{"id":858117,"date":"2023-11-21T17:46:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=858117"},"modified":"2023-11-21T17:46:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:46:32","slug":"john-5-speaks-to-guitar-world-about-the-guitarists-who-shaped-his-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2023\/11\/21\/john-5-speaks-to-guitar-world-about-the-guitarists-who-shaped-his-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"John 5 speaks to Guitar World about the guitarists who shaped his sound."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-primary-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ed69a9930c123711a2beaa0b5190228b is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d0b3c9c8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:radial-gradient(rgb(2,2,2) 0%,rgba(155,81,224,0) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/features\/john-5-guitarists-who-shaped-my-sound\/?ref=John5website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guitar World<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>From shred titans to riff-masters to an obscure, blazing country picker he thinks every guitarist should listen to, the M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce man names the players who forged his virtuosic, hard-charging sound<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/features\/john-5-guitarists-who-shaped-my-sound\/?ref=john5website\" style=\"color:#ff0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Guitar World&#8217;s Interview with John 5 about the guitarists who shaped his sound<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 5 speaks to Guitar World about the guitarists that have shaped his sound during his life and career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":854797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-cover.php","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[674,1008,860,563,1009,250,46,620,760,642,13,656,1007,501,641],"class_list":["post-858117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-ace-frehley","tag-buck-owens","tag-buckethead","tag-chet-atkins","tag-don-rich","tag-eddie-van-halen","tag-guitar-world","tag-interview","tag-jimi-hendrix","tag-joe-maphis","tag-john-5","tag-paul-gilbert","tag-roy-clark","tag-steve-vai","tag-yngwie-malmsteen","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John_5_Ross_Halfin.jpg?fit=1980%2C1485&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-3BeB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":596020,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/08\/13\/metal-rules-interviews-john-5-i-have-such-an-appreciation-for-all-types-of-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":858117,"position":0},"title":"Metal Rules interviews John 5; 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