Members jjpistols Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 I am not asking who inspired you. I am not asking who your favorite guitarist is. I AM asking: Who do you think has inspired the most people to pick up and learn to play electric guitar? Who is it, who is your best guess? I'm thinking maybe Cobain or Ace Frehley - if acoustics were included it would probably have to be The Beatles, maybe it still is... but {censored} acoustics in this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 EVH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Jimmy Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billythegoat Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Anybody with a Strat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tezmond Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Knopfler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted March 15, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Knopfler was the original post too long? you should have read it before answering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted March 15, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Anybody with a Strat well at least you're building up a post count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 I think that these days people are more prone to pick up the guitar because of personal friends and family/or aquantances that already play. They usually dont become inspired by the big boys until they learn the basics. After that then they start looking to identify with the famous players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rastaman blues Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Who do you think has inspired the most people to pick up and learn to play electric guitar? For the kid's these days, its not "who" but "what". Definitely its "Guitar Hero" thats turning the kids on to the electric guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members valentsgrif Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 When I hear baby boomer guitar pros interviewed, a large number of them point to the Ventures. For the younger boomers and post boomers, I'm betting Hendrix and Clapton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dom1412 Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Jimmy Page, EVH, James Hetfield, and Cobain. Those'd be my guesses. EDIT: Oh, Slash too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 When I hear baby boomer guitar pros interviewed, a large number of them point to the Ventures. For the younger boomers and post boomers, I'm betting Hendrix and Clapton. They were definitely one of my main influences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tezmond Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 I AM asking:Who do you think has inspired the most people to pick up and learn to play electric guitar?Who is it, who is your best guess? And again I would guess Mark Knofler....wheres the confusion here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 I really dont know who the greatest inspiration is:confused: but ive seen more people play AIR GUITAR to ACDC than any body else:rawk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joekkl Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Eric Clapton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members curseoftruth Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Beatles, Clapton, Page, Iommi, Hetfield, EVH, Cobain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dparr Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 The Beatles more than anyone. And there still doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geeter Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Buddy Holly (esp in England) Chuck Berry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Highway_61 Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 The Beatles (I don't see any acoustic guitars, JJ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ESchmidt Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Ace in the 70s, EVH in the early 80s, Slash in the late 80s, Kurt in the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mrrikki Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Anyone who was cool at the time of most peoples youth I guess. Cobain I think of from my teenage years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members intothevoid Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 For me it was cos I saw friends play. And for a friend of mine it was those same friends and me playing that influenced him. So it's not just famous people. Although of famous people I would say Angus Young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yngtchie Blacksteen Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 James Hetfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 It's definitely a generational thing, not to mention geographical ... frinstance, Kiss were YUGE in the US and Japan, but never meant {censored} in the UK. In my own space/time nexus, Lonnie Donegan was massively important, as were early rockers like Elvis P and Buddy Holly ... then The Shadows and next The Beatles. The 'guitar hero' generation (I don't mean the game: I mean 60s stars like Clapton, Beck and Hendrix) were actually quite off-putting to young players, because the implication was that unless you were brilliant on that scale, you didn't deserve to be on a stage. Which is why the First Wave punk bands were so important: the likes of The Ramones, the Pistols, The Clash and The Damned made it seem as if ANYONE who could master a few chords could get up and do it too. THAT was inspiring, though of course creating great punk rock wasn't nearly as easy and simple as they made it look. Like the Sniffin' Glue fanzine once famously put it: 'Here's a chord [diagram]. 'Here's another. 'Here's one more. 'NOW START A BAND.' None of this 'spend twelve years in the bedroom learning to shred' crap back in MY day. You started with the basics and learned the rest on the job. So let's hear it for the PUNX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhall Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Most of my teen students are huge Slash Fans. Ans the Stones believe it or not, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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