Randy Rhoads, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, Jeff Beck, John Sykes, and John Norum are all major influences on my playing. They're all unique in their own ways whether it be through pure chops or how melodic or out of the box their playing is.
I could go on and on with specific...
The riff right before the solo coming out of the acoustic section in Diary of a Madman (~4:13) is honestly my favorite guitar riff of all time. It’s just so heavy, evil sounding, and badass.
As much as I love Randy and consider him to be my favorite guitarist, I will definitely agree that...
I use a Rivera Rock Crusher because I’d like to keep my hearing.
Originally, I’d crank the master volume on my 2203 and attenuate the amp virtually as low as it could go. Wasn’t getting the tone I liked, so I kept the master volume on 2 and slightly attenuate it. Much, much better tone to my ears.
Yngwie has used noiseless single coils his entire career.
You can also go onto Dimarzio and Seymour Duncan’s websites and use their pickup selectors that they do for you based on the questions they give you.
Britney Spears and Ariana Grande have become my guilty pleasures. Hated them when I was younger and also when was a massive gatekeeper, but I just said screw it and thought I’d give them a try again and now I can shamelessly listen to them!