Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Along with Mike McCready, Stone Gossard provides the other half of Pearl Jam’s guitar line up. Gossard is known predominantly for his rhythm playing, as well as being responsible for co-writing many of Pearl Jam’s most well known songs.
In an April 1995 interview with Guitar World, Pearl Jam’s guitar tech, George Webb, Gossard’s approach to [...]
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
Mark Linkous is a singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his work with Sparklehorse. Linkous has released four albums so far with Sparklehorse and has also gone on to produce albums for a number of other artists. He is currently rumoured to be working on an album with Danger Mouse, with the album going [...]
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Brad Delson, guitarist for Linkin Park, is best known for his simplistic and chunky style riffing, which is a perfect fit for the Linkin Park’s music.
Since Linkin Park first hit the big time, Brad Delson has been seen playing Paul Reed Smith (PRS) guitars. Up until the ‘Minutes to Midnight’ Delson used PRS Custom 24’s [...]
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Adam Jones, guitarist for the band Tool, is arguably one of the most influential guitarist to emerge from the 1990’s. Jones was rated 9th in Guitar World’s Top 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists. Compiling an accurate guide to the gear used by Adam Jones is tricky business, as Tool as a whole are known for [...]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
John 5 is a guitar playing maniac, he can go from shred to chicken pickin’ in the blink of an eye. Perhaps best known as former guitarist with Marilyn Manson, and currently Rob Zombie, John 5 is also an accomplished solo artist. If you haven’t picked up one of his instrumental solo albums yet, and [...]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Matt Bachand is guitarist for metal band Shadows Fall, a band often linked to Killswitch Engage, largely due to Adam Dutkiewicz’s involvement in an early incarnation of Shadows Fall. Bachand’s rig is all metal. Ibanez, EMG, and Krank, and bares a strikingly resemblance to the rig of the fastest guitarist alive, Skwisgaar Skwigelf.
Bachand primarily [...]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
When Fear Factory reformed in 2003, they did so without their original guitarist Dino Cazares. Stepping in to fill the void, was former bassist Christian Olde Wolbers.
Wolbers, who has an endorsement deal with Jackson guitars, naturally plays a range of Jackson 7-string guitars, including Jackson USA Custom Shop Christian Olde Wolbers 7-String models, Jackson Christian [...]
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
Pete Loeffler is guitarist/vocalist for Chevelle, a band known for it’s Helmet inspired riffing as well as Tool-esque vocal stylings. He’s rig has always been a fairly straight forward, based on the principle of good guitar into good amp equals good tone.
Loeffler is more often than not seen playing a variety of PRS Custom [...]
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Stephen Carpenter is know for pumping out abrasive, dissonant riffs, as guitarist for the Deftones. His tone it anything but organic, and as you could guess, there’s not a great deal of analog gear in his line up.
As well as Marshall and Line 6 endorsements, Carpenter also has a number of ESP/LTD signature series guitars, [...]
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