Dante Phoenix - Avenged Sevenfold Guitar Contest Almost Easy (NEW FAQ)

Yo, Dante here! This was literally the first time the public world has ever seen me play guitar. I uploaded this for an Avenged contest deal, in which you had to play a solo in place of Brian's original one to win a signed Synyster Custom. I was chubby and 18 at the time. I didn't win, but it was fun, good experience, and good exposure (can't believe this baby's got over 300,000 views by now)!

FAQ:

The guitar is a Schecter Hellraiser Avenger (ironically signed by Brian & Zack now).

I totally did rip off the Rev's hairstyle at the time. Does it not look good? lol

I love those goddamn leather pants, and still own them. Same goes for the Dime shirt, the Slash painting I did, the Eddie bust I made in art class, and the stack of Guitar Worlds on my amp.

I smile at 0:05 because my still girlfriend Nicci is looking at me.

That is definitely a "fake echo" Dime slide I do at 0:35. I love doing those, especially live.

My facial expression at 0:44 is purely coincidental, not because I think I'm hotter than shit. lol

I am not emo or gay, not that it's anyone's business anyway.

P.S. - Thank you SO MUCH for the positive reception and overwhelming response. It has outweighed the typical youtube/internet hate tremendously. If you're reading this and you've already decided that you hate me and what I do then go fuck yourself. Watch something else.

-D. Phoenix

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• Avenged
• Sevenfold
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• Easy
• A7X
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• Schecter
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• Hellraiser
• Mesa
• Boogie
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[reaperontherun716]

...........Rev?

[RandomVideo1234567]

you look like the rev

[azrin13th]

You look like Tupac..... hahaha. K. fail

[a7x16pruitt]

thos pants...

[Fynn93]

REVlly fucking great

[AccurateEstimateftw]

wrong intruction!! it shouldv'e been hey guys it's Jimmy....lol

love the solo man

keep it up!

[MRThunderBird12345]

syn the 2