swass
Power User
I was just pondering one of the most influential times in memory as a young, aspiring guitar player from when I was 12 that consequently had quite the impact on me throughout my guitar life;
I still remember the day, and it is etched in my memories... 12 years old and always will because of the impact that day had.
1978 and going into Hi Fi store, checking out some turntables... had a big idea i could afford my own $1,000.00 system with a paper route. I even dreamed big at 12 years of age. From the room where they cranked the speakers... and they were cranked... Lo, Van Halen's "Running With the Devil". I stopped dead in my tracks. Totally in awe and listened intently. And then was the much revered "Eruption". Never have I heard a guitar so ripping so much in so many ways. Couldn't quite wrap my head around what I just heard. That day changed me forever in how I saw and approached the electric guitar. Never have I heard anything like that. It left me totally entranced in total awe with "the tone" and the guy playing that scary, foreign stuff.
A trip down memory lane... I'll put it in reverse, back up now as I feel a poem welling up inside me. :lol
What was your?
I still remember the day, and it is etched in my memories... 12 years old and always will because of the impact that day had.
1978 and going into Hi Fi store, checking out some turntables... had a big idea i could afford my own $1,000.00 system with a paper route. I even dreamed big at 12 years of age. From the room where they cranked the speakers... and they were cranked... Lo, Van Halen's "Running With the Devil". I stopped dead in my tracks. Totally in awe and listened intently. And then was the much revered "Eruption". Never have I heard a guitar so ripping so much in so many ways. Couldn't quite wrap my head around what I just heard. That day changed me forever in how I saw and approached the electric guitar. Never have I heard anything like that. It left me totally entranced in total awe with "the tone" and the guy playing that scary, foreign stuff.
A trip down memory lane... I'll put it in reverse, back up now as I feel a poem welling up inside me. :lol
What was your?