Jeff Beck. I wasn't familiar with him but I saw this dude shredding at a local bar. Afterwards he recommended I check out Jeff Beck. I started with his album "Wired" and enjoy his playing. Also... George Benson. And as an alt-indie music fan I've studied guitar playing of Elliot Smith and learned a bit of Kurt Cobain guitar stuff, both pretty good. Hendrix of course. If you want to learn Hendrix check out this guy "Greg" on YouTube, he plays it perfectly. I'm a guitarist myself :-)