About Me/Site Info
My name is Anthony. I'm a music educator, BMI-affiliated songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, engineer, arranger, transcriptionist, and all-around music junkie from the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area. I started playing guitar over 20 years ago, and have been constantly seeking out new things in the music world ever since, whether it be recording and performing with the various bands I've been part of, attending music college, becoming a teacher, or spending irresponsible amounts of money on gear and concert tickets!
Over the years, I've established a reputation as somewhat of a "Linkin Park guru" among other members of the Linkin Park fan base. While this isn't exclusive to my knowledge of their guitar-related gear, I definitely consider it my forte, considering how long I've been obsessed with all things guitar-related, not just within the Linkin Park world. During the long period of downtime between the releases of Meteora and Minutes to Midnight, I began transcribing guitar tabs for the Linkin Park Association website, as I had found that the majority of the tabs of Linkin Park songs at the time were largely inaccurate. This led to the creation of my YouTube channel in early 2007, which was (and still is) primarily meant to be a visual companion to my tabs. This, unsurprisingly, led to a lot of questions from viewers of my channel about what kind of gear the band was using. After doing some research, I quickly discovered that, much like many of the guitar tabs out there, the most widely-available information about the band's gear was also either outdated or inaccurate. After spending several months amassing all of the accurate information I could find, I launched the original version of this site on October 27th, 2007. It's been a constantly evolving labor of love ever since.
After nearly 16 years of the site maintaining a relatively consistent look, a switch in hosting services became necessary in August/September of 2023, which led to the current version of the site you see today.
Over the years, I've established a reputation as somewhat of a "Linkin Park guru" among other members of the Linkin Park fan base. While this isn't exclusive to my knowledge of their guitar-related gear, I definitely consider it my forte, considering how long I've been obsessed with all things guitar-related, not just within the Linkin Park world. During the long period of downtime between the releases of Meteora and Minutes to Midnight, I began transcribing guitar tabs for the Linkin Park Association website, as I had found that the majority of the tabs of Linkin Park songs at the time were largely inaccurate. This led to the creation of my YouTube channel in early 2007, which was (and still is) primarily meant to be a visual companion to my tabs. This, unsurprisingly, led to a lot of questions from viewers of my channel about what kind of gear the band was using. After doing some research, I quickly discovered that, much like many of the guitar tabs out there, the most widely-available information about the band's gear was also either outdated or inaccurate. After spending several months amassing all of the accurate information I could find, I launched the original version of this site on October 27th, 2007. It's been a constantly evolving labor of love ever since.
After nearly 16 years of the site maintaining a relatively consistent look, a switch in hosting services became necessary in August/September of 2023, which led to the current version of the site you see today.