do you play the same guitar .....

[Daveyo]

as the player you admire most?
for example, If you like Doyle Dykes, do you play a Taylor? ect...
Dave

[talister106]

No I never did but I wouldn`t mind a Eric Clapton signature model Martin.

[HHP]

Maybe. I bought a 12 fret Martin D due to my hearing them on Norman Blake records. I had a Mossman that I bought having heard it on Dan Crary records. I would never have heard either where I lived so my exposure was via recordings. It wasn't so much because they played them but the way the sound affected me.

[kydave]

Only in a very general sense, and there is no relationship between the two. I've been playing the same D-28 for over 40 years, buying it back then because it was the best. Tony Rice is probably my favorite acoustic guitarist, but I was playing the D-28 before I knew of him.

[donh]

Nope.

I play the guitar I got in front of me, not the one in my imagination.

[Bluewyatt]

No...I never really thought of that actually. Maybe subconsciously I "recorded" a sound that I liked in my head. It took me many guitars until I found the one that matched that sound.

[Andromeda]

I must admit I have played many guitars that John Denver has owned/played. Guild, Yamaha, Ovation, Taylor...plus he is the one who got me into playing jumbo guitars.

But he played an all Koa guitar and mine is cedar rosewood.

[ljguitar]

Originally Posted by Daveyo

as the player you admire most?
for example, If you like Doyle Dykes, do you play a Taylor? ect...
Dave

Hi Daveyo...
Kind of…

I admire a great many guitarists, and my top 3 heroes who inspired me to learn and grow are Bob Bennet, Randy Stonehill, and Phil Keaggy.

One plays Ryan, one Goodall and the other Olson.

I play an Olson.

I don't play the Olson because Phil Keaggy does, but because I played one, and it was life changing and by far the best guitar I'd ever had my hands on. So I spent the next 5 years acquiring one (thanks to the sacrifice of my wife and 4 sons for the last two years to help me save up). It's now 19 years old and still the best one in my little herd.

[Mr Peebuddy]

i dont i have a thing for signature models, but i'll admit that i play a martin because alot of artists i like do, and the deep sound on their recordings greatly influenced my taste

[sachi]

Back in the 60s and 70s most artists I loved played Martins. That experience has surely influenced my preferences to this day.

[Fliss]

No, I just play the guitars I have chosen because they suit me best.

Fliss

[GibbyPrague]

Not sure, never thought about it this way, but as many well know artists play Gibsons I guess some of my heros may have also played same guitar. Noel Gallagher plays a J-200 and I admire his songwriting abilities. But this doesnt drive my purchasing decsion.

[rodmeister]

I bought a Gibson J-45 natural finish specifically because James Taylor played a J-50 (which was basically a J-45 with natural finish) for his first three albums. I wanted to capture some of the melancholy tones he produced with his J-50. But I don't want a guitar model just because James Taylor plays it: for instance I don't like the sound of his Olson - it just doesn't touch me emotionally like his J-50 work. It was the sound, the tone of his J-50 I was after.

[reholli]

There isn't one player I admire most...there are just too many fantastic guitar musicians (present and past).

I'd have an awful lot of guitars if that was a factor...

[tnvol]

As far as electric goes, yes. Angus Young turned me on to SGs and Jimmy Page is the reason I play Les Pauls.