FreddieGuts - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Been playing guitar since junior high school after hearing some old school metal and hard rock guitar players. Figured I could do it and be a big rock star(yeah, that is likely). Got into more intense, but less popular instrumental music thanks to Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records. Went to the Musician's Institute in Hollywood (1993-1994) and met a bunch of cool musicians (Scott Henderson, Shawn Lane, Richie Hallebeek, Antti Kotikoski, Shane Galaas). Won the battle of the bands there with the band Ziemba (featuring David Ziemba of the canadian band the Salads). Got online and found even more incredible players (Guthrie Govan, Bumblefoot, Mattias "IA" Eklundh). Played in various cover bands (rock en espanol, party bands, etc). Now just play for fun (unless a group of really cool musicians comes along and something works) and goto the NAMM show. If you want to download any tracks that might have been removed from myspace (to present newer tracks), goto my website (http://www.freddiegutierrez.com) to download them.

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Member Since: 7/19/2005
Band Website: freddiegutierrez.com
Band Members: just me, guitar, boss gt8, soundblaster audigy (that's right), cakewalk homestudio 6, ezdrummer, and a laptop....sometimes backing tracks (well more so here..but who knows later on)
Influences: Bumblefoot, Mattias IA Eklundh, Guthrie Govan, Andy Timmons, Brett Garsed, Frank Gambale, Tony Macalpine, Greg Howe, Scott Henderson, King's X, Shawn Lane, Angus Young, Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, Randy Rhoads, Paul Gilbert, Richie Kotzen, Marty Friedman, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Bruce Boulliet, Michael Lee Firkins, Steve Lukather, Jason Becker, Daniel Gilbert, Art Renshaw, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, TJ Helmerich, Joey Tafolla, Vinnie Moore, Derek Taylor, John Norum, Kee Marcello, Warren Dimartini, Vivian Campbell, George Lynch, Jake E. Lee, Steve Stevens, Trevor Rabin, Brian May, Buckethead, Neal Schon, John Petrucci, Kiko Loureiro, John Scofield, Jim Matheos, Vernon Reid, Carlos Santana, Michael Schenker, tons of other guitar players and bands, Mr. T's voice...
Sounds Like: hopefully me...but i can't help sounding like some of what i've heard or listened to..
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Guitar Rig 3 ....

Hey, So I've had GR3 for a couple of weeks now and still finding tools that can shape the sounds more to my liking...the major tools being the parametric eq (for dialing out the boominess of the 4x12'...
Posted by FreddieGuts on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:32:00 PST

so i went ahead and bought a new setup...

so yeah, it was my birthday recently and i decided to go ahead and upgrade my laptop to this:http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668031.phpalo ng with Guitar Rig 3 Kontrol edition..they 2 are a v...
Posted by FreddieGuts on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:53:00 PST

guitar rig 3...

Okay, so i have been fighting the urge to buy some new fangled amp modeling hardware/software solution..don't get me wrong the boss GT8 is perfect..i get the exact sound i want out of it ..there are q...
Posted by FreddieGuts on Thu, 22 May 2008 07:46:00 PST

FUZZZZZ..with the GT8

again JC120 as the base andthe settings i use to setup the jc120 patch is as follows..gain: 28bass: 50mid: 50treble: 50presence:50level 90bright: offSP type: 1x12mic type: cnd87mic dis. off micmic pos...
Posted by FreddieGuts on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:56:00 PST

Guitar Idol.....yeah, ok...(FGGIentry on player)

so yeah, on one of the guitar player forums i visit (the John Petrucci forum), someone posted a link to a contest kinda like that singing show with IDOL in it...you can either download backing tracks ...
Posted by FreddieGuts on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:16:00 PST

if you are in the market for cd’s...

so there are a couple of bands on my top friend’s list that i think write very cool music (Charon and Bleak)..couldn’t find there stuff on itunes and most places sold their cd’s for ...
Posted by FreddieGuts on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:10:00 PST

GT8 Patch...metalcore..scooped...chunky..

okay, so i have owned a Boss GT8 for some time now and finally found guitar tones i like to mess with...they tend to be for more instrumental rock stuff (blues based)..but every once in awhile, i get ...
Posted by FreddieGuts on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:44:00 PST

amp settings (well, GT8 settings)..

hey everyone, as you all know, i own a multieffects unit that i use to record direct with...it is the Boss GT8..and yeah i finally found some tones that i really like to use (after owning it for some ...
Posted by FreddieGuts on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:18:00 PST

cool company to order strings from...

okay, so i HATE going to guitar center for anything..and in the last few years, i found myself going there to buy strings (in bulk) and just dreading it...after looking around online, i found a cool c...
Posted by FreddieGuts on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:35:00 PST

again...so, i'm not nuts after all....well, maybe a little...

I have this song...a solo acoustic piece that i wrote that is quite somber and cheerful at the same time..i initially thought it would be good to say it was written for my niece (ladies seem to make t...
Posted by FreddieGuts on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:04:00 PST