Joe Stump

Joe Stump born (September 18 , 1960) is an American guitarist and composer. His style is similar to Yngwie Malmsteen's neo-classical metal. He has released albums with his band, Reign of Terror and as a solo artist. He also plays the lead guitar for the symphonic metal band HolyHell. Stump is a professional shredder, and Guitar One Magazine voted him 6th position among the Top 10 fastest shredders of all time. Joe has taught for many years at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Discography

olo

*"Guitar Dominance (1993)"
*"Night Of The Living Shred (1994)"
*"Supersonic Shred Machine (1996)"
*"Rapid Fire Rondo (1998)"
*" (2001)"
*"Midwest Shredfest (2001)"
*"Dark Gifts - Rare And Unreleased Tracks (2001)"
*"Speed Metal Messiah (2004)"
*"Guitar Master (2004)"

With Reign of Terror

*"Light In The Sky (1996)"
*"Second Coming (1999)"
*"Sacred Ground (2001)"
*"Conquer & Divide (2003)"

With Shooting Hemlock

*"Clockwatcher (1997)"

With HolyHell

*"Apocalypse (2007)"

Gear

Stump endorses and uses ESP Guitars, which feature scalloped fretboards. He also uses Marshall amplifiers, Rhino amplifiers and Engl amplifiers.

He also uses the following pedals listed below:

* DOD 250 overdrive pre-amp.

* Dunlop crybaby wah-wah.
* Bob Gjika Hot Box tube preamp.
* Boss NS-2 Noise gate.
* Boss DD-3 digital delay.
* Korg SDD - 2000 digital delay.
* Boss CE-3 chorus.
* Boss CS-2 compressor/sustainer.

* Boss BF-2 Flanger.
* Boss octave box.

Joe uses Ernie Ball strings gauge 008, .011, .014, .024, .032, .046 and 1.5mm Dunlop Delrin picks.

External links

* [http://www.joestump.com Joe Stump's official homepage]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nODcuHXnv08 Joe Stump video]
* [http://instrumentalcase.com/Stump.aspx Joe Stump interview]