Joe Stump (born September 18, 1960) is an American guitarist and composer. He is currently playing for the bands Exorcism, Raven Lord, HolyHell, Alcatrazz and his solo project. Stump plays in a style original to Yngwie Malmsteen and has released albums with his band, Reign of Terror, as well as with an earlier band from Boston called Trash Broadway, and as a solo artist. Stump is a professional shredder, and Guitar One Magazine voted him 6th position among the Top 10 fastest shredders of all time. Joe has taught for many years at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and has a guitar instructional DVD lisenced under Berklee Music.

Stump endorses and uses ESP Guitars, Marshall amplifiers and Rhino amplifiers.

Although it is an ESP, his guitar is smilar to Yngwie's Signature Fender Stratocaster not just in its outlook but also in its technical specialities. (for example; Its fingerboard is scalloped like Yngwie) . He also uses Marshall Amplifiers, Rhino amplifiers and Engl amplifiers. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.