Official Luthiers Forum!

[QUOTE=JJ Donohue] [QUOTE=Hank Mauel]
Dang, JJ...didn't know you were THAT old!
This list pretty much follows my guitar life..
[/QUOTE]

Hank...My parents told me about those old timers!

[/QUOTE]

I KNEW you couldn't have had first hand experience!

_________________
Hank Mauel

Mr Fripp .. and so it is .. should have cleaned my glasses ...

_________________
Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Not too many guitarists play a 10 lb. Les Paul sitting down...Les Paul & Robert Fripp are the only ones I've seen! lol

Well you said "first", so it would have to be Carlos Santana ("one chain don't make no prison...")

But I am particularly impressed that Tony Karol mentioned Steve Morse. I knew Steve to be a guitar-God long before he was officially worshipped by anyone. Must have seen The Dixie Dregs 15 times before anyone even paid them any attention. Some of their early concerts rival Woodstock on terms of drug use, too.

_________________
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Beatles
Bob Dylan
CSN - Mainly Stills
Jim Croce
Cat Stevens
James Taylor

Today I am getting into Country because I can't plan what today's bands play. Would have to know more than 10 chords

First Guitar hero, tie between:
- Carlos Santana; and
- Eric Clapton


Here's a couple I don't think were mentioned:

- Don Ross (Alain I thought you would have listed him)
- Randy Bachman (Guess Who)
- Alex Liefson (Rush)

Al Di Meola -- so who likes listening to scales played in 128th notes?

Nick Lucas...okay, just kidding! I'm not quite that old.

My first guitar hero was Chester Atkins, CGP. The first that made me realize that regular folks could play too were George and John of The Beatles.

I came back to this thread because I don't remember anyone listing

Duane Allman & Dickey Betts

till I saw Mauel's post. MAN, No Way Out and Stormy Monday on Fillmore East are epic.

I also forgot a player who should be in the mix that was very inspirational to me and I'm sure to others. I don't think he's been mentioned yet.

Ever since his beginnings w/ the Yardbirds...

I named the great Dickey Betts!

[QUOTE=TonyKarol] A friend of mine used to own Rik Emmetts Framus .. and a bunch of his other stuff too (Rik lives about ten minutes from me - going to see him at a small venue here in a couple months actually).[/QUOTE]

There's been a few of his Akkermans kicking around. The last one I saw was the original that was refinished in honey blonde that he auctioned off two years ago. Thanks to framusakkerman.net I think picking one up won't be that hard - except getting it past the missus...

"Baby, what's in the box? It's marked 'Cleared by German Customs'."

"It's just some of that European Spruce I was telling you about. Now, what can I make YOU?"

Cheers,
Warren

When I was 14 and had a broken leg thanks to ski jumping, I started noodling around on my Mama's old Hagtrom acoustic because I was bored. I played along with some old 45's, and in that pile of records was one with a song called "Blues Power" on the A side and "The Watermelon Man" on the B side. The record of course was by



ALBERT KING!!

I learned those licks by ear and heart, and when the cast was off later that spring I never went back to ski jumping, but I got an electric guitar instead! Yes, he was my fist guitar hero, and to this day I am grateful for that introduction to the instrument.

_________________
Rian Gitar og Mandolin

I've always wanted to try ski jumping, it's like I know it's gonna hurt, but what the hay. You only live once. Not many ski jumps round here tho.PaulB39073.719537037

steve morse.......bill frisell...bill connors....
jeff beck......jimmy page.......brent mason.....
edward van halen...danny gatton...carlos santana.....
john mclaughlin.......vernon reid......ritchie blackmore
robben ford......tony rice....allen holdsworth
jim hall.....john scofield....joe pass....wes montgomery.
mike stern...scott henderson...tommy and phil emmanuel

just a few really important ones to me
gratay39073.7828356481

Hey Paul, come on over, I'll take you to Granasen ski jumping hill, it is right in my back yard here in Trondheim!



I found no winter pictures of it, but actually you can go jumping in it during the summer too, it has artificial surfaces (porcelain or frost rail track on the inrun, plastic on the landing hill). With the crazy weather we have been having this year, the picture show how it looks now, believe it or not. For the first time in my life it looks like we will have no snow for Christmas

_________________
Rian Gitar og Mandolin

[QUOTE=bob_connor] This is the guy that made me start wearing a thumb pick

Lets see if any of the Aussies can pick him?

And no, it's not Jimmy Buffett

Bob

[/QUOTE]
bob the suspense is killing me ...who is this?

[QUOTE=Arnt] Hey Paul, come on over, I'll take you to Granasen ski jumping hill, it is right in my back yard here in Trondheim!



I found no winter pictures of it, but actually you can go jumping in it during the summer too, it has artificial surfaces (porcelain or frost rail track on the inrun, plastic on the landing hill). With the crazy weather we have been having this year, the picture show how it looks now, believe it or not. For the first time in my life it looks like we will have no snow for Christmas [/QUOTE]

When I was a kid and we went to Norway, there was a ski jump that had a pool you go swimming in during summer. Your pic looks a lot like it but without the pool at the bottom. My mother was glad that we were there for swimming, I wanted to do ski jumping even then.

Arnt
Albert's Blues Power was and still is one of my favorites along with this guy that was one of the first electric blues players.

Lightnin Hopkins

_________________
Beautiful and unusual tone woods at a reasonable price.
http://www.rctonewoods.com/RCT_Store
The Zootman
1109 Military Rd.
Kenmore, NY 14217
(716) 874-1498

Just to stop the suspense Grant

Dutch Tilders.

Arguably our finest acoustic blues guitarist.

Don't know if you remember but he released some
stuff with Kevin Borich. "The Blues had a Baby and they called it Rock and Roll"

At one stage he got Ian Noyce to build him an acoustic
with the spec " I need it really light and responsive,
with light strings but I want to play it like a threshing machine" Apparently he got what he wanted !!

Cheers

Bob




bob_connor39073.7813888889

_________________

------------------------------------------------------
Bob Connor
Geelong, Australia

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Frank Zappa !!!

_________________

------------------------------------------------------
Bob Connor
Geelong, Australia

bob, heard dutch tilders name and bits and pieces of his music for years but never seen him play.....
But funny you mention kevin borich as a good mate of mine was playing bass for him so i've spent a few nights in his company...really down to earth nice guy..

and your right frank zappa is another huge influence on me also....amazing body of work

Charlie Hoffman


Jim Olson


Frank Ford

These are my Guitar Heroes!

Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
whatever his name was that played acoustic on Jethro Tull "Thick as a Brick" album
Eric Clapton
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Steve Miller
Chet Adkins
James Taylor

Mike

Started with Buck Owens and the buckaroos, Merle Haggard, then Elvis and the Beatles, Hard rock bands of the 70's, 80's and 90's to finally get to Howard Emerson, Tommy Emmanuel, Don Ross and good ole Country and Bluegrass bands!

I like it diversified!