Tater Gear List – Guitarist of 10 Years – Ryan Johnson

Ryan Johnson (aka Tater) is one of the founding members of the alternative metal band, 10 Years. Tater wanted to play guitar at the early age of 13 years old, but coming from strict Southern Baptist roots, his mother didn’t want him to play music, especially rock ‘n roll. After Tater went to his first show (Rancid and Offspring), he knew that’s what he wanted to do.

Tater never took any guitar lessons, instead he would just try to surround himself with the most talented musicians he could to help him learn. Tater’s guitar influences were more on the side of punk and alternative music such as Nirvana and Alice In Chains. Tater is also in another band called American Plague. See pictures of Tater’s gear taken from the Carnival Of Madness Tour at the DTE Music Theatre in Clarkston Michigan.

Fun fact: Tater loves destroying drum symbols with an AXE on stage. Watch the YouTube video of Tater demolishing a drum symbol on stage.

Tater’s Gear List

• Gibson Les Paul guitars (with the neck pickups removed)
• Genz Benz Black Pearl amplifier
• Bogner Uberschall
• Genz Benz Speaker cabinets

Rack:

• Furman PL-Plus Series II
• Rocktron HUSH
• Monster Power PRO 2500

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Brian Vodinh Gear List – Guitarist of 10 Years

Brian Vodinh is one of the founding members of alternative metal band, 10 Years. He started off as the drummer for the band, but later switched to guitar. Some of his band members say he is a guitarist first, a drummer second.

Brian started taking guitar lessons at the age of 11 years old. He grew up around music as his father was a first-chair violinist in a symphony orchestra and his mother was a huge Elvis Presley fan. Brian says growing up with rock ‘n roll meets classical helped shaped his style.

Brian’s guitar influences growing up was bands like Deftones, Metallica, and Korn. Brians says you can hear a James Hetfield-style in his guitar playing, especially in his right hand attack. What helped him develop that style was his determination to learn Metallica songs, especially Master Of Puppets at the age of 13. See pictures of Brian Vodinh’s gear taken from the Carnival Of Madness Tour at the DTE Music Theatre in Clarkston Michigan.

Brian Vodinh’s gear list

• Talor Standard Guitars (single cut)
• Demeter TGA-2 guitar amplifier
• Bogner Custom Shop Shiva guitar amplifier
• Roland JCM120 2×12 combo
• Bogner 4×12 speaker cabinets

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Stevie Ray Vaughan – 20 years in remembrance

Stevie Ray Vaughan – October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990
Nothing touches the hearts and minds like good music; especially music from down deep in the soul. It is only appropriate to respectfully remember a musical-maverick-man that gave us a plethora of mind-mellowing, soul-soothing, straight from the heart and soul from the life of SRV.

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Warmly remembering the guitar legend, everyone’s Pride and Joy, Stevie Ray Vaughan. The best remembrance and tribute to him is to listen to his music…. Watch and listen to it below. Read more

Carnival of Madness Show in Michigan – Meeting 10 Years

Auburn Hills, Michigan — DTE Energy Music Theatre, Carnival of Madness Tour — If you were one of the fortunate 15,000+ people in attendance at the August 7, 2010 show, you’ll certainly remember how kick ass it was, well… depending how drunk you were. The Music Theatre was hoppin’ and the energy was just absolutely astonishing, I wouldn’t doubt Michigan has some of the most passionate rock fans in the world. Read more

Top 5 easy rock riffs to play on guitar

Usually when someone proclaims the “best guitar riffs”, it usually stirs up the most controversy, but most guitarists will agree that some of the easiest riffs are the most melodic. Some riffs are, however, so significant to the song, they can be called the best, and in this article we’ll discuss the riffs that are the most significant in rock music. Read more

Easy songs to play on guitar

While you are at the absolute beginner stage of learning electric guitar, it is very important to learn full songs. Besides the obvious – that you can play the songs you learn for your friends – playing actual songs instead of scales or chord changes is mandatory, because it will make you a better player. You can’t learn timing and foot-tapping by drilling scales; you can’t learn strumming patterns by changing chords all the time. Things like these come only from playing songs—and playing them a lot. This article will show and explain how to play 3 very popular songs Read more

Buckcherry Keith Nelson Interview

Buckcherry Interview — Ben Bojanich sits down with Keith Nelson, guitarist of Buckcherry for a face-to-face interview.

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Buckcherry face-to-face pre-interview with Gear-Vault

The Common Grounds Festival in Lansing Michigan is one of the few festivals of its kind in the state. This year’s edition hosted musical artists ranging from Three 6 Mafia to Alice Cooper to the subjects of my interview, hard rocking quintet Buckcherry. Read more

Gear-Vault to Interview 10 Years – Readers Questions

Gear-Vault.com will be conducting an interview with one of our favorite bands, 10 Years for the bands new album debut “Feeding the Wolves“. We are very excited to interview and share our experiences with you. In fact, we encourage you to post questions that you would like us to ask 10 Years. We are excited to have the chance for our readers to participate in this interview. Please posts your questions that you would like us to ask 10 Years below. Look for the full interview coming soon! Read more

Keith Richards – Guitarist of The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones are one of the greatest rock bands of all time, so of course everyone should be familiar with this band. You have heard their music, you watched their biography on VH1, and you probably even see people wearing a Rolling Stones logoed t-shirts every day. It is safe to say that this band has made themselves into something bigger than life. Read more

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