hey man ive played geetar for 6 years, im usualy just a neo classical shredder but i recently started playing bass got my own bass and shit for my birthday, my influinces include, children of bodom, dissection, emperor, ynwgie malmsteen, nevermore, deicide, cannibal corpse, morbid angel, dark tranquility, ensiferum, norther, wintersun, dimmu borgir, amon amarth, machinehead, symphony x. jus anythin that is metal really, what sorta stuff do u guys play? i wud be intrested if it were more on the metal side of things rather than hard rock, bt dont get me wrong i love sabbath, ozzy is better i think tho cuz randy rhoads is also one of my gods. wb man