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Post by jimbax on Nov 30, 2005 13:26:00 GMT -5
Hey, all you 'shmoes' and 'pros' who are your 'main' guitar influences? Judging from Scott Splawns web site most of you dudes seem to be metal heads....any rockers or SRV guys using a QR?  |
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Post by VomHalen on Nov 30, 2005 13:51:14 GMT -5
Hey, all you 'shmoes' and 'pros' who are your 'main' guitar influences? Judging from Scott Splawns web site most of you dudes seem to be metal heads....any rockers or SRV guys using a QR? the first guy that inspired me to play guitar WAS NOT EVH...i was 12 years old and never really heard of EVH yet...that was about a year later...the first guy to inspire me was gary richrath of reo speedwagon...Hey, i'm not ashamed to admit that!! then in '81 i heard VH for the first time and it changed my life...rhoads/lynch/demartini/lee/etc...followed i like any good guitar playing, whether it's classical or metal |
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Post by jimbax on Nov 30, 2005 13:54:34 GMT -5
Richrath is a 'classic' Marshall/Les Paul Guy!
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Post by Dirrty Craig on Nov 30, 2005 14:10:30 GMT -5
I love SRV, hes a huge influence, just not on THOSE clips,, hehehe.
My main influences are:
EVH, Lynch, DiMeola, John Williams, Scott Henderson, Gilbert and John Coltrane. If I could do eveything those guys could do, I could do anything.
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Post by jimbax on Nov 30, 2005 14:17:26 GMT -5
My sister brought home 2-45 records in the late 60s...(I know...I'm an old timer...) One was: Jimi Hendrix-Foxey Lady/Purple Haze  and the other was Santana: Evil Ways/Samba Pa Ti. My future was set from there...especially Santana's 'Samba PaTi' an instumental/solo guitar song...still one of my favorite tunes 'ever'..My top five guitar influences: Hendrix--Santana--Ronny Montrose--Michael Schenker--EVH...David Gilmour (honorable mention...) |
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Post by jimbax on Nov 30, 2005 14:20:09 GMT -5
Dude...Al DiMeola should wear a lab coat when he plays...he is scientific/flawless technique personified..
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Post by Dirrty Craig on Nov 30, 2005 14:26:44 GMT -5
I've met him twice, once at a clinic and once backstage at a show in Cleveland. I got to play his sig Ovation, right in front of him I played the intro to Fantasia Suite. He gave me some nice compliments and then proceeded to tell me everything about alternate picking. Hes the master. Hes technical but also incredibly musical.
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Post by jimbax on Nov 30, 2005 14:37:43 GMT -5
I spent a few years practicing picking excercizes 8 hours a day...every day... so I could play like him (DiMeola)...ended up with a sore wrist and a pissed off girl friend...He's awesome! You're right, he is musical as well as technical (IMHO). He is the guy that started me doing my guitar excercizes on an acoustic guitar (to build up strength).
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Post by craggin on Nov 30, 2005 14:53:34 GMT -5
It's hard for me to say who my influences are...too many and I'd probably leave out a bunch mainly due to the fact that not all of them play guitar. (i.e., Miles Davis, etc.) Whenever my playing really hits a wall, I find it helpful to listen to other instruments to help get the creative juices flowing...plus it sort of helps me (or hurts...depends on the perspective...) not sound too much like one particular player.
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Post by jimbax on Nov 30, 2005 14:56:23 GMT -5
A friend of mine in SoCal 'Lanny Cordola' his main influences were literature....he read a lot more than he listened...
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Post by shreder75 on Nov 30, 2005 15:02:07 GMT -5
too many influences to name...not all of which would be noticeable with my style of playing though..
Lynch,
Bettencourt,
EVH,
Adrian Smith (iron maiden in general)
Morse
Zakk,
etcetc
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Post by Hacksaw on Nov 30, 2005 15:15:06 GMT -5
Ah man.. the old influences..
ZZtop
Black sabbath
Judas Preist
Allman Brothers
Ted Nugent
Richie Blackmore
Queen
VH
And more.. Probably everything I ever listened to.. I try to get a peice of everything. its weird, when I am jamming things just come out from stuff.. once it was like a steely dan thing (think the song FM.. ) where did that come from !! LOL
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Post by VomHalen on Nov 30, 2005 15:27:46 GMT -5
i was watching this bootleg of zz top shot in 2003 at camden , NJ last night...gibbons had really great tone...i forgot how great he is...
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Post by jimbax on Nov 30, 2005 15:33:20 GMT -5
Not many jazz fusion guys buying QRs these days...Allman Bros. are AWESOME JAM BAND!!!...Duane was 24 when he cashed in...Les Paul/Marshall guy...
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Post by jimbax on Nov 30, 2005 16:42:11 GMT -5
Anybody have any cool guitar exercizes goin' on? I have learned ALOT from a John Petrucci lesson DVD and from Steve Morse DVD too...
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and the other was Santana: Evil Ways/Samba Pa Ti. My future was set from there...especially Santana's 'Samba PaTi' an instumental/solo guitar song...still one of my favorite tunes 'ever'..My top five guitar influences: Hendrix--Santana--Ronny Montrose--Michael Schenker--EVH...David Gilmour (honorable mention...)
