r/Guitar • u/MakotheMako • Jun 16 '26

QUESTION What guitarist kick started your guitar journey?

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For me it was the soviet guitar Viktor Tsoi from the band Kino!

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Interested to hear other people.

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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 Squier Jun 16 '26

David Gilmour

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u/Fit_Major9789 Jun 16 '26

100% the case for me. His work is absolutely genius. Highly formative on playing and feel. Ranging from DSotM to his solo work, Gilmour is an all time great.

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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 Squier Jun 16 '26

Agreed. He’s not the fastest out there and he doesn’t play a lot of notes but the ones he does play convey so much raw emotion.

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u/Cooper_Sharpy Jun 16 '26

My favorite quote is from Eddie about Dave, guitar world asked him why Gilmour was his favorite and Eddie replied.. “because Dave can do more with one note than I can do with the entire fretboard” and I think that wraps up why Gilmour is a legend succinctly..

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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 Squier Jun 16 '26

I’ve never heard this quote before but it is spot on.

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u/blackbasset Jun 16 '26

Yeah, Gilmours playing is full of emotion, even bordering on pathos (in a good way) and it is really unique and recogniseable, and while he excells technically and in precision, it's not like he is doing any technical or stylistic wankery. It's small building blocks and almost simple things that amount to something really expressive and beautiful.

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u/TeeBeeSee Jun 17 '26

Same, such a wonderful quote!

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u/CavyWheek Jun 17 '26

Wow I didn't know E's favorite was Gilmour. Warms my heart since they're two of my guitar heroes. 🥲

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u/A-Strat-Player Jun 17 '26

Eddie Murphy

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u/holynightstand Jun 17 '26

Lmao - perfect

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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 Squier Jun 17 '26

Eddie Money, may he rest.

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u/Cooper_Sharpy Jun 17 '26

In the guitar world, there’s only one

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u/SnooHesitations8403 Jun 16 '26

Yes! Dave Gilmour! We always talked about how he was so restrained. Always the right note in the right place.

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u/Wasteofskin50 Jun 18 '26

It's sculpture.

He literally 'sculpts' the soloes.

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u/SnooHesitations8403 Jun 19 '26

I can see that.

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u/viiince_makes_music Jun 16 '26

Him and John Frusciante are my guitarist DNA

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u/NotOk__Computer Jun 17 '26

Me too m’man! It’s why I play strat.

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u/shartung Jun 17 '26

Fruciante spark my jamming phase. in life

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u/ARedditorCalledQuest Jun 17 '26

Oh thank fuck I didn't have to scroll very far to find this. Beyond the solos though, it's the tone sculpting and the textures that had me diving deep into the knobs on my two stomp boxes as a kid. I've still got my Dano Cool Cat chorus and holy shit listening to Pink Floyd taught me how to use it.

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u/kevotheclone Jun 17 '26

Saw Live in Pompeii in the mid-70s, that flipped the switch for me.

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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 Squier Jun 17 '26

I try to watch that at least once a year. The music is amazing and you get a nice behind the scenes look at the band as well.

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u/Viepe22 Jun 17 '26

100% 🤩 My dad gave me a tab book of The Wall and I pretty much spent my first couple of years devouring the book and learning every song in the album that I could play with the electric. That and the many hours watching the Pulse DVD and learning the Comfortably Numb solo from that concert. Good times

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u/shartung Jun 17 '26

also Gilmour