who's your influence in playing the guitar??

my main influences are paul gilbert and jimi hendrix...

Mine is Chad Kroeger of Nickelbak amazing voice and a great guitarist.

and also Gary Chandler from Jadis

check out jadis if you like rock!!!1

My main influence is Dave Mustaine from MEGADETH athough my early influences were Carlos Santana and LED ZEPPELIN

my influence has always be soad, their music inspires me as hendrix does.
i like zeppelin also, but i dont have rithmic ideas

prince pure musical genius

its nice 2 hear from u guys...^_^..ill check out jadis...

john petrucci , marty friedman , dave mustaine too...
well of the most respected metalplayers i guess... + the sologuitarists like steve vai , joe satriani,...
not that i'm at their level anyhow:S

My main influences are wolfgang, but my later influences are soad and disturbed!! m/

also michael angelo batio hehehe pahabol ^^

aw tol(rex013090)!!san ka part sa philippines??

I dunnu guys, I don't MAKE music, I'm still kinda learning to play, but I think when I make my way thru my music's gonna sound (I mean the STYLE) something like John Frusciante from RHCP. What do you think about him?

nice...XD...i think john frusciante's sound is cool...Frusciante is well known for his intricate rhythms and leads...he supplies a strong mix of funk and rock music,which forms a substantial component of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' sound...as a highly respected and influential modern guitarist, John Frusciante ranked #18 on Rolling Stone's "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2003...

Who's first?

I love fruscainte. he is a large influence on my playing. but that Rolling Stone article is, err... not very good. It misses off countless awesome guitarists, such as Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani. Kirk Hammett of Metallica is 11th, no sign of Hetfield anywhere on that list, even though his rhythm is central to Metallica's style. Jack White of the White Stripes is 17th, way way way above people like Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin, Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour, Toni Iommi and Angus Young, who is down in 97th! Kurt Cobain is 12th, Kim Thayil from Soundgarden is 100th. I'm not sure what they are ranking them by, if it's skill, originality or influence, but whichever way, its wrong! Anyway, I'm not going to preach about how c**p the list is, you can see it here, and make your own opinions!

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time

Hendrix is first

Mine is hendrix, kirk and satch..

argh not even petrucci is on the list

@blackholesun
I don't know many of the guitarists you mentioned but it's certainly WRONG putting Angus Young 97th. What's fu..ing wrong with them?

id have to day lenny breau, django reinhardt and chet atkins.

oh yeah i also love al di meola , is he on the list?

Hrmm... not a big fan of the electric guitarists, but my biggest influences have been:

Don Ross, Tommy Emmanuel, Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, and Michael Hedges.

millo petrozza, timo tolki, jeff hanneman, dave mustaine. they're freaking awesome

im influenced by Jon Schaffer, Dave mustane, Kirk Hammett, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Malmsteen. Anything with a fast eletric guitar influences me but i can't play any way near as fast or as good as these people

ANdy Mckee,Andy Mckee...he's like,arrghh..i really get irritated when i see him playing because he's really good and he has a distinct style that only few people know and master it...arghh!!lol

Mine have got to be Stevie Ray Vaughn, Clapton, Dickie Betts, and Elvin Bishop. Yea Im that old.

Richie Blackmore
Dave Murray (often under estimated as a player but great i thnk)
Dave Kilminster (some might know him)
Danny Gill (a student of Joe)

My main artist influence is ERIC CLAPTON
My main genre influence is the blues

SLASH!!!!! aka saul hudson for me

Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Frank and Dweezil Zappa, Andy Timmons, Scott Henderson, Jimi Hendrix. I can keep on all day..
Billy Sheehan (bassist), Richie Kotzen, Tony MacAlpine etc.. This is my blues, rock influences, notice I didn't write neither petrucci nor "Yngiwe" because they suck.

My jazz and funk influences are Nils Landgren, Soulive, ZAPPA again :) well hope you all take a look at these guys
Have a nice day boys

People-wise would be:
Mark Morton, Willie Adler, Chris Adler (Lamb of God's drummer) Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, "Buckethead", Frank Zappa, Herman Li, SOAD's guitar player (forgot his name), Jimi Hendrix, Andy Timmons, and some more I've forgotten, A.J. (The Human Abstract's lead guitar player)

Band-wise would be:
Animosity, Job For A Cowboy, Black Dahlia Murder, Dimmu Borgir, The Human Abstract, Behemoth, Lamb of God, and so many more I could name

johnny horton and johnny cash

favorite guitarist and most influential to me are dimbag and dave mustaine...
@zmazz-kirk hammet is terribles and shouldnt be in the top 100 of any list...

top guitarists- steve vai, joe satriani, jason becker and marty friedman...

Well i'm actually a bass player and my greatest influence is Flea he and my Dad are the main reasons for starting Bass.

John Frusciante has probably been the most influential on my style, but I like and try to emulate a lot of players. Jimmy Page (probably my favorite guitarist of all time), Hendrix, Adam Jones (of Tool), Kirk Hammet, James Hetfield, Clapton (is God), Tom Morello, Jack White, the list goes on.

And I do have to agree, that Rolling Stone list wasn't very good. Hell, I'M better than Kurt Cobain.

i would have to say Al Di Meola and Omar Rodriguez from the mar volta.

Hendix, John Fruciante, Adam Jones, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Jonny Greenwood etc.

clapton, john mayer, bb king

Kirk Hammett

Funny post chunter41.I agree with you,although im not too old.Stevie Ray Vaughan has some gret songs.

clapton, angus, malmsteen,but now mostly i luv making stuff up from all the biblical notes in my head.shit yeah stevie ray toooooo