If you’ve read even a few articles on this site, you’ll know why. I was determined to buy a Jackson even though we tried a bunch of different brands. But my teacher knew a lot about guitars – so he helped. I wanted my guitar teacher to help me out because I didn’t want some salesman to take me out for a ride and give me a lemon. $200 that I’d saved and the rest my dad gave. But I told him that I’d gotten the green light from my dad we could start looking for a guitar for me. We started our lessons with only his Fender Strat Plus. In 2001, I had just started taking lessons from an amazing blues player. My dad was so impressed with how determined I was that he decided to help out with the purchase. For a couple of years, I saved up as much as I could from my allowance (there were many skipped lunches so I could save). After a brief stint with classical guitar lessons in ‘99 (and figuring out that that wasn’t for me), I knew I wanted to switch to electric guitar. I remember the exact moment when I decided I wanted to play: watching the video of Holy Wars and seeing Mustaine play that incredible solo towards the end of it. Soon after, I wanted to learn how to play a guitar. I got into heavy metal in 1998 when I bought Megadeth’s Rust In Peace. Jackson Professional Fusion EX (photo from October 2017)
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