Your most influential guitar players

Allen Holdsworth was the guitar player in Tempest, a heavy 3 piece
rock band with John Hiseman on drums and Mark Clarke on Bass and Keys.
He was good in that format.
 
It all started in the mid '70s. A double whammy of my biggest influence that has made me the responsible citizen that I am of today, is Tony Iommi with his SG's. Doom riff-age and that devilish looking guitar... :dood:

After that, in proper timelined order:
Michael Schenker
Frank Marino
Randy Rhoads
SRV
Gary Moore
And oddly enough, in the last 10 years, early Angus Young.

Those are the guitarists I still think about when playing, while very barely sounding anything like them... :rolleyes2:
 
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In case I missed it that anyone else mentioned this fella, I will mention it again.

One of my all time down in my guitar playing soul players is Joe Perry. But, I can't hear Joe without also hearing Brad Whitford.
2 of my favorite axe men in their early days.

 
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Of the few I listed as truly having an influence upon my playing I neglected to include three more gifted gentlemen.
Matt Murphy (jazzy blues smoothness)
John Lee Hooker (Boogie! )

Billy Gibbons (Double stops, searing tones, chopping timing that drives the tune)
 
Tony Iommi
Ritchie Blackmore
Glen Tipton
K.K. Downing
Dave Murray
Adrian Smith
Ted Nugent
Derek St. Holmes
Jimmy Page
Joe Mims
 
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