Guitar players get inward and analytical about their playing but when you start to get positive feedback from other players it makes you think that it is coming together.

You might be able to get a certain sound, and in the studio you certainly look at things under a microscope a lot more. You might hear more warmth out of a thicker string gauge. But in the practical world, like with us, we're playing An Evening With... so it's three hours of music, and our music is pretty challenging as far as the technical aspect. And I found after awhile that I was killing myself.

When I first started, it was the real basic stuff that was being played on the radio, so I was into Zeppelin, and Sabbath, and AC/DC, and all stuff like that. I grew up in New York, on Long Island, so the local radio stations played all that kind of thing.

As far as bands doing that in a way where they think they're going to fight the government, the only people they're really hurting is the fans.

Now that we're established and we have a history we know that we can expect people to show up and to have a good time.

We have a storage close by where I live, that's very organised. My guitar tech, Matty organised it all, labeled everything.

Real thick strings - your hands start to get fatigued. As much as you practice, and as much experience as you have, and as long as you've been playing, there is a fatigue point during the show, as with anything that's physical. So I wanted to basically pace myself better.