Former long-haired hippy trash guitar player...hence the username! Once opened for Molly Hatchet and played for a crowd of about 5k and gigged fairly extensively back in the day.
Bow to the altar of Randy Rhoads, George Lynch and, as I’ve gotten older and slower, Stevie Ray...
Have owned ‘76 Les Paul Custom Deluxe in Cherry Sunburst, a Strat (can’t remember the year anymore). Currently in love with a 1986 Peavey Vandenberg that I adore for its tone and tiny neck and a Franken-strat that cannot be said to be any one brand over another it’s been so heavily modified over the years.
Play a pretty simple rig now. Just a Peavey Classic 100 head thru an Ampeg 4x12 cabinet (way too much for my man-cave playing now, but I love the tone!). Effects have leaned down thru the years to a Boss Chorus pedal and a Crybaby Wah.
Don’t play nearly as much as a I should or would like to...to be honest, it gets a little depressing being unable to do 1/2 the stuff that I used to be able to do...
met George Lynch in New Orleans...nice fellow.