Favorite bands :
The Cars, ZZ Top, Journey, Loverboy, Night Ranger, Van-Halen, Pantera, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Dio, Dokken, Sammy Hagar, Thin Lizzy, Queensryche, Iron Maiden, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, The Skyhooks, Lee Aaron, Winger, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Golden Earring, and they all change out and even more depending upon my mood.
Favorite guitarists :
Edward Van-Halen, George Lynch, Billy Gibbons, Dimebag Darrell, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dave Murray & Adrian Smith, Elliot Easton, John Sykes, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain's rhythm work and effects.
Favorite bassists :
Cliff Burton, Rudy Sarzo, Benjamin Orr, Tom Petersson, Rinus Gerritsen
Favorite books :
Mostly technical manuals, user guides, historical books on Fender guitars, and anything else that allows me to do more stuff well that I don't already know how to do.
- Lead Guitarist/Keyboardist for Smokin' 66
- Lead Guitarist for Ancient Tongues
- Work in several of my own "solo projects" such as M.J. (sort of a metal/80's new wave/alternative hybrid), and Project 2A03 (a videogame music cover project), both can be found on soundclick. In the case of M.J. I write all the music, play all the instruments, and do all the producing and engineering myself, in 2A03 I do all but write the music (except sometimes).
- Former lead guitarist for: Lithium, Moonlight Rose, No Relations, Vehement, varying from metal, to 80's rock, to nu-metal.
I tend to be a bit nasty towards gear snobs, I'm not rich, most of the guitars I own show that. I'm more into making the most of what you have.
A side project is bringing Fender's "Grunge" models into the heavy metal/hard rock side of things - ie: Fender Jaguar, Fender Jag-Stang, Fender Jazzmaster, Fender Mustang, Fender Duo-Sonic, Fender Jagmaster, Fender Bronco, and even in a little more limited degree, the Fender Musicmaster..
Oh, and I'm also a part of the Bugera User's Militia, and with my checkered past with amplification problems, I can guarantee I'm very Unbiased, and will tell it like it is, even the so called "Best Amps" piss me off (Mesa/Fender/Marshall/Krank/Randall/Bogner) to some degree. I'm currently tweaking the 333XL into my own style of amp over time, fixing any reliability issues along the way that I find and finding robust upgrades for it when I can.
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Mad-Mike_J83 profile, last updated : December 17, 2009
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