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When you look at my top 3 I think it's quite easy to spot that I am a product of the 80s. My top 3 are: John McGeoch (Siouxsie and the Banshees, Magazine, PIL, etc) - amazing unorthodox talent and much missed (probably the guitar equivalent of Mick Karn). Geordie Walker (Killing Joke) - again, an amazing unorthodox talent. Andy Taylor (Duran Duran, Power Station, etc) - at first consideration, kind of the opposite of my other two choices but still a little unorthodox in his own way if you consider his hard rock playing style in the context of an 80s pop band.

Ok, I could overthink this one... but, for formative main influences I'll go for: Hendrix,Clapton and Gilmour.. with honourable mention to Angus, Jimmy Page and even the Dual attack of Rossi/Parfitt. But that really is just getting started...

Hi. As an ancient guitar nerd in lockdown......as are many of us...... thought it time to do some maintenance on my guitars. You may note from my profile picture that I'm a bass player, although, now days spend more time spreading my lack of talent to the 6 string lead instrument. I write and record (for fun) mostly instrumental ditties and I have a terrible singing voice. All good fun. H

Paul Rose, Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa. I am so blinkered in my musical tastes ......

Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead...) Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane...) Richard Thomson (Fairport Convention...) ... and many more, but those three set me off, back then.

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