New thread, different to the who is your favourite or who is the best or fastest etc.
So which 3 guitarists have given you most inspriation to get to where you are now and influenced you in your development as a player?

Mine are:
1) Jason Becker (single most important influence for me for injecting feeling into 'shred')
2) Marty Friedman (for his unique sound and exotic scales)
3) Joe Satriani (more so than Vai for me, memorable hooks, cool tones and well contructed pieces)