If you could take lessons from any living player....

Knopfler

 

Richard Lloyd...studied under Hendricks, is a seasoned touring musician, and by the looks of his contributions to Guitar World, is one heck of a teacher.

 

Doc Watson.
No question for me.

 

James Burton, Eric Clapton

 

I'd love to chat about things Fractal with Mr Z for a few hours, but my choice would be

Jeff Beck...

I doubt if I'd absorb much, but it'd be great to watch him for 10 hours from the next seat...

Osmosis is my friend.


Second choice: Jimmy Page. I probably could finally learn "The Rain Song" properly if JP watched & corrected me for 10 hours...


Third choice: Adam Jones.

 

Steve Cropper, Robert Johnson, Billy Gibbons.....

 

Brent Mason and Bryan Sutton

 

I'd want lessons from Snooks Eaglin.
Someone's gonna say - stantheman Snooks has passed away.
I say "Snooks Lives!!!"

Besides in New Orleans the dead are seen regularly and have been for hundreds of years.

Laugh all ya want.
It's True.

 

Esteban.

 

Brad Paisley, James Burton, and perhaps Keith Urban

 

He'd be my choice.

 

Steve Hackett, or Nels Cline.

 

I'd like to get a few lessons from Orianthi Panagaris:

 

Steve Harris on finger picking exercises, composing, and his melodic bass lines.

 

+1 on James Burton

 

I think Mike Stern would give a really interesting set of lessons....

 

Ian Anderson.

I've always admired his picking/strumming combinations.

No point talking about his flute chops - the only way I could make music with a flute would be to string up four as a wind chime......




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Neil Young, 'cause he squeeeeezes more soul out of a middling-to-okay technique than most maestros. And I'll be damn lucky to get my chops up in the poor-to-middling range.