Post by nickwellings on Jun 8, 2010 9:53:51 GMT -5
For a long time (and a long time ago) I was a member of a yahoo group made up of guys who loved shred guitar and who'd transcribe and trade crazy licks from shredders.
Group kind of slowly drifted apart about 6/7 years ago, but recently I get an email from a former member and we get to talking. Turns out the guy is transcribing the Shrapnel back cataglog, and he's been in contact with Scott Mishoe about transcribing his stuff.
"Who's Scott Mishoe?" you say?
THIS is Scott Mishoe:
I mention him cause he plays the Mighty HM!
Also the guy has some nice inside info on the HM. I asked if Scott was still using HMs:
"when I met up with mishoe in 2007 he was playing that pink HM strat. so yeah. I guess he is still playing them. I had two at one point.
I learned that the guy who designed the Jem and the S series and the RG is the same guy who designed the HM. he runs a company called SUGI guitars. yes its a japanese company and good god their guitars sound like gibsons and PRS but play like an Ibanez and the materials they use and the craftsmanship are the best I've ever seen.
This Sugi guy is really the guy who designed all the 80s shredder machines we all grew up with. so stuff like Jackson, Fender, Ibanez. I think he did Washburn and a few others I cant think of and am too lazy to look up. Ibanez still calls on him to build all their high end artist guitars so when Vai wants a new guitar, Sugi makes it for Vai, Gilbert needs a new one, Sugi builds it, Satch, Timmons its all Sugi.
At the 2009 NAMM show I was showcasing the Jason Becker Pedal and Paradise guitar at Protone pedal booth...long series of snafus...but anyways, I was playing some Becker songs and Sugi guitars was right next to Protone pedals and Gilbert walked by and talked with the 3 people at the booth, bowed and walked off. So I stopped by the Sugi booth and found up what was up with the guy. I talked to them and then proceeded to shit myself
nice guitars, check them out, they are... nice... if you're into that sorta thing."
So that was cool to find out. I guess we should all thank Sugi for our lovely shred machines!
Group kind of slowly drifted apart about 6/7 years ago, but recently I get an email from a former member and we get to talking. Turns out the guy is transcribing the Shrapnel back cataglog, and he's been in contact with Scott Mishoe about transcribing his stuff.
"Who's Scott Mishoe?" you say?
THIS is Scott Mishoe:
I mention him cause he plays the Mighty HM!
Also the guy has some nice inside info on the HM. I asked if Scott was still using HMs:
"when I met up with mishoe in 2007 he was playing that pink HM strat. so yeah. I guess he is still playing them. I had two at one point.
I learned that the guy who designed the Jem and the S series and the RG is the same guy who designed the HM. he runs a company called SUGI guitars. yes its a japanese company and good god their guitars sound like gibsons and PRS but play like an Ibanez and the materials they use and the craftsmanship are the best I've ever seen.
This Sugi guy is really the guy who designed all the 80s shredder machines we all grew up with. so stuff like Jackson, Fender, Ibanez. I think he did Washburn and a few others I cant think of and am too lazy to look up. Ibanez still calls on him to build all their high end artist guitars so when Vai wants a new guitar, Sugi makes it for Vai, Gilbert needs a new one, Sugi builds it, Satch, Timmons its all Sugi.
At the 2009 NAMM show I was showcasing the Jason Becker Pedal and Paradise guitar at Protone pedal booth...long series of snafus...but anyways, I was playing some Becker songs and Sugi guitars was right next to Protone pedals and Gilbert walked by and talked with the 3 people at the booth, bowed and walked off. So I stopped by the Sugi booth and found up what was up with the guy. I talked to them and then proceeded to shit myself
nice guitars, check them out, they are... nice... if you're into that sorta thing."
So that was cool to find out. I guess we should all thank Sugi for our lovely shred machines!
how come this dude isn't more well known?!
