My Top 10 Guitarist Inspirations

[aMuddyBank]

frusciante should be 2nd, 1st hendrix, and where the *** is clapton? -.-

[euclidera]

john is the best!

[J0ban]

that dragonforce guy should not be on the same list as Hendrix and Frusciante!

[sslerette33]

why isnt Eric Clapton on anyones lists???

[VoiceOfModeration]

dont you guys think that jimmy page is often left out of these lists?? he barely made top 10 in rolling stone list! Ridiculous.

[Mstrat86]

anyone who has JF in their top 10 immediately gets my respect - he my #1

cool list though man

[jeljoman]

why is nobody mentioning ritchie blackmore???

[carlosalford]

great list, amazing guitarist!

[safitho]

Kien hizo ste rainkin!? :O

[TheKliffin]

Mine, not in any order, they are all equal in my book: John Frusciante Eddie Hazel Hillel Slovak Ron Asheton Jimmy Page Jimi Hendrix Dr. Know Robby Kreiger Greg Ginn Frank Zappa

[TheKliffin]

How dare you put Satriani and Vai in the same category as Jimi, Jimmy, and John.

[1skullduggery]

i forgot....johnny bravo also a big inspiration for me.

[jdman331]

Mine are 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. John Frusciante 3. Robbie Robertson 4. Stevie Ray Vaughn 5. David Gilmour 6. Jimmy Page 7. Bradley Nowell 8. Jerry Garcia 9. George Harrison 10. Peter Tosh I don't care for Satriani, Vai etc. at all, although I won't argue that they aren't good.

[DuDuHDify]

nice but i think john frusciante's guitars are vintage '62

[1skullduggery]

mine are: mike nesmith, tito jackson, keith partridge. i never really had much talent, though.

[watchtower95]

frusciante prefers 60s strats

[eduardo0796]

/watch?v=3U16pIlbjXg watch mine you'd like it

[riverwood95]

Well Frusciante is fucking awesome, Dragonforce sucks, Slash sucks, the others are fine.Page first for sure!!! Check also Knopfler, Morse, blackmore and gary moore

[radeonwowbest]

ehm.. weird that you took the master of puppets solo, to combine that solo to Kirk Hammett. Because, It's James Hetfield's solo.

[pb4ueat1390]

errrr...NO SOUND !

[Asly65]

There's different kinds of Rock, from Hendrix, Richie Blackmore, JJ Cale, Jeff Beck, Clapton, Page, Mark Knopfler, Chris Rea...and many more. All are great but in my opinion the purest sound come from David Gilmour and Carlos Santana.

[BlastHardRock]

Mine are: 1. Slash 2. Alex Lifeson 3. David Gilmour 4. Brian May 5. Jimi Hendrix 6. Mark Knopfler 7. Eric Clapton 8. Jimmy Page 9. Kirk Hammett 10. EVH

[madgeir123]

You wrote Kirk Hammett wrong!

[PersianLord1995]

i can't understand kirk or slash but it is your list so i can't say anything :) my list: 10. Jack White (Most Originality) 9. Angus Young 8. Steve Vai 7. Paul Gilbert 6. Van Halen 5. Dimebag 4. Michael Romeo 3. John Williams (Classical Virtuoso) 2. Chris Broderick / John Petrucci (Extremely Clean: Personal Fave Guitarists) 1. Dave Mustaine (Most Inspirational) OR Buckethead (First person I heard play guitar and thought DAMNN that's crazy)

[xHEiiNEkeNx]

MARTY FRIEDMAN!!!!!!!

[n00bTuber87]

My guitarist inspiration comes from (in no order): 1. Synyster Gates 2. Slash 3. Kirk Hammett 4. Steve Vai 5. Angus Young 6. Jimi 7. John Petrucci 8. BB King 9. Dimebag Darrell

[oddlyreasonable]

With over 40 albums of creativity and awesomness...Buckethead.

[Dimebag4everrr]

1. Dimebag Darrell

2. Slash

3. Alexi Laiho

4. Jimi Hendrix

5. Steve Vai

6. John Frusciante

7. Jimmy Page

8. John Petrucci

9. Joe Satriani

10. Kirk Hammet

[peu239]

1 - John Frusciante

2 - Jimi Hendrix

3 - Eric Clapton

4 - Tom Morello

5 - Jimi Page

7 - Captain Beefheart (RIP - died yesterday)

8 - Keith Richards

9 - Mark Knopfler

10 - Brian May

These are my main inspiration and the best for me.

[PunkxLove94]

1. Jimi Hendrix

2. John Frusciante

3. Steve Vai

4. Van Halen

5. Santana

6. Slash

7. Tom Morello

8. Buckethead

9. Mike Einziger (Incubus)

10. Angus Young

[Claptonisgod777]

Mine Are- Eric Clapton David Gilmour Jimmy Page Jimi Hendrix Gary Moore Keith Richards Robbie Krieger Ritchie Blackmore Slash Brian May Jeff Beck Anybody Agree?

[Mordor6121512]

Jimmy Page and Slash fill up my top 2

[snafu4477]

what an idiot

[TheLordHodne]

@snafu4477

You think he uploaded without sound? Then you're the idiot. WMG deleted it :) Fuck them

[snafu4477]

this guy is an idiot

[Escapethehawthorne]

most inspiring is definatly jason becker. i am not putting others down, but u have to check him out and what happened to him

[ZellCendo]

@Escapethehawthorne

Hah i know Jason Becker ofcourse i do, he's unbelievable, him and Marty Friedman are LEGENDS!!!! Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony was first thing i heard of Becker, BLEW MY MIND but yeah really is a shame but he still writes music which is AWESOME!!!

[YouAEDE]

1. John Frusciante

2. Jimi Hendrix

3. Kirk Hammett

4. Eric Clapton

5. David Gilmour

6. Pete Townshend

7. Dave Mustaine

8. BB King

9. John Mayer

10. Slash

[MikeLamb24]

@YouAEDE Haha nice trollin John Mayer

[abbb350]

mine are 1. mark knofler 2. ritchie blackmore 3.E.V.H 4.bob spencer 5.kevin borich 6.clapton 7.david gilmour 8.joe walsh 9.jimmy page 10.steve morse

[SuperGuitarfan96]

Me are: 10th - Eric Clapton 9th - Mark Knopler 8th - Joe Satriani 7th - Jimmy Page 6th - Jimi Hendrix 5th - Synyster Gates (Avenged Sevenfold) 4th - Randy Rhoads 3rd - Van Halen 2nd - Kirk Hammet 1st - Slash

[Nikojjl]

Fuck you WMG!

[loudrockacdc]

was this in order of ur favorites or just random?

[BurkeyBrandon]

YA Herman Li Pwns!

And Randy Rhoads!

NOT SLASH!

OR JIMI!!

[TheBibleisBullshit]

Jimi Hendrix and Randy Rhoads are my favorites.

[MrSharpenis]

its a '60 strat btw

[NukeTheCrossXPT700]

What about Jason Becker?

[The86mattrob]

I can't believe David Gilmour is not on this list

[The86mattrob]

i can't believe you don't have David Gilmour in your list

[hippo794]

Mine are:

1. John Frusciante

2. Mark Knopfler

3. Jimi Hendrix

.... ;P

[punksakura94]

kirk hammett the best ever!!!

[olaflauer]

i cant belive they let you post such a thing have you ever touched an instrument before? what a retard and joe was never with DP dummass what happend to steve ray or steve morse or gary more or........ i got to stop please people dont insult with such nonsense do your home work. joe 6 vai 5 kirk steve and kirk learned from joe you nerd,

[metalrockon12]

WTF KIRK HAMMET IS AFTER SLASH

[JohnFrusciante331]

My favorite guitarist is John FRUSCIANTE !

[FryskeRocker]

Satriani onyl played a few dates with deep purple

calling him a member, then you could say the whole cast of the freddy mercury tribute where members of queen.

just saying :p

[sircharliesavior]

take herman li, and slash and youve got a great list. personally my favorite is john frusciante. if you look at all his work yyou would become a diverse player. with solos and riffs/chords. same with jimi and jimmy

[Softairguy]

Steve vai should be first!

[uzin15]

kirk hammet is best!!!!!

[Doomksh]

Shit !!!

[puppy5ead]

the wmg executives who gave the order to pull there shit off youtube can all go fuck themselves with hot seering forks in the ass. Keep your big fat corprate hands away from youtube you cunts. Don't you already have enough money in your pockets? Are you really such pricks that you need to pull songs off youtube you selfish shit heads.

[giometaxas]

Bullshit style my friend, Half of em suck, but if you enjoy em or not is up to you

[KRxHigh3rxPow3r]

why the fuck is the sound off? This copyright thing is bull shit

[AndrewAllen2k8]

Joe Satriani was in Deep Purple?

[guitarmaster123445]

Actually it's a Karl Sandoval Polka Dot V

Randy's Jacksons were his RR1T and his Jackson LTD.

[AndrewAllen2k8]

and Jackson RR5

[guitarmaster123445]

@AndrewAllen2k8 Na man his RR1T is what your thinking of. The black one with gold hardware. I though it was an RR5 also but upon inspection and looking up info it was actually and RR1T.

[AndrewAllen2k8]

Actually yes your right but they have one thing in common... there both hot guitars :D

[guitarmaster123445]

Damn right man!! I'd love to have Randy's LTD!!

[AndrewAllen2k8]

Or A Dimebag signature Razorback would always be nice! :P

[guitarmaster123445]

I've heard their actually not that great, but then again to each his own.

[AndrewAllen2k8]

Yeah but the one 0902yuji aka Gaku his is great!

[NikoMetallica94]

kirk hammett no usa ltd, usa esp original...

[mitchtickler]

Fuck WMG ! WMG are destroying YouTube...

[CAG1993]

Mine are 1. John Frusciante 2. John Frusciante 3. John Frusciante 4. John Frusciante 5. John Frusciante 6. John Frusciante 7. John Frusciante 8. John Frusciante 9. John Frusciante 10. John Frusciante

[MrSharpenis]

@CAG1993 hehe me 2 man

[00roastedlampost00]

Mine are - 1. John Frusciante

2. Stevie Ray Vaughn

3. Jimi Hendrix

4. Mark Knopfler

5. Jimmy Page

6. Tom Morello

7. Vernon Reid

8. Angus Young

9. Dr Know

10. Joe Satriani

[gerrysmomma]

@00roastedlampost00 thats really cute but jf is way overrated, in fact he sucks

[Xvaser]

I bet you can't name 5 bands Hendrix was in without looking it up. Dragonforce sucks, Kook.

[ZellCendo]

i can name 6 of 7 (the 7th always escapes me) thats not thru looking it up by the way jack ass thats because my uncle knows just about there is to know about hendrix and has instilled me with his knowledge also i imagine your just 1 of those sad pathetic losers who just follows the crowd of... "OMFG dragonforce are shit all there songs sound the same, they can't even play there instruments, they sound shite live, how they famous and why do people like them" all i can say is STFU and listen to em

[Xvaser]

Uhhh, first of all, I liked them, back when they were underground, they got famous and now have shit fast guitar solos with no feeling, no passion, no rhythm, just speed through it. They suck now. So following the crowd, MY ASS.

[4stringFanatico]

hertman has talent, we all knw that but he trys to harmonize his solos with the other guy and they sounds like.....well crap dude im sory just bieng blunt. you cant say they are in perfect harmony and in tune becuz, theyre not. im sure if he used a good pitch shifter he might sound better but his live stuff just makes the crowd cringe. his studio work is great tho and i sure he is a great song writer(riff miester)

[Xvaser]

Thank you.

[fruciantefan12345]

herman sucks!

[Leonard5555]

WTF? I didn't know satch was in deep purple

[ZellCendo]

he was kinda like a guest appearence on a tour of theres but it was known as just deep purple not deep purple ft. or anything so they classified him as part of the band for the time being :p

[AlexCervantes10]

hammett its with 2 t stupid

[Zevonfan524]

I'm gonna side with Danglesproductions. Also, its petty greed on the part of record execs for practicing censorship because they can't get their 12 cents for a 15 second sound clip.

[edwsshaw1]

Hey, dude, these guys spend a lot of money to create these stars. Don't blame them just because they want to get a return on their investments.

[TheIbanezer1]

it was herman and sam (df) that inspired me to start playing guitar, and now im probably better than my friends who have been playing years more than me

srry bad english.........

[CHICKMAGNET66666]

herman and sam your inspirations fail im sorry

[MisterBrownx]

wow dragonforce fanboy get the fuck out of here

[viperslide98]

angus=1

[Reedsmama]

how is herman li better then EDDIE VAN HALEN

[wesselklooster]

FUCK WMG HARD!

[Danglesproductions]

God guys shut up. He's listing his personal top 10 INSPIRATIONS not the top 10 best period.

[MrDAVE420247]

i disagree on the order of the players but good list none the same- but there is no way that slash is better than evh

[RandyPWNZ]

bs van halen shouldve been like 1 or 2

[thierry1026]

Bullshit list!!!

[atl1192]

John Frusciante is my only inspiration

[guitarfreak281]

You forgot Mike McCready of Pearl Jam and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains.

[jamaldotcom]

his inspirations

[criskrihz96]

I Love How WMG Treats People That Made Them What They Are

Go Sukk a dIkk WMG FAGGOTS

[TwilightsLastGleam]

Rofl WMG is filled with dicks.

[kirkhettfield92]

the guitar on the picture isn't a kh2.

It's an LTD.

[ThatGuyTiernan]

Californication is played on a Gretsch White Falcon, not a strat.

[DroppedColt]

...... dragonforce?????

dragonforce sucks

[DGKDUDE309]

how the fuck are yu gonna put kirk hamet 4th

[hoang1428]

hehehe i agree

[fretboardlord]

Fuck the WMG!!!!

[ruffles272]

evh and slash deserve tie for number one!

[olayman127]

thats a frankenstrat for evh a 38000 dollar guitar...

[lucan284]

dude if you dont have clapton on there or someone like b.b king well shocks me clapton very i mean herman li so what hes fast but thats it

[EightyEightFaces]

Fuck herman li sideways in my dogs refridgerator.

[1234bob3]

bull hendrix sucks

wheres buckethead

[julianpava]

check john butler, petrucci, paul g and also sam from df is good

[frillebo]

Herman li is gay ...

[Childinfaith]

Steve Vai over Satch? No no no, there's something wrong with that one.

[NicolasMartinezLeon]

Algun comentario en español porfaa!, en tanto al video, buen video, exelentes guitarristas

[Tonatiuth]

Pss eh que tal, Batio es el rey

[kirkhammster1]

For the puppet thing the first after the harmony line his Hetfiel but the shreding one is Hammett( no dout about that)

[MEBRBEJOx9]

i agree with all except herman li

[pward17]

what about stevie ray vaughn

idk good post

i just disagree

[guitaro321]

um John petrucci? ynwgie malmsteen? like for real dude you need to find way better players.

[Tonatiuth]

yeah dude petrucci malmsteen and batio are missing, and the red hot chilli peppers isn't too good for a top 10

[guitaro321]

But then again i shouldnt really say much its HIS opinion not mine.

[Tschaeggaer]

the solo in master of puppets by metallica which you claimed to be by kirk hammett is in fact by james hetfield! but dont care, great solo anyway ;)

[tontonlolo2]

Was there any order (rating ?) with this list ?

Anyway, all the reactions (passionated !)here are funny (but sincere :-) )

I would have put Tony Mac Alpine, Vinie Moore and the (good !) playing of some here asleeps me, but why not ?

Interesting choice and that brings me reminders about my teenage time

thanks !

P.S : Herman Li doesn't suck so much !!! (I just discoverd dragonforce today :-)))... don't knock me on the head !)

Laurent (france)

[pharrkin]

richie blackmore was way better then joe satrani

[AnbuHeoshi]

Actually take that back

[KikoFoxGuitar]

Kirk's guitar is a kh2 but the guitar you've put in the picture is not a KH2 it is a kh202

notice the headstock as LTD on it and not esp

google kh2 and you will notice the mistake

[jellyboy3]

herman li sucks he cant play live

[AnbuHeoshi]

Awesome I agree wit ur picks but eddie van halen should switch wit joe satriani

[Arnarolafs]

Herman Li???? He sucks!

[Bigj0123456]

hey dumb asses below me...it says that they are HIS inspirations...not yours...idiots

[hahahahahaha22]

WTF !!!

how is kirk hammet befor steve vai he is carp compared to steve vai :@ !!!!

[qdqshred]

in terms of guitar playing skill then yes ur right... but kirk hammet has a differant sound to steve vai.. and they are 'his' inspirations... ur opinion here is void.

[rebharath]

nice picks - i like how you put "weapon of choice"

[crbrucelee]

hi there is only two guitarists up there who i think are the best my top 2 are

SLASH ! AND KIRK HAMMETT !

they would beat all the rest of them up there easy and if it come to slash and kirk id have to say slash ROCK ON GNR AND METALLICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[xtacy93]

No disrespect, but i think you should be more open minded, considering they really arent that good.

I repect your opinion but saying they would "beat the rest" is VERY close minded.

[JPetrucci744]

He might be close minded or just care to look for better guitarists.

It's like the guy who made this video, I could guess all the guitarists who were gonna be in right after seeing Angus Young.

[freakformusic2222]

are you basing your opinion solely on the fact that they can play good techical wise? As in the can play really fast and hit a whole buncha notes in like idk?

[camcan004]

I'm sorry randy rhoads is number 1!

[Antoblackterror]

Joe satriani of deep ppurple??? mah...only joe satriani...

[joeboii12435]

read the description you'll understand

[jfontaine69]

u guys obviously dont love music enough

[punkrockPiE97]

tom morello is the best!

[punkrockPiE97]

steve vai sucks

[cristofer5589]

yes i know that all are inspirations except of herman lee he really sucks

[lewiscrisp01]

i agree with everyone except herman li... he's not that amazing.

[thpsu]

made with inspiration :-)

[MkMndrgn]

the master of puppets solo you have on the vid is hetfield, the faster solo over the verse riff is hammett.

[alejandro3988]

WTF where is buckethead/????????????????

[shockfan94]

hes ok in my opinion

[Poorcs]

all worthy guitarists...

except herman li of course... and kirk hammett to a lesser extent

[RezHobo]

angus cant write guitar riffs for shit,just solos.

[DANI476]

ANGUS!!!!

[freesleeveband]

i didnt know satch was in purplr i thought it was balckmore

[apal212]

herman li sounds like shit he can go suck a dick. Dragon Force is a discrace to metal

[zosco666]

slash is in the top 100 at the 100th place halen 1, rhoads 2, page 4 and hammett 3

[NavaDG]

Herman li es mi favorito aunque se oiga hueco.

[mindless1111]

slash is also in slash's snake pit!

[mindless1111]

van halens is hard and fast but is really just noise! sorry

[Carlosdamiano]

pppfffff hahahhahha.. your comment just made me laugh.. poor ignorant

[vailissocool]

angus young #1

[iluvdemcocopuffs]

c'mon two number 1's you gotta pick a side page or hendrix (gotta take page)

[wilzu91]

sorry man, but the Master of Puppets solo is from Hetfield

[Themightychri5]

Alexi Laiho =p

[bobcowz]

FINALLY someone who agrees with me, o8wattsa

[crazyshitGuy]

Herman LI and Jimi Hendrix the best ones EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mage4444]

you have a nice variety there...this is probably my favorite as far as set lists go compared to the other people who try to make "top5 " or "top 10 band of all time " but i'll keep watching....so later

[Maltiman172000]

why wasnt zakk wylde their plus the spotty guitar is zakk wylde's own custom

[ghostdude123456]

because its his fav not yours

[papymerlin]

jimmy Page,best guitarist ever!!!

[jevimetal13]

the solo of master of puppets that you posted is not from kirk hammer, it's from james.

[synysterwylde627]

herman li sucks! everyone else is good though. maybe replace herman with synyster gates....

[jev]

YES! YOU SAID THE TRUTH!!