It would not take a genius to figure out what sort of music guitarist Joel Davila of Fury in the Temple plays. First off, his band is called "Fury in the Temple" (not a name that calls to mind easy listening). Second, he plays a Dean Dimebag Darrell Razorback Electric Guitar. This is not a guitar you will see on stage at a Yanni concert. Unless Yanni changes his style to death metal -- which would be really cool.

Davila is also part of the rock / hip-hop project Outtasite, who have just released their latest CD, Careful What You Wish For...

The first thing I asked Davila centers around an important question whenever anyone plays such a pointy guitar; have you ever stabbed yourself with it?

"I haven't stabbed myself with it but I have stabbed each and every member of my metal band Fury In The Temple with it." he says.

This is also awesome -- a good way to enforce band discipline. PLAY YOUR PART RIGHT OR I AM GOING TO STAND NEXT TO YOU.

But really, Davila says the Razorback is a surprisingly ergonomic instrument.

"The Razorback is probably the most comfortable guitar I've ever played," says Davila. "It's perfectly balanced and the cutaway is just right so I can get to the higher frets with ease."

When you first see this guitar, you might be pardoned for thinking "this one is about looks alone." Davila assures us this is not the case.

"Oh, hell yeah I use it in the studio. It has a dimebucker in the bridge position which is a high-output pickup and this thing screams," he says. "I mean it has blistering high end and thunderous low end, and the clarity is unmatched."

In other words, the guitar is as much about substance as it is about form. But there are other reasons Davila chose this guitar.

"First and foremost, the late and great Darrel (Dimebag) Abbott, who played guitar for Pantera and Damageplan, designed it," says Davila. "Dime is one of my heroes and I figure if it's good enough for Dime, well it's good enough for me. Secondly it just looks like a bad motherf----r you know?"

Sonically, the guitar has a lot more subtlety than might be expected on first glance.

"As I mentioned earlier, it has unsurpassed high end and equally stunning low end. Also, when you switch to the neck pickup you get a fat buttery tone. And I mean like three chin havin', twelve sandwich eatin', Marlon Brando type of fat buttery tone."

He notes that there is not a single thing he would change on this instrument and declares it to be "perfect." He also says that the sound of the guitars will appeal to a variety of plays from beginners to pros.

As to Davila's band they are getting ready to record.

"We've got about 13 songs that are smokin' and a few others that are near completion." he says.