Steel Notes Magazine
January 2017
thing you know because if I ’ m on the internet I ’ m going to go somewhere that I want to be and go look at the things I want to look at . I ’ m not going to go surf and find the things I don ’ t like so I can go hang out there , you know . Just move on . If you ’ re not into it just click on the next link and just keep going . I don ’ t have time to spend and waste on negativity when I can find things positive and inspiring that influence me or work on things that motivate me to do better and be a better person . I don ’ t need the whole negativity thing and fucking shit !
Did you help test out Jason Beckers pedal ? How did that come about ?
You know it was just logistics thing you know I had to test it out which it was an honor to be able to help whatever I could do so that ’ s kind of how that happened . Are you using your old amps ? No , I ’ m not really playing that stuff now . The company got bought out , changed people and I don ’ t know . I ’ m back to using what I was using before that which honestly I ‘ m much happier with which is I got a Bogner Uberschall and a Squall Nitro a Peavey 6505 plus and I use two of them at all times just based on my mood or whatever that night . I might switch one out and put the other one in but I always run two heads at the same time . So , I ’ m running those and I ’ m endorsing EMG pickups and I have been forever , love that stuff ! Swiss picks there ’ s the new one , 2.0 Oh , wow you ’ ve got the thick ones ! Oh , yes and I actually pretty much designed this one pick too because Swiss Picks contacted me about a year before I started playing this stuff and they sent me a model and it didn ’ t have the point on it you know like this does and the edges had a different kind of edge on it . They didn ’ t even make 2.0 ’ s at the time and I told the guy thanks , man I really appreciate you sending it out but
I use something that has a point on it or pointier and different kind of edges and he said cool . That was the last that either of us thought about it for a while . Within the next year , he ’ s like hey where you at ? I ’ m at NAMM and I have some picks for you to try out . So that was the year I didn ’ t go so he sent me the pick it looked just like this but it ’ s a the cheddar model ‘ Sharp Cheddar ‘ that ’ s why it ’ s orange and not yellow like swiss but it was made out of a different material and while I liked it and I was definitely going to do the deal I really wanted him to try a different material I think the original material there made out of is called Derlin or something like that and I wanted something that had more attack in the and looked brighter and he was really hesitant on it and you know looking back he would tell me well if you don ’ t really want to use the picks man don ’ t do it . I said well it ’ s not so much that I don ’ t want to use the picks I just don ’ t want to sell on something until we try it you know ; can we at least try it ? Finally , he tried it and when he got one in his hands he said oh this is so awesome I love it dude ! I said see ! You should have listened to me six months ago , ( laughter ) Right !
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