Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrshow bout angus young?

I saw a metal band called haste the day in concert, and the rhythm player used a schecter C-1 something or other (not the classic) and the lead player used a platinum colored SG.

lots of metal bands use les pauls ands SGs, no names in particular spring to mind, but if you did some research, I'm sure you'd find plenty that do.

Every time I go to a local show I always see at least 5 Gibsons, then comes Shecters, then Prs's, then Strats. And about that akward note you were talking about, I feel you on that one. I've been trying to get that sound for a while now, the closest I got was playing this :

drop d or c , open notes played fast
|---------------------------0---|
|---------------------------3---|
|-------------------------------|
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|
pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other than that I just vary the 2nd string around that 3. Hope that helped.