Members w00dsy Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 i'm sure a lot of us had that moment, where we heard an album or saw a show and said 'that's what i want to do'. Mine was a little while coming, i was into Ace Frehley as a kid then Brian May and then Satriani but i just liked what they did and never really decided to pick up a guitar until i went to a Satriani concert and saw his support act and the singer/guitarist blew me away. His name is Jimi Hocking and he was an awesome rock guitarist at the time, he is now a blues guy but his rock stuff back in the day lit a fire under my arse and the next week i went out and got a cheap guitar and an amp and that was it. This is him, now much more blues than rock. [YOUTUBE]lOpy7T3IswU[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_gunslinger Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Zakk Wylde. I first heard him when I was 12 on my way to school, the radio station was playing No More Tears. After that I said "That's it. That's what I gotta do." That was over 13 years ago, and I've played everyday ever since(well not everyday). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Mine is a Gen X clich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drunkenguitar Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Slash.The opening riff to Sweet Child O' Mine. I was about 11 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mc_carlini Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Drake Bell from Nickelodeon... FACEPALM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edremy Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Easy for me to remember, since it was less than a year ago On the professional side, John Petrucci t25AOSxZZkI And from the YouTube brigade, KillrBuckeyemKRUagaWcpQ Even ended up getting the same cheapie guitar model KB has- the Pacifica he switches to about 2:34 in. Damn, do I have a lot to learn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shinsengumi Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Since forever ago, George Harrison. Since I started playing, have barely touched Beatles songs though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 My brother-in-law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Talic Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Jack White and Eric Clapton. Hello Operator and Ball and a Biscuit made me a blues lover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spike Li Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 I was already "playing" guitar (in a very loose sense of the word), but Dave Grohl really got me into music and the guitar. I wasnt even a big Foo Fighters fan, but when I saw their Live at Hyde Park concert on TV a few years ago (2.5?) something clicked and I was blown away. He is also a good example of how good music can still be simple (which is what he mentioned once in an interview that he learnt from Kurt Cobain - "Kurt showed me the beauty of simple music"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Espresso Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 not sure who got me into picking up guitar but peter green got me into the blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pak066 Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] saw this and never looked back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members curseoftruth Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Wow, good question -- I think it has to be Perry/Whitford (Aerosmith in general). I was a huge fan when I was elementary school and part of Jr. High. This would have been in the 70s. I heard Walk This Way, maybe in 1975 and that was it. I heard Smoke on the Water soon after, but that didn't have the impact like some good ole Aerosmith had on a 10 year old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MuyLoCo444 Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 It was Cobain. I was in the eighth grade in 1993 and In Utero had just come out. I originally wanted to play the drums but I was kind of talked into guitar by friends because it is much more portable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members samueldb88 Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 My dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members treedroppings Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Hendrix, the Beatles, Steve Howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TerjeW Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Hank Marvin (and the rest of the Shadows ) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Machine Gun Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Nikki Sixx. Great embarrassing story to go along with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor49 Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Hank Marvin (and the rest of the Shadows ) ! Scotty Moore.Then Chet Atkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _Dangerbird_ Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Neil Young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Picking up the guitar was a gradual thing for me - I loved Hank Marvin and mark Knopfler as a kid, I'd play air guitar to the radio. But I guess it was seeing and hearing Gilmour making those wonderful sounds on a huge stage with the fantastic light show of the DSOT tour that finally pushed me to pick it up. I soooo wanted to be that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 ray manzarek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 saw this and never looked back... Except when I was starting out, it sounded more like this: [YOUTUBE]PqwFfGgLPzM[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eddie Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 I looked up to many guitarists after I started playing guitar.I wanted to play the saxophone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members w00dsy Posted November 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 I looked up to many guitarists after I started playing guitar.I wanted to play the saxophone. do you remember what it was that made you want to play the guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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