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Born
began to stalk the Earth -
Period: to
Alex Mortal Earth Life Thusfar
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I get on the CRAZY TRAIN
got Lionel Crazy Train. just like my once and future axe, it was black with white trim, was metal, electrically powered & had 6 drive wheels (translating to strings later) -
Kindergarten/1995 winning!
-Music Class (where is the electric guitar?)
-Computer Class: intro to computers
very vivid year in my memory
-learning to read & write begins
-riding bikes -
My guitar manufactured
axe forged @ Gibson factory Nashville, TN -
CD's
got first CD player (Panasonic) form Uncle. Horrible first CD, he should have given me Zep II (his 1st album) -
VHS tapes
rewinding, had some really dank tapes -
TV
Nickelodeon, cable -
my guitar purchased by 1st owner
$975 & paired with a Marshall amp -
Remembers Internet
AOL 5.0, dial-up, email -
laser
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Downloading Songs on the Internet
Limewire greater access to music
AOL Instant Messanger (AIM) begins -
got 1st decent mountain bike
GT aggressor, silver & blue. Put some sweet deraileurs on it, interest in mtn biking gets stonger -
iPod
I got one, pretty sweet. Remeber listening to music on the school bus previously on CD walkman -
turn 16-driving cars, cell phone
1st cell phone was bitchin, Verizon. Verizon would rule until late 2009. By this time expert proficiency with lawn care technology (mowers, weed wackers etc) & computers -
learn to touch type
in Mrs Rofey (the Rofinator) class -
photoshop
adobe photoshop computer art class senior year HS Miss Smiths' class=duh, winning! Graphics class junior year, but I forget which program -
first guitar
Ibanez destroyer dtx-120 & line 6 spider III 15 watt with 4 presets -
Macbook
MY 1st computer came with better iPod too
MS office -
get sick mountain bike
got aweome skills, got awesome hard-tail Lapierre Pro Race 200 mountian bike. Joselyn's Bicycle Monterey, CA -
Marshall Amp
MG15DFX solid state used $65 from guitar center, money well spent on good, small amp. read "Hammer of the Gods" sell soul to devil -
DVD's
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Guitar upgrade
trade Ibanez for Epiphone les Paul, start practicing more, sounding better, improving (winning, DUH) -
epiphone LP catastrophically damaged
nut broke, large dent in fall caused by shitty stand. was devastating at the time, but turned out for the best.... -
my guitar arrives in the mail
I become the second owner, of the barely played, pristine 1995 Gibson USA Les Paul Studio. Thanks to Tim, in Rochester, NY, great deal! $819 (including shipping & OHSC)! bidding was WON duh by me on the 7th -
axe customized
Got my gram the sword back from being customized ($125 worth) by master luthier Rex of San Jose CA. Now able to cleave anvil in 2. Setup, creme PU covers, pick guard, switch & label, PU covers removed, silver Grover tuners installed. Also acquire Boss OD pedal from guitar center, as well as strap+ locks, cable, tabs -
I acquire Guitar Pro software
version 5.0 allows me to get some sick tabs. The Overdrive pedal pictured is mine, it makes a really sick Randy Rhoads sound, High N Dry -
I get iPhone
GPS is buh-buh-bitchin -
I acquire secondary axe
Epiphone explorer expertley duh, won by me again on ebay from nearby Lake Mary, FL (was in Daytona, FL) for excellent price of $250 (display model, norm $500). Looks very cool, good giggin/battle axe workhorse takes playing stress off the Gibson. I like the wide fretboard too -
electrocuted Live Wire
electrocuted by phone charger (phones are built by trolls!) remedied by the Motley Crue song (ripping it like Mick Mars) -
Heavy Metal Day will be 1 louder!
Nigel Tufnel
