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Opinion
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01.30.08Wish List: 5 Artists’ Electric GuitarsLet's say that a genie appears to you and tells you that you can name 5 artists' electric guitars, and *poof* he will give you what you wish. You begin to salivate, because you can't wait to hold "Blackie" in your arms, and you think to yourself, "WOW! Nobody's going to believe that this Les Paul belonged to Jimmy Page." Quickly the genie brings you back to earth when he tells you that you are not the first one on his dream guitar wish-granting list. You realize that it's time to get creative. Here's what I would ...
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01.30.08Why Guitars? Why a website?From the time I saw Mike Campbell play the solo in the Tom Petty video "You Got Lucky" and Roland Orzabal play his Strat on "Shout", I have been enamored with the guitar. While most people say that it was Jimmy Page or Steve Vai that did it for them, I have these two lesser known guitar players to thank for drawing me in to the world of guitars. What was it exactly? I don't know. Maybe it was the emotion that those two solos evoked. Though neither one were technically difficult, to this day I still can play them in my ...
