There is a new interview with me on Shredknowledge.com, check it out.

What gear do you use live and to record?

I have quite a few guitar, but my favorite is a Samick Artist Model. This is the red one on my album cover. It is the most comfortable instrument I’ve ever played on - and I played a lot of guitars I can tell ya! Sometimes I’m also using my Fender Strat for cleaner or crunch-type tones. During the recording of my album I used a Fibenare sevenstring guitar on 3 songs: “Tight Squeeze", “Stormbeaten” and “Golden Sun”. I use mostly Marshall amps, and sometimes my Boss GT-3 effects processor too. Of course I add some other effects (compressors, digital delay, etc.) in the studio, but live it is only overdrive and a bit of delay plus my good old wah.

How did you get so good?

Thanks a lot man! In my opinion, it is a combination of numerous factors. First of all, if you want to be good on any instrument, you have to know all the aspects and areas of the music theory. It just won’t work without it - you might have good chops without it but after reaching a certain level you may find yourself in a deadlock, because the lack of theory will keep you from playing freely in a more complex musical environment. In the second place, it is crucial to keep going and never give up your goals. And of course you have to...

Read the whole interview on Shredknowledge.com:
http://www.shredknowledge.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=497:great-sk-interview-with-jonas-tamas&catid=112:artist-spotlight&Itemid=259









There is a new article about me & my guitar playing on Stringworks.ch - check it out:
http://www.stringworks.ch/whos-playing-3-jonas-tamas

If you speak German then you'll like it.

The also wrote a review on my album 'Sharp Guitars From a Flat Planet':
http://www.stringworks.ch/jonas-tamas-sharp-guitars-from-a-flat-planet