i'veb een playing for 8 years this christmas. i still have my baby, an all black gibson epiphone, and i stole my mom's squire, thats plae yellow and white. my friend's uncle described the music we play as a mix between goo goo dolls, hootie and the blowfish, and metallica. my friend loves thrash, and i'll play whatever comes to me. i would say it sounds more like softer RHCP songs like soul to squueze and under the bridge.