Re: New riff demo -- Rainbow/Yngwie bit in 5/4 (prog rock content)
I use whatever guitar I happen to have lying round.
I have always had an attack-y sound. Part of it is the picking technique I was taught (picking from the elbow, not the wrist), and part of it is the picks I use -- Fender Heavy Premium Celluloid. I also use heavier strings -- 10s or 11s, which allows a heavier pick attack.
On this clip, the pickups are Fender Custom shop single coils or a Duncan SSL1 in the bridge.