GPGS 2010 People’s Choice Winner

Main Guitar Stambaugh Designs 8-string

Main Amp Mesa Boogie DC-5

Fave Pedal Morley Bad Horsie Wah

Strings D’Addario, .095-.074

Picks Planet Waves Delrin, 1.2mm

Cables Planet Waves

Main Stylistic Influences Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, Mattias Eklundh, John Petrucci

Favorite Album Images and Words, Dream Theater

Favorite Guitar Solo “Cliffs of Dover,” Eric Johnson (The intro changed my life!)

What do you feel is original or unique about your style and approach to the guitar? I have no idea.

What is unique or original about your approach to the guitar? I have no idea.

What’s the best thing about playing guitar? I love the fact that everyone who picks up the guitar can find his or her own way of expressing ideas and emotions in a completely different way. It also gives you something to shoot for. There is so much out there to play, you can never be done practicing!

Why did you enter GPGS 2010? It has been a dream of mine since I picked up my first Guitar Player—the March 1990 issue with Allan Holdsworth on the cover—to be in the magazine.