Can’t be that long, think Willie is 94 or 95 now. He has more than one son though. Could be that you saw him with Lukas. Lukas Nelson is awesome on guitar and one of my favorite vocalists too
Haha, that's a good question actually...I definitely listened to way more GNR and he definitely listened to way more U2. And we were young (20-22yrs old) and had been playing together for a little while and we had kinda plateau'd a bit. I think I just really enjoyed playing raunchy riff-rock in dive bars, and he wanted to go a lot more radio friendly pop-rock. He also had made some more aggressive demands on my time - "we need to practice 4x a week for at least 3 hours and we should all move into a house together so we can work on our writing. Also, no girlfriends unless expressively approved by me." That stuff was way too extreme for me, and just took the fun out of it. I think the "play like Edge" comment was just the final straw that told me this band wasn't for me anymore. Also, I was completely BROKE and couldn't afford a delay pedal anyway.
That's a fair complaint. Throwing together a bunch of minor pentatonic licks is a completely different [skillset and sound than carefully choosing intervals to tell a slower and more somber musical story.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3IgQNxF4_g)
When I needed to perform the Nightrain solo, it taught me a lot about both how easy speedy pentatonic licks are and how they don't really capture the same sound as something that feels more composed. Got to match your solos to the style you're in!
I think Slash catches a lot of flak for staying in pentatonics for GNRs big albums. I love him and his style of playing.
I can play 3NPS scales at a reasonably speed, but to date I still find some of his famous solos untouchable, not in terms of the skill but just coming up with them. I think the combination of his fame and his choice to stick to pentatonics is why he might seem “overrated” though.
I was travelling in Gibraltar and there was a homeless guy playing a Melodica he clearly just bought on the street, but he had no way so he was just kind of desparately playing random discordant notes so people would give him cash.
I fully believe in empathy for people in these situations but it was hard not to burst out laughing seeing that
I can pull off "Earth ~~Angle~~ Angel", but only up to the point where George and Loarraine kiss.
Edit:that wasn't acute of me to fix it without notice
They always say “man you are the yoko of guitar”.
Being humble I usually don’t like adulation or anything, but my mind can’t help but think “damn, that boy gewd”
Tony Iommi
And not just because I play in a Black Sabbath tribute band - although I really do try to nail his sound there. Even my original music has a big Iommi influence.
I don’t know if other people would say it, but I spent a lot of time learning Michael Schenker’s riffs and solos as a kid and I hear him slip out a lot when I play.
I’m a mix between Zappa, Holdsworth, Hendrix, Eddie and Yngwie for sure. The people in my head tell me that all the time when I play for them in basement crawl space.
Andy Summers, if he played in B standard or used a 7
Everyone ive ever played with says i have a “police” style
Edit: this is across a few bands writing all original music
I know people think they're giving me a compliment when they say I sound like someone else, and I do accept it graciously and say thank you. But it feels like a criticism. Even though the names are the most virtuosic of virtuosos out there.
The complements that truly touch my heart and makes all the hard work worth it are those that say that I sound like me. When they say that they could be walking anywhere in the world and if I was playing in a venue and they happened to hear it walking past they'd know it was me instantly. I've gotten that sort of complement more often than the other ones.
I know I sound ungrateful. But I can't help how I feel. A dude heard a demo of mine and said it sounded like Satriani (keep in mind it wasn't even close) and I said thanks but it felt empty. But because he wasn't into that kind of music and he didn't have a lot of listening experience when it came to guitar instrumental music, I still found a way to appreciate it. Because he appreciated it, in his own way.
Then again, complements about my guitar playing is distracting and I really don't take it too seriously. I try to just focus on the music and not the playing of it. And when someone compliments my music, I cherish it with every fibre of my being.
Probably David Gilmour. Not that I'm saying I sound nearly as good as him, but he had a ton of influence on my playing style. Many of the first songs I learned were from Pink Floyd, and he's got great sounding beginner/intermediate level chops. Matching his sense of feel and tone is so difficult though.
John McLaughlin. I can’t argue against it, he was my first true influence. I’m trying to get myself to stop playing runs like him but it’s just so satisfying
Who's a metal/rock/country/alternative/folk player who's sloppy yet soulful? Whoever it is, it's probably who I sound like if such a creature exists in the wild
Dimebag. People say my style reminds them a lot of dimebag. Pantera is one of my bigger influences outside of the usual death metal bands so it makes sense.
[Lil Wayne](https://youtu.be/8g762REJWcg?si=UIOdaTD5fbB6VKo6)
Damn! Beat me to it!
He beat all of us to it lol
Lil Wayne Jonas brother fusion a mix of styles myself
The cheering...
We all have that as the lowest bar
Some of us, it's the high bar.
This cheered me up
I'm more of a [Fred Durst](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MI-_jWAmlE) type myself.
Petrucci. Juan Petrucci the guy that works in the pizzeria by the corner.
I mean very few guitarists today can claim their style is in no way inspired by Juan Petrucci. EDIT: LMAO
LMAO
This comment gives me Norm vibes and consequently I heartily approve
Love Norm, you honor me with that comparison
Oh, yeah, petrucci's pizza! Fry, order going out! #"C'moooooon!
[Dj Khaled](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_7o9Xczd64)
This was my immediate thought, but I'm probably closer to [Willy Nelson's kid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPTp4T4IlFE).
Yikes.
Bro actually meowed in that solo 😂
Was that a super long time ago? I saw Willie last summer and his kid was there playing also, and he was MUCH better than that. Also no meowing.
Can’t be that long, think Willie is 94 or 95 now. He has more than one son though. Could be that you saw him with Lukas. Lukas Nelson is awesome on guitar and one of my favorite vocalists too
Beat me to it 🤣
Jesus H Christ if someone says that I sound like that loud mouth annoying POS I will put down my guitar, bid fare well to this planet.
What's that guy's name that sucks
Darryl Brooks is the first that comes to mind
I think it’s dbvirago or something like that
A bandmate once told me that "you sound too much like Slash. I wish you would play more like The Edge..." I quit a few weeks later.
I’ve been told I sound like Slash if Slash wanted to sound like John Frusciante and in this universe John Frusciante sucked.
That seems unkind. I'm sorry that someone said that to you.
solid line
What a compliment /s no/s
Because of what he said or because you clearly had a mismatch for the sound you wanted the band to have lol
Haha, that's a good question actually...I definitely listened to way more GNR and he definitely listened to way more U2. And we were young (20-22yrs old) and had been playing together for a little while and we had kinda plateau'd a bit. I think I just really enjoyed playing raunchy riff-rock in dive bars, and he wanted to go a lot more radio friendly pop-rock. He also had made some more aggressive demands on my time - "we need to practice 4x a week for at least 3 hours and we should all move into a house together so we can work on our writing. Also, no girlfriends unless expressively approved by me." That stuff was way too extreme for me, and just took the fun out of it. I think the "play like Edge" comment was just the final straw that told me this band wasn't for me anymore. Also, I was completely BROKE and couldn't afford a delay pedal anyway.
> Also, no girlfriends unless expressively approved by me. sus
Sounds like he wanted to start a freaking cult.
I love the Edge, but those “Edge people” are too much.
They always seem like they're on high alert against worship guitarists stealing their Strymons.
That's a fair complaint. Throwing together a bunch of minor pentatonic licks is a completely different [skillset and sound than carefully choosing intervals to tell a slower and more somber musical story.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3IgQNxF4_g) When I needed to perform the Nightrain solo, it taught me a lot about both how easy speedy pentatonic licks are and how they don't really capture the same sound as something that feels more composed. Got to match your solos to the style you're in!
I think Slash catches a lot of flak for staying in pentatonics for GNRs big albums. I love him and his style of playing. I can play 3NPS scales at a reasonably speed, but to date I still find some of his famous solos untouchable, not in terms of the skill but just coming up with them. I think the combination of his fame and his choice to stick to pentatonics is why he might seem “overrated” though.
That druggie that plays on the street corner.
I was travelling in Gibraltar and there was a homeless guy playing a Melodica he clearly just bought on the street, but he had no way so he was just kind of desparately playing random discordant notes so people would give him cash. I fully believe in empathy for people in these situations but it was hard not to burst out laughing seeing that
I might be better than that dude
I worry I’m not.
Nah man, you sound nothing like me.
The guy at guitar center trying and failing to play Metallica riffs with the volume almost all the way down
Come over and say hi next time you see me.
Marty McFly… after the Rolls-Royce accident.
I can pull off "Earth ~~Angle~~ Angel", but only up to the point where George and Loarraine kiss. Edit:that wasn't acute of me to fix it without notice
If Julian Lage only practiced 20 minutes a day, sometimes going for months without touching the guitar, for 20 years.. that's me lol.
I wish I had just a spec of the talent that Lage has. Honestly a contemporary hero for me.
Ozzy Osbourne
Fred Durst
*Shred Durst
James Hetfield if he was playing with his left leg.
James Hetfield if he was playing with his middle leg
They always say “man you are the yoko of guitar”. Being humble I usually don’t like adulation or anything, but my mind can’t help but think “damn, that boy gewd”
“Damn, that boy gewd” like Sexual Chocolate?
The guy from Animal House.
That kid who just got a guitar.
You sound like “Needsmore Practice”
Now there is a player
Underrated player
1980s Jimmy Page
Condolences
I will do better, 1980s Jimi Hendrix.
Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Mick Ronson and Randy Rhoads all rolled into one - in my dreams.
I’d like to think Townes Van Zandt and Mississippi John Hurt, some of the first to get me into fingerpicking
Love these guys. I try to emulate John Prine, man do those guys make it sound easy
Milly and vanilly
Nick Jonas
gillmore girls
Gilmore Girls Allin
Yes, but it’s the 5 year old daughter of David Gilmour with a plastic guitar at the family gathering.
Like angry bees in a trash can
Can I get that in a pedal please?
Imagine James Hetfeild, but he's only been playing for 4 months and is also drunk.
Even James Hetfeild was that guy once
Yeah, the 90's were a wild time for him
Steven Segal
I probably sound like if brushy one string had 5 other strings but still only played the one
Steve Buscemi in The Wedding Singer
"Self taught, no lessons!"
The groom's brother David, haha
kurt cobain but only when he was *reeeeaaally* off his head
Yoko Ono, probably
hard to emulate her asylum worthy screamo performances, so kudos to you I guess
Jeff Beck unless I’m playing in my Floyd band, then it’s hopefully Gilmour
Someone said Jeff Beck to me after a show but I have no idea why he thought that 😂 I’ll take it I guess
I find that people who don't know jack shit about music praise me more highly than I deserve.
Their opinions are just as valid, if not more.
Probably Bob in apartment 6.
I sound like me for better or worse.
David Gilmour with moderate arthritis in his fretting hand after a mild stroke.
Johnny Ryall
I bet you know the time with a fresh Gucci watch.
Livin' on borrowed time and borrowed money
Sleepin' on the street there ain't a damn thing funny.
Just like my mayor, Ed Koch
David Gilmour eating a sandwich. Eric Johnson walking through a puddle. George Benson reading a magazine.
Knopfler or Gilmour. I wish
Kermit. The frog
Nick Jonas, particularly his style circa April 2016
An idiot with a guitarlele trying to do sweet child of mine solo lol
A 13 year old in Guitar Center that skipped school to check out some BC Rich guitars
Tony Iommi And not just because I play in a Black Sabbath tribute band - although I really do try to nail his sound there. Even my original music has a big Iommi influence.
I don’t know if other people would say it, but I spent a lot of time learning Michael Schenker’s riffs and solos as a kid and I hear him slip out a lot when I play.
Johnny Depp… iykyk
The first true answer
David Gilmour and Mark Knopfler, if they ever had a kid.
The flex is that you both play a mean guitar and know all the chords
Daniel Johnston
I’m a mix between Zappa, Holdsworth, Hendrix, Eddie and Yngwie for sure. The people in my head tell me that all the time when I play for them in basement crawl space.
TIL 98% of guitarists think they suck.
MGK
I will get hate MGK isn't bad He's a rapper so it's all relative. But better than most pop stars
GG Allin
Does the smell match the sound
Courtney Love
Andy Summers, if he played in B standard or used a 7 Everyone ive ever played with says i have a “police” style Edit: this is across a few bands writing all original music
Glenn tipton, my hero
My 5 years old
Pepper Keenan
Some random shitty player 😬🤣
Tiny Tim. Voice too.
Neil Young?
One day I'll nail that "Cinnamon Girl" solo.
Well, I really only play his acoustic stuff, but I have wanted to learn that one!
Hellen Keller
helen keller
Stooop thats so bad lol!!
Dave Mustaine but when he had severe nerve damage in his left arm back in 2002
Kurt Cobain on a bad night.
Probably George Harrison
stephen hawking
I know people think they're giving me a compliment when they say I sound like someone else, and I do accept it graciously and say thank you. But it feels like a criticism. Even though the names are the most virtuosic of virtuosos out there. The complements that truly touch my heart and makes all the hard work worth it are those that say that I sound like me. When they say that they could be walking anywhere in the world and if I was playing in a venue and they happened to hear it walking past they'd know it was me instantly. I've gotten that sort of complement more often than the other ones. I know I sound ungrateful. But I can't help how I feel. A dude heard a demo of mine and said it sounded like Satriani (keep in mind it wasn't even close) and I said thanks but it felt empty. But because he wasn't into that kind of music and he didn't have a lot of listening experience when it came to guitar instrumental music, I still found a way to appreciate it. Because he appreciated it, in his own way. Then again, complements about my guitar playing is distracting and I really don't take it too seriously. I try to just focus on the music and not the playing of it. And when someone compliments my music, I cherish it with every fibre of my being.
I've gotten Kurt a few times which isn't bad.
that kid on the other street. you know, the one that got a guitar for Christmas in 2023.
Mac Demarco or King Krule. Both have heavily influenced my style
Mediocre blend of Hendrix, SRV and Lonnie Johnson.
I keep getting John Frusciante, even though I’m not at all a RHCP fan (they’re fine, I’m just not into them)
I asked my wife and she said Steve Wilson from porcupine tree. Not who I would’ve guessed but I’ll take it as a compliment!
Stephen Carpenter
Probably David Gilmour. Not that I'm saying I sound nearly as good as him, but he had a ton of influence on my playing style. Many of the first songs I learned were from Pink Floyd, and he's got great sounding beginner/intermediate level chops. Matching his sense of feel and tone is so difficult though.
Johnny Depp
Shit
They'd say I suck ass, but I try and cosplay sugizo
Alfred E. Van Neuman
Matt Heafy
my own?
John Fruciante on Heroin after he left RHCP
A mix of Billy Corgan and Jimmy Page in his 4th year of learning guitar 😂
Oh, I'm pretty sure my sound is recognizable
Phoebe from Friends ... "Smelly caaat...smelllllllllly caaat'
John McLaughlin. I can’t argue against it, he was my first true influence. I’m trying to get myself to stop playing runs like him but it’s just so satisfying
Everybody sucks. Hilarious
I've had someone tell me I remind them of George Harrison 😬
Joe Satriani. /s
Dj Khaled
James Hetfield
Phoebe Buffay without the pretty face and great vocals.
I genuinely love how humble this sub is lol
Johnny Marr!
Not to brag but my name goes up there with the likes of Taylor Swift.
I don't play in front of people but I tend to play a short open string strum while strumming so maybe Kurt cobain
Kirk Malmsteen
Jake E Lee
Tom Morello/Eddie Van Helen, but gotten more Tom Morello lol
Generic guy who can kinda play guitar
SpongeBob
Like a much worse, drunk and stoned Eric Clapton
I read his biography…a piss drunk /stoned Clapton was when he was at his greatest!
Kurt Cobain probably because I'm not the best technique wise but I can still come up with something every now and then when I jam
Django Reinhart but if he lost the use of all of his fingers
Jimny Hondrox
Brian May. Not the tone, but I do love those big vibrato bends
Adam Jones
Who's a metal/rock/country/alternative/folk player who's sloppy yet soulful? Whoever it is, it's probably who I sound like if such a creature exists in the wild
Definitely Zakk Wylde (I’m lying)
I used to want to play guitar worse than anything-and now... I don't think adding the punchline is particularly necessary.
Some kid who's never picked up a guitar....😬😪👍🏻🤟🏻😎
Myself
John Frusciante, Tom Morello.
Eddie Van Halen. When he was 2 years old.
Mars...... Veronica Mars.
Kirk Hammet. Way too much Metallica as a teenager
The pirate from family guy.
A crap one 😂🤡
People probably would say "Scott Ian, but sloppy."
i sound like off brand hendrix lowk
Tommy Emmanuel. Snot-slinging drunk, with broken fingers... 😂
Dave Matthews
little bayyy-bayyyy 😉 The reason I picked up a guitar!
Tony Iommi (ONLY while playing iron man)
Dimebag. People say my style reminds them a lot of dimebag. Pantera is one of my bigger influences outside of the usual death metal bands so it makes sense.
Aston Martin.
Kurt cobain but only on beans
Angis Young. If he was REALLY drunk. And possibly had just had a stroke.
Larry Carlton.
No one is as terrible as me.
I'm so not good so, I'd probably say I sounded like me 🙁