Re: The Well XLIII - Free press for Ripper, sweet!
History of listening preferences/gear/technique findings! Go!
that was the wrong question to ask on the day i have barely anything to do. cause now im gonna give a really full answer. haha. im really good at mapping out my life chronologically too, so here it goes...
listening preferences (discovery, by age):
0-10/11: nothing in particular
11-12: classic rock- zeppelin, hendrix
12-13: pop-punk- offspring, blink 182
13/14: my first taste of METAL- Metallica. metallica then became my obsession and remained so up through the end of highschool. it was pretty intense.
15-16: thrash- megadeth, slayer, pantera
17: bush-era anthrax, BLS, started in on southern metal (down!)
18: utter domination by judas priest. just...tons and tons of priest. complimented by large doses of sabbath, maiden, and motorhead. these continue to dominate my listening to this day. also went deeper into southern metal (CoC, crowbar, 60 watt shaman, alabama thunderpussy, etc.)
-college really saw a big explosion in the stuff i listened to. i was the only metalhead in my highschool, so meeting others at college got me into all kinds of other metal (agalloch) as well as other relatively wacky stuff (became a big bowie fan too)
19: started into the dio-era sabbath stuff. for a good while listened to
tons of iced earth & in flames. discovered bruce dickinson's solo stuff as well.
20: motorhead released kiss of death, my favorite album of theirs ever, and one of my top picks for favorite albums of all time. discovered andrew WK (sounds ridiculous, but those first two albums are just pure magic), spiritual beggars (who are one of my top picks ever), listened to a ton of KISS cause my ladyfriend
21: that entire year is defined by down III and the dethalbum. no way around it. also got fairly big into amon amarth.
22: death magnetic was very exciting, and im currently really enjoying the new amon amarth album. 22 is pretty limited, i just turned it in july. i also rediscovered van halen over the summer.
gear history (this is where i get really good)
02/02- my first guitar, LTD m-10 with starter pack (little crappy amp, etc.)- think it was $250 or so
05/02- wah pedal, dunlop crybaby- for $35 too, ran into some sale by pure chance
08/02- LTD ex-351, my number 1 for a real long time- $450
04/03- bc rich gunslinger- $280 or so from ebay
08/03- peavey XXX 212 combo, my first (and to this day, only) real amp- $920
09/03- duncan invader, went in the bridge of the ex- $70
10/03- duncan distortion, replaced the invader, invader went in the gunslinger- $70
10/03- vox 1w mini-amp- free (parents got it for me for halloween or something random like that)
12/03- MXR phase 90- free (xmas present)
12/03- duncan '59, went in the neck of the ex- free (xmas present)
06/04- LTD viper-300- $300 from ebay
07/04- anderson H3, went in bridge of the viper- $70
08/04- behringer v-amp 2, for use at college- $120
08/04- dunlop rotovibe- $200
12/04- SX p-bass copy- free (xmas present)
12/04- line 6 spider II 112 combo, cause my little LTD amp wasnt cutting it at school- free (xmas present)
01/05- gibson explorer, my new number 1- $1050
04/05- ovation balladeer 12 string- $725 w/ case
06/05- duncan JB, went in bridge of the gibson- $70
08/05- JJ EL34s- $50
11/05- spector legend 4- $500 incl. SKB case, strings, cable
12/05- line 6 PODxt- free (xmas present)
12/06- dunlop zakk wylde crybaby- free (xmas present)
02/07- LTD alexi-600- $550 (1/2 price sale at the local guitar store)
07/07- duncan blackout neck model, went in bridge of alexi V- $90
02/08- duncan PATB1- free (got it for xmas, was broken, finally got the replacement then)
09/08- edwards FV-140M, my newest and current number 1- $1350 ($1500 incl. shipping from china)
technique history
02/02-10/08: sucking at guitar.
