Nels Cline
Alex Lifeson
Wes Montgomery
Kevin Shields
Mike Kinsella
Ben Chasny
Josh Homme
David Pajo
Robert Fripp
Mike Weiss / Chris Kleinberg

Like many players, I started with blues so a lot of my favorites are in that genre...

Bugs Henderson
BB King
Albert King
Vaughn brothers
Ian Moore
Albert Collins
Muddy Waters
Freddie King
Clapton
Kid Ramos
Hollywood Fats
Gatemouth Brown
Gordon Bonham

Pops Staples
Brownie McGhee
Tampa Red
Taj Mahal
Bob Dylan
Peter Yarrow
My Brother (Jack)
Tommy Bolin
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Pete Townsend
Peter Green
Santana
Billy Gibbons
James Burton
Steve Cropper
Joe Perry
Brad Whitford
K.K. Downing
Glen Tipton
Brian May
Joe Walsh
Kenny Burrell
SRV
Jimmie Vaughan
Hubert Sumlin
Albert King
Eric Johnson
Buck Dharma
Howard Leese, Walter Trout, Nancy Wilson
Don Leady
Sonny Sharrock
Vinnie Zummo
Carl Verheyen
Scott Henderson
Robben Ford

I can't list them all. There's just too many.

hey im under the influence of:
Joe satriani
Steve Vai
John Petrucci
Steve morse(New one for me)
Paul Gilbert
Joe Bonamassa
Billy Gibbons
Zakk Wylde
The Edge(U2)
The guy from REM
John from Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tom Delonge(blink 182)
Kurt Cobain
Frank Zappa
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Various Irish and Celtic musicians
Local underground blues players(Jake Blair and Leroy Chritcher)

WE diversify where i come from. At least i do.