Jeff Waters

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Jeff Waters
Jeff in 2006
Born	February 13, 1966 Canada
Occupation	Musician

Jeff Waters (born February 13, 1966), is the guitarist and mastermind of the thrash metal band Annihilator. He was born in and resides in Canada.

He performs most of Annihilator's guitar and bass parts himself in his home studio and hires various rotating members to cover tours. He is the main producer of all of Annihilator's albums from King of the Kill up until now. He also performed lead vocals for the band between 1994 and 1997. Jeff also played on Roadrunner Records Roadrunner United CD playing the solo in the song "The Dagger". Jeff was the producer of Defiance's debut album entitled "Product of Society".

In the early stages of his career Jeff Waters used a Hamer Flying V. Around 1994 he would begin to experiment with other guitars. Over the next few years he would use classic models, such as Gibson SG and Gibson Les Paul. He would also use a Fender Stratocaster from time to time live and in the studio. Has been known to use a Dave Mustaine signature Flying V that he owns. He used this ESP flying V to record Schizo Deluxe as mentioned in the video section of annihilatormetal.com. Jeff currently plays Ran Guitars.

Jeff's father was in the military and he lived in various parts of Canada before settling in Ottawa at the age of nine. He studied classical guitar as a youth.