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Far Cough 5:25 Mon Sep 29
Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

As cited by others


Chuck Berry
Link Wray
Hank Marvin

Discuss

WHOicidal Maniac 5:27 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Burt Weedon


as cited by Me

ChesterRd 5:28 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Robert Fripp
Prince

ChesterRd 5:28 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Larry Graham

Eggbert Nobacon 5:28 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

les paul?

Far Cough 5:29 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Yep Burt was deffo a huge influence, not so much for anything he played but for his lessons


I got the idea for this from this Youtube clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Lpdn4fN38

ironsofcanada 5:29 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Django Reinhardt?

Far Cough 5:31 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

All good examples here

Chesty, I really love Prince's guitar work

zebthecat 5:32 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Hendrix
Tony Iommi

ironsofcanada 5:32 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Charlie Christian might be another one.

Far Cough 5:34 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

In that video, it's mentioned that Dave Davies riff in "You really got me" was a massive influence

RBshorty 5:34 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Burt Weedon.
Jimi Hendrix.

That about covers it.

ironsofcanada 5:40 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

To be honest though, none of these people would have music to play if not for people like Lead Belly.

Iron Duke 5:56 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

No mention of Jimmy Page yet? There is now.

Far Cough 6:06 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Who was it who said:

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz?

The Stoat 6:07 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Big Jim Sullivan

ironsofcanada 6:07 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

FC

Lou Reed

The Stoat 6:09 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Frank Zappa

Eerie Descent 6:22 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Jimmy Page was a great technical guitarist, but has not got an original idea in his body. Stole practically every tune Led Zep produced.

Lily Hammer 6:28 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Leadbelly

Robert Johnson

Django Rheinhardt

Chuck Berry

Bob Dylan

Jimi Hendrix/(Jimmy Page)


They are the big hitters I know of well, that have definitely affected the choices of future players; be it with playing style, or recording style. There are others I'm not familiar with.

I can't think of anyone since Hendrix who has truly shaken the guitar world as much as he did. Page did something similar at a similar time, but since then........?

Lily Hammer 6:30 Mon Sep 29
Re: Most INFLUENTIAL guitarists?

Eeire

We're talking guitarists. Whatever ideas Page stole, I dare say he did them a lot better than whoever came up with them. Who, other than Hendrix, could rock a guitar anywhere near as well as Page?

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