I use a simple set-up i have a squier tele custom (double humbucker), its been modified extremely i got rid of the old shitty chinese pick-ups and replaced them with two major high put beasts from a maverick guitar(from the same makers as ibanez), ive also removed the tone switches thus giving my pickups more ummf and strangely it also gives u more tone, and ive had the frets stoned and ive lowered the action so it plays all good, so in general it feels like a real fender rather than a chep old squire and sounds much more.
On the amps and effects side of things i just have a simple marshall mg30dfx, effects pedals wise i dont really use much, i frequently use a jim dunlop cry baby wah (the same as jimi hendrix himself used to), i dont tend to use a distortion pedal as the onboard overdrive on my amp is very good but when i do i use a dan electro t-bone distortion pedal, i also have digitech rp30 effects processor with a bespeco expression pedal for all my whammying needs and everything else athough i don't tend to use it much.
Basicallly i prefer to keep things simple, as a player i prefer to do the most i can without effects and wotnot but i do frequently use my wah and he only other thing i tend to do alot is use pick-up switch techniques as i think tremolo pedals are shite and give u no control at all, but as said i much prefer to rely on my own skill and obtain my sound through techniques i use such as finger tapping, sweep picking, pinch harmonics and pick-up switching etc.
Also as a lost note how many notes per second can every1 reach???
But this without finger tapping just through use a pick,
I can achieve roughly 15 maybe a few more when i sweep pick!
Well phew i think im done!
Oh i almost forgot noway shud u replace megadeth and van halen with finch noway, never, ever ever. Van halen is just awesome and is an absolute shred master, and megadeth are typical 80's shred with the mighty Marty freidman and Dave mustaine, Marty being a sweep picking king!!!
So if u havent heard them or from what uve heard of them doesn't impress u much, get in contact through msn or my e-mail and i'll tell u tracks to look out for because they are awesome, i mean im talking whole songs which are practically entire solos with them reaching up to 20 odd notes a second constantly!!!
