Rayraz: AC/DC's guitarist is Alex Young. The most popular guitar in the world is the Fender Stratocastor. And on one of those links it does say what JerryC's set-up is. There are no end of set-ups to get that kind of sound and there are lots of styles, methods or 'tricks' to playing that fast. What you have to appreciate is that JerryC is NOT plucking every note. Guitars use a querky thing known as sustain - the ability of the guitar pick-ups and the strings to hold notes for a particular length of time. Your violin 'resonates', because of the acoustics inherent in the contruction of that instrument. But because an electric guitar is essentialy a solid plank of wood guitarists rely mainly on the electronics to give them that 'resona-tion' or sustain. The way a guitarist plucks a string is important too, and as different as in much the same way as pitzicato(SS) is to just bowing or tapping the strings with the bow. A straight standard pluck with a pick or plectrum will give a straight note, however, by both plucking with the pick AND the edge of the thumb at the same time that particular note will sound both the melodic AND the harmonic giving you a really high squeal from the string. JerryC uses a multitude of techniques to get the sounds he wants, emulating one of his pwersonnel favourites - Steve Vai. These range from power chords to hammering on, tapping, muffling or simply running up and down scales or bending a string. He also changes pickups, sometimes several times in one number and uses the Tremelo arm (AKA the Wammy-bar) to great effect. As you will know from violin playing, it takes practise to get this good - about ten years is the ball-park figure. When I had a band we wouldn't begin to look at another musician unless he had at least 10 years under his belt, although that 10 could have been spent in his bedroom. Alex Young (AC/DC) uses a Gibson SG. They were expensive when I had one and excellent for rock numbers. Robin Trower used a Strat as did Richy Blackmore, and Eric Clapton. Others, use Gibson Les Pauls - Slash for example (Guns & Roses) There are no-end of other makes, but like pc equipment you get what you pay for and pay what you can afford. Of course, unless you intend to play it through a pc, you need an amplifier. I use a Session, but others prefer Fender, Vox and Marshall...these vary in size from tiny bedroom practise amps to stage-thundering stadium amps that will knock you off your feet at 60 paces. Finally, between the guitar and the amp you might want to use effects pedels, foot operated devices to distort or modify the sound BEFORE it reaches the amplifier. These include CHORUS, FLANGERS, PHASE-SHIFTERs, Equalisers, Distortion and octivators, to name but a few. I got on just fine with a Flanger and Chorus (nice for giving an acoustic feel to an electric guitar) JerryC is playing the melody to a backing track and from what I could hear, his backing track contained the drums, bass guitar, keyboard and a second melody and harmony he'd probably laid down before he recorded his piece to camera. There's is some great software to do this with but it's complex and takes a lot of figuring out. Hope this helps. The Bryster

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