Favorite and/or most influential guitarists (for you as a player or in general)

[BengalsRocker]

(07-10-2015, 03:09 PM)jason Wrote: He's (Urban) a pretty good guitarist I just can't get past how shitty and poppy his songs are.  I don't overly like Brad Paisley (or modern country in general), but he is pretty sick on a Telecaster.  When Zac Brown (who I do like) plays live, he will shred.

I left Steve Cropper off of my list on accident...

Yeah Paisley is really good and so is Steve Wariner.  They are pretty genre specific.  That's why I like Urban's playing.  He's a hybrid rock/country player.

The thing amazing about Paisley is how he sings and just throws those licks out like they are nothing.  Effortless.

Like I said before.  Most current rock player's are pretty bland and boring.  You have Avenged Sevenfold and Dragonforce and a slew of Killswitch Engage knock-offs.

The guy from Black Tide is very talented.

Really none of the new players do very much for me.

Joe Bonamassa is talented but he just comes off as an arrogant ass to me.  He's songs are meh.