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Jeff Loomis Born September 14 1971 Is An American Musician Best Known For His Role As Lead Guitarist In The Progressive Metal Band Nevermore.
Contents Hide 1 Biography 1.1 Early Days 1.2 Sanctuary 1990-1991 1.3 Nevermore 1991-2011 1.4 Solo 2005-Present 1.5 Other 2 Equipment 3 Effects Pedals 4 Recording Gear 5 Discography 5.1 Nevermore 5.2 Solo 5.3 Guest Appearances 6 Instructional DVD 7 References 8 External Links Edit Biography Edit Early Days Loomis Got His First Instrument At Nine Or Ten Years Old But Didn't Start Practicing Seriously Until Around The Age Of 15. 1 As A Teenager In Wisconsin He Played In A Handful Of Cover Bands And Three Death Metal Bands Before Joining More Established Bands. 2 3 At The Age Of 16 Loomis Won Wisconsin's Guitar Wars Contest. Citation Needed He Was Auditioned For Megadeth During The So Far So Good...So What! Era At The Age Of 16 After Their Lead Guitarist Jeff Young Was Fired From The Band. After They Played A Few Songs Together Dave Mustaine The Band's Frontman And Other Lead Guitarist Thanked Loomis And Told Him That One Day He Would Become A Great Guitar Player But Because Of His Age He Was Not Right For The Position. 1 Jeff Loomis Saw Cacophony On Tour And Told Marty Friedman Who Became Very Interested About The Audition. Marty Tried Out For The Position And Joined The Band In 1989. In 2005 Loomis Would Then Share The Stage With Megadeth As The Lead Guitarist For Nevermore As Part Of Mustaine's Gigantour Festival. Jeff Began To Work On His Solo Album "Zero Order Phase". At This Time Megadeth Were Having Tryouts For A New Guitarist Once Again And Invited Jeff To Join Them. Jeff Turned The Band Down In Order To Keep Working On His Solo Album. Coincidentally Loomis' Co-Guitarist In Nevermore Chris Broderick Auditioned For Megadeth And Was Given The Part. Edit Sanctuary 1990-1991 Not Too Long After Being Auditioned For The Lead Part In Megadeth Which Was Also Auditioned For By Steve Smyth And Chris Broderick Both Playing For His Later Band Nevermore At Different Points Loomis Was Unable To Join The Band Sanctuary After Guitarist Sean Blosl Had Left. He Was Able To Take His Place At This Time However Because Of A Dispute Caused By Guitarist Lenny Rutledge Wanting To Make Grunge Oriented Music Sanctuary Broke Up 4 Months Afterwards. 1 Edit Nevermore 1991-2011 After The Break-Up Loomis And Former Sanctuary Members Warrel Dane Vocalist And Jim Sheppard Bassist Made Plans To Form Nevermore And In Late 1994 Loomis Became The Lead Guitarist Of Nevermore After The Brief Period Being In Sanctuary. During His Time In The Band He Was The Main Songwriter Of Nevermore Adding To The Unique Sound That Fans Are Familiar With. His Contributions Can Be Found In Albums Such As The Politics Of Ecstasy Dreaming Neon Black This Godless Endeavor Including Steve Smyth Who Previously Featured In The Band Testament And Nevermore's 2010 Album The Obsidian Conspiracy. Loomis Played An Important Role In Portraying The Sound That Nevermore Has Today Using 7 String Guitars And Techniques Such As Sweep-Picking. One Of His More Important Musical Showcases Is In The Critically Acclaimed Album Dead Heart In A Dead World In Which He Wrote Most Of The Songs Before Nevermore. On The 21st Of April 2011 He Along With Van Williams Left Nevermore Citing Personal And Musical Differences With Warrel Dane. Edit Solo 2005-Present In 2005 Jeff Reported That He Would Take Some Time As A Break And Then Begin Recording A Solo Album. He Said "It's Something I've Been Wanting To Do For Sometime... It Will Be Like A Jason Becker/Marty Friedman Kind Of Thing." On April 1 2008 Jeff Said That All 10 Songs Which Have Been Written Have Had The Drumming Recorded Which Was Done By Mark Arrington Pretty Much Overnight And They Will Soon Begin Tracking The Rhythm Guitar. On 3 July 2008 It Was Announced That The Album Would Be Called Zero Order Phase 3 . It Was Released 30 September Via Century Media Records. During This Time Dave Mustaine Of Megadeth Invited Jeff To Join As The Lead Guitarist But He Declined The Offer To Work On His Solo Record. In An Interview To Guitar Asylum Jeff Confirmed That A New Solo Record Is In The Works And Spoke About The Possibility Of Having Guest Work By Chris Poland And Rusty Cooley. It Is Confirmed That Guest Solos On A Second Solo Album Will Be Done By Marty Friedman Tony MacAlpine And Chris Poland. It Was Announced On January 30 2012 In A Press Release That Included Track Listing And Cover Art That The Name Of The New Album Will Be Plains Of Oblivion Slated For Release April 10 2012 Through Century Media Records. 4 Edit Other Loomis Had A Monthly Column Citation Needed In Guitar World Magazine Entitled "Merchant Of Menace" Where He Explained How To Play The Riffs And Solos Of Nevermore. In More Recent Columns His Former Co-Guitarist In Nevermore Steve Smyth Has Co-Written The Column Which Is Dubbed "The Merchants Of Menace." He Has Also Been Featured In Young Guitar Magazine Showing Guitarists How To Play And Explain His Style And Signature Guitar In Nevermore. In 2009 Guitar World Released His First Instructional Video. Slated For A Winter 2010 Release Jeff Has Recorded A 2 Part Instructional DVD Series With RockHouseMethod. Recording Took Place Late Fall Of 2009. He Played As A Guest Guitar Solo In The Last Keith Merrow's Album Awaken The Stone King Released On January 1 2011. As Of 2008 He Is Engaged. Edit Equipment
This Section May Contain Original Research. Please Improve It By Verifying The Claims Made And Adding References. Statements Consisting Only Of Original Research May Be Removed. More Details May Be Available On The Talk Page. February 2008 Loomis Plays Various Schecter Seven String Guitars Including The Jeff Loomis C7 FR Signature Model With EMG 707 Pickups And A Floyd Rose Tremolo. 2 He Also Plays A Schecter C-7 Hellraiser With EMG 707 Active Humbucker Pickups And The C-7 Blackjack With The Seymour Duncan Blackout Pickups. Prior To Schecter He Played A Wide Variety Of Guitars Including Ibanez Politics Of Ecstasy Period Gibson Jackson Dreaming Neon Black Period ESP Dead Heart... Period And Warmoth. In The Video For 'Believe In Nothing' He Can Be Seen Using An LTD M Series Either M400 Or M100fm . He Also Owns A Custom ESP Horizon 7. He Endorsed Peavey Amplifiers And Used Their XXX Head. After That He Endorsed Krank Amplifiers And Could Be Seen Live Using The Krankenstein Heads And Cabs. As Of 2008 Jeff Endorsed ENGL Amplification And Used Most Of Their Heads At One Time Or Another Most Notably The SE 670 Then The Fireball And Finally Their Savage Heads And Engl Cabs Loaded With Vintage 30s. Early In 2007 Schecter Guitars Brought Out The Jeff Loomis Signature Schecter 7 String Based On The C-7 Hellraiser Model. It Features The EMG 707 Active Pickups Ash Body In 'vampyre Red Satin' And Three Piece Maple Neck With Maple Fretboard And Sperzel Locking Tuners. At NAMM 08 A New Signature Model Was Released. It Is The Same As His Other One But It Has A Fixed Bridge Instead Of A Floyd Rose. 5 Jeff Uses Ernie Ball Strings Gauge 9-46 66 In Bb Tuning Along With Dunlop Tortex Sharp Picks. He Is Currently Still Using Engl Amplifiers read less