Dying Fetus, да зарегься, там несложно
, но ок, самый классный рассказ:
In the spring of 1979, I bought a 6 month old 1978 BC Rich Mockingbird in natural maple.
It was purchased from the guitar player of a very well-respected, kickass local band that played the same circuit we 'teenagers' in my band were playing. "The Models" - as they were called - had hit 'the big time' and were moving to Los Angeles, California. They were selling off everything but essential gear. The mockingbird was not deemed, 'essential' I suppose. I paid $ 602.00. He wanted 600 for the guitar and $2 bucks for the new set of strings he had just installed. For a teenager in 1979, six-hundred dollars was the equivalent of paying $2,007.00 in 2012 standards (with adjustment for inflation) as well as a long summer of cutting grass, washing cars, etc just to pay for the guitar. But wow, she was worth it. Everywhere we played, people would ask me, "what kind of cool guitar is that? What's all the knobs and switches for?"
Since this was before the internet, I had no way to follow the success or demise of the guy that sold me the BCR. Years later, I found out the band had marginal success, changed their name from The Models to Human Drama and were signed to RCA Records. The guitarist (whom I bought the guitar from) went on to play with Gene Loves Jezebel.
I played that Mockingbird in dozens of shows and in the studio. It is such a great sounding instrument.
Many years and many BC Rich guitars later, I was hired by ESP guitars to design two new models for the NAMM show. Before I left for California, a well-known guitar player advised me to check out and introduce myself to the people of Schecter Guitar Research upon arriving at the show.
After spending most of the morning with the ESP team at their booth for the unveiling of the guitars, I proceeded to find the Schecter booth. When I walked up, I noticed the vocalist of the band I mentioned earlier (Human Drama) taking photographs of the booth. I introduced myself and he said, "Oh, Matti... we were hoping you'd come say hello; the president of the company wants to say 'hi' to you...and by the way his wife owns and operates Daisy Rock Guitars."
I'm thinking, "...cool, they want to hire me to design some guitars for Schecter AND Daisy Rock...awesome.."
A minute later, a guy around my age with long black hair and a big smile comes up to me, hand extended and says...
"Hey Matt, great to see you. I'm Mike Ciravolo, President of Schecter Guitars...I heard you just designed some cool guitars for ESP..."
"Yes!" I replied.
"Well, I want to ask you... DO YOU STILL HAVE MY OLD '78 MOCKINGBIRD and do you want to sell her back to me?"
Did I sell her?
No. She's still with me... 33 years later...
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