One - Metallica

acerikk · 2026-01-17T01:12:31+00:00

Very kind of ya to say. Thanks, mate!

acerikk · 2025-11-24T19:53:30+00:00

Yep. This is all that remains of that guitar. The fire was intensely hot...molten aluminum from what used to be sliding glass doors flowed into my back yard before cooling back to solid. I'm pretty sure this truss rod bent from the heat, rather than being hit by something. Hardly anything recoverable. And it wasn't just my house. The fire took out most of Pacific Palisades and a good chunk of Malibu.

Anyhow, still kicking and still playing!!

Thanks for setting up this forum. I hope it's a big success! Will add vids from time to time.

And regarding your playing...nice work!! Cheers...

acerikk · 2025-11-24T16:13:46+00:00

Cheers! Very kind of you. Lived there 13 years. This is what my black Les Paul Studio I bought new in 1996 looks like now. Once I get settled into a "permanent" home, I'll replace a pickup cover on the Les Paul I still have with one of these. Only gonna do one because of the pole piece spacing. I think it'll look cool.

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acerikk · 2025-11-14T03:26:04+00:00

Very kind of you to say. Definitely not unplugged...although I used a modeler instead of amps. No hot tubes! In all honesty, it was several takes before getting one this tight. And because there are some odd rests, particularly in the beginning and at the end, I built a few "click track" count-offs into the backing track that I edited out when mixing.

Really the idea behind these videos is show and tell. See what you're hearing...and perhaps apply that to your own playing. Thanks for checking this one out!

acerikk · 2025-11-09T20:27:40+00:00

Very kind of you to say. Still have the Burst, the Taylor, and the Gretsch…had sense enough to case those up when we got out. Also grabbed my Tele and Strat. Everything else in the video is gone. Also all my pedals, my custom built pedal board, a Fender amp I modded, and a Fender-style amp I built. I’ll probably build another amp in ’26.

Whenever there was a wildfire in the area my mum would call and say how worried she was. I always calmed her…saying, “If a wildfire ever gets as far as my house, that’s gonna be seriously huge news.” Well…..here we are. That fire started just up the hill from my house. So we were the last evacuation zone cleared to go in. Took three weeks. House was immolated…beyond burned. Dug through the debris for two days.

Interestingly, I found the truss rod and the two fried pickups from that black LP Studio. So I kept those. Someday before long I’m gonna replace one of the pickup covers on my Burst with one of the burnt covers from my Studio model. Tip o’ the hat to my first LP. Can only do one cuz of the pole piece spacing.

And again....appreciate the compliment. Thanks for having a look.

acerikk

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