RevDrucifer
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My uncle came to stay the night, he gave me my first guitar and was my original guitar hero, still is in a lot of ways. It’s safe to say that man has forgotten how to play more songs than the collective of this forum currently knows how to play, he’s never been a noodler or someone that just plugs in and plays. As long as I’ve known him he’s had 10 songs he has to learn at pretty much all times, he’s just constantly learning new songs for gigs. Gear for him is a “Does it cover my bases? Sold” so I like the fact that he can come over and smell the roses a bit.
Usually I’m dragging stuff out of my studio piece by piece, but I got this set up so when he walked into my apartment it greeted him-
We never got to the EVH, it’s hard to move away from the Mesa’s Blue channel but once he got to the Shiva he was in heaven. At one point he asked me which guitar I owned that I felt sounded the best, I told him I was just going to have him play my 4 best sounding guitars and see if he came to the same conclusion I did. I handed him my Orville and in 5 seconds “This is it!!! Holy fuck!” That felt like validation to me because since I’ve had it, it completely erased my thoughts on ‘mojo’ being bullshit. I just assumed we all come across a guitar that speaks to us personally for whatever reason, but the same guitar in someone else’s hands is just another guitar. Seeing that immediate reaction in him told me it’s not just me that finds that one special.
Usually I’m dragging stuff out of my studio piece by piece, but I got this set up so when he walked into my apartment it greeted him-
We never got to the EVH, it’s hard to move away from the Mesa’s Blue channel but once he got to the Shiva he was in heaven. At one point he asked me which guitar I owned that I felt sounded the best, I told him I was just going to have him play my 4 best sounding guitars and see if he came to the same conclusion I did. I handed him my Orville and in 5 seconds “This is it!!! Holy fuck!” That felt like validation to me because since I’ve had it, it completely erased my thoughts on ‘mojo’ being bullshit. I just assumed we all come across a guitar that speaks to us personally for whatever reason, but the same guitar in someone else’s hands is just another guitar. Seeing that immediate reaction in him told me it’s not just me that finds that one special.