Nobody seems to play Yamaha electrics, but it's the best guitar I own.
I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
One thing I've noticed over the years is that young players - I mean 10- and 12-year-olds - really like my guitar style. There's something in my guitar style that they totally can latch onto and learn quickly, and then go from there to your Yngwie Malmsteens or your Steve Vais or whatever.
As a youngster, I used to try to pick up any bits of wisdom about the guitar I could. It's not like now where you have books and books about every aspect of anything. Any little pearl of wisdom was welcome back then.
From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.
