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 released albums with his band,
Reign of Terror and also as a solo artist. He also plays the leadguitar 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
Discography
Solo
- Guitar Dominance (1993)
- Night Of The Living Shred (1994)
- Supersonic Shred Machine (1996)
- Rapid Fire Rondo (1998)
- 2001: A Shred Odyssey (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)
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.
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