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I was wondering who you guy's draw upon for your inspiration ?

I've been listening to a lot of Nuno Bettencourt recently and a local English acoustic guitarist who isnt well known but i really like the style. I wouldnt mind listening to a few acoustic guitarists just to hear the different styles, hoping that it may make me create a few ideas.

So guy's who do you look to and listen to for new ideas / inspiration ?

[Claptonman]

Jimmy Page

[shellshoe]

i like to go to local people playing in the bars and coffee shops to see and hear what they're doing and get ideas. i think i'm just a visual learner, i don't have the patience to listen to a cd, sit down and figure it out or print out the tabs and work on it.

[epearson]

I've been inspired a lot by Lindsey Buckingham who I learned alot from. My instructor Jason Riley is really great, the best guitarist I've ever seen and has really advanced acoustic skill. Probably the best ever is a tie between The Chet Atkins and The Paco De Lucia (the inclusion of "the" really emphasises their greatness). Paco is without a doubt the greatest player in the world and Chet is the greatest player ever, so listening to them I really learn a lot from them. Jimmy Page and Leo Kottke have a lot of cool stuff too.

[evileye]

Jimmy Page

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Acoustic...? Err... Okay.


Me? Michael Hedges lately I s'pose, but nobody in particular really.

[Claptonman]

Jimmy Page

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Acoustic...? Err... Okay.

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yeah he does lots of acoustic stuff.

[guitarfan19]

Jimmy Page

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Acoustic...? Err... Okay.

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yeah he does lots of acoustic stuff.

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alot of good acoustic stuff . oh and my main influences for acoustic are Zeppelin and the Beatles.

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[LedDashboard]

Jimmy Page. Ya, he's known for his electric the most, but he absolutely ROCKS on acoustic. Ya, he's my favorite too.

[spacecrumbs]

John Martyn, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Ani Difranco, The Beatles, Ben Harper, NBF. Theres loads more but those are what comes to mind right now.

[laxdude286]

My Uncle Eric.

[doorsbass125]

Bob Dylan all the way

[grzegorz_panek]

John Hurt
Chet Atkins
Leo Kottke

were dudes that inspired me most so far.

Now I'm under a huge influence of Steve Hancoff

I also want to learn Joe Pass style acoustic chord melody arranging.

[-=FreeBird=-]

Simon and Garfunkle rock. As well as the beatles, Gordon Lightfoot, and Raffi ( yes a childrens singer)

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[spooky_wooky]

Tommy Emmanuel! Brilliant, /brilliant/ player

[dadfad]

Probably John Jackson, Paul Geremia and Robert Pete Williams. On slide-guitar Fred McDowell, Paul Geremia and Johnny Shines.

[okiejohn]

"Well, there's 14,852 guitar pickers in Nashville........"John Sebastian.

Hell everybody that I've ever heard play has been an inspiration to me. It goes back to when I was a pup, Whoever was playing on the radio, some early LP's of Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry, the cats on TV, Elvis, the Everly Brothers, ole Rick Nelson, if they had a guitar, and some attitude, they were alright by me, and that's what I wanted to be.

It's still going on. I can be browsing in a guitar shop and somebody can be playing a lick, it don't matter who, I'll like it, seems everyone has a lick.

[cantstopmyshine]

clapton, and my brother id say

[RICH.J]

I've said it on here before, but Martin Simpson knocks me on my arse. Incidentally, he was at Hitchin Folk Club last night again, and he amazes me. He holds a room spellbound for as long as he's playing, utterly captivating. His playing is so flawless, his knowledge of Traditional English music, and American music is incredible.

[mattwatt]

Paul Simon & Eric Clapton...... also Tommy Emmanuel, but his stuff is waaaaaaaaay out of my league.

[strangerdanger]

I was wondering who you guy's draw upon for your inspiration ?

I've been listening to a lot of Nuno Bettencourt recently and a local English acoustic guitarist who isnt well known but i really like the style. I wouldnt mind listening to a few acoustic guitarists just to hear the different styles, hoping that it may make me create a few ideas.

So guy's who do you look to and listen to for new ideas / inspiration ?

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I bought the Washburn N2 and N4 Nuno signature models (factory one first, signature two years later).. I loved that mans work.


Now I listen to a lot of Tommy Emmanuel and Doyle Dykes. Tommy's music in particular speaks to me in a really intimate way.. it's the kind of music I would write (if I were able to write music rather than just playing it).