Most infulentual old school guitarist

[Terminal Spirit Disease]

Who in your opinion is the most infulental guitarist of metal?

 

[union9]

There's to fuck'n many to name just one.So i won't even bother.

 

[MacMoney]

Originally posted by Terminal Spirit Disease
Who in your opinion is the most infulental guitarist of metal?

Duh! Tony Iommi.

 

[Nocturnal Emperor]

Chuck Schuldiner or maybe randy rhoads

 

[Terminal Spirit Disease]

damn I actually posted this haha I was drunk when I made this post didn't think I ever posted it in the end

Oh well Richie Blackmore has to be my fav.

 

[austin6789]

Jimmy Page, James Hetfeild, and Kirk Hammet.

 

[St. Vitus]

Absolutely without a doubt, it has to be Tony Iommi.

 

[Opus(sy)2]

i really have no idea....

 

[Starbreaker]

My picks would be...

Tony Iommi
Glenn Tipton
James Hetfield

 

[Mr.Painkiller]

Randy Rhoads
Iommi
K.K. and Glenn (Priest)

 

[Cyclonus]

Iommi.

He is the riff personified.

 

[svenske kocken]

Well, of course it´s Tony Iommi. Who would it else be? He´s the man that invented the RIFF.

 

[blakmetalemp]

Randy Rhoades
Eddie Van Halen
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray
Uli Jon Roth
the list can keep goin on.......

 

[kamikaze]

For me:

Dave Mustaine
George Lynch
Calvin Robertshaw
Andrew Craighan

 

[The Wanderer]

Iommi rules for sure. what about Tommy Baron though? that guy can riff and fuckin shred.

 

[MacMoney]

Originally posted by The Wanderer
Iommi rules for sure. what about Tommy Baron though? that guy can riff and fuckin shred.

Tommy T. Baron a.k.a Tommy Vetterli is one freaking excellent guitarist though he's not nearly as influential as he should be and even if he was, he would be nowhere near hte influentiality of Iommi.

 

[willj56]

Tony Iommi

 

[the G Scott]

Originally posted by svenske kocken
Well, of course it´s Tony Iommi. Who would it else be? He´s the man that invented the RIFF.

eh....Chuck Berry?

and probably loads of other folk before him

 

[abrasiverock]

Tony Iommi is what made the riff metal though.

And Eddy Van Halen may be a total douche, but his style of doing solo's has been copied by almost everyone who has ever played metal anytime after.

 

[SoulVomitor]

I'm not answering this until you learn how to spell "influential". Just kiddin'

I'd say Jimmy Page or Buddy Guy.