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LIGHTNING WAVE

How did you get into guitar?

“Around eight or nine, my cousin gave me Metallica’s ‘Black Album’ on cassette and the riffs blew my mind. I took a few lessons with an acoustic, but was a bit of a wuss and couldn’t get past the sore fingertips!

“I found a Diplomat bass under a bed at my grandparents’ when I was 15 and although the neck had banana’d and was barely playable, I got a kick out of hearing it clip through my parents’ stereo. This led to a friend loaning

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