
 
Greazygeo":b9tkjqj7 said:
Today....honestly no one. Sure there are players I like, but its fun to just pick up the guitar and play.
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That's pretty much my outlook too, nowadays. Although, when I hear Guthrie Govan's playing....he is one player today that always inspires me to not only play, but to play better. Even though I'm no where near his level.
 
Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough, but I haven't heard or seen anything new in the last 10 years which has made me perk up and take notice.

The only thing that gets my admiration today is rediscovering players from 20-30 years ago and older.

Current fixation is the melodic stylings of Michael Schenker. The stuff he did in UFO is just incredible.

Since Nirvana made guitar heros a thing of the past the only exciting things I can recall getting a kick out of is the band Brother Kane and Queensryche's "Hear in the Now Frontier" and finally I got a little perk from The Black Crowes "By Your Side" album. But most of those perks were just the overall songwriting and tone than any fretboard virtuosity.

Sadly (I think? It may just be the natural course of things) I believe Rock and Roll and electric guitar virtuosity is going to settle itself into the niche that classical music has enjoyed the last 400 years. A tiny audience of dedicated fans and performers who's ears and taste draw them to this genre of playing and listening to the pioneers of old. Complimented with an even smaller group of new composers who basically mimic the sounds of the past. In 50 years, seeing a Rush tribute band will be like going to the symphony and hearing a chamber group play Bach today.

Popular music will keep marching forward in a different direction with each successive generation.
 
Same guys as ever, Rhoads, Malmsteen, Gary Moore, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Dio, Sabbath, Maiden, Priest and Classical music etc...

Aside for those guys I also get inspired from some of the clips poster here and other forums, it doesn't have to great, flashy playing if the tone is sweet that always seems to make want plug into one of my amps...
 
well in my case it's not about guitarist per se, I'm more motivated by songwriters nowadays.

guys like John Mayer, David Ryan Harris, recently discovered Ben Howard, Justin Nozuka and these guys keep on inspiring me to write.

Since the guitar is my main instrument and the one I use to compose music, I keep playing and playing.

As far as guitarists maybe Joe Bonamassa inspires me a bit to play, but it's all about the songwriting these days for me
 
Not as many as "back in the day", but hey, I'm no old fart :lol: :LOL:

Jerry Cantrell, I listen to some of his licks and riffs and think to myself, that was an awesome little hook - how did he find that?
Adam Jones, I have a patch on my Axe-II that I made called JonesTonez and I jam out to that for a good couple hours coming up with all sorts of ethereal stuff...atonal, heavy, and riffy.
John Frusciante, the guy's got tasty riffs and licks all over hell's have acre.
Paul Gilbert, awesome and also like a spiritual sensei at the same time...hard to describe.
Steph Carpenter, thick heavy in yer face riffage that's not overly complex, but perfectly timed and effective...I like this cat a lot.
Ola Englund, he's got it down, makes the clips and gets the groove on.

That's just a few.... Then there's the classical artists, the jazzy cats, man, all it takes is one run of perfectly played notes, or a perfectly held bend with that perfect tone...all of it is inspirational.

Mo
 
Loomis, Rhoads, Sykes, Lynch, Page, Richie Kotzen, Cantrell, Steve Stevens, Gus G, Jim Herring, Skolnick, Doug Aldrich, Reb Beach, Ronni LeTekro, Petrucci, Vai, Marty Friedman, Andy Timmons, Andy James, Michael Schenker, old Vivian Campbell stuff, Uli Jon Roth, John 5, Warren Haynes, Buckethead, Joe Bonamassa to name a few. Not as many newer guitarists inspire me as much as the ones from back in the old days.
 
Jerry Cantrell, Mark Holcomb (Haunted Shores, Periphery) and Misha (Periphery).

I am always trying to find that line between being riffy but within the scope of a song. For me everything is all about the song and these guys have the perfect balance of riffs and songwriting.
 
Nuno
Phil X
Kotzen
Steve Stevens
Vito Bratta (!)
Ty Tabor
 
Doug Aldrich, Randy, Zakk. Aldrich is a major influence. He inspires me to keep playing, but also makes me want to quit. Lol
 
Eric Gales
Eric Johnson
Gary Moore
Dave Meniketti
Michael Schenker
Neal Schlong
Jimi Hendrix
Robin Trower
Frank Marino
Philip Sayce
Steve Stevens
Glenn Hughes
Joe Cefalu
 
Many of the ones already listed, plus:
Brad Paisley and Keith Urban - even though I don't play "country" stuff...
 
At the moment...Mikael Akerfeldt, Eric Johnson, Guthrie Govan.

-C
 
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