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For those of you who play guitar, what famous guitarist do you seem to copy the most? Or are you a totally unique player, and you have your own sound?
As much as I'm a fan of The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin etc, I tend to play a more thrash style influenced by Metallica. Basically, I abuse the pentatonic scale. I also play a lot of thrash style riffs.
When I was first teaching myself to play, back in the year, for me it was B.B. King, Mike Bloomfield, Albert King, Peter Green, the Eric Clapton of Blues Breakers, Otis Rush, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, and Paul Kossoff.
I've long since quit trying to copy styles, sounds, and techniques, the best reason to do it is just to learn the instrument, but the one thing I learned most from those gentlemen is less is more. Combine that with a devoted lack of interest in external effects, stacks of Marshalls (the most overrated amplifiers I've ever known), and overdosing on overdrive/gain/distortion, and that's the way I play the blues today. And it always will be.
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Well, the Op said TRY. It doesn't mean you succeed. LOL That means I TRY to sound like them. It doesn't always work out that way.
