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| bio | website | metaltech.me |
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| location | Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| age | 41 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years |
| seen | 18 hours ago | |
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Lead guitarist and petrolhead with Scottish Industrial rock trio Metaltech (and our alter-ego folk band Acoustech)
- nominated for Best Metal Act at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards 2011 (came 2nd)
- nominated for Best Group and Best Loud Track at the Scottish New Music Awards 2011
Been gigging for 25 years, taught guitar on and off. Played a lot of the Scottish music festivals (Rock Ness, Wickerman, Belladrum etc), supported bands like Alec Empire, KMFDM, Angelspit, Psydoll. Headlined all over Scotland.
Website - http://www.metaltech.me
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/metaltech
Check out our videos - http://www.youtube.com/user/Metaltechtheband
Play classical, rock, blues, metal, spanish, slide...
On stage usually use Ibanez (7 string RG7321 and Joe Satriani signature models), or a 1989 Charvel Predator with a Dimebucker pickup through a Line 6 HD500 and a DigiTech Whammy, sometimes with a CryBaby. For the songs requiring fire I use a BC Rich Warlock with pyro attachments!
Generally DI'ed straight into the venue backline, or where we need to amplify - generally Marshall heads through Laney 4x10s.
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Oct 5 |
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How do I chose my first electrical guitar? I didn't realise just how bad fret ends were on cheap guitars until I got my new Ibanez. I don't need to take care at all when sliding down the neck now. Made me consider taking the old ones to a luthier for a bit of fret sanding/trimming (don't think I'd like to risk it myself) |
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Oct 5 |
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Memorizing notes on guitar fretboard Very valid point - about half my guitars are standard E tuning, and a few are drop D (which does confuse my muscle memory, but is useful for certain songs) and now I have one with drop D plus a 7th string as a low A. It is hard work, but forces you to come up with new things - as your automatic movements have to become conscious. It slows me down, fractionally, but makes me come up with new ways to move around the fretboard. |
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Sep 29 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Which instrument can a person play with 2 malformed fingers on each hand? |
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Sep 26 |
answered | What is the best way to learn finger-picking on an acoustic guitar? |
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Sep 26 |
answered | What instruments are inexpensive, portable and not too loud? |
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Sep 25 |
answered | How to play “Slides from Thoughtless Time” by Franco Morone |
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Sep 23 |
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Adjusting clarinet or saxophone reeds As Andrew said - it would be helpful if your question asked "what techniques work well to accomplish xxxx" |
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Sep 23 |
answered | Logical way to learn movable scales on guitar? |
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Sep 23 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on |
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Sep 21 |
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Does the protools hardware make a difference? Just answered this, but really I think it would be better migrated to avp.stackexchange.com (Audio/Video Production SE site) |
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Sep 21 |
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Does the protools hardware make a difference? edited tags |
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Sep 21 |
answered | Does the protools hardware make a difference? |
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Sep 21 |
answered | Learning guitar, start at low end or high end? |
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Sep 21 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Why are there twelve notes in an octave? |
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Sep 21 |
awarded | Quorum |
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Sep 20 |
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Why does the D string in a guitar breaks so often? Never broken a D in over 24 years gigging, only B and E. |
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Sep 20 |
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What methods can I use to aid note accuracy when playing a Theremin +1 for vibrato - very useful trick:-) |
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Sep 20 |
answered | When and why should the conductor be separate or not from the musicians? |
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Sep 20 |
answered | Should I mute “unwanted” strings or not when playing power chords? |
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Sep 19 |
answered | Able to recall music in its correct key, but don't have perfect pitch — what is it called? |
