"I was the luckiest boy in the world, to buy my first guitar, a 1960 Fender Stratocaster and tweed Fender Tremolux amp, both for $60 in Germany in 1964. I should have stuck with that, but young boys wander…"

"My second guitar was an early 60s Gibson SG LP. I brought it back to the USA and used it with bands, The Bitter End and Arnold Bean, before I found the Les Paul in 1969."

"The Les Paul was a 1958 sunburst, and plugged into a Marshall 50w head and two 4x12 cabinets, was the only guitar I played from 1969-1975. "