I was thinking Slash and probably Kirk Hammett inspired a heap of people to play (similar to John Mayer), but they didn't bring anything new to the table like Jimi and EVH did.Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Interesting to note just how much love John Mayer has in this thread, must say that has been surprising to me. I would have said Slash would have inspired more people to pick up a guitar than JM, but who really knows aye.
So who’s next in line to Hendrix?
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Slash and mark knopfler over here.
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Slash definitely influential in a pop culture sense, but nobody deserves ‘pentatonic noodler’ more...
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Slash and John Mayer are decades apart, have to admit I was inspired by Kirk Hammett to pick up the guitar... Metallica were my favourite band in 1989 when I started playing.... I'm quite confident I was a better player then, could happily play a bunch of his solos... ye gods...
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I have looked into this John Mayer popularity thing. I don't get it. The guy can play well but the music has a Coke Zero or Decaf thing about it. Something just is not there. It's too nice and safe.
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...so you’re saying he is the modern day Peter Frampton?Aquila Rossa wrote:I have looked into this John Mayer popularity thing. I don't get it. The guy can play well but the music has a Coke Zero or Decaf thing about it. Something just is not there. It's too nice and safe.
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Frampton had tasty chops. Check out the second solo in Feel Like I Do off Comes Alive. Nice modal work in dorian. I am not a huge fan, but playing solos in 1977 he was up there with Page and Clapton.
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I agree. Even without the whammy his sounds and riffs should put him in this category.griff7628 wrote:Morello gets cred in the innovation department
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Yeah man. Infectious riffs, Love it. RATM first album will always be in my top 5. Incredible song writing.Delayman wrote:I agree. Even without the whammy his sounds and riffs should put him in this category.griff7628 wrote:Morello gets cred in the innovation department
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From the perspective of a guitar playing front man who was incredibly popular and got kids into playing guitar i'm gonna chuck in Kurt Cobain. He even had a world wide number 1 hit AND ushered in a new phase of popular music.
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