http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kbH9-J9P48

it really bothers me that i have no speakers!

I love my Holy Stain as well(I got mine for $20 used at a guitar store).  The room reverb is kind of meh compared to the hall imo.  Also the pitch bend is crazy, have you tried it with an expression pedal?  Can get some really wacky sounds.  I use mine in front of an EVJ just for a little reverb and it rocks.

I was kind of surprised by you Lee as I started looking at your Myspace and other videos, I originally thought it was some kind of joke.  I just realized you are younger and seem to be trying and that is awesome but I encourage you to stop trying to use your age so much and commenting that you are getting better to people every time they knock you.  You have nothing to prove but to yourself!  The more you try to cater to others the more you lose your own identity and soul.  There are always going to be haters out there.  Why do you always play solo with backing?  Can you not find a band to play with?  Keep rockin’ Lee!

brad.dawson - 31 August 2010 10:20 AM

I love my Holy Stain as well(I got mine for $20 used at a guitar store).  The room reverb is kind of meh compared to the hall imo.  Also the pitch bend is crazy, have you tried it with an expression pedal?  Can get some really wacky sounds.  I use mine in front of an EVJ just for a little reverb and it rocks.

I was kind of surprised by you Lee as I started looking at your Myspace and other videos, I originally thought it was some kind of joke.  I just realized you are younger and seem to be trying and that is awesome but I encourage you to stop trying to use your age so much and commenting that you are getting better to people every time they knock you.  You have nothing to prove but to yourself!  The more you try to cater to others the more you lose your own identity and soul.  There are always going to be haters out there.  Why do you always play solo with backing?  Can you not find a band to play with?  Keep rockin’ Lee!

Brad, thanks for your support! I’m a little confused though. I know some of the older videos aren’t that great (I’m getting new editing software to remake them). As for the MySpace, I haven’t updated that thing in a long time! It’s embarrassing! MySpace is dead, so I quit using it.

As for what you mean by cater to others, I’m not sure what you mean. I’m a gigging guitarist that can play any gig, Jazz or Metal that is needed. I love all genres Jazz to Metal. Can you explain what that means?

Thanks again!

I hope the post didn’t sound offensive as I see how it could read that way.  I just meant that when somebody knocks you don’t feel like you have to say “I’m getting better” or those videos were old.  If things aren’t perfect or you think they are sub par you should not put them out there and then use excuses.  I have made the same mistakes myself and it only opens you up to credibility issues.  Just keep doing what you do and keep practicing and let your guitar speak for itself and you.
[Cater: alternate definition: Try to satisfy]

You didn’t answer my band question either!

I’m also curious about your metal/jazz training you have?  It seems like at your age you wouldn’t have much training time under their belt so I’m wondering how much studying have you done?  Do you study under other people?  I read you saying I like jazz/metal, anything from jazz to metal, etc but those are two very different genres and I don’t even know what technically runs between jazz and metal.  So what do you think runs between those two genres?

I know this may seem like I’m asking a lot but I’m just curious and I’m a psychologist so it’s just part of my nature.

Last question, do you ever use the tone or colour knobs much on the HS?  What about the drive and fuzz?

brad.dawson - 31 August 2010 12:03 PM

I hope the post didn’t sound offensive as I see how it could read that way.  I just meant that when somebody knocks you don’t feel like you have to say “I’m getting better” or those videos were old.  If things aren’t perfect or you think they are sub par you should not put them out there and then use excuses.  I have made the same mistakes myself and it only opens you up to credibility issues.  Just keep doing what you do and keep practicing and let your guitar speak for itself and you.
[Cater: alternate definition: Try to satisfy]

You didn’t answer my band question either!

I’m also curious about your metal/jazz training you have?  It seems like at your age you wouldn’t have much training time under their belt so I’m wondering how much studying have you done?  Do you study under other people?  I read you saying I like jazz/metal, anything from jazz to metal, etc but those are two very different genres and I don’t even know what technically runs between jazz and metal.  So what do you think runs between those two genres?

I know this may seem like I’m asking a lot but I’m just curious and I’m a psychologist so it’s just part of my nature.

Last question, do you ever use the tone or colour knobs much on the HS?  What about the drive and fuzz?

As for the excuses, thank you. No one has ever told me that. I needed to hear that!

Band, is a serious battle. Finding serious, professional musicians in Dallas that practice and are as committed as I am, is tough.

As for the training, I’ve played guitar for six years next month. Last year, I took the year off from gigging, to have my teacher teach me nothing but jazz and music reading. Now this year, he’s started to teach me the Berklee method for guitar. It’s going great! I can read sheet music, and have learned so much theory, and odd to modern chords, it’s mind blowing. I wish I knew this information earlier.

As for the difference in jazz and metal training, my teacher told me we were going to learn all the things that the metal guys in the 80’s did. Their teacher’s told them “Were going to learn everything all the jazz cats played. Then after you know all of that, you can put it into any genre you want, and it will sound far better than the average guy”. So, the Jazz training goes hand in hand with metal. My “shredding” skills have gone up a lot, expanding from the minor pentatonic scale.

The lessons are fantastic now, and really paying off :thumb:

Cool man!  What do you think of the colour options and the drive & fuzz on the HS?  It is really am amazing versatile pedal.  Well as I said good luck on your pursuit and keep on rockin’!  Don’t forget though in all your learning don’t lose the feel, often technique can create sterility.  Sorry I got your review post so off topic.

brad.dawson - 31 August 2010 02:00 PM

Cool man!  What do you think of the colour options and the drive & fuzz on the HS?  It is really am amazing versatile pedal.  Well as I said good luck on your pursuit and keep on rockin’!  Don’t forget though in all your learning don’t lose the feel, often technique can create sterility.  Sorry I got your review post so off topic.

No problem man! And thanks again. As for the HS, I LOVE the fuzz feature. The distortion, is good too. I keep it in the FX loop, so I can’t use anything but the clean setting other wise it gets super loud and wont sound like a guitar. I keep the color on warm, I just think that sounds the best. I might take it out of the fx loop and give the fuzz another go

I love the holy stain! it defiantly adds a lot of smoothness with my sound. I primarily use it for room reverb and it is by far the best reverb I’ve ever bought. In fact i remember a guy from my church band asking me how i got that awesome reverb sound so i showed him the pedal and he bought it that week!