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Well, given that I'm new and all, I bet this question has been asked before.

 

The bass forum inspired me to ask it here. I have always wondered what got people into their guitars.

 

For me it was the Pink Floyd song "Is There Anybody Out There" it is just so ethreal and melodic at the same time soulful. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is also a masterpiece.

 

If anyone knows "Easy Blues" by Jimi Hendrix it's also friggin amazing.

 

Before I played guitar, I played the trumpet and always loved jazz and rock. Pink Floyd I think has an amazing mix of both genres, not directly but in a way.

 

I only wish I had a chance to see them live.

 

Feel free to disagree.

 

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For me it was my sister bring a violin home from school and playing a small, eight-bar melody composed entirely of half-notes. I was more into having heard the music coming out of the instrument than having been touched by the melody. And at the same time, I had entered high school. My high school offered a guitar class, so there were all these guys out in the quad playing guitar every single day ranging from serious studies to the guys strumming and singing, to those who had learned an intro to some Blink-182 song and loved nothing more than to play it for themselves and others.

 

But once I was getting into guitar, Metallica's Master of Puppets album got me started. I had always believed that Heavy Metal was composed of devil-worshippers and horrible mud-sounds. Master of Puppets removed all my predjudices against Metal.

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"I had always believed that Heavy Metal was composed of devil-worshippers and horrible mud-sounds. Master of Puppets removed all my predjudices against Metal."

 

To me it seems like back in the day of "Master Of Puppets" metal wasn't really a devil-worship type sound. I mean Iron Maiden for instance didn't sound like a devil worshipping band, and they were considered metal.

 

Nowadays though I think metal is more devil worshipping than it was in the 80s.

 

Or it could be just me...

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Well, I grew up in the 90's. Korn and Slipknot were the rage. I'd never really explored Metal, and when I saw Iron Maiden shirts (without knowing what Iron Maiden was at all other than a Metal band)...

 

I haven't tried the Anthrax with the new singer. Could he match the original? I always thought of him to occupy a space between Metal vocals and Punk yelling; it worked :D

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Three people inspired me to play:

 

the first is Mr. Jimi Hendrix, the way he plays, with his soul (especially on Little Wing) inspired me.

 

The second and third are the Young brothers from AC/DC. Malcolm's incredible rythm parts, and Angus' blues-based hard-hitting solos (along with their unbelievable tone) inspired me.

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For me the final blow was Elton John's "Love Lies Bleeding". I never learned the song and kind of got over Elton soon after, but until then I loved music. That just happened to be the first song with guitar that made me think I'd like to do that. I started of playing some of the folks songs my parents played. By the time I got an electric I had moved on to Led Zeppelin and other bands.
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Elvis inspired me to be a guitar toting musician.

 

The Shadows and Hank Marvin took it further.

 

The Animals brought a new level to that.

 

Jimi completely knocked me on my ass!!!

 

I would have to say songwise that "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" was the song that just made me actually start to learn guitar so I could play it.

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Originally posted by Justus A. Picker:

It was a Beatles tune of course! I can't remember which one now, but it was the Beatles.....

Precisely.

 

I remember seeing Elvis movies with him playing a guitar...and thinking that was pretty cool. But it was the Beatles that made me want to learn to play.

 

Still though, it was years before I would actually pick up a guitar with any degree of seriousness. When I did, probably the song that kicked me in the ass to finally take the plunge was "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago. I think I was about 13 or 14 at the time.

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Originally posted by Tedster:

Originally posted by Justus A. Picker:

It was a Beatles tune of course! I can't remember which one now, but it was the Beatles.....

Precisely.

 

I remember seeing Elvis movies with him playing a guitar...and thinking that was pretty cool. But it was the Beatles that made me want to learn to play.

 

Still though, it was years before I would actually pick up a guitar with any degree of seriousness. When I did, probably the song that kicked me in the ass to finally take the plunge was "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago. I think I was about 13 or 14 at the time.

Even earlier, Roy Clark on the Jimmy Dean TV show when I was really young, made a big impression on me. My guitar then had a crank on the side.....
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Originally posted by Justus A. Picker:

Originally posted by Tedster:

Originally posted by Justus A. Picker:

It was a Beatles tune of course! I can't remember which one now, but it was the Beatles.....

Precisely.

 

I remember seeing Elvis movies with him playing a guitar...and thinking that was pretty cool. But it was the Beatles that made me want to learn to play.

 

Still though, it was years before I would actually pick up a guitar with any degree of seriousness. When I did, probably the song that kicked me in the ass to finally take the plunge was "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago. I think I was about 13 or 14 at the time.

Even earlier, Roy Clark on the Jimmy Dean TV show when I was really young, made a big impression on me. My guitar then had a crank on the side.....
Yeah Roy FOR SURE! hay you still got that guitar.. if you do when we say Picker Crank it UP ... you actually could!! :eek::thu:
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For me it was The Trees and In the End off of exit stage left by Rush, I was heavy into ELO before that but It was Rush that got me into playing. Oh yeah, Whole lot of Rose comes to mind also.

What can this strange device be?

When I touch it, it gives forth a sound

It's got wires that vibrate, and give music

What can this thing be that I found?

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Being a product of the Motown era I think my first forray into guitar was the intro to "My Girl" played by Robert White. It wasn't a difficult riff but it burned into my mind this very distinct sound of the guitar as a solo voice which was very different than open-chorded accompaniment style playing.

 

Later on (around my junior year of high school), a young, flamboyant "hair" player wrote a song and album that became one of the best selling records of all times. I was hooked on the guitar for sure and bugged my parents relentlessly until they bought me a Black/Creme bound Les Paul Standard in 1977. (Les Pauls actually were affordable back then. My first was about $680.00-new) The song? "Do You Feel Like We Do?" The artist? Peter Frampton. The boy could really play in spite of all the "hair". :)

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Bands that made me want to pick up the guitar: The Beatles, Paul Revere & the Raiders and the Monkees. (I'm not quite that old, but my siblings are both more than 10 years older than me so I was rocking out as a three year old).

 

"Day Tripper" was probably the first riff I tried to figure out.

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