John Charles LeCompt (born March 10, 1973) is an American guitarist who has been part of the

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music since the mid-1990s. He played rhythm guitar for the rock band

Evanescence Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer and musician Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording independent EPs as a duo in the late 90's, and a demo CD, Evanescence released their debut ...

from 2003 to 2007. One of LeCompt's main collaborators is long-time friend musician

Rocky Gray William Rocky Gray (born July 2, 1974) is a drummer and guitarist who has been part of the Arkansas metal scene since the early 1990s. He is best known as a former drummer of the rock band Evanescence from 2003-2007. He is the lead guitarist ...

. They both are members of the rock bands Machina and

We Are the Fallen We Are the Fallen is an American hard rock band consisting of Irish singer and former ''American Idol'' contestant Carly Smithson, guitarist Ben Moody, guitarist John LeCompt, drummer Rocky Gray, and bassist Marty O'Brien. Moody, LeCompt, ...

Career

His first commercial endeavor was the

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band Mindrage, in which he performed as both lead vocalist and lead guitarist. Enlisted for the project was Nick Williams on bass and Chad Wilburn on drums. Mindrage signed to Bulletproof Records and in June 1998 recorded the studio album '' Sown In Weakness, Raised In Power'', consisting of eleven tracks. Their second album was a split EP with band Nailed Promise featuring four tracks released on

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. For this album, Justin Carder replaced Wilburn on drums. LeCompt later joined with then-

Living Sacrifice Living Sacrifice is an American Christian metal band formed in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1989. The band has released eight studio albums, out of which the first three were recorded under R.E.X. Records with their original vocalist Darren Johns ...

guitarist

to form what would be known as Kill System, alongside Chad Moore (

Soul Embraced Soul Embraced is a Christian melodic death metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It was originally a side project for Rocky Gray and David Sroczynski. History Originally a side project of drummer David Sroczynski and William "R ...

) on bass, Allen Robson ( Becoming Saints) on guitar, and

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(also of Living Sacrifice & Soul Embraced) on drums. The project never obtained an official distribution deal. LeCompt joined Evanescence alongside Gray as a touring musician in 2003, and played guitar with the band until 2007. LeCompt eventually joined back up with Gray to collaborate with Gray's band

. LeCompt played guitar during many of the band's live shows, and was the featured vocalist on the track "Seems Like Forever" on the album, ''

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''. LeCompt joined Gray and former Evanescence member

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for the band

Hardware

LeCompt uses a variety of guitars, both electric and acoustic. For electric, he uses a number of

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models, including the F-300FM, EC-1000, Viper-301, Viper Custom, Grynch, PC-1V PW, SC608B, H-301 and H-307. His acoustic guitars include the

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CPX900 and LJX6C models. For amplification, he stated that he uses a

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Stiletto Deuce.

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