RBG1 Electric Guitar Case
Every musician has a story about their musical journey. Fans are always eager to know what inspires their favorite players, what they feel when they are performing, writing… or life on the road. We want to find and highlight the best stories. To that end, we are giving away a different RB Continental case every week.
This is Electric Guitar Week. If you are an electric guitar player, simply Like us on Facebook and tell us your story in the comment section of this blog post (not on Facebook). We’ll highlight our top picks later this week and choose the most inspirational guitar player’s story on Sunday, April 9th. The winner will be award the RBG1 guitar case.
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Wynand Van Emmerik says:
I was working w/the local crew at a Pearl Jam show at an amphitheater, last show of the season. Standing in the wings for the last song. 3 songs later after watching promoters and theater management running around freaking out because they were playing way past time allowed. Eddie Vedder came off stage walked towards me, I shot him a peace sign, he laughed smiled broadly !
Edward says:
I AM Eddie Vedder.
Where’s my case?
Wynand says:
the true inspiration lies in the spirit of the music and not sucking up to the buisness.
Jacob says:
I don’t have a great story except for when I was young I listened to my first RUSH album and decided that Alex Lifeson was my favorite guitarist ever! As a young adult I finally got an electric guitar and love it. Obviously, I am no Lifeson but am on my way to learning what I can. Sadly I have cats, with claws, and I would love a case to protect my guitar!!
Brat says:
Get a dog tie it to the space with the guitar in it
Make sure the dog doesnt like chewing on wood.
Lance Allen says:
I played guitar at Nashville airport all the time. Really nice solo acoustic guitar. There I met a man named Donnie, who was Peter Frampton’s tour manager. I told him how cool it would be to meet Frampton. So one day, Donnie calls about some business, and puts Frampton on the phone with me, acknowledging my good guitar playing. I thought that was really cool!
Paul Licke says:
By best story is I was at a Eric Clapton concert, I had a nice professional camera but old, 35 mm. I didn’t have a really good lens on it but I was taking pictures at the concert. I felt a tap on my shoulder, I looked over to see if it was my mother, it wasn’t. I looked back and it was an usher, He tells me “If you take any more pictures, I’m going to have to take your film. ” I had to put my camera away but people just were getting digital cameras back then and were running up to the stage and getting better pictures then I could with my 35mm. But still seeing Eric Clapton in concert was well worth it. Plus it was EC birthday. We I got them developed none of them really turned out. Oh, well at least I have good memories.
Paul Licke says:
BTW.. I do play guitar mostly Eric Clapton songs at this point. So it didn’t leave a bad taste in my mouth about the artist
steven k. ramsdell says:
One night the band that I was in played our first outside gig. It was a beatuiful spot overlooking mount Katadin, in Maine. That night I played thru my new wireless guitar rig for the first time. I walked out into the crowd, and got lost in the fun. Before I knew it, I had wandered too far, and was not playing in time! I was “playing” to the time of the overall p.a. speaker mix, and not the monitor mix. I could not get back to the stage quickly enough, and I ruined the entire first song of the night! Boy, sometimes we learn the hard way. Rest of the night was a sucess though!
Andy Lackow says:
In 1971 I spent the weekend at Stony Brook College in Long Island, NY because the Dead were playing that weekend. It was Halloween. I had a great time and the Dead were great, but my deadhead days were drawing to a close (that’s right, in 1971!). The most momentous thing that happened though was when I waited on a very long line the afternoon of one of the shows outside the building to talk to Jerry Garcia who was holding court from the window of his limo. When I finally got to talk to him I told him how i imagined a light show that could change dynamically in time to the music, something that could be animated spontaneously. Jerry said two words: “Computer Animation.” I didn’t know what the hell he was talking about and thanksed him and walked away. Little did I know that he named my future profession 25 years in advance. My only reaction to the whole thing was that week I decided since i wanted to sound more like Jerry, I traded in my 1970 Telecaster for a late ’60s Gibson SG in a pawn shop. Damn, how I wish I still had both those guitars!
Matt says:
I picked up a guitar for the first time on my 31st birthday and started learning from scratch from free online sites. It’s something I’ve wanted to do my whole life but repeatedly made excuses for myself instead. I finally decided to just do it and took a free old acoustic off a coworker and started learning during my lunch hour. After a few months I brought it home and got up the nerve to play some riffs for my 3 year old because well, he’s three what’s he gonna say? Well, what he did was name all my riffs. He recognized “Enter Sandman” and “Iron Man” and “Smoke on the Water” (yeah I told you I was starting right?) and so I played him the only whole song I knew, Danzig’s “Twist of Cain” (it’s his favorite). He loved it. I was so excited that my three year old was an old school metalhead AND he recognized my riffs I started crying a little…just a small manly amount!…we hugged…he thought I was silly. That’s my only ‘gig’.
Steven Dixon says:
Can always use a good case.
Paul Barnett says:
Aspiring musician, living in the boonies, working on my song writing abilities. I need all the help I can get.
Peace is Love
Lou Remondelli says:
I was new in town and I sang in the Original Newark boys chorus. and I was walking down the street one day and I meet this guitar player ,he asked if I would like to sing at a gig, and that went on to 2 than 3 gigs and on so I did that for 15 years stopped got married -divorced-married raised 2 kids ,and 27 years later I am back at it trying to jumps start my Musical life 57 is the new 28 so I am going for it every day !
Dave Benziger says:
When I was a kid, I heard Brian May’s guitar tone on “We Will Rock You”. At that point my life changed. I knew all I wanted to do was make massive music and sound with a guitar like Brian and (as I discovered more and more players) Clapton, Hendrix, Rhoads, Van Halen, Carlton, Beck, and so many other legendary players.
Well, about 30 years later, here I am, a guitar player, guitar teacher, studio guy, etc and I’ve been making a full-time living playing guitar for about 25 years. I’ve been fortunate enough to meet Brian May to thank him for his inspiration (to which he accepted my demo and sent me an amazing letter complimenting me on my playing), I’ve also been able to play guitar with some of my guitar heroes, and I was blessed with the opportunity to be chosen a top-10 finalist in Guitar Player Magazine’s Guitar Superstar Competition (2009).
Guitar is my life. And no matter how successful I may or may not become with my career, I get to play guitar every day and earn a living from it, and with that (as corny as it may sound), I’m living a dream come true.
Bernard says:
I started out with playing Rockband on the PS3 and getting a taste for rock and metal music. Then after awhile, i started to play the actual guitar. I got Strat kit with an amp, and when i first opened it, I automatically felt like i could play it. This wasn’t the case. Lol. So i tried watching the tutorial disc that came with the kit, but i just couldn’t pick up from it. So i tossed it aside, and started learning one of my favorite songs. & ever since then, i haven’t stopped playing. Everything i’ve learned came from learning songs, or watching youtube tutorial videos. I’ve never had any one-on-one lessons. I recorded myself playing the very first song i’ve played, and made them since then. Its been a year since i’ve started, and it’s amazing how much I have progressed. I’ve already made videos of me playing 2 song covers, and 2 of me just playing around with riffs and tunings. I play a lot of metal and heavy rock music.
Eric says:
The Ritz in Detroit, MI years ago when I met Frank Marino for the first time. Me and my buddy worked for a company called RockTron that produced rack mountable guitar processing gear. We took this rack unit (forget now the exact one) down to the place way early just hoping to get in to see Frank. We told the door guys we had a rack mountable for Frank and they just let us in. Frank and his crew were eating dinner with sterno burners on the bar tops and all.
Frank got up from his meal (at the time he had cut all his hair off and I didn’t even know we were talking to him at first) and he began to talk with us. He took us up on stage and showed us his rack, his gear, chatted with us for a good 30 minutes while his food sat on a plate getting cold. One of the nicest guys in the industry I have ever had the pleasure of meeting and my guitar hero. I have ripped plenty of chops off Frank over the years as have many and he is one underrated player.
Rodger Reed says:
I was incredibly inspired after partying late-night in Hollywood when I ran into this older cat named Flash who used to take pictures of people in the clubs and sell them. We were outside an after-hours spot and he pulled out this beat up old guitar and started playing and singing some of the coldest all-original blues-inspired songs. Here he is with his raspy voice, yacht cap and ascot, looking like fifty-grand, and before you knew it he had a crowd of hipsters all around him while he did his thing. It’s for moments like this that I play music. Connecting.
Lon Hoofnagle says:
I have always had crappy gear, 2nd hand no name guitars and amps. It would just be nice to have some nice gear for a change.
Richard Castillo says:
This happened back early in 1980. Eric Clapton was about to come to Japan for two nights(Wherein, He recorded the now famous double album,”Just One Night”.) when a local promoter from the Philippines was able to persuade the Clapton Management for Eric to perform in the Philippines for just one night just before the Japan gig. Me and 3 of my friends decided we’re gonna go and bought tickets right away. As it turned out, ticket sales were out of control and around 35,000 people showed up that night in a colosseum built for 20,000. We’re lucky enough to be there early but all of us except one friend got seperated because of the chaos. I remember one dude who sat next to me 2 songs before the show ended asked me if the show just started. It was a magical experience nonetheless seeing Clapton performing and still in his prime. This event certainly inspired me to play the guitar.
David says:
As early as 4th Grade Elementary School, I began to love music, especially electric guitar. By 5th Grade I was buying albums (Elton John’s Honky Chateau and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon). The guitar on Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting inspired me to bring the record into school and no one, not even the teacher, liked it/understood it. I went with my brother to my 1st concert to see Yes the next year. My mother was a professional Opera singer before I was born, and played a little piano. She hired someone to give me piano lessons, but the teacher just couldn’t get through to me, or she wasn’t very good maybe. I felt like a failure. In high school I asked for guitar lessons and my parents said ok. I found a great young guitar teacher and was beginning to learn after a few months, and then he got called away to tour. His replacement was a grouchy older strict jazz guy hell bent on teaching music theory. He could not relate to any of my musical interests, even the fusion I was beginning to listen to. So I gave up and felt like a loser again. During that time I went to NYC (I lived in the nearby suburbs) to see many, may concerts and shows. I saw Blondie, Talking Heads, Ramones and others at CBGBs when they were just beginning. Smoked with Iggy Pop in an East Village shop after hours. Saw all the great Prog Rock groups. I always fantasized about being on stage with them and playing lead electric guitar. I saw U2 at a very small Passiac NJ club with probably less than 75 people in the audience. They had 1 album out and the 2nd was just released. Bono called me and my friends up on stage to sing and dance with them. I have terrible stage fright and never realized how much, but managed to have a great time, but got off the stage pretty quickly. Hung out with Bono after the show and I told him they would be huge someday. He laughed it off, thinking they’d never make it. He thought he was in Florida and didn’t understand why it was so cold. They had little understanding of the US I guess at that time. Nice guy. The other members were very shy and quiet, especially the Edge. Anyhow, I rarely picked up my guitar because there wasnt much I could do with it. Fast forward many years later. My son started taking piano lessons on a 1950 baby grand we inherited, but needed $7,000 to restore. At the time I had money so did restore it. I spend $55 per week for my son to get lessons for quite a few years now. He has talent and has learned to sight read. My good friend in his mid-life crisis decided to take guitar lessons, and he ultimately convinced me to do so. I found someone I really connected with, a young guy with a lot of talent, especially for teaching, which I now understand is a talent in and of itself. I have been taking lessons for 1 and a half years at this point, also a costly endeavor. However, I can play a lot of stuff and enjoy it SO much. I get lost in my own world playing and studying guitar, at a level I never thought I could achieve but always dreamed of. Still much much more to learn and practice. My son more recently has started taking saxophone and drums lessons, more financial stress, but he has talent and it should be cultivated. My guitar instructor convinced me to play in a recital which I was quite nervous about and more recently convinced me to play in a local restaurant/bar with his band. It went well despite my fears. My bucket list item has been achieved, but now it is a new beginning because I want to play more “gigs,” and of course continue to learn. So why should I win this case? I have had massive financial losses in the last 3-4 years, and putting out money to continue learning music for myself and my son is quite the strain. The reason we are all entering this contest and writing these stories is about the LOVE for and understanding of the importance of music. Winning this case would give me a lift and a bit of a thrill, and it would be used with love and appreciation as well, and at this time I would not be able to go out to purchase one. Thank you for reading my story, I hope you found it interesting (it is all true), and considering me for this contest.
Paul Stewart says:
Last summer, I was fortunate enough to attend the Warriors Dance festival. I saw acts like Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Pendulum and The Prodigy, and they helped me to realise that the guitar is the most versatile instrument around – it really can be used for any genre, from Heavy Metal to Heavy Dance, and I’ve tried to incorporate this versatility into my playing since then.
CJ Sikkenga says:
About 3 years ago, when I was 12, my grandpa passed away after having fought cancer for around a decade. In his will, I was left $1300 and his old Washburn and amp. I took it upon myself to keep his guitar in use, and decided to learn to play. My older friend zack was an experienced guitarist, so he taught me the basics and some of his techniques, while I practiced at home with a book I purchased with some of the money I was left with. Now, 3 years later, I play both jazz and metal on my grandpa’s old guitar, and zack and I formed a band, and we’re very close to finishing our demo. I feel that in this way, my grandpa lives on, through music. Through our guitar.
Keith Kincaid says:
I would truly do my best to show off your product,if yall will let me
Jones says:
I always have loved music, and even as a child I found myself many times dreaming about rocking the world out with my music. When I was 8, I started with the keyboard. I even took some keyboard lessons, but then I dropped, because I felt it was not the right kind of instrument for me. My dad bought me a cheap $30 guitar from his friend when I was 9, but I didn’t know how to play, so I left it aside. Suddenly I felt that that a guitar would be the definitive instrument for me, but as I didn’t know how to play a thing, I remember that I kept strumming the strings without pressing anything, just because I loved that sound, even if it didn’t make any chord. Eventually, I saw one of those chords magazines in a bookstore, then I decided to buy it. And everyday, I kept practicing those chords, and in about a month or two, I already could play some simple songs. But it was rock n’ roll which changed my mind for sure. And seeing all those guitar players like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Pete Townshend performing amazing guitar tricks, just lit up again my desire to be a “rock star”. That was the time when I decided it was time to “go electric”. And so, I bought my first electric guitar (still a crappy one, about $60), and a 10w guitar amp. The sound, at first, was pure magic for me. More than never, I kept practicing, dreaming I could be just like them. With that dream in mind, I became a better guitar player through the years that have come. I’ve changed gears, got a decent guitar, but I know that I need to keep moving on, and on, if I ever want to be a great player.
The reason I want the guitar case? Not just to carry my guitar, but to carry on the feeling and the message that you should never give up about your dreams. You’re never too old to rock.
Doug Child says:
I had played acoustic guitar for 20 years or so, but was totally stuck in a rut, playing the same songs over and over. I got so bored with it that I put the guitar in a closet and didn’t play for several years. Then one day I arrived early at the construction site where I worked and looked into the dumpster from the second story…there was a beat up old gig bag sitting on top of the pile! I went down to investigate, and found the bag had a Peavey strat copy in it with some minor damage to it. I took it home and fixed the breaks in the trem cavity, plugged it in to a borrowed amp, and ignited my fires! Now I have several electrics that I’ve rescued from certain death, and I can’t wait to get home to play! I’ve even started writing my own stuff, and am actively looking for fellow living-room musicians to jam with. I just wish I had discovered the electric guitar before I turned 56!!
Juan Parra says:
I have to face putting my guitar in unsafe situations about 150 times a year. I have been consistently downgrading to cheaper and cheaper instruments for touring just to keep a ‘peace of mind’ will traveling. Would I like to travel with my finest instruments? Sure!
Justin Ringeisen says:
I always wanted to play guitar since I was very very young and my mother would never let me start for the longest time. By the time I was just starting high school I had been hanging out with friends and we all shared a common love of music and wanted to start a band and I knew I had to be a the Lead guitarist so I set out to find a guitar any way I could. One day my one friend had invited me to a block party and a band had been playing so after an hour of just drooling over the lead guitarist rather large set of guitars for a small gig, I decided to ask him if he would be willing to sell me one cheap. He thought for a second and said that he had one that he didn’t care much for and would just give it to me. A few days later he left an old war torn De Armond SG on my porch. Through high school I spent up to 16 hours a day playing that guitar and several other I recieved after showing my mother it was more than just a random whim. I went from playing Green Day and Blink 182 until I began to discover Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica then into Avenged Sevenfold. As high school began to wind up for me I was confronted with what I wanted to do so I decided I want to be a musician and I then began taking private lessons at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh to prepare for college. This showed me what real playing was and how I really had to learn more than tabs. I then started working on my technique and cleaning it. I worked on alternate picking, economy picking, sweep picking, tapping, sweep taps, fingerpicking, hybrid picking, you name it. I started working on playing things from Yngwie Malmsteen, Jason Becker, Joe Satriani, and even stuff like Paganini’s caprices and other classical pieces. I then got pushed into the idea of going for music education which at the moment has me in a bit of rut since I am in college at a school that has no guitar program and is music ed only(so I was forced to be a vocal major) and will not let me get a music degree because I admittedly don’t intend on teaching afterwords (Because my mother wanted me to go here because it was cheaper). During this I learned though that my biological father whom I never knew anything about is actually a guitarist as well and has made a fairly reasonable name for himself around Pittsburgh. I at that point realized that I obviously am truly a musician at heart so I must pursue it at any cost. This is why as we speak I am working on getting a liberal arts degree(been here three years, might as well get my moneys worth at least) and then going to California to GIT and working on carving a place for myself as a guitarist.
Ali V says:
I like your RBG1 guitar case so much I am going to saw off my bass’s neck to make it fit when I win one. I’ll lose a bass but gain a case! But, it’s worth it to get a genuine RB!
Robin Christ says:
I was a roadie one day for Eelco Gelling, he’s a dutch blues guitarist who used to play for the golden earring and cuby and the blizzards, and at the end of the day, me, my friends and eelco drank some whiskey together.
Meghan says:
I first started off on an old, small, out of tune classical guitar a few years ago. After learning a bunch of basic stuff, I received an acoustic guitar for Christmas. I’ve been taking lessons ever since. I’ve been learning a bunch of my favorite songs and just playing around seeing what I can do. I’m hoping to get an SG electric guitar soon, slowly saving up money for it.
Eric Cox says:
All my gear looks like it was picked from the trash heap. It would just be cool to have something that didn’t look like crap.
Mike De Lucia says:
I’ve only been playing about 18 months total, but adding the electric guitar on top of my acoustic opened up a whole different kind of sound and I’m really loving it.
Johannes Schmitz says:
When I was young, I was never really able to connect with music. Although I played an Instrument since I was seven years old, it never really fascinated me. I had a hard time finding the kind of music which I coud really enjoy. The kind of music that all the people around me were listening to and which was considerate to be good (and cool) never got to me.
Everything changed when one day, I got to listen to Jimi Hendrix’s first studio record ‘Are You Experienced’ and I instantly fell in love with his music. I knew I finally had found the kind of music I could enjoy. That’s when I decided to learn another instrument (the electric guitar of course). Through time I learend to enjoy more and more bands and artists. I started to listen to a lot of music and a lot of different genres. I developed a true passion which influenced my whole life and lead to me working in the music business today.
I can’t claim that without Hendrix I wouldn’t have found what I was looking for, but until this very day, I feel highly honoured that it was him who showed me my path.
Denislav Stoychev says:
Ever since I was little I’ve been watching the only videotaped concert of my dad’s band.
They broke up in 88′ but 20 years later some of the guys gathered and decided to form tha band again. Fortunatelly for me the other guitarist besides my dad now lives abroad and this is how i got the oportunity to be in the band i had been listening for years. That’s what ispired me and my dad to write two albums for the band! Rock on!
Ken Bost says:
I had my first paying gig when I was 14, was gigging regularly by 16 and have doing this thing every since. I am now 51. Last month ( the 20th) Fallen Within, the band I’m in, had the pleasure of playing a benefit for a family whose daughter has been in St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in St Louis since birth. I’ve had some brush’s with greatness, Shawn Lane, Steve Morse, Tony McAlpine, all very nice guys but absolutely nothing prepared me for the emotions at this gig. When they did the video hook-up with the mother and child, still in isolation, man it was tough. And the outpouring of love and appreciation for what we were doing was truly inspiring! This wasn’t the biggest crowd I’ve performed for but it was the highlight in a lifetime of performing.
Jordan Varona says:
I remember driving in the car with my parents when I was about 12, and Led Zeppelin came on the radio. I hadn’t really heard them before, but I was hooked. Jimmy Page inspired me to play guitar, like so many others, although I play very different music in my band. Unfortunately, I haven’t got to see Led Zeppelin live, as much as I want to. I did get to see my second favorite band live though – Tool. It was absolutely incredible. I’d love to have this case so that I can transport my custom-made, neck-thru stratocaster from the 70′s without fear of anything happening to it.
Kyran says:
When I was 3-5 i was listening to a Jimmi Hendrix song ‘Hay Joe’ and i instantly fell in love whith his music, Then when i was 7 i started playing the guitar and was left handed like Jimmi and taught my self like Jimmi, And ever since that day i have wanted to be like Jimmi.
William Moeller says:
A True And Tender Tale Of How I Got My First Electric Guitar
Me ‘n’ my pal Sandy Aphid were learning how to play Beatles songs and such on our acoustic guitars. I had a crappy old Epiphone (that I sure wish I had now!) and who knows what he had. After careful analysios of our “sound”, we realized it needed to be louder. Much louder. Sandy saw an ad in the paper, and we went over to the guy’s house and we all headed down to the basement. There was this gig-ass Marshall amp and an electric guitar. It was so loud it scared me. I gave the guitar to Sandy, I think it scared him, too. He said: “Yeah, you should get it”. So I gave the guy $150 and we went home.
Honestly, at the time it was no big deal – just an 8-yr-old electric guitar. Today, of course, I know that we were guided by the Gods Of Rock’n'Roll. I still have my ’66 Telecaster, I have yet to play a better electric guitar. The poor ol’ thing has been in and out of pawn shops in San Francisco and Albuquerque more times than I care to remember…
Later Sandy bought a used Gibson SG, cherry red, late 60′s? Early ’70′s? I bought it off him after he got his Travis Bean with the weird aluminum neck. I painted it up all psychedelic like Todd Rundgren’s (Eric Clapton’s) psychedelic SG. It had a neck that was just slightly warped enough to make it really annoying. So I just cranked the bridge up way high and used it to learn how to play slide.
Sandy Aphid says:
I and I were learning how to play Beatles songs. A 1962 Hofner acoustic, sunburst finish, that I picked up in a pawn shop in the Chicago Loop. I’m still a sap for that bright mahogany tone. The only thing that makes it better is that pawn shop was on a second floor, windows overlooking the ‘L’ track. Trains running past every 4 minutes shaking the place up.
DC Walsh says:
I have 12 guitars and basses. Not all have a case. I want only the best to protect my ‘babies’ and I know Reunion Blues IS the BEST. So, I NEED one of your cases!!!
David legal says:
Once upon a time , I played and sang “Folsom prison blues” at the custom of Houston international airport with my Martin acoustic, to prove I was a real guitar player and didn’t use the guitar to hide some drugs…
joe allen says:
I think our lead guitar player would enjoy this gift from us and maybe stop carrying it wrapped up in his sleeping bag to gigs.
Juan M. Silva Garcia says:
Playing since I was 7, I bought myself my first electric guitar at 13 (a Hunday!!! Strato-like)…then thing was I had not enough money for an amplifier, so I spent two more years saving money and bending forward to be able to listen to something. Today I’m 32 and luckly to have a job and a family…..and a 52″ American Telecaster, it has been a long way, but I think things happen when they should. I’m happy when parents buy their children their first First class guitar at ten, but I think they are losing the desperate search of having a better sound rather than a more expensive equipment. Talking about guitars, the pathos of learning leads you to great experiences, the goal it’s just a motivation.
L.Pioli says:
I love music.
Gena says:
I once got to meet the guys from Barenaked Ladies! That was a lot of fun. It was after a show and they hung out and I got pictures with them and talked for a little bit. They were all really nice guys!
Robert Phillips says:
I’m 49 haven’t quit, never will. I play better now than I ever have and I need a case, several really, as I have bought several guitars in the last year that I didn’t bother with buying a case because I thought they or me would never leave the house. Well, I’ve got the itch again so this case would help me get out of the house.
susan smoaks says:
i just got my first electric guitar and i am working on it on my nights and weekends, i wanna rock and roll all night and party everyday but i have a day job so that is hard to do!
jimi photon pocius says:
when i was 11 or 12, i was chillin’ at a local music store where my friend george was trying to teach me a c diatonic scale with minimal success.
the biggest black guy i ever saw came in to get some strings, and took the time to show me how to play a pentatonic blues box. changed my life.
years later, i saw a picture of him in the guitar handbook by ralph denyer…
it was freddie king. i’ve showed that same thing to 1000′s of people in the years since, to help keep the blues alive.
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Peter says:
I once aspired to be the greatest guitarist of my generation. Time passed. I had a son. I taught him all of the tricks and guitar pyrotechnics I knew. By the time he was 12, he was teaching me tricks, runs, and scales I’d never seen before. So I spanked him and sent him to bed without any supper. Damn kids, anyway!
david paulson says:
i have a les paul signed by Chett Atkins, I really need a case…..
Randy Benkowich says:
don’t have any really interesting stories, grew up in Orlando and went to many concerts in the 70′s, saw a lot of different bands and such. Made it back stage a few times. would really like a case for my bass.
Tony Frevele says:
I owned a food court walk-up restaurant where local bands would come play in the center court area. My place was right in front of the stage. A local kid was playing and had various people come play with him. One time the local rock station people were playing with him and Scott Travis from Judas Priest was playing drums for him! So of course I gave Scott a couple of things “on the house”. A few week later i was out at a bar with my wife and her friends for a few drinks and dinner. The band for the night came up to play and when i looked, who else but Scott Travis was playing drums for them!!! Turned out it was a local band he had been involved with for a while. So, I’m there telling my wife and her friends how I saw him at the restaurant. while I’m telling them this they are in the middle of a song. We’re watching the band and without missing a beat Scott looks over at ME and points his drumstick right at me and gives me the nod!!! I almost died! Ended up taking pics with him and getting an autograph! Best night ever!!
Sally Reed says:
My husband owned a les paul custom that he dearly loved. He sold it to pay my school tution one semester. I have never been able to replace it, but this might come close.