Kirk Hammett Of Metallica Biography

Kirk Hammett Of Metallica Biography - Kirk Hammett was one of my favorite metal guitarist, there's so many great solo guitar of kirk hammett made metallica as one of the greatest metal band in the world. personally i love her solo on Master of Puppet. Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 5 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.

Biography of Kirk Hammet

Birth name Kirk Lee Hammett
Born November 18, 1962 (age 48)
San Francisco, California, USA
Genres Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal
Occupations Musician, songwriter
Instruments Guitar, sitar, bass guitar
Years active 1979–present
Labels Warner Bros., Elektra, Vertigo, Megaforce
Associated acts Metallica, Exodus, Spastik Children

Hammett is also known for always having his picking hand taped up. During the course of a full tour, due to constantly palm muting and fast picking, the palm of his hand takes sizable abuse. Hammett's playing style is noted for his extensive use of the wah-wah pedal in his solos.

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Brian May of Queen Biography

Brian May of Queen Biography - Brian May was one of my favorite guitarist, i love may sound effect, brian may was using his red special guitar a self made guitar by brian may. he is genius. I love to hear many queen song's due to his guitar playing. his multiple sound effect solo on Killer Queen was one of my favorite.

n 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time. He was ranked 39th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Biography of Brian May.

Birth name Brian Harold May
Born 19 July 1947 (age 63)
Hampton, London, England, UK
Genres Rock
Occupations Musician, songwriter, producer, astrophysicist, author
Instruments Guitar, vocals, banjo, bass, keyboards, piano, harp, autoharp, accordion
Years active 1965–present
Labels Hollywood, Parlophone
Associated acts Smile, Queen, Phenomena, G3, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Kerry Ellis

May explored a wide variety of styles in guitar, including sweep picking ("Was It All Worth It", "Chinese Torture"), tremolo ("Brighton Rock", "Stone Cold Crazy", "Death on two Legs", "Sweet Lady", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Get Down Make Love", "Dragon Attack"), tapping ("Bijou","It's Late","Resurrection", "Cyborg", "Rain Must Fall", "Business", "China Belle", "I Was Born To Love You"), slide guitar ("Drowse", "Tie Your Mother Down", "Radio Ga Ga"), Hendrix sounding licks ("Liar", "Brighton Rock"), tape-delay ("Brighton Rock", "White Man") and melodic parts ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "These Are the Days of Our Lives"). Some of his solos and orchestral parts were composed by Freddie Mercury, who then asked May to bring them to life ("Bicycle Race", "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon", "Killer Queen", "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy").[citation needed] May also performed notable acoustic works, including the acoustic guitar live version of "Love of My Life" from 1975's A Night at the Opera, the finger-picked solo of "White Queen" and the skiffle-influenced "'39".

Aided by the uniqueness of his guitar—the Red Special—May was often able to create strange and unusual sound effects. For example, he was able to imitate an orchestra in the song "Procession"; in "Get Down, Make Love" he was able to create sound effects with his guitar that were so unusual that many thought a synthesiser was being used; in "Good Company" he used his guitar to mimic a trombone, a piccolo and several other instruments for the song's Dixieland jazz band feel. Queen used a "No synthesizers were used on this album" sleeve note on their early albums to make this clear to the listeners.

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Paul Gilbert Biography

Paul Gilbert Biography - Paul gilbert was one of my favorite guitarist, he was best known as MR BIG Guitarist, Paul Gilbert also listed as one of the best guitar shredder in the world with his fast picking technique, string skipping and sweep picking technique. He also joined Joe Satriani and John Petrucci on the 2007 G3 tour. Paul gilbert use Ibanez PGM Signature guitar on most of his gigs.

He has been voted number 4 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time", as well as a spot in Guitar World's 50 Fastest Guitarists of All Time list.

Born as Paul Brandon Gilbert on November 6, 1966 in Illinois, USA, Talking about his influences, Paul mentions many different artists, including: Randy Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, John J Kirby, Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson, Jimmy Page, Robin Trower, Pat Travers, Judas Priest, Akira Takasaki, Steve Clark, Jimi Hendrix, Kiss, and The Ramones. Paul has stated many times that he was heavily influenced by his uncle Jimi Kidd who was instrumental in getting Paul interested in playing the guitar. He is also a great fan of The Beach Boys and The Beatles. He states on the Space Ship Live DVD that George Harrison is one of his favorite guitar players. Guitar World magazine declared him one of 50 of the world's fastest guitarists of all time, along with Buckethead, Eddie Van Halen, and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Gilbert composes music in a wide variety of styles including pop, rock, metal, blues, funk and european classical music, but is perhaps best known for his versatility and speed. He is noted in particular for his efficient picking and his tendency to pick many notes rather than relying on legato for fast passages.

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Yngwie Malmsteen Biography

Yngwie Malmsteen Biography - Yngwie Malmsteen was known as one of the guitar virtuoso which famous for his speed, Sweep Picking Technique, Arpeggios and neo classical licks, Yngwie Malmsteen was also appear on G3 with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. There's so many great guitar solo of Yngwie Malmsteen that you can find on Youtube.

Yngwie Johann Malmsteen born June 30, 1963 is a Swedish virtuoso guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Malmsteen became known for his neo-classical playing approach in heavy metal music which became a new musical style in the early eighties. He is considered by many to be one of the most technically gifted rock guitarists of all time and is considered to be a pioneer of shred guitar

Malmsteen is known for his technical fluency and neo-classical metal compositions, often incorporating high speed picking with harmonic minor scales, diminished scales and using sweep picked arpeggios. He is often considered one of the most talented rock guitarists of all time and is considered to be a pioneer of shred guitar.

Also, Malmsteen favors the harmonic minor scale, and often uses diminished arpeggios and phrygian scales and draws an influence from Bach and Beethoven. In an interview, Malmsteen explained that his regular use of harmonic minor was because in the 1980s he was trying to move away from the blues-based pentatonic scales that were frequently used at the time. Malmsteen's "Neo-classical" style of metal became popular among some guitarists during the mid 1980s, with contemporaries such as Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Tony MacAlpine and Vinnie Moore becoming prominent. In late 1988, Malmsteen's signature Fender Stratocaster guitar was released, making him and Eric Clapton the first artists to be honored by Fender.

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Synyster Gates Equipment

Synyster Gates Equipment - After read about synyster gates biography on previous post, now it's the time to share about the gear that used by synyster gates. Synyster gates has a signature guitar from schecter guitars. his signature model was a black - white color guitar and also a red - black color schecter.

Synyster Gates Equipment

Guitars

Schecter S-1 loaded with Seymour Duncan JBs
Schecter Synyster Gates Signature Custom models with Seymour Duncan Invaders
Schecter Synyster Gates Signature standard model
Schecter Avengers
Schecter Custom C-1 FR
Schecter C-1 Hellraiser FR
Schecter PT Fastback
Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom
Parker Fly
Ibanez – RG Prestige

Amps and Cabinets

In February 2009 Guitar World Mag, Gates said they got an endoresement from Marshall and are using JCM800′s only
Marshall JCM800s (current main amp)
Marshall JCM800 2203 Vintage Series 100W Tube Head

Syn used the Bogners before the Marshall endorsement:
Bogner Uberschall and Caveman amps
Bogner 4x12s loaded with 30-watt Celestions
Bogner Uberkab 4×12″ and standard Bogner 4×12″
Krank Revolution Head
Krank Revolution 4×12″ cabinet

Marshall various low-watt combos:
Marshall 4×12″ cab
Marshall 1960A or 1960B 300W 4×12 Guitar Extension Cabinet Angled

Effects and more
Digital Music GCX Ground Control
Visual Sound H20 Liquid Chorus and Echo
Krank Distortus Maximus
MXR Wylde Overdrive
SD-1 Super Overdrive
Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
BOSS RV-5 Digital Reverb
Boss CS-3 Compressor
Boss BF-3 Flanger
Digitech Whammy Pedal
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Fuzz Pedal
Voodoo Labs GCX Guitar Audio Switcher rack unit
Seymour Duncan SFX-01 Pickup Booster

Strings Picks and Accessories
Ernie Ball strings, gauged .010-.052. (‘skinny top, heavy bottom’ strings)
Dunlop Gator Grip Standard Guitar Picks 2.0MM 1 Dozen
Rebel Straps Skull Lighter Holder Strap
Rebel Straps Skull Pick Box Strap
Get’m Get’m Sergeant Stripes Guitar Strap White
Black Schaller Strap Locks

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Synyster Gates Biography

Synyster Gates Biography - Synyster gates was known as the lead guitarist of Heavy Metal Band Avenged Sevenfold, Synyster Gates was born with the name Brian Elwin Haner, Jr. on 7th July 1981.

Gates joined Avenged Sevenfold when he was 18 at the end of 1999, right before the recording of the band's first album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet. He was featured on the EP Warmness on the Soul, and on the reissue of the band's first album.

Gates became the band's official lead guitarist. After Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, the band has released 4 studio albums: Waking the Fallen, City of Evil, Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare and a live DVD/CD Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough.

On the Avenged Sevenfold DVD All Excess, Gates claimed that his name was created on a drunken drive through the park with The Rev.

He has won numerous awards, including the 2006 Metal Hammer "Young Shredder" award and the 2006 Total Guitar Magazine "Guitarist of the Year."

In Revolver magazine, the Avenged Sevenfold special edition that was released the same day as the Nightmare album, Gates stated that he originally started out writing the song "So Far Away" in honor of his grandfather, it later on became to also honor his late bandmate The Rev as well. Don't forget to check out synyster gates equipment on the next post on bioguitar.

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