Jason Becker
John Mclaughlin
Jimi Hendrix (can't deny his influence)
Jon Schaffer (for rhythm)
Michael Romeo
although i must day Dave Gilmour has some of the best technique out of anybody
To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By