Jack Thammarat

Guitarist

Jack Thammarat is a guitarist from Thailand, best known as the winner of the Guitar Idol 2009 competition. He has acknowledged the influence of many guitarists, including Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Steve Lukather, Gary Moore, Scott Henderson, Robben Ford, and more.

Jack has taught himself to play the instrument since he was 13 years old and has also taken lessons from famous guitar instructors in Thailand.

After graduating from university, he has worked as a sideman guitarist, guitar instructor, studio guitarist, music composer, and arranger.

In 2009, he won the biggest online guitar competition, Guitar Idol 2009, and performed the final round at the London International Music Show, UK.

Jack has been frequently releasing his own singles, backing tracks, and lessons on a UK website, jamtrackcentral.com, which is popular among guitarists and other musicians.

His guitar solo and composition style is one of those highly creative, dynamic, and effective approaches, with a real keen ear for melody and a great sense of direction and progression on the instrument, which has earned him more than 110K subscribers on his YouTube channel and more than 180K followers on his Facebook fan page.