Electric guitar Quote by Marty Stuart

I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix.

— Noel Redding

My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe.

— Lenny Kravitz

Charlie Christian played amplified guitar with Benny Goodman's quartet. He was the greatest guitar player that ever was. But he never looked up from…

— Chuck Berry

My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.

— Juliana Hatfield

I was a guitar player first off.

— Boz Scaggs

Led Zeppelin is what made me buy my first electric guitar: the Jimmy Page guitar sound.

— King Diamond

I'll never forget when I heard Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs for the first time. I was just blown away, and it changed…

— John Petrucci

I was into Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, the blues.

— Jeff Gutt

My folks were country music performers. They made records and even did a few tours with the Grand Ole Opry. There always were a…

— Lenny Breau

I started on acoustic guitar after I heard Leadbelly and Big Bill Broonzy.

— Rory Gallagher

I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar.

— Andy Partridge

My dad is Jean-Paul Bourelly, a really prestige guitar player in Europe, and he toured with Miles Davis. I was always surrounded by the…

— Bibi Bourelly