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Jake E. Lee’s Badlands Tone: Woody or Not?

Posted by admin in Friday, February 5th 2010   
Topics: Boss/Roland, DiMarzio, Electro-Voice speakers, Fender, Jake E. Lee, Marshall, Seymour Duncan    
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As a kid in high school in the ’80s (early ’80s!), Jake E. Lee was on my list of favorite guitarists – another one of the seemingly endless supply of amazing, cool-looking axemen coming out of LA. I wondered how Ozzy found these guys: Were they lined up on street corners? Hanging out under palm [...]

Dave Hlubek’s ‘Flirtin’ With Disaster’ Tone

Posted by admin in Wednesday, September 16th 2009   
Topics: DiMarzio, Explorer, Hamer, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, Peavey, Seymour Duncan    
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And Why Hatchet’s First Album Sounded Like Skynyrd
I still love Molly Hatchet’s tune “Flirtin’ With Disaster”…and I know I’m not alone! A great song, fast tempo, some great guitar-playing, multiple leads – separated by the southern lead singer whistle which means “c’mon and play something” – harmony leads, it’s all there.
Tone of the woody variety [...]

Yngwie Can Play

Posted by admin in Tuesday, February 10th 2009   
Topics: Boss, Dean Markley, DiMarzio, Fender, Marshall, Strat, Yngwie Malmsteen    
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Of course he can! But apparently there’s some doubt out there, as if all the stuff Yngwie Malmsteen does is “flash” or whatever. I’ve heard him get made fun of in some guitar and metalhead circles, and I have to wonder why.
Yeah, he has been conceited over the years, but that seems to have mellowed. [...]