70s and 80s guitar fan.

My old channel, PDXguitarlegend, was closed down on May 8, 2009. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS HELPED SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT MY NEW CHANNEL! YOU ARE THE BEST :)

I have been playing the guitar since November 2, 1983 - my 12th birthday. I played in a few bands in the late 80s/early 90s, but then changed gears and decided to go to college, started a career, got married, had kids... in that order. These days my life is too busy to allocate time properly to a band, so YouTube has become my primary creative outlet to share my love of music with others. I hope you enjoy your time here and please remember - at the end of the day, it's not as much what you play, but how you looked while you were doing it. ;)
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Bands/songs covered so far:
Anthrax - Caught in a Mosh (solo)
Eagles - Hotel California (solo)
Iron Maiden - Ive Got the Fire
Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare
Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
Journey - Stone in Love
KISS - Rock and Roll All Nite
Land of the Lost (theme to TV show)
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (solo)
Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (solo)
Metallica - Escape
Motley Crue - Looks that Kill
Ozzy - Bark at the Moon
Ozzy - Crazy Train (solo)
Ozzy/Rhoads - Dee
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, part 2 (solo)
Ratt - Round and Round (2 videos)
Ratt - Wanted Man
Rush - YYZ
Scorpions - No One Like You (solos)
Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane (solos)
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Van Halen - Ice Cream Man (solo)
Van Halen - Im the One
Van Halen - Unchained
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Lessons posted so far:
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (solo)
Scorpions - Blackout (solo)
Scorpions - No One Like You (intro solo)
Scorpions - No One Like You (main solo)
How to Pose Like an 80s Rockstar!
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Please check out the other channel that I participate in MetalForceFive. There are no backing tracks on that channel, just a few old farts playing some classic metal/rock tunes:
http://www.youtube.com/user...
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Guitar one: Paul Reed Smith (PRS) Custom 24
Guitar two: Yamaha RGZ - my "bumblebee", with bridge pickup replaced by DiMarzio Tone Zone.
Amp: Peavey JSX head
Cabinet: Peavey JSX 4x12
Effects: Danelectro Coolcat Chorus, Digitech Digidelay, Boss Digital Reverb, Dunlop Crybaby Wah, Boss Super Shifter (with Roland EV-5 expression pedal), Boss Dynamic Wah, Boss Flanger. I will also use the built-in effects in my video software (e.g., reverb, flange, etc) on occassion.
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Recording technique: I use the JSX cabinet's built-in speaker simulator to go direct to my PC. From there, I use a program called MP3 Recorder 2.0 (you can find it for free at Download.com) to capture the incoming signal. I take the video from my camera (a Sony Cybershot camera - it's better for photos LOL) and the audio captured in the step above, and mix it with Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 software.