Thread: Guitar players out there?

Hi folks,

One of my other huge pleasures in life is playing guitar. I'm a bit of what my father likes to call a "techy" guitar player...! I like to shred. Alot. I guess thats more of my OCD side coming out because it means I dont mind sitting there practicing alternately picked 16th note triplets for hours at a time...!

I love to play stuff my Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Dream Theatre, Pantera, Metallica, Van Halen, Racer X and all that stuff. Good solid rock/ metal with guitar hero solos in it..! I also like blues stuff like Stevie Ray Vaughn, Walter Trout and some of the newer guys like Joe Bonnamassa.

I find that the OCD, perfection seeking side of guitar playing is very similar to that of straight shaving and seeking the perfect edge, shave, lather etc... You also get to go out and spend loads of money on cool kit..!
Plus there is a zen side to it as well because when I play I find hours just disappear. Really concentrating on the perfect vibrato, really working to get that legato lick super clean and, in my case, working to fit another 4 notes in before the end of the bar (!) is what makes playing so enjoyable. Definately soul food for me..!

I've got an Ibanez Jem (love it) and I run that through a Line 6 Spider amp. I've also got an acoustic Yamaha and a bass as well.

Are there any guitar players out there? If so, what do you like to play? What kit do you have? What do you like about playing? Discuss!