Is it seeing or hearing others, rippin' off a great solo, your gear, getting compliments, your bandmates, your significant other, the money, the chicks, the fans, all of the above?

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Erm - I guess it had better be hearing others, and perhaps some of my gear.

Cos it sure as heck ain't been any of the others you listed!

Cheers - C

PS Seriously? Duane's long solo in the second half of the live In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. Been doing it for me from the beginning and still does!

Everything is a source of inspiration depending on my state of mind. When I feel good, its all good. When I don't feel so good, it is better to stay home and recover from whatever it is that is making things unpleasant.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

In life, my kids and my wife.

In music, learning something new or my favorite artists music.

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the vacuum store is a lot like the guitar store. but they do not attract the same clientele as the guitar store, cause if they did, the vacuum store would be loaded with a bunch of broke guys who just wanted to run the new vacuums.

hearing others, hearing songs with lyrics I can relate to, but most of all my own life experiences.

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Blues with a feeling.

GUILD GUITARS: MADE TO BE PLAYED!

Hearing a great song, Playing in general, I stopped thinking about the money, groupies and adoring fans when I was about 25. Some guys get it, some don't. I have had fun in my 20's and 30's playing out, but more often than not, It was more like Spinal Tap than Song Remains the Same.

None of the above Playing guitar just serves as a pacifier for me, helps me recover from the cluster%&$* that is my life ^^

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I traded my car in for a microphone.

I guess all of the above. Under the "hearing others" lately I have been inspired by Jimi and Joe (Hendrix and Bonamassa).

Inspiration can come in many ways and at different times. These days I'm inspired when I hear something fresh and new or just something that sounds really fine to me.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

MONEY!!!!

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

Duh! That's the one!!!

Cheers - C

The sounds of music I love to hear.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Nothing inspires me more than just playing with the band. It is fun practicing at home but whether it is rehearsal or a show doesn't matter much to me. Playing along with my mates does it.

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I'm with you fellers!
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That's why they invented root canals!

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!