My name is Nathan Smith. I am 19 years old. Don't be fooled by my super-awesome 80's rocker style, I don't smoke, drink or do any drugs, and I am also a Christian. I play guitar...wait...I live and breathe guitar. I have been playing for about four and a half years and my influences come from all kinds of guitarists ranging from old blues players to new generation shredders. I like all kinds of GOOD MUSIC, including: Jazz, Blues, Classical, Rock and Roll, and my favorite, Heavy Metal. Not just any metal though, it has to be good classic metal with a good vocalist. I'm not big into screaming or anything of that matter. I love me some old school Death/Thrash Metal though, like Death, Obituary, Atheist, Morbid Angel, Exodus, Testament, etc. Music is my life. I spend as much time as I possibly can playing guitar. I just finished my first, and hopefully last, year at KSU. My plan, for now, is to save up enough money to build/open up a studio and become an audio engineer. Eventually, my band will get signed and go on tour, so I can make lots of money! I am sooo ready to do something with this boring as hell life of mine..... That would freaking ROCK!!!!!
My gear:
'89ish Charvel 375 Desert Crackle finish w/ Dimebucker and Hotrails
'97 Fender Strat MIM w/ Texas Specials
Custom Ibanez RG220 with black/green "swirl" paint and scalloped frets from the 12th up (all custom work done by yours truly) and soon to have a pink Dimarzio Evolution in the bridge and pink Dimarzio PAF Pro in the neck
Silvertone Paul Stanley Signature Apocalypse
Ibanez AEL10EBK acoustic electric
Crate VTX 350 Head
Fender Metal Head Cab
Line 6 Spider II 112
Dunlop Crybaby
Dunlop Jazz II or III picks
Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky Strings
Planet Waves cables
Ibanez cables
Fender cables
Audio Technica Wireless
VH striped fan made by Alex Foretich
Cool People I've Met:
Gene Simmons
Paul Stanley
Ace Frehley
Bruce Kulick
Micheal Angelo Batio
Jesse James Dupree and the rest of
Jackyl
The dudes from Obscura
Bands I've seen live:
AC/DC (Greatest show on the planet!!!)
Van Halen (twice)
Ace Frehley (twice)
Mr. Speed (Kiss Tribute Band)
Kiss Army (Kiss Tribute Band)
Megadeth (I almost died lol)
In Flames (Better than I expected)
Children of Bodom (Don't like them, but they opened for Megadeth)
Job For a Cowboy (God this was the worst waste of a half hour of my life(they opened for Megadeth))
Three (Fell in love with these guys. A modern day Rush)
Between the Buried and Me (singer is a fag, but guitarist was incredible)
Opeth (Absolutely incredible)
DREAM THEATER (life changing experience)
The Answer (AMAZING BAND!!! Opened for AC/DC)
Jackyl (Got backstage and met the band. Thanks Ty!)
Circle II Circle (Opened up for them. Andy Lee is the greatest virtually unknown guitarist on the planet)
Kamelot (Opened up for them)
Gnostic (The most mind-blowing technical metal masters of today)
Obscura (Ridiculous)
Abysmal Dawn (Really cool guys)
Shows coming up:
Atheist
Taking Dawn (hopefully)
Dream Theater (AGAIN!!!)
Def Leppard
Poison
Judas Priest (hopefully)
Whitesnake (hopefully)
Motley Crue
Chickenfoot (hopefully)
Queensryche (hopefully)
KISS (hopefully)
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