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===Biography===
===Biography===
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Kostas Karamitroudis was born on September 12, 1980 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He began playing guitar at an early age concentrating on perfecting his heavy metal technique. At age 18 he left Greece to pursue a musical career at Burklee College of Music, he dropped out soon after to pursue his dreams of becoming a heavy metal god. His influence on the heavy metal scene is un-mistakeable. He has become friends notably with many members of the heavy metal community including: james Murphy Marty Friedman and Dimebag Darrel and has rescently been given credit for teaching Herman Li of Dragon Force. Gus G has been featured in many bands over his time as a heavy metal guitars. Playing leads on Arch Enemy's Dooms Day Machine and replacing Chris Amott on their ozzfest tour in 2005. He has played with bands such as "sigh" and "Old Mans Child". Gus G was considered one of the top 3 guitarists in the world according to Japaneese Magazine Burrrn.
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'''Firewind'''
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Gus G's current and most successful band to date is firewind. The band hails from Greece. The epic saga began in 1998 with the realease of Nocturnal Symphony which was a demo album for Gus G. The band continued together and 3 years later released Between Heaven and Hell. The band changed slighly still being headed by Gus G and went on to record Burning Earth, the band changed again to record Forged by Fire with the line up together today. During these 3 albums firewind was signed to Leviathan Records who caught wind of Gus G and signed firewind. For Forged by Fire the band switched to Century Media who would release the albums to north America. They used this company to record Alleigence and The Premonition which was released in March of 2008.
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==Gear==
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Gus G uses Krank Amplifiers and ESP guitars. He has two signature guitars made by ESP
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'''Gus G. NT'''
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BODY : Alder
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NECK : Hard Maple 3P
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FINGERBOARD : Rosewood , 22 frets
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SCALE : 25.5 inch (648mm)
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NUT (width) : Carbon (42mm)
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JOINT : Set-neck
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TUNER : Sperzel Trim Lock Tuner
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BRIDGE : Tune-matic / Stop Tailpiece
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PICKUPS : (Front) Seymour Duncan SH-2n, (Rear) Seymour Duncan SH-6b
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CONTROLS : Master Volume, PU Selector, Coil Split SW
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COLOR : Black
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'''Gus G. FR'''
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BODY : (Top) Figured Maple, (Back) Alder
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NECK : Hard Maple 3P
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FINGERBOARD : Rosewood , 22 frets
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SCALE : 25.5 inch (648mm)
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NUT (width) : Lock Nut (42mm/R2)
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JOINT : Set-neck
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TUNER : Sperzel Trim Lock Tuner
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BRIDGE : Floyd Rose
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PICKUPS : (Front) Seymour Duncan SH-2n, (Rear) Seymour Duncan SH-6b
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CONTROLS : Master Volume, PU Selector, Coil Split SW
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COLOR : See-Thru Red
===Style===
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Kostas Karamitroudis of Firewind (AKA GUS G) - Ex Dream Evil, Arch Enemy, Nightrage, Mystic Prophecy

Biography

Kostas Karamitroudis was born on September 12, 1980 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He began playing guitar at an early age concentrating on perfecting his heavy metal technique. At age 18 he left Greece to pursue a musical career at Burklee College of Music, he dropped out soon after to pursue his dreams of becoming a heavy metal god. His influence on the heavy metal scene is un-mistakeable. He has become friends notably with many members of the heavy metal community including: james Murphy Marty Friedman and Dimebag Darrel and has rescently been given credit for teaching Herman Li of Dragon Force. Gus G has been featured in many bands over his time as a heavy metal guitars. Playing leads on Arch Enemy's Dooms Day Machine and replacing Chris Amott on their ozzfest tour in 2005. He has played with bands such as "sigh" and "Old Mans Child". Gus G was considered one of the top 3 guitarists in the world according to Japaneese Magazine Burrrn.

Firewind Gus G's current and most successful band to date is firewind. The band hails from Greece. The epic saga began in 1998 with the realease of Nocturnal Symphony which was a demo album for Gus G. The band continued together and 3 years later released Between Heaven and Hell. The band changed slighly still being headed by Gus G and went on to record Burning Earth, the band changed again to record Forged by Fire with the line up together today. During these 3 albums firewind was signed to Leviathan Records who caught wind of Gus G and signed firewind. For Forged by Fire the band switched to Century Media who would release the albums to north America. They used this company to record Alleigence and The Premonition which was released in March of 2008.

Gear

Gus G uses Krank Amplifiers and ESP guitars. He has two signature guitars made by ESP

Gus G. NT BODY : Alder

NECK : Hard Maple 3P

FINGERBOARD : Rosewood , 22 frets

SCALE : 25.5 inch (648mm)

NUT (width) : Carbon (42mm)

JOINT : Set-neck

TUNER : Sperzel Trim Lock Tuner

BRIDGE : Tune-matic / Stop Tailpiece

PICKUPS : (Front) Seymour Duncan SH-2n, (Rear) Seymour Duncan SH-6b

CONTROLS : Master Volume, PU Selector, Coil Split SW

COLOR : Black

Gus G. FR

BODY : (Top) Figured Maple, (Back) Alder

NECK : Hard Maple 3P

FINGERBOARD : Rosewood , 22 frets

SCALE : 25.5 inch (648mm)

NUT (width) : Lock Nut (42mm/R2)

JOINT : Set-neck

TUNER : Sperzel Trim Lock Tuner

BRIDGE : Floyd Rose

PICKUPS : (Front) Seymour Duncan SH-2n, (Rear) Seymour Duncan SH-6b

CONTROLS : Master Volume, PU Selector, Coil Split SW

COLOR : See-Thru Red

Style

There is alot more to Gus G then just shred, although this is what he can be associated with most. His work with Dream Evil and firewind show that he has incredible riff writting abilities. mixing melodic soloing and great tone and feeling with absolutly mind blowing heavy riffs. A great example of his versatility can be noticed highly in his song "The Fire and the Fury" off of Burning Earth by Firewind.

Heavy Melodic Shred to sum it up

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