My first was also a "Sunburst" Les Paul copy (a Hondo that I bought off of Craig Goldy back in the mid-70's) soon to be replaced with a real Les Paul Standard (also bought from Craig).  The neck on the Hondo wasn't that great and it was impossible to hit the E on the 12th fret of the highest string - lol!

Les Paul really weren't popular back then - especially not for a kid who wanted to play metal, especially not a sunburst.

There was this one older kid I really looked up to, he'd started playing a bit before my friends and I and he was really talented - plus he already had long hair. lol

We used to go over to his place to borrow tapes, watch video or listen to him play and try to pick up tips. I remember that one time, we were watching Iron Maiden live - must have been Live After Death.

Adrian Smith took out his goldtop LP and that kid started bashing LP, how stupid they looked, how retro, how uncool and how could Smith play that awful thing when he had beautiful Lado's. 

He knew that I played a LP, and I thought he was pretty mean. He could be such a prick at times. Then 5 minutes later, he'd lend you his Boss distortion for a few days.

I recently found him on Facebook - his main guitar is a vintage sunburst Gibson LP. He has it on all his recent pics. 

Funny...

Rain


Les Paul really weren't popular back then - especially not for a kid who wanted to play metal, especially not a sunburst.

There was this one older kid I really looked up to, he'd started playing a bit before my friends and I and he was really talented - plus he already had long hair. lol

We used to go over to his place to borrow tapes, watch video or listen to him play and try to pick up tips. I remember that one time, we were watching Iron Maiden live - must have been Live After Death.

Adrian Smith took out his goldtop LP and that kid started bashing LP, how stupid they looked, how retro, how uncool and how could Smith play that awful thing when he had beautiful Lado's. 

He knew that I played a LP, and I thought he was pretty mean. He could be such a prick at times. Then 5 minutes later, he'd lend you his Boss distortion for a few days.

I recently found him on Facebook - his main guitar is a vintage sunburst Gibson LP. He has it on all his recent pics. 
Funny...

And I'm guessing his hair is shorter now too....

Steve, Rain

Nice trip down memory lane.  Dapper young rockers!

Shorter and grayer... ;)

He's not doing bad actually. He went on to study classical music, got his degree and everything and he is now the classical guitar teacher at the very same music school where I used to study. I've also found that he is friends with many of my friends on the pro circuit, so I guess he played a couple of interesting gigs...

Cool. What was the music school you both went to?

Just a local music school in a little 12 000 folks town east of Canada, though that friend went on to study in the city. 

Rain


Cool pic! Love the cable - I still have one of those somewhere around. :)

I started on a über cheap sunburst LP copy - I'm guessing that this very bad picture dates for early 1985, when I was 12.

I've worn the heck out of that Run to the Hills shirt. :P

 
He he - that's excellent!
 
And, unlike me, you don't look like you've been drinking
 
 
 

I was 12 - I could only go out and drink on fridays/saturdays. ;)

LOL
 
I was just trying to look indifferent to my otherwise obvious rock god status