Who made you.....?

[steve_k]

Who first made you want to play?

For me, it was Ace Frehley. Kiss Alive had just came out and that was that.

 

[LP Freak]

Jimmy Page and Michael Schenker for me.

 

[MrDowntown]

Roy Clark and Buck Owens on Hee Haw. Saw them at 5 yo...and wanted to shred it like those guys. The eventualllity was the EVH swing and shuffle was just too good and hooked me a few years later.

 

[Mailman1971]

Who first made you want to play?

For me, it was Ace Frehley. Kiss Alive had just came out and that was that.

+100
I was listening to Kiss before I went to school.
I remember first grade show and tell.
Other kids bringing in stuffed animals and whatnot.
I brought in my Kiss records. And yes...
The teacher played them.

 

[JackBootedThug]

page then hendrix.

 

[Anonymous]

Keith Richards and Mick Taylor.

Steve

 

[mystixboi]

Richie Sambora - it was 1986 and I was 8 years old when I first heard Livin on a Prayer. Totally blew me away

 

[hammered]

Ace Frehley

 

[mudf00t]

You are going to laugh... Mick Jones. Jukebox Hero made me want to play guitar.

 

[pasinbyyou]

Steve Clark and i had read he liked Jimmy Page so i looked him up and was pretty well decided then. Also a bit of Randy Rhoads...

 

[bubbastain]

One more vote for Ace Frehley. Dirty Dan from the Sha Na Na tv show was actually an inspiration too

 

[Chris6870]

Iommi. I heard Iron Man when I was about 10 and then my mission was to be able to make that sound.

 

[SBlue]

The Beatles made me love music, and right after Paul and Ace made me love guitars!

 

[mctallica1]

James Hetfield.

When I got my first copy of No Life til Leather, I was blown away. Had never heard anything like it and knew I wanted to know how to make those sounds!

Hetfield is probably still my biggest influence, but there are a LOT of others who have influenced my playing along the way.
T

 

[lespaul6]

First song I learned to play was lonely is the night by Billy Squire... so billy made me

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

Ace

 

[JakeAC5253]

I used to raid my mom's old CDs to play on my stereo, and eventually found the first EVH album at age 12. That was the first time I had heard the guitar be so up front in the music. Once I figured out it was the guitar making that sound, I thought, if I get a guitar, I'll be able to do that too? That's rad! Later I bought some magazines, found out about his gear and variacs and flangers and amp slaving and down the rabbit hole I went. After that Hetfield, Hendrix, and Iommi. Many others followed since then. I currently have the playing ability of a NY subway guitar hobo, but I can afford nice stuff, so that counts too I think.

 

[flatheads_4ever]

Who first made you want to play?

For me, it was Ace Frehley. Kiss Alive had just came out and that was that.

Same here

 

[8len8]

Randy.

 

[MetalHeadMike]

Page>Hendrix>Iommi initially but didn't touch my first guitar until years later. Then it was split between Rhodes and Malmsteen at which point I finally got my first guitar.