first guitar
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Everyone remembers their first. Their first day of school, their first pet, friend, kiss, job, or their first love. Me, I remember my first guitar, go figure. I was 14 years old and getting ready for high school in September. I had been to my uncle's house a few times and listened to him play old Beatles and John Denver tunes in his living room. The thing I remember most about his house was that there was no TV, no couch, just a couple of milk crates and a guitar rig that was taller than me. But it wasn't until I heard him play the opening 5 chords to Black Sabbath's Iron man that I knew that I wanted to play. There was so much power in that riff. Tony Iommi made his guitar sound so different that anything I had heard. His riff's were heavy, dark, and ominous...