Jack Thammarat

Jack Thammarat is a guitarist from Thailand, best known as the winner of Guitar Idol, the largest online guitar competition in the world. He has acknowledged the influence of many guitarists, including but not limited to Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Steve Lukather, Gary Moore, Scott Henderson and Robben Ford.

While Jack began teaching himself to play the guitar at age 13, he also took lessons from famous guitar instructors in Thailand. After graduating from college, he worked as a sideman guitarist, guitar instructor, studio guitarist, music composer and arranger. In 2009, Jack won Guitar Idol and performed the final round at the London International Music Show in the U.K.

Jack frequently releases his own singles, backing tracks and lessons with U.K. website, jamtrackcentral.com, a popular website among guitarists and other musicians. His guitar solo and composition style is highly creative, dynamic and effective, and his keen ear for melody and great sense of direction and progression is extraordinary. As a result of his musical prowess, Jack has garnered more than 110,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel and more than 180,000 followers of his Facebook fan page.