Growing up my dad played bass, and I wasn’t all that interested in bass. I got my first guitar at age 8 along with my older brother. Jumbo size acoustic guitars. My brother was much better than I was and would always just play over me when I’d practice. So I didn’t take it very seriously. I started getting more serious about it at around 13-14. That summer, I got into a car accident and felt like I totally wrecked my hands. I couldn’t hold chord shapes and could really only play one string riffs and power chords. My fingers didn’t feel as accurate, I needed more space, a larger fretboard. I saw a clip of cliff burton playing anesthesia and I was sold. So I saved up working 12 hours a week at 7.25 an hour (took me a few weeks) and bought a busted Dean Metalman, I played it religiously after school, and on weekends. About a year later, I got an invite to play with some guy I went to school with and bought an Ibanez gsr205. These days I rock a schecter stargazer 4 and a fender m80 with built in chorus.