Art Alexakis Quotes

A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream.

When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer!

I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom.

Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection.

There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.

My favorite is still the one that I started off with, which is a Les Paul Standard. I've played that at every gig I've ever had. And that's my starting point in the studio.

I keep changing my stuff. I used to play through a Marshall JCM800, and then I also had a Randy Rhoads signature amp. So before I was playing EVH, I was playing an ODB pedal. I still have my Dunlop Jerry Cantrell wah pedal because I love that.

I use Bogner amps and custom-designed Schecter guitars with Seymour Duncan Invader pickups. I beef up my tone with a Boss CS- 3 Compression Sustainer. It's kinda like my secret weapon.

My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe.

When I got my first Marshall amp, it was so empowering. No one ever forgets their first Marshall amp if you're a guitar player pursuing a big powerful sound. I mean, no one ever forgets their first Marshall amp.

I never liked mellow sounding guitar.

The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.

I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals.

It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did.

I couldn't not play a Les Paul guitar. Les always used to point to my Strat and say, 'Why do you have that piece of crap around your neck?' I'd say, 'Yours are too heavy. I had to drill holes in it.'

I'm not a guitar collector. I own some guitars because I play.

There is nothing wrong about being a rock n' roll guitar player.

I tried a Les Paul when I was a lot younger. I tried the Les Paul, and because of the weight of the thing, it nearly dislocated my hip.

The best slide guitar, unless you're playing the Muddy Waters-style, is the old '52 Goldtop Les Paul.

In my opinion, the P-90 is the best pickup for slide - it has the right overtones.

My dad loved Les Paul, and I wanted to be just like that.

Rock 'n' roll guitar came from blues guitar. It was the blues guys who first turned the amp up and started whacking on the Stratocaster and a Les Paul. It wasn't the country guys and it wasn't the white guys; it was the Blues guys. That's where the real fire is in all of this rock and roll music.

My guitar setup is inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan.

It is the universe where all rock players live- we all use distortion, overdrive, gain and saturation. I call it 'fuzz.'

I always use my Les Paul. I have a Hamer as well. I use a Tele and an Esquire - once in a while, I will use a Strat, and I never use any pedals... except for in my car.