Joe Stump

Joe Stump (born September 18, 1960) is an American guitarist and composer. He is currently playing for the band Exorcism, Raven Lord, HolyHell, and his solo project. Stump plays in a style original to Yngwie Malmsteen and has released albums with his band, Reign of Terror, as well as with an earlier band from Boston called Trash Broadway, and as a solo artist. In September 2012 it was announced that Joe Stump would join the multinational metal band Raven Lord.

Stumps' musical influences derive from Yngwie Malmsteen, Ritchie Blackmore, and Gary Moore.

Solo

• Guitar Dominance! (1993)
• Night of the Living Shred (1994)
• Supersonic Shred Machine (1996)
• Rapid Fire Rondo (1998)
• A Shred Odyssey (2001)
• Midwest Shredfest (2001)
• Dark Gifts - Rare And Unreleased Tracks (2001)
• Guitar Master (2002)
• Armed And Ready (2003)
• Speed Metal Messiah (2004)
• Virtuostic Vendetta (2009)
• Revenge of the Shredlord (2012)
• The Dark Lord Rises (2015)
• With Trash Broadway
• Trash Broadway (1989)

Reign of Terror

• Light in the Sky (1996)
• Second Coming (1999)
• Sacred Ground (2001)
• Conquer & Divide (2003)

Shooting Hemlock

• Clockwatcher (1997)

Alcatrazz

• V (2021)

Compilations

• Shredology (2005)
• The Essential Shred Guitar Collection (2009)

Reign of Terror

• Reign of Terror (double CD, 1996)
• Second Coming (1999)
• Sacred Ground (2001)
• Conquer and Divide (2002)

HolyHell

• Apocalypse (2007)
• HolyHell (2009)
• Darkness Visible (2012)

Collaborations

• Trash Broadway (1989)
• Diginet Music Guitar Masters, Joe Stump - Jams on David T. Chastain's tracks

Guest participation

• Clockwatcher - Shooting Hemlock (1997)
• Neo-Classical Rock Guitar - Matthew Mills (2005)

Stump endorses and uses ESP Guitars, which feature scalloped fretboards. He also uses Marshall Amplifiers, Rhino amplifiers, and Engl amplifiers.

He uses the following pedals:

• DOD 250 overdrive pre-amp
• Dunlop crybaby wah-wah
• Bob Gjika Hot Box tube preamp
• Boss NS-2 Noise gate.
• Boss DD-3 digital delay
• Korg SDD – 2000 digital delay
• Boss CE-3 chorus
• Boss CS-2 compressor/sustainer
• Boss BF-2 Flanger
• Boss octave box

Stump uses Ernie Ball strings, with gauge 008, 011, 014, 024, 032, 048 and 1.5mm Dunlop Delrin picks.