Karl Houseknecht
Power User
I'd love to say it was Van Halen because he still inspires me. But in truth it was Dave Murray from Iron Maiden.
A local music store in the mall was going out of business and a friend was going to buy a guitar. Did I want to go? Ended up with a Hondo II Professional LP copy. That was about the time I was transitioning from soft rock to Boston, VH, etc. I think it was a year or so later I played in the local battle of the bands. So, for me it was pretty much completely circumstantial; unintended but it was my destiny if you believe in such a thing.
I picked up a Marshall Artist 3203 head. If I understood correctly, it was a hybrid tube/ss head. 30W, 2 channels, one being high gain, and REVERB!! With the high gain channel and the reverb cranked, it was VH 1 to my ears. :lol
A friend had one of these, and it sounded GREAT. Oddly one of the best sounding reverbs out there as well.