my influence is jimmi, clapton, SRV, Kurt Cobain

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Mark Knopfler and Jeff Beck, which is why I play fingerstyle.

Mark Knopfler and Jeff Beck influenced me to try playing fingerstyle as well, I'm just much faster with a pick!

Jimi
Rory
Robin
Ritchie

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My other guitar is a Strat.

lincoln brewster

David Gilmour
Eddie Van halen
Yngwie Malmsteen
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani

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Joe Satriani & Steve Vai played Strats?

didn't read the fist post, just the topic title..
but yes Vai did play a strat early in his career
http://www.vai.com/Machines/guitarpages/guitar068.html

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I have an ecliptic group......

In no order...

Buddy Holly.
Michael Nesmith.
Buck Owens.
Bob Bogle.
BB King.
Trini Lopez.

These were my first influences.

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Marriage is like playing cards...

At first all you want are Hearts and Diamonds.

But in the end, all you really want is a Club and a Spade.

I would say Tom Morello for RATM, and Stone Gossard and Mike Mcready from Pearl Jam.

Something deep inside me that shows up when it wishes.

Something so deep, that it at times feels outside of me, and that it is not me playing, yet it is.

The Strat players that I most watch and listen to are Ritchie Blackmore, Eric Johnson and Ronnie Earl.

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I remember when we were free!

SRV taught me technique
Hendrix taught me melody
Bonamassa taught me tone
Gallagher taught me to play songs

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Tune Low, Play Hard & Floor it!

Jimi Hendrix - the most spectacular electric guitar player ever !!

Duane Allman - probably, the overall best guitar player ever - his electric , acoustic and slide playing was incredible.

Rory Gallagher - the most versatile of the GREAT guitarists - none of them could write, sing, produce, play incredible electric, acoustic and slide guitar and play multiple instruments, in this case harmonica, sax, mandolin, sitar and national steel guitar.

I forgot to mention Chris Britton of The Troggs and Pete Townshend. Britton's percussive palm muted downstrokes are a big part of my rhythm style and Townshend's aggressive string bashing rhythm playing was also a huge influence-many people have told me that I have the hardest strum they've ever seen-I've refined my string bashing style over the years so that I only hit the strings and my guitar bodies and pickguards are absolutely scratch free.

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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.