THE AXEMEN SERIES : Josh / Dreams in Peril

1.Tell us your name and the band you play for

My name is Josh and I play for Dreams in Peril

2.Who made you want to pick up the guitar

I never really had a person or person inspire me to pick up the guitar. I just wanted to learn how to play it.

3.Are you self taught or did you take lessons?

I am self taught.

4. Can you read music, Can you read tab?

I can read tabs

5.Do you feel like you have your own sound / tone ?

  yes

6.Tell us about your guitar ( brand ,model . year , color )

There is a story with my guitar. But It is a custom by G# guitars and it is a baritone

7.What about pickups? Passive or active ? Tell us about them

Passive single coils. Actives just have way too much bite to them.

8.Lets get into amplification, Same drill brand , model , speakers etc

Peavey ultra 410 that I modded.  I happen to be an amp tech. I fix guitar amps for a job.  The cab is peavey bass cab loaded with Texas heat speakers by Eminence. 

9.Do you have a pedal board? Tell us about that badboy

I have for my reverb pedals a Strymon bigsky  and a mini HOF. For my modulation I strymon mobius and for delay I have a strymon timeline. For the over drives I have a flexdrive and a tube screamer . For the synth type sounds I have a Electro-harmonix mel9. And a Boss  ES-5 for a patchbay.

10..Now tell us your Dream Rig in detail…..

I don't really have a dream rig. 

11.What guitarist can you not stand?

I have not met one I could not stand yet

12. Is tone more important or is technique?

Both are equally important

13. Name your top 5 guitarist

I do  not have a top 5

14.Who is the most overrated guitarist

I don't pay attention to industry politics 

15.Who would you like a one hour private sit down lessons with anyone dead or alive?

I honestly do not know. I can get inspired by anything if I want to learn something new .

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