The Shred Room II (with extra youth)

Definitely check out Ohm if you can.
In fact, the drummer is Kofi Baker, Ginger Baker's son to boot, and he's an amazing drummer.

I've heard Greg Howe, fantastic player, but I don't have that album Ascend.
I'll note it down to listen to it, thanks.
BTW, do you know the band Ohm? They are listed in PA, but it seems barely anyone here knows them, but they are one of the best in the modern fusion scene IMO. Chris Poland (he was in Megadeth if you recall) on guitar, his phrasing and articulation is some of the best I've ever heard in guitar playing in general, not just fusion.
Joe Satriani is still the undisputed master of phrasing for me, but Chris Poland gets mighty close, and that's saying something.

Yeah, when I heard Gilmour's solo stuff, to be completely honest, I was completely, utterly disappointed and didn't bother listening to it again. I was hoping for something far more interesting, but it didn't seem to get even 1/10th of the way to my expectations.

Speaking of guitar albums though, I've been listening to one by an Australian guitarist, a virtuoso fusion/rock/metal player, Chris Brooks.
The album is called The Master Plan, one of the more interesting instrumental rock guitar albums I've heard in a while, a lot more tasteful than Malmsteen too, haha.

Atavachron wrote: I thought they did, I know they made heads for guitar but i thought amps as well.. they had a rather cold sound which appealed to certain metalheads

Well, I actually found more info, turns out Gilmour rocked a GK solid state head, possibly for his clean tones I reckon.
As for the Mesa Boogie, he used a Mark III head. Damn, I nearly had it nailed down with the IIC+, because the Mark III was released only a few years after the IIC+ head.
He was using 3 guitars in that period for the most part, a Steinberger GL,  a 1983 Fender Strat '57 reissue fitted with EMG active pickups to cut down on the noise he used to get with normal passive single coil pickups and  I believe possibly a Gibson with a twin P-90 pickup configuration.

Some metal players like the sound of solid states, but I personally don't like that harsh, cold sound.
I don't actually own a tube amp right now, but I use amp simulations of tube amps, mainly Soldano SLO-100 head, which gets you in the ballpark of a good 80s high gain lead sound, and Mesa Boogie simulations for rhythm guitar.

And hey Pat, what's up?

I thought they did, I know they made heads for guitar but i thought amps as well.. they had a rather cold sound which appealed to certain metalheads








Edited by Atavachron - January 18 2009 at 21:17

They're still around, yep.
Although I'd be quite certain they make only bass amps now.
Did they used to make guitar amps too or something?

GK?
GK refers to a number things in the guitar world:P not sure exactly which GK you're referring to.

Well, 88 was before the Rectifier range came out, and I'm certain the Mark IV model didn't exist either, so it can be narrowed down to the Mark I, Mark II, or III models, but the tone you're talking about, the Mark IIC+ seems to fit the description.
 
On Scenes From a Memory, I'm pretty certain John Petrucci is using a Mark IIC+ head, to give you an idea of the tone. Good for rhythm playing, but it can sound smooth, yet with a bit of bite for leads.

Yep, Steinberger have their own variation of the Floyd Rose, forget the exact name of their bridge, but it's the one you're talking about anyway.

"the tone was really good"
Well, I can't imagine Gilmour not having good tone though

Do you remember what Mesa Boogie head it was?
I'm gonna take a guess out of nowhere and say it was possibly the Mark IIC+ head.

June wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: No, I just mean basically all chat room threads are purely about post count boosting:P   Really?   That's why you guys have like 19000?

I used to post about 200+ per day for a while, I was getting over 1000 in a week, but in order to do that I had to be here at least 10 hours a day
I don't spend any where near as much time as I used to, and now maybe post 30-55 a day.
It's crazy how fast you can get to 50-60 in a day, I can do it in about 3 hours, including a lunch break, in between reading and playing computer games, so really, it's not that hard to post that much per day. 200+  per day, on the other hand, actually takes stamina and effort