Well, they didn't all or always play a Strat, but they are in my signature.

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Bill

I'm sure I'm forgetting some;

Duane Allman
Sam Andrew (only for 'Piece of My Heart', but...that'll do)
Chuck Berry
Dickey Betts
Ritchie Blackmore
Lindsey Buckingham
Toy Caldwell
Allan Clarke (he didn't play much but that's him on 'Long Cool Woman')
Eric Clapton
Allen Collins
Jim Croce
David Crosby
Mark Farner
Don Felder
John Fogerty
Peter Frampton (I know, I know)
Rory Gallagher
Billy Gibbons
David Gilmore
George Harrison
Jimi Hendrix
Steve Howe
Tony Iommi
Brian Jones
John Kay
B. B. King
John Lennon
Alex Lifeson
Paul McCartney
the Motor City Madman
Graham Nash
Mike Nesmith (shuddup)
Rick Nielsen
Jimmy Page
Carl Perkins
Les Paul (didn't listen to him much, not my style, but...)
Randy Rhoads
Keith Richards
Gary Rossington
Carlos Santana
Brian Setzer
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Stephen Stills
Mick Taylor
Hughie Thomasson
Pete Townshend
Robin Trower
Eddie Van Halen
Jimmie Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Joe Walsh
Leslie West
Brad Whitford
Angus Young
Neil Young

My influences are all of the professional artists I listen to on the radio, + the Zappas, AND all the people I've jammed with over the years. We guitarists are like sponges, aren't we?

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-Kirk

GUITARS
'12 Sonoran Acoustic - black (dated 10/31/12)
'13 Standard Strat
AMP
Vox ac4c1-bl
PEDALS
Compressor
Big Muff
Vox Stomplab 1G
Carbon Copy Delay

Ritchie Blackmore, Alex Lifeson, Tony Iommi, Angus Young

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"Life is like eating jalapenos. What you do today may burn your arse tomorrow"

My biggest influence has to be Scottish and Newcastle Brewery.

I've been fairly influenced by them on many a cold night.

As far as guitar players go its Peter Green, Johnny Ramone and Fast Eddie Clarke

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No no and no

Good to see "Fast Eddie" getting a nod. Since Fastway is he in another project?

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"Life is like eating jalapenos. What you do today may burn your arse tomorrow"

Nothing wrong with that...

I don't have any strat playing influences...
But here they are...
Albert King, Jimmy Rogers, Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, George Thorogood

I forgot to add Gilmour to my previous response...what was I thinking?!?

The main man for me has been Jake E Lee, I grew up when he was in Ozzy and then Badlands was just awesome, another great guitarist I love was Criss Oliva very much a shredder but an awesome talent. There are so many but these two along with Richie Blackmore, Frank Hannon and Lynch to name a few.

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Fender 77 Hardtail Strat, Fender MIM Fat Strat, Marshall JCM 800 2203 1982 (vertical inputs), Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 50, Orange 1x12 V30, Marshall 2x12 1936 Loaded with Eminence Private Jacks

That's quite a list you got there!

I would have to say, pretty much everyone i have ever heard has an influence. In fact i would say, in a lot of ways guitarists whose work I don't like has as much of an influence as the ones I do like.

Tom Sholtz taught me that I don't like too much processing, and artificial tone.
Yngwie taught me that technique doesn't cut it for me without musical ideas.

These lessons were just as valuable as Harrison playing to serve the song, or Page's approaches to melody.

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

— Ritchie Blackmore. Not only my biggest influence but the reason I picked up the guitar in the first place.

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- Joe Pass
- Angus Young
- Yngwie Malmsteen

Jeff Beck
Hendrix
Clapton
Blackmore
Santana
Setzer
Gatton
Vanhalen
Brian May
Page
Harrison

David Gilmour
Jeff Beck
Ritchie Blackmore
Joe Satriani
SRV
Tony Iomi
Hendrix
Clapton
Jimmy Page
EVH
Brian May
Hank Marvin
Dicky Betts
Dwayne Allman
Gino Di Auri (Acoustic/Flamenco)

Jimi,George Harrison and John Lennon,I think that the Strat double lead on Nowhere Man is the nicest clean Strat sound I've heard.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.