The Shred Room II (with extra youth)

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?

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.

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.

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.

FAIL!

I just like to state that somewhere in the world - someone has failed at something.

It might be...

have you failed at something recently?

King By-Tor wrote: It might be... have you failed at something recently?

No, but I'm sure you do fairly often.

Because I can say it again.

ToT > SFAM

Don't think Mike saw it the first time

Harry, have you heard of Disillusion? I got their debut recently and I think I listened to it 3 times the day I got it.