Which artists inspired you to play guitar ?

[Jimi D]

Is John Wayne Bobbitt on the board?

 

[Mike Duncan]

The Slowhand record was a big deal to me. My parents had TONS of albums. I would open up the album just get lost in how cool Clapton’s Strat looked.

 

[The Bird]

I think it was mostly these, in no particular order, but must've been around the same time (when I was 12-13 years):

Santana
Eric Clapton
Gary Moore
Mark Knopfler
James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett

 

[Maxime Bousquet]

Chuck Berry
B.B. King
Buddy Holly

Chuck Berry the most
His driving guitar in Johnny B Goode set my soul on fire!

I have to add John Cafferty
from the Movie Eddie & The Cruisers: Eddie Lives
The solo "Garden of Eden" spoke to me
I've watched that stupid movie a hundred times

When Eddie walks into the bar and judges the bass player, singer and the vexed young guitarist tell him to show him! this blues is killer lol!

 

[usmc93]

Eric Clapton, specifically his version of Lay Down Sally

 

[Argus_Floyd]

https://imgur.com/a/mnoiqmh

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

Eric Clapton, specifically his version of Lay Down Sally

Did you marry Sally? Or just date her?

 

[Saturn]

Initially for me it was KISS and Ace Frehley that got me interested in guitar. Mostly because of the image. Then I got Van Halen II, and I had no idea how Edward got those sounds. I was super intrigued. But, the one song that made me want to learn guitar, just so that I could some day play it was Sultans Of Swing.

 

[anthonywanis]

Allan Holdsworth, Jimmy Page, Tom Scholz, Andy Timmons are the top inspirations for me. I'll never play like them, but they endlessly inspire.

Holdsworth for that smooth, sustained solo tone he used to get. Page for mixing blues, folk and inventing his own amalgam. Scholz for that massive wall of electric guitar sound that touched off an era. Timmons for the tastiest, most beautiful compositions and solos.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

All the good ones.