Guess who I sold my ENGL to?

[Usurper666]

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Very cool story! I met Chris a few months ago when he did a clinic here in Seattle, he's my all-time favorite guitarist and a super cool person too. OHM and Ohmpherey are both really good bands, highly recommended.

Cheers,

CJ

 

[NecroPolo]

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Great story, man! And what a player...!

 

[kramersteen]

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Bump.

 

[B2D]

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Cool! I didn't know he was relatively local.

 

[Toe-Knee]

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Chris is a really cool guy. A friend of mine from LA knows him pretty well and got him to sign a guitar for me.

Annoyingly my flat got burgled at the time back in 2007 and it got stolen along with everything else other than my kitten which thoughtfully they closed in the bathroom.

 

[kramersteen]

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Chris is a really cool guy. A friend of mine from LA knows him pretty well and got him to sign a guitar for me.

Annoyingly my flat got burgled at the time back in 2007 and it got stolen along with everything else other than my kitten which thoughtfully they closed in the bathroom.

Nawww those sweeties. HA!

 

[Diego]

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Chris Poland is extremely underrated. He's been under the radar for too long.
Even the stuff he did for Peace Sells a million years ago is very challenging and well constructed.
An absolute ace. Terrific story man!

 

[EDX]

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Chris Poland is really a monster of a player, nice story dude!

 

[speed2dirt]

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Four years later, the story still lives on! Definitely a cool experience for me. The more I listen to Megadeth these days, the more I gravitate to the earlier albums with Chris or Chris' influence. He has a style that you can quickly identify as Chris' and it fits Megadeth so well. I asked him if he'd ever rejoin Megadeth if asked, he said Dave has asked several times and he always declines. He'll write parts or do studio work for Dave, but doesn't want to join that band. I wonder if Dave will be in Horrible Bosses 3.

 

[Mad-Max]

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Chris Poland is such a dynamite guy. That's such a cool story dude! Maybe I need to move to Cali so that I run into things like this haha

I'm happy for ya mate!

 

[uOpt]

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But now you don't have an ENGL

 

[Diego]

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Makes you wonder if Poland could rejoin now that there's a free spot...?
His work in The System has Failed is absolutely marvelous. Incredible solos full of finesse, precise phrasing and a very cool fusion-like tone.

 

[dominus]

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Yup, he's active on eBay. I sold him a small part a few weeks ago. Saw his name and thought "is that the guy from Megadeth..." and checked his website, same E-Mail address. I wrote "Stay metal" on the packaging.

Sold something to Ty Tabor sometime in the last year as well.

 

[Diego]

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Now that just blows my mind, man. I like Chris Poland but Ty Tabor is one of my heroes alongside Marty Friedman and Ritchie Blackmore.
Did you meet him or anything?

 

[dominus]

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Now that just blows my mind, man. I like Chris Poland but Ty Tabor is one of my heroes alongside Marty Friedman and Ritchie Blackmore.
Did you meet him or anything?

Nope, just mailed the part to his studio.

 

[kramersteen]

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Yup, he's active on eBay. I sold him a small part a few weeks ago. Saw his name and thought "is that the guy from Megadeth..." and checked his website, same E-Mail address. I wrote "Stay metal" on the packaging.

Sold something to Ty Tabor sometime in the last year as well.

No need to make things up.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

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Chris Poland has never been underrated, he's just not recognized outside of the field he works in. Can't imagine John Mayer citing him as an influence alongside Albert and Freddie, y'know?

I had a 2-song EP he (Poland, not Mayer) did with his brother some years ago called Damn The Machine. A cover of 'I'd Love To Change The World' and a song called Cat Food (the chorus of which I sing aloud when I have to buy cat food - again :lol: )

 

[Hank-]

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Wow!

 

[mantis]

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Thats really cool, Imagine selling some gear and George Lynch shows up at your door or Steve Vai. What if Crazy Eddie Van Halen shows up and buys all your gear as he's a tone monster chaser and probably buys all kinds of stuff.

Dude thats so cool man.