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True, neither do I, though I do use pedal notes on open strings quite often.So, Eb seems to be another key which is not very guitar-friendly. Not that I care that much, but I'm still curious.

In C#, all the chords of its major scale cannot be mapped to open chords in standard tuning. Would it be then the less "guitar-friendly" key of them all?

I'm listening to HELL, their new "Curse and Chapter" album and their "Age of Nefarious" EP. Great stuff, which is in addition made by an HFC'er.

+1 (and sorry if that's political)

PM'ing you on the Vector right away.

I don't dislike it, but I don't like it enough to buy the album.

The vintage German-made Hoyer I own is the one that gets the main spot in my current gig:

Frankly, I wouldn't dare to alter it. But that's exactly why I cannot buy it. I wouldn't keep it!

I like your Blitz a lot. It does have scars, but I don't think they're nasty. Actually, I swear to the metal gods I would have grabbed it immediately if it had a sustainblock -either fixed or trem. Just a question like that for the readers around: how hard/expensive would it be un-kahlering such a guitar? Is the nut too hard to convert into a "normal" nut? I'd put a string-through-body hardtail on that and I'd be the happiest man on Earth.

Me likes. One of those with a sustainblock would be just perfect. In addition, my wife loves that shape, so I guess bringing home an Explorer-like guitar wouldn't imply divorcing.

Great solo from your teacher/friend! Hats off!

Pics will certainly help! Hockeystick head does look interesting to me. White color too. On the other hand, a Kahler inspires me a big "meh". I would have preferred a sustainblock fixed bridge, or even a sustainblock trem.

When I was playing just metal, I was relying on a Digitech RP250 and a treble booster for gigging. Had just two custom tones: clean and dirty, with the treble booster off for rhythm and on for leads. The expression pedal of the RP250 was configured as a whammy, just down to two octaves -and no up. This was enough to cover all the tonal ground our band needed in a live situation. On the other hand, when I began playing in my current (not metal at all) band, I needed more "snap" in the rhythm dept. The tones produced by the RP250 plainly sucked. After some experimentation, I've ended using just one overdrive, one treble booster and a wah. The amp (which in my case is a Tech21 Liverpool pedal plugged into a Tech21 Power Engine 60) provides enough brilliance and attack to play my rhythmic stuff, often peppered with the wah. For soloing I engage either the overdrive or the treble booster -the former to cover the rocking solos; the later to sound more rock'n'roll, funky or reggae. This gear, plus a single-coil equipped guitar (my vintage German-made Hoyer 5069, with its vintage, non-potted, low output singles) is enough to do my current job. The downside is that if that guitar ever smells more gain than what she likes, she will feedback like a banshee -I tried engaging both the treble booster and the overdrive, and there's no way that will work with her without causing a total "microphonic mayhem".

Carcass -"Surgical Steel" (2013) Fates Warning - "Darkness In A Different Light" (2013) Rage & Lingua Mortis Orchestra - "LMO" (2013) Megadeth - "Countdown To Extinction Live" (2013) Yep, very metal stuff, while I wait for Gaga's ARTPOP.

Yeah, that makes it official. Swedes do have bigger balls, (and in this specific case also better tone). Delivered with what we call "Lite djävlar annama": :D Yeah, on that one Slash plays like an amateur while Malmsteen kicks some serious arse -though his version was 30 seconds too long; if Yngwie had felt the reaction of the audience, he would have stopped at the right moment and would have been an even better take.

I'm almost having two blackouts because of these things. Those are f!@#$% P.E.R.F.E.C.T.!!!!!!

I just have a small bag in where there are five pedals, all connected to a VoodooLab power source. Will picture them next Wednesday at the rehearsal, but this is the content of my bag: Morley George Lynch Dragon 2 wah --> Korg Black Pitch tuner --> BSP custom treble booster --> Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive --> Tech21 Liverpool I'm no longer using a noise gate, as I'm at most mid-gain in my current gig, so I don't need that little tone sucker anymore. I might also get rid of the treble booster in my current rig, as my GL wah has a fixed position switch that does marvels with the overdrive, but I'm still not very sure about it --need to get used to it first; I've been relying on my treble booster for too long already.

I hadn't taken the time to listen to this album. Now just did. I don't dislike it, but I wasn't hooked. I think my mind still is in the early Rush and never evolved. Will try to retry later though. However, with so many new things I do like popping around, I'm really having a hard time to keeping the pace.

HELL

I insist on Fates Warning. New album about to be released, Frank Aresti returning... and nobody seems to care: http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/61638-fates-warnings-new-album-and-frank-aresti-is-in-hamer-content/ Support American Bands!

Fates Warning -sadly underrated, not widely known pioneers of the prog metal genre. Crimson Glory -a slightly heavier, but also more glam-oriented Queensryche-like band. They did have a prog edge, but never went over the top. Loved them! Rage -German power metal with a thrashy edge and with a special taste for blending orchestral parts with metal. Their most recent albums are to me open lessons of modern metal riffing. They remain virtually unknown in America though. Annihilator -two albums: "Alice In Hell" and "Never, Neverland". 'Nuff said! Watchtower -think about Rush on steroids. Another prog metal pioneers who got, sadly, quickly forgotten. Force Of Evil -it's basically the Mercyful Fate guys with a more classic metal-oriented singer. Vintage-flavored guitar leads, great tones, great songwriting and energetic and tasteful playing, but with a modern production. They released just two albums and one DVD. If this band had ben formed in the early 80's they would have been HUGE. UFO -I know we all here know them, but just try around you and you'll see how criminally unknown they still remain.

Well, just Googled. It's that simple nowadays. It's Rudy's brother and he plays guitar. In addition, he played in Quite Riot with Tony (not Carlos) Cavazo, who is Carlos' brother and plays bass. Kinda confusing!

"Rudy and Robert Sarzo will be on tour with..." -reads on an email I just received. Cannot read the email body right now, but I wonder if Rudy has a son now and is doing like EVH with Wolfgang. Who is this Robert (not Rudy) Sarzo?

If I was her dad, I would be proud. Maybe she got signed while we were at it?

^Boomerang-Junkie, that's spot on... and you got balls too. To be frank, I didn't watch her other videos and took it very lightly my side. I didn't even give it a deep thought, but I think you're right. We as a crowd here can be very unfair and merciless. What if this was a video of the daughter of one of us, posted on a "Proud Dad" thread? I bet we would praise and applaud!