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Erno "Emppu" Matti Juhani Vuorinen (born 24 June 1978 in Kitee, Finland) is a Finnish guitarist, most famous for being a founding member and occasional songwriter of the symphonic power metal band Nightwish. He started to play guitar as a private study at the age of 12 and since then has played in various bands including Nightwish, Brother Firetribe, Barilari, Almah(With Angra's frontman Edu Falaschi), and Altaria.
Emppu most often supports the keyboard or orchestral parts of Nightwish songs, but he plays solos as well. Vuorinen's solo techniques include short range tapping and minor to extreme whammy bar use for vibrato. His solos are more melodic than in many other heavy metal bands, but he sometimes shreds (notably in "Nightquest," "Romanticide," "The Pharaoh Sails To Orion," and "Gethsemane"). Emppu is the only member of Nightwish's current lineup never to have contributed any vocals.
Vuorinen is also involved with a Brazilian metal band called Almah, for which he recorded the guitar parts in order to help his friend and vocalist Edu Falaschi (also singer of Angra). Emppu did not stay in the band because of his obligations to Nightwish.
Vuorinen is often referred to as "the short one" or "the hobbit" when among band members or fans, as he stands at just 5'3" (160 cm) in height.
As of 2008, one of his side-projects, Brother Firetribe, had released two albums worldwide: "False Metal" (re-released as "Break Out") and "Heart Full Of Fire".
Equipment
Vuorinen originally used Washburn guitars for earlier albums (WASHBURN CS-780: white and purple guitars with golden hardware) but he has recently endorsed ESP Guitars. He currently uses a custom made ESP Horizon, the ESP EV-1 with Seymour Duncan pickups (TB-5 in the bridge, SHR-1n in the middle and an SH-2n in the neck), 1 in purple and 1 in white, along with an ESP Eclipse in Vintage Black, which he used for the music video to Nightwish's Amaranth and Bye Bye Beautiful.
His current main amplifiers are Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers with Marshall JCM 800 4x12 speaker cabinets.
After seeing that the iconic purple guitar had suddenly gone, fans voiced their concerns; Vuorinen answered this question from a Canadian named David:
“ Is it true that you changed your guitar for a Les Paul to fit more with Anette’s heavy voice? ”
“ The thing is that when we went to LA, [where the videos were shot] I forgot my guitar at home so I had to run to the nearest local guitar store to buy an ESP Eclipse. So the answer is: No! "
Discography
With Nightwish:
* Angels Fall First - 1997
* Oceanborn - 1998
* Wishmaster - 2000
* Over the Hills and Far Away EP - 2001
* Century Child - 2002
* Once - 2004
* Dark Passion Play - 2007
With Darkwoods My Betrothed:
* Witch-Hunts
With Almah:
* Almah - 2006
* Fragile Equality - 2008
With Brother Firetribe
* False Metal
* Heart Full of Fire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emppu_Vuorinen
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