Prefered style of playing? Heavy metal, mostly 80's style with the screaming guitar solos (not so much screaming yet, but i'm getting there) and the galloping backing riffs (ie Iron Maiden). i also really like the kind of style that Blind Guardian plays and the modern Judas Priest but not so much to listen to only to play ('cos of the energy). I also really like Rock n' Roll stuff like Status Quo and Chuck Berry. So much fun to play!
On an acoustic i quite like classical and flamenco (there's a Bach violin piece i got from Total Guitar which is really nice. It wanders a bit but it sounds really good if you get the timing right. and then there was the music for the Star Wars theme......cool!
). the cross-picky stuff is really nice, when you're playing two tunes at the same time (sounds nicer finger style).
What about you?
Oh yeah! and if i could have any guitar i wanted it would be a customised Jackson. Twin neck, top one with standard 6 strings, 24 fret, Floyd Rose tremolo, neck and bridge hums (probably Seymor Duncan, but don't have enough experience with pick-ups to say) and an hot rail as the middle pickup. The lower neck would be a 7 or 8 string (7 string would have one lower string, 8 string would have one lower and one higher), 24 frets, fixed bridge, neck and bridge hums (no middle pick up) and twin tonal controls to one volume control on both. Plus it would be purple ('cos purple rocks!
). amp wise i'd really like a JCM 900 head, like what Slash uses/(d) and a JCM 2000 head, plus maybe a Laney head 'cos Laney are really good too (i nearly bought a Laney amp last year, but decided that the Marshall was just as good and cheaper (got a G80R-CD. Fantastic little thing. Powerful enough that if i trun the master volume above about an 8th it's total it HURTS to play it is that loud (at least with the settings i normally have the amp at, which is slightly louder o/d channel than clean channel). Mesa Boogies amps seem really really good, but they're too expensive for my tastes (not that the customised Jackson would cost any less than £5000! but then it's a dream for when i'm a rockstar.
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