Les Paul Upgrade

I have recently upgraded one of my Les Pauls.

I recently swapped out the stock pickups in one of my Les Pauls for Alnico Pro II pickups. The change in sound is great, the Alnicos give my guitar more of a vintage sound that is classic Les Paul rock!

Keyboards and MIDI

One of the best things digital technology brought with it was MIDI Data.

This technology allows me to have a keyboard set up in my studio that can access an unlimited amount of sounds. By using MIDI Data I can load in sound "Samples" from the computer and assign them to the keyboard. The major benefit of this is that I don't need to have an army of synthesizers to access different sounds for myself and other artists.

Ibanez Guitars

I have a lot of different guitars but over the years I have found myself using my Ibanez RG 570 the most.

There is something about this guitar that just fits my playing style more so than all of my other guitars. My model has a Lo-TRS tremolo fitted to it, many people claim that this tremolo is inferior to the Ibanez Edge tremolo. I however would disagree strongly with this. I have used a couple of Ibanez guitars with the Edge tremolo and would prefer mine over any of them. Maybe I am just lucky, I have never had any problems with it, yet if you read the internet forum boards there are a lot of posts from people who claim they have multiple problems with the TRS from them wearing out to not holding the guitar in tune.

I have had this guitar since 1999 and it has never failed me.

Guitar technique

My guitar technique:

Guitars

Here is a video explaining the guitars we are using on the album. Enjoy...