Dude, what’s up? Do you remember the first guitar you got? Maybe the first bass, even your first drum set? Whatever it is you play first, clarinet doesn’t really matter, for me it’s guitar. Like I said before, I love music, I love guitar, I love heavy metal and, uh, not just heavy metal but lots of stuff, but anyways. So I’ll tell you about the guitars I’ve gone through and some of the ones that I have now, just so you guys get to know me a little bit better and kind of what I like. I guess you know what kind of music I like from what kind of guitars I own. I guess you know what, what kind of music I like from, uh, what kind of guitars I own, I guess. So here we go.
The first guitar I got actually was, like I said, I uh got in a car accident the first day I was going to get a guitar lesson and what happened was I actually didn’t get a guitar lesson because I’m left-handed, that’s right, blind and left-handed. But um, so I, when I grabbed the guitar, I was holding a left-handed and my cousin and, uh, brian, and the guy that was giving me the guitar lessons his name’s Thad, I think. I remember them kind of being like Whoa, what are you doing? I’m like holding the guitar and like does that feel right to you? And I’m like, yeah, and they’re like, ah, you’re left-handed. So like I didn’t realize all the strings were going to be backwards and stuff. So I didn’t end up playing that day and I don’t remember what exactly that guitar was. I don’t recall what it was, it doesn’t matter, it got smashed up. So while I was in the hospital there was a guitar store called Gordon’s Music and I think they donated some kind of like right-handed beater guitar and I strung it left-handed and I played that for a while. Um, but my first like actual, you know, left-handed. You know it doesn’t even necessarily have to be brand new, but this one happened to be brand new. Uh, I, I had, I got a left-handed bc rich warlock. Oh yeah, that’s right, it had a whammy bar. I don’t remember. It definitely wasn’t like a floyd rose, it was like the lower end of bc rich models at this time.
What was cool about actually where I got this guitar from was there’s a music store in Webster, massachusetts, and it was called Webster music. That’s right, and it was. It was. This was the interesting place. It was, you know Webster’s kind of like a whole little whole town or whatever. And you walk in the door and there’s like all kinds of like records and tapes and stuff. See, you know cds, whatever. But you go upstairs and I don’t know how, I don’t know like the story necessarily behind this, but they had an insane amount of BC Rich guitars, but like from a certain era, but it looked like well, I’m saying this, I’m telling you this even though I’m blind as this is going on, but I’m just telling you from what I was told when we were there, it looked like BC Rich threw up in that store. There’s just all kinds of BC Riches like threw up in that store. You know like they’re just all kinds of bc riches.
And there’s a few other companies that I can’t remember that, a bunch of like mexican strats, I feel like, or like mexican fender stuff and, um, also these other uh bass guitars by a company called shane, and I only remember that because, uh, I guess a side note. I only remember that because I guess a side note. I only remember that because we needed a bass player to my band and there was this other guitar player in the town that I lived in and I was like, dude, we need a bass player. And I was like, I’ll buy you a bass man, I’ll buy you a bass amp, we just need a bass player. And he was like, okay, so I bought one of those shane basses anyways.
Anyways, so I got this left-handed bc rich warlock and it came with like whatever stock pickups were in it. So right away also kind of another side note at this time and for a long time I was like emg only, like if I bought a guitar it didn’t leave the store without emg. Uh, what’s? You know what is 81, 85 setup or whatever it is. I can’t remember what, it even is now off the top of my head. But, um, I ended up putting those into this warlock and, man, that thing sounded mean because it was basically made out of like plywood. It was like the bc rich, like platinum series or something like that. So it it wasn’t, uh, you know, a great quality build the guitar. But the thing sounded mean and, uh, really wish I I kind of had it still. Honestly, I I, you know, after I got the other guitars I was just kind of like who needs this right? So I wish I still had that my next guitar.
This taught me a lesson. I was like nope, never again, never in a million years am I ever going to buy a guitar with a floating tremolo system. Ever again, never again. Because I bought this like Fender. I don’t think it was a squire, but it was maybe just like whatever wasn’t the american series, I don’t know, I don’t really know. I got it from gordon’s music in worcester, massachusetts, and here, side note, and also again, being a left-handed guitarist especially at that time sucked, totally sucked anyways. So I bought this Fender guitar and it had a the floating, it had a whammy bar on it and I had to change the strings. So I went to change the strings and, man, it took me forever to restring that guitar and like, if I said it took me two hours, I’d be I don’t know minimum it had to take. I was like I’m never again going to buy another Waymo bar system ever again. So after that, never owned one. So, and besides, I really played more rhythm guitar and stuff anyway, so I wasn’t too worried about having that. So, um, so yeah, I had that Fender.
I got rid of that actually pretty quite quickly. I think the next guitar that I got, which I kind of wish I still had now is a Les Paul Standard. I got it in the 90s, like the early 90s, so like I put EMGs in that again, of course. Now I was playing you know metal and stuff, but I don’t know how Zach Wilde did it, because those guitars are so thick. I feel like it takes away from the like the slice and the attack and the crunch of the guitar. It could be just me, but I just feel like I could never get like a nasty crunch out of that Les Paul. So I ended up getting rid of it. Like I said, honestly, I kind of wish I still had it now, but I’m probably gonna say that a lot about the guitars that I talk about here. But, um, so I got rid of that Les Paul. I also had a left-handed Kramer for a while. I had like one pickup in the bridge that was uh, again, just didn’t, wasn’t for me.
Trying to think of what else. So I think I’m trying to think of what guitar I bought that really where. I guess it was probably my graduation guitar. So when I graduated high school, my mom let me get a custom bc rich guitar because she was like, well, a lot of kids might get like a car or something when you graduate and you can’t. So I was like that was really cool. But also I actually got rid of this guitar. No need to get into it. But but life happens and you know, I wish I still had that guitar, not because I would play it, because I don’t like that style of guitar anymore, but I just wish I still had it, just because. But it was a BC Rich Bitch. It had all these crazy active electronics in it. It was pretty awesome. I actually recorded my Blind Creation ep with that guitar. So even though I don’t have the guitar, at least I have that recording of that guitar so that you know that’s pretty cool.
Um, but my, my next favorite, my absolute favorite guitar that again wish I still had. I had a bc rich junior speed v, oh my goodness. And also another side note I love flying v guitars. That’s like my absolute most favorite body shape ever to play on. Um, I had the junior speed v again, emgs in it. I got put emgs in it before it left the store.
Um, another bc rich that I got and I sold it right away. I got a BC Rich Ironbird. The dudes from Deicide used to play those. I hate neck-heavy guitars, like if you put the guitar around your neck and the neck just dive-bombs to the floor. Nope, that’s a hard pass for me. I don’t want nothing to do with that guitar. That’s why I love the V’s they just sit right up and just they’re at the perfect spot and you don’t have to wrestle the guitarist to stay up while you’re playing them. Yeah, so I got rid of that Ironbird pretty quickly.
I feel like there is another BC Rich guitar that I had that I sold, but I I don’t know, I guess I’m wrong. Um, after that, though, I stopped playing guitar for like 20 years. Like seriously, uh, I should never have let that happen. That’ll probably be another podcast episode. But, um, I made up for it uh, once I got back into playing guitar. But now that I’m playing guitar again, what I might currently have, uh, is a dave mustaine signature series dean guitar. It’s called the angel of death. It’s awesome. It’s a flying v.
Difference with this guitar is I now have fluence, modern pickups, these, I, these pickups. Everyone’s like playing them now, but I put these things in my guitar like five years ago, like these are what emgs want to be, in my opinion, like the technology, the way that these pickups are made is genius and brilliant, which I don’t need to get into that right now. But so, yeah, this has the fluent smarterups in it. I also have another left-handed Dave Mustaine Strati V. That is an amazing guitar, also on uh, gnl, uh, sat, um, that’s good, the blues boys, it’s like the Telecaster style. I love the way that guitar plays, except it’s totally not like a shredding guitar but, um, just the way that guitar plays is amazing. I definitely in the future want to get um is amazing. I definitely in the future want to get um, that style guitar with like humbucker pickups in it, for sure. Uh, let’s see. What else do I have? Oh, I also have another gno legacy which is a strat style.
Really don’t play it much. Um, yeah, my, my v’s are are the workhorses. I did have an eight string ESP at one point. Um, that was a beast Like the neck on that thing was like a coffee table and I have a tiny hands so that wasn’t working out too well. And uh, I also had the Jeff Loomis, the Schecter 7-string flying V.
I wish I still had that. That was a sick guitar. Might try and get that again. I don’t know, but I love that body shape. Yeah, I really. Let’s not get into that, okay. So yeah, those are the not get into that, okay.
So yeah, those are the guitars that I own. I feel like I’m missing some, but that’s the bulk of them. You know, I wish I still had the Jeff Loomis one, wish I still had my Rich Bitch, wish I still had my Junior Speed V. But that’s okay, I have two Vs anyways. It’s fine. But yeah, so what, what? What are your like favorite instruments that you own? Or what are the ones that you miss? What you know? What are the ones that got away you know? Tell me about them. Hit me up, email me a hello at an embracestormcom, don’t forget. Go to the website, create an account there. Tell us about your favorite equipment, favorite, uh, you know, guitars, whatever it is that you play. What do you miss? What do you still have that you love? Looking forward to hearing from you and everyone. Thank you for listening, thank you for downloading and don’t forget to embrace your storm, see ya.