ABOUT
Presently playing in two bands along with working full time.
Only available for very limited fill in or limited special project if something i'm especially interested in and schedule is convenient for me. Not available or interested in joining another band.
Guitarist with backing vocals. Experience playing in cover and originals bands. Cool with trading off on solos/leads with a 2nd guitarist. I'm dedicated, team player and understand important of dynamics and having good balanced mix.
- Screen name:
- rocksandchains
- Member since:
- Feb 04 2009
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 20
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
rock, hard rock, blues, classic rock, alternative, surf, rockabilly, acoustic, etc. Alice in Chains, Aerosmith, Beatles, vines, zeppelin, stp, soundgarden, kinks, yardbirds, stones, ventures, stray cats, brian setzer, gnr, velvet revolver, zz top, jimi hendrix, jeff beck,imelda may, elmore james, bb king, srv, joe perry, brad whitford, heart, tom petty, weezer, muse, foo fighters ...
Instrument experience:
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Advanced
- Lead Guitar:
- Advanced
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Advanced
- Background Singer:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
Various electrics, two acoustics, palomino 16 combo amp, marshall 50 watt jvm combo, few tech 21 amps (trademark 30, power engine 60), jet city 20 watt combo, jet city 2x12 cab, various effects (tend to be a minimalist though).
For PA related gear: several mics(vocal and instrument), several mic stands, two powered alesis speakers (have used mainly as stage monitors), small passive mixer (6 xlr inputs with mic pre's) few outboard items like 32 band eq) that works well for small acoustic gigs, a direct box, cables etc.
MUSIC
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train solos
train solos Genre: Classic Rock
clip from train kept rollin aerosmith version. all the guitar tracks i played (backing track is from rockband minus the guitar parts)
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Walk This Way guitar solos
Walk This Way guitar solos Genre: Cover/Tribute
Clip testing out my new recording interface playing walk this way (by aerosmith) over the run dmd version.
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Johnny B Goode Guitar Solo (bttf version)
Johnny B Goode Guitar Solo (bttf version) Genre: Cover/Tribute
Clip from years ago playing guitar solo over a backing track for Johnny b Goode (by Chuck Berry). This was an attempt to play Back To The future version guitar solo.
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All Fired Up (Pat Benatar) guitar solo
All Fired Up (Pat Benatar) guitar solo Year: 2015 Genre: Cover/Tribute
A clip of guitar solo section/outro of All fired up by Pat Benatar. From Riff Raff (cover band) reunion/benefit gig at The Rooster summer 2015.
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salt acoustic guitar solo section clip
salt acoustic guitar solo section clip Genre: Acoustic
Clip guitar solo part from an original played on acoustic (2 acoustic guitars and an acoustic bass track). This is an extended solo version...
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Breakdown (by Run from Ross) guitar solos
Breakdown (by Run from Ross) guitar solos Genre: Rock
Taken from demo recording of originals rock band i played in while still in college in Jacksonville(Run From Ross). The clips are of my guitar solos and fade out at the end. Song was written by Stephen Crabtree.
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would --ending rythmn guitar clip
would --ending rythmn guitar clip Year: 2015 Genre: Cover/Tribute
Clip from recording made of my jet city 2212c after I replaced the stock speaker with a WGS reaper. This clip is ending part of would.
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training kept rollin some guitar solos tone test
training kept rollin some guitar solos tone test Year: 2015 Genre: Cover/Tribute
clip from recording made to test tone of my jet city 2212c amp after replacing stock speaker with a wgs reaper. I also have clip of playing same/similar things with stock speaker as comparison/
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back in black riff (ac/dc)
back in black riff (ac/dc) Genre: Classic Rock
short clip taken from recording testing out my jet city 2212c amp after i changed the internal speaker from stock to WGS reaper.
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Your Confrontational Nature-guita rsolo
Your Confrontational Nature-guita rsolo Genre: Rock
The guitar solo section of "Your Confrontational Nature" by Run from Ross. Song written by Stephen Crabtree.
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random blues jam clip
random blues jam clip Genre: Blues
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blues jam clip
blues jam clip Genre: Blues
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Jailbreak - Guitarsoloclips - 5-10 - 2019
Jailbreak - Guitarsoloclips - 5-10 - 2019Clip of guitar solos from playing jailbreak by thin lizzy at band practice with one of my bands. Gear: tech 21 fly rig rk v2 into orange terror head into orange 2x12 cab. epiphone sg with tons of mods onbridge pu (sd 59/custom hybrid).
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Walkthisway - -3 - 21 - 2019 - -outroguitarsolo - Clip
Walkthisway - -3 - 21 - 2019 - -outroguitarsolo - ClipClip of outro guitar solo section of walk this way by aerosmith from band practice.
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Train - Prt2introclip - -5 - 10 - 2019
Train - Prt2introclip - -5 - 10 - 2019clip of part 2 of train kept rollin (aerosmith version) cover from band practice. tech 21 fly rig rk v2 into orange terror head into orange 2x12 cab. epiphone sg with tons of mods onbridge pu (sd 59/custom hybrid)
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Trainpart1 - Solosclips - -5 - 5-2019
Trainpart1 - Solosclips - -5 - 5-2019Clip of guitar solo sections of train kept rollin (aerosmith version) from band practice. gear: tech 21 fly rig rk v2 into orange terror head into orange 2x12 cab. epiphone sg with tons of mods onbridge pu (sd 59/custom hybrid)
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Mrbrowsnstoneguitarsolo - -5 - 10 - 2019
Mrbrowsnstoneguitarsolo - -5 - 10 - 2019Clip from guitar solo section, playing a cover of mr brownstone by Guns & Roses at band practice. gear: tech 21 fly rig rk v2 into orange terror head into orange 2x12 cab. epiphone sg with tons of mods onbridge pu (sd 59/custom hybrid)
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Anotherthingcomingguitarsolo - --5 - 10 - 2019
Anotherthingcomingguitarsolo - --5 - 10 - 2019Clip of guitar solo section of another thing coming by judas priest from band practice. gear: tech 21 fly rig rk v2 into orange terror head into orange 2x12 cab. epiphone sg with tons of mods onbridge pu (sd 59/custom hybrid)
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Sweetemotionend - -katana100
Sweetemotionend - -katana100clip from band practice. end of sweet emotion by aerosmith cover. amp boss katana 100. guitar modded epi sg
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Saturdayguitarsoloclip - Katana
Saturdayguitarsoloclip - Katanaa short clip of one of my guitar solos at a gig 5/20/2017. amp was boss katana head through peavey cab (with celestion greenback). guitar was an epi sg with roller bridge, electronics replaced, and grover locking tuners (all of that has to have some effect on the tone).
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Gabslowdrum
Gabslowdrumgab contribution. backing is "slo mo drum jam" from fretless
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TrainjamBTtestsolos - Take2
TrainjamBTtestsolos - Take2clips of playing guitar solos over backing track of train kept rollin by aerosmith (1st part) take 2
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Brickwallguitarsolo
BrickwallguitarsoloGuitar solo part on song called Brickwall by a band that was called "Run From Ross". Song was written by Stephen Crabtree.
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Slitherclip
SlitherclipInstrumental cover short clip of slither by velvet revolver. I played the guitar parts over a backing with drums and bass on it.
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Pandorasboxguitarsoloclip
PandorasboxguitarsoloclipClip of playing one of the guitar solos on the song Pandoras Box by aerosmith. Only backing track is bass guitar track from original studio recording (played by Tom Hamilton) the guitar tracks over dubbed (rhythm and lead guitar track). Mixed with audacity.
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Onewaystreetsolostestclip
Onewaystreetsolostestclipcover of one way street guitar solo.
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Dreamonacousticsoloclip
Dreamonacousticsoloclipfound this old acoustic clip of dream on by aerosmith guitar solo (1st one)
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9 - 5-2010 - -1a-
9 - 5-2010 - -1a-One of many clips of song idea recorded over the years. this one is just one rhythm electric guitar.
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Somethingbridgeclip
SomethingbridgeclipAn old clip from bridge part of something by the beatles. Just some guitar tracks recorded over a backing track.
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Noparticulsoloclip
NoparticulsoloclipClip from guitar solo for no particular place to go by chuck berry over a backing track
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Test2 - Songidea5 - 7-2011 - -
Test2 - Songidea5 - 7-2011 - -One of tons of scrap clips of song ideas i've recorded over the years. Two acoustic guitar track. I think this one was to test how leads would sound over the chord progression i had written earlier that day
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1 - 7-2012 - -bassidea1 - Plus some guitars-
1 - 7-2012 - -bassidea1 - Plus some guitars-a random bass riff idea (on acoustic bass) with some acoustic guitar tracks overdubbed over
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SaltGuitarsolo-demo
SaltGuitarsolo-demoGuitar solo section from a test demo of original song salt. This is from song I write in collaboration with another songwriter/singer. This clip is only an instrumental guitar solo part of the song. Only has some electric guitar and a fake bass track (pitch shifted electric guitar with eq for "bass guitar like" sound.
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while my guitar gently weepsJamclips-
while my guitar gently weepsJamclips-Some from a jam soloing over a backing/jam track for while my guitar gently weeps by the beatles.
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Walkthiswaysweetemotion guitar jam clips
Walkthiswaysweetemotion guitar jam clipsSome short clips from me playing guitar over some walk this way and sweet emotion backing jam tracks.
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milk cow blues acoustic guitar solos
milk cow blues acoustic guitar solosA clip of a jam of a few solos on acoustic guitar over a aerosmith inspired version of milk cow blues.
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Trainintrosoloacoustic1
Trainintrosoloacoustic1playing intro solo to an acoustic cover of aerosmith version of train kept rollin.
