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1
1944
England
England
Male
“ Fell in love with everything on "Blow by Blow" and Beck's willingness to experiment. When he hits one out of the park (like "People Get Ready"), it's beautiful. „
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2
1956
United States of America, Netherlands, Indonesia
Amsterdam
Male
“ I'm a child of the 80s. What more do I need to say? „
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3
1945
United Kingdom, England
Weston-super-Mare
Male
“ Blackmore was the easiest style to pick up for me when I first studied guitar. Loved the classical elements he introduced into songs. „
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4
1956
United States of America
Santa Monica
Male
“ I wanted a guitar a lot longer than I had one in hand. Listening to "Blizzard of Ozz" was probably what drove me over the edge to getting a guitar. „
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5
1944
England
Heston
Male
“ Never a big Zeppelin fan, but it was hard to escape learning Zep tunes as a young guitarist wannabe. Had to learn a lot of their stuff and recognized the importance of the music in everything else that I wanted to play. „
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6
1956
United States of America, Italy
Westbury
Male
“ First two albums led me to put the guitar down since I knew I couldn't touch what he was doing. Still a lot of elements in his playing that haven't really materialized out of mine ... but it's there! „
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7
1963
Sweden
Stockholm
Male
“ Neoclassical guitar. The two greatest words in the English language. Not quite the songwriter of this list, but his style permeates a lot of what I've played (and continue to play .... and strive to play). „
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8
1966
United States of America
Carbondale
Male
“ The king of fun guitar and the best teacher of this list. He's a great re-assembler of a lot of different rock styles and a heck of a fun musician to learn from. „
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9
1948
United States of America
Long Island
Male
“ The style ... the grace ... the three chords. To this day, I still want a cool leather jacket. „
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10
1947
United Kingdom, England
Hampton, London
Male
“ Loved his melodies and I blame my urge to harmonize guitar parts based on listening to a lot of Queen tunes in the 80s. „
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11
1954
Enschede
Male
“ More neoclassical cool. Loved the commercial stuff he wrapped his solos up in. It's a great combo. He wasn't bad in Whitesnake, either. „
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12
1955
Germany
Sarstedt
Male
“ Selectively influential here. His stuff with MacAuley was pleasantly commercial and fun. But the stuff that sticks with me is his early-80s melodic instrumental stuff that just sings. „
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13
1954
United States of America
Spokane
Male
“ His finished work suffers from the ego that he carried along with it. But there was a lot of talent in the mix. Loved his rhythm stuff and some of the solos. Heavy chords in a nice commercial-sounding mix. „
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14
1959
Reading
Male
“ For all his talent, I place him here for being a great hard rock rhythm player. That's most of what I try and pick up from him. What I don't borrow from Blackmore in that area, I probably rip off from Sykes' two Whitesnake albums. „
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15
1953
United States of America
Male
“ Underrated in a lot of capacities. I loved his solos, in particular. They were always fun to pick out; very simple, structurally; and great building blocks for a lot of different styles that followed. „
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16
Pete Steinkopf
“ More punk fun. Rhythm, rhythm, rhythm. „
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17
1979
United States of America
Female
“ Saw her evolve as a guitar player and that makes her a little bit inspiring. In her earlier days, the allure was another fun punk guitar style ... in recent years, she's become quite an amazing guitar player. „
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18
steve lynch
“ Two-hand tapping gone wild! „
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19
derry grehan
“ Honeymoon Suite is still one of my favorite bands & Grehan is criminally underrated. There's not a great deal original with his style, but he manages to fit great rock solos very tastefully within tunes. „
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20
warner hodges
“ Just. Plain. Fun. His influence probably has yet to fully show in what I'm playing. Just wait, though ;-) „
1944EnglandEnglandMale“ Fell in love with everything on "Blow by Blow" and Beck's willingness to experiment. When he hits one out of the park (like "People Get Ready"), it's beautiful. „
1956United States of America, Netherlands, IndonesiaAmsterdamMale“ I'm a child of the 80s. What more do I need to say? „
1945United Kingdom, EnglandWeston-super-MareMale“ Blackmore was the easiest style to pick up for me when I first studied guitar. Loved the classical elements he introduced into songs. „
1956United States of AmericaSanta MonicaMale“ I wanted a guitar a lot longer than I had one in hand. Listening to "Blizzard of Ozz" was probably what drove me over the edge to getting a guitar. „
1944EnglandHestonMale“ Never a big Zeppelin fan, but it was hard to escape learning Zep tunes as a young guitarist wannabe. Had to learn a lot of their stuff and recognized the importance of the music in everything else that I wanted to play. „
1956United States of America, ItalyWestburyMale“ First two albums led me to put the guitar down since I knew I couldn't touch what he was doing. Still a lot of elements in his playing that haven't really materialized out of mine ... but it's there! „
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