Beginning Rock Guitar - Lesson 1

[@DougMarks]

This is the first of five weekly beginning guitar lessons. Don't forget to download the free lesson materials here: store.metalmethod.com/p/guitar-lessons-for-beginners/

[@martyaragon719]

I bought his tape back in 1983 and helped my guitar playing tremendously now I plan a metal band. Do a lot of Black Sabbath covers. classic thanks Doug

[@subbatto_5150]

thanks doug trying again 40 years later sort of fun never made it to cassettes 5/6 but it sufficed..

[@Murphy_R9]

I started guitar in 1980 and in 1982 bought my first metal method lessons. I got his metal theory and metal licks tapes. My playing advanced at a extremely fast rate with the lessons. The only complaint I have is I wish the lessons were around in 1980 when I first started because i would have been 2 years ahead of the game! Back then these lessons were a game changer for rock/metal players. We did not have the internet and KZbin.

[@DougMarks]

I love hearing how my lessons helped you out. I know it was a game changer for metal and rock guitarists back then because (as you mentioned) there was no alternative.... except for maybe Mel Bay and was that really an alternative. It didn't work for me.

[@Murphy_R9]

@@DougMarks I think i still have the lesson cassettes in a box somewhere! 🤘 They would be in the same box as my Steve Morse Hot licks lesson which was steve's very first lesson. He signed the first 50 copies which i have one of! I was so on fire back then about guitars!

[@markvigil8667]

​@@Murphy_R9also, our 90s curt Mitchell vhs tapes👍

[@JCDWD510-bo3yd]

​@@DougMarksGreat to see you on KZbin I'll be staying in tune !

[@ИгорьРыбков-з3ь]

И магнитофона у тебя не было? и рук не было и ушей? А как без этих уроков ранее обходились и было столько достойных гитаристов и коллективов не то что сей час

[@yamyam60]

I am 64, bought an electric guitar a week ago and have been watching nearly all the videos about learning to play guitar available on KZbin and so far this is the best I have come across. Certainly worthy of my subscription and will be eagerly following your videos from now on.

[@DougMarks]

That's great. Keep me posted on your progress. I appreciate the comment, keep it up.

[@kgargom]

I'm from Ecuador and I was an exchange student in the US back in '95. I bought and watched over and over again the VHSs and learn from the best teacher. Pure nostalgic time. I still play and still have the cassettes mint ! Can't thnk you enough ! ❤🤘🎸🇪🇨

[@DougMarks]

That's awesome. Ecuador... way down south. '95 hard to believe that was thirty years ago.

[@scottcummings8602]

Doug, great of you to put these on KZbin. Many generations have and will learn from your course.

[@DougMarks]

Thanks Scott. It's been and continues to be a great journey. It's really an honor to have people that learned to play by using my lessons over the past four decades including more than a few notable guitar players.

[@gzeronine9484]

8 minutes and 40 seconds in and I’m already able to play hundreds of metal songs ! Stoked this is on KZbin !

[@DougMarks]

I have no idea if you're serious but it is true, with power chords you can play hundreds of metal songs... maybe even thousands.

[@gzeronine9484]

@@DougMarks yes legitimately serious , but yes also half joking. Literally at 8:40 you start playing power chords and anyone at that point should enjoy the beautiful, delicious sound of rock and roll ! Wit, sarcasm and general good natured humor is sometimes lost through a keyboard. Not joking however, I am amazed at what youtube makes possible compared to when I was a kid. I wish you nothing but success and to all the future heavy guitar players keep rocking !

[@jasongoad1084]

Best course available. I bought this on VHS in the early 90s. I have since recorded several albums with 2 different metal bands and lead worship weekly at my church. Doug is the best!

[@DougMarks]

Thanks very much Jason and even more important.... congratulations! I'm proud of your success. A note here, I have a lot of students that have found that performing with their church group is a great way to contribute and gain experience playing live. It often leads to gigs in other venues too.

[@edgelite]

Doug taught me how to play guitar playing in church taught me how to play in a band. I love that Carvin later in the video. I've had a couple of Carvin's and visited the factory when I was California about 10 years ago.

[@gabriela7x917]

After reading so many awesome comments on how people started with you back in 82, I gave it a go! Looking forward to lesson 2!! I've never really gotten far in the past, I think this time I'll stay motivated with your videos! Thank you!!

[@DougMarks]

I'm glad that you read the comments. They definitely give you an indication of what is possible. Good luck with my course.

[@ValiRossi]

I started playing in 1979. Doug Marks Metal Method is the first mail order lesson I bought. I can't remember when it came out. 1980 or 81 I think. It was an audio cassette tape and a small booklet. I loved it. It was such a revolutionary thing. Thanks Doug.

[@DougMarks]

It came out in 82. I'm glad my course helped you out. Thanks for the comment.

[@subbatto_5150]

carbon copy reply.. agreed

[@Okay-George]

i remember taking this course in the mid 90s doug marks is a great teacher and i learned a lot from this course! I still use that tuning method today lol. thanks Doug!

[@DougMarks]

That's funny. Yeah, so do I. Thanks for the compliment and comment.

[@Itsok202]

I bought these lessons back in the 80s with the tapes and books. Was a great start for me on guitar glad to see your still around Mark. Thanks for starting me on my guitar journey 40 years ago🤟

[@DougMarks]

It's great to hear from you! I'm glad that you're still playing. Thanks for the comment.

[@JCDWD510-bo3yd]

Hey Doug ! Back in the 80's I bought your lessons and it has served me a life time of being able to create the music that's in my head ! Much respect, thank you ! I'm 60 years old and still rip with all the techniques I've learned from your lessons. I highly recommend anybody wanting to progress in their abilities on guitar, GET THE LESSONS !

[@DougMarks]

Thanks very much for the comment. I'm glad I was able to help and that you're still ripping. Awesome! Great hearing from you.

[@jlm4855]

The detail you go into is awesome for beginners. I've not seen detailed information like this in one spot , I don't believe ever. Great job 🎸

[@DougMarks]

I'm glad that you find it useful. I tried to make it easy to understand.

[@vellaropedart9190]

I ordered your lessons through the mail when I was 15-16 around '84. I gotta say just the beginner course put me way ahead of my own expectations. Glad to see you're still sharing your knowledge!

[@DougMarks]

That's great. I still really enjoy sharing this stuff.

[@kevron9664]

I had purchased your lessons out of Circus Magazine, back in 1988-89.... What a rush to see you back on screen, giving these lessons.... I'd recommend your stuff to anyone who wants to start from the basement, and wants to play straight hard rock / metal.

[@DougMarks]

Thanks for the endorsement. My first ad was in Circus Magazine in 1982. I still remember who was on the cover... the B 52s. That was a little disappointing. Thanks for the comment.

[@kanoray2608]

Doug! I got your tapes and books sent to me in New Zealand in about '85ish when I was about 14 or 15. Bro you set me on my way. The techniques and exercises/licks etc. I still use today. Thank you for your awesome course and the great memories I have learning the guitar using them.

[@DougMarks]

That's great. It's amazing to hear how the course has had such a lasting impact. Thanks for your comment.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

This takes me back YEARS to the first Metal Method when I first got my guitar. Nice to see you keeping it going with new and beginner metal heads. Pay attention kids, follow this dude and you'll get riffing in no time!

[@DougMarks]

Lol, that's great... and true! Thanks for the comment.

[@varchives-d3p]

Doug was my first mail order: Metal Method 1982🎸🥁🎧🎼 Thanks Doug, you changed my world. Never giving this up.

[@DougMarks]

That's awesome, it's always great to hear from those who have been with me on the journey.

[@dalejacksonmo]

love these courses.....thanks a million times over

[@DougMarks]

You're very welcome. Thanks for commenting.

[@kylewilliams6184]

Doug Marks, I bought your lessons in 1983 and they are incredible!!! I cannot thank you enough!! I encouraged my daughter to take a listen to you are a remarkable teacher… I bought the set of tapes backup and particularly studied the “Randy Rhoads” set. Awesome!!! Thank you again and keep up your magnificent videos!!! 🙌🏻😎👍🏻

[@Flying-V-Shredder]

Me too.1983.I wish I still had them,they would be cool to to have.

[@DougMarks]

That's so cool. Thanks for the comment, it brought a smile to my face. I hope your daughter gives it a shot. There are a lot of amazing female guitarists right now. Maybe she's next. Keep me posted. Consider playing some of today's great players for her. Here's a good place to start: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYbCkKiJfJ2LgKs

[@איןשם-ה5ב]

Doug, thank you very much for the lessons. I have been looking for organized lessons on this topic for a long time and I am glad I came to the right place. I hope you will upload more useful lessons like this.👍👍

[@DougMarks]

Glad that you enjoyed it. I'm loading lessons sequentially (next week is Lesson 3) each Saturday morning at 7:00 Pacific. See you next Saturday!

[@gRatedContent]

Oh man I loved these on VHS back in the 90’s. Good to see you dropping some content here! My buddy and I started your Metal Method courses but he dropped out after the first lesson - I think you’d asked us not to move to lesson 2 until we’d memorized all the notes on the fretboard, lol. I didn’t quit but I didn’t memorize them all, unfortunately. That was a daunting task for those of us that didn’t even now how to plug in a guitar. I haven’t thought about that in a long time, great memories.

[@DougMarks]

That's a great story. I was asking people to do something that most guitarists aren't able to do after 20 years. Live and learn. I have a survey that I ask my students and others to fill out. Only 15% of those that filled out the survey can instantly identify notes without hesitation.

[@gRatedContent]

@ absolutely agree! IMO, that one skill is probably the most impressive indicator of guitar mastery. Your lessons should do well here, very happy to see you still working with students - your delivery is still one of the best!

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Metal Method class of 1998. I learned guitar with the VHS cassettes. Doug, in this video you said it would be a ride and it certainly has been an amazing ride. I got in my first band less than a year after completing the 90’s era basic course. 27 years later I’m still playing. Doug, thank you for changing my life 🤘🏼🎸

[@DougMarks]

That is so cool. I never tire of hearing my student's success stories. Thanks for the great comment.

[@brianradio7311]

i bought your vhs tape metal method in the 1980s lol ,great to see you still teaching today !

[@DougMarks]

What else would I do? It's still fun. Great hearing from you.

[@sierraridgereaper]

Back in 1982 I bought an encore les paul copy guitar and a little peavey practice amp at a local pawn shop for $60 and then got this lesson set. I still have my booklets and cassettes I bought thru that guitar mag ad. Learned a ton from this lesson set and still playin 42 yrs later and still have that old encore too... Thanks Doug...🙏

[@DougMarks]

Thank you for sharing. That's great... a young man and his passion for guitar. Great story.

[@thebrianchannel9890]

1989. I still have some of the lesson booklets and at least some of the cassettes. Here I am, still playing after 35 years. I learned the pentatonic scale from Metal Method and convinced my dad and friends I was a guitarist. I read lesson three booklet recently and was thinking about what a solid foundation that course gave me on electric guitar. Previously I was acoustic. I found every word of those books and cassettes to be solid information and really thorough. I still play the one string warm up regularly. In fact, several of the exercises I still play to this day. So I will watch this video now ha.

[@DougMarks]

Thanks. I know the exercise that you're referring to. That's still my favorite finger exercise and of course it's still taught in the most recent version of the course.

[@calmbro1970]

This lesson is life changing for me, I've been playing guitar for 10+ years and was never comfortable holding the pick, I'm left handed but use a right handed guitar and it was just very uncomfortable and IO couldn't get used to it. But even though the information was simple, I just got it instantly thank you sou very much

[@DougMarks]

That's awesome. Yes, it's amazing how something as simple and basic as holding a pick can change everything. I'm glad that it worked for you.

[@gonzalorodriguez5859]

Doug, gracias por compartir tu valioso conocimiento. Un abrazo desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷. Pura Vida...! 🤘

[@DougMarks]

Un abrazo de vuelta para ti. Me alegro que estés disfrutando de mis videos.

[@samright4661]

Dude I had your album from “ Hawk” in the 80s total legend in the teaching business

[@DougMarks]

Thanks, I appreciate the comment.

[@dannykristoffer4047]

I had 1984 lessons on cassette…learned how to play in key…muting…harmonics… pick slide … toggle switch trick etc thanks Doug

[@DougMarks]

You're welcome. It's amazing how many people have responded from the 80's. On the other hand, I sold enough lessons to buy a house and a new XJS Jaguar midway through the 80s so I did reach a lot of people. Thanks for the very concise description of what you learned. I bet you could come up with an even longer list. Great hearing from you.

[@bajeep4727]

Thank God you made a KZbin channel. I bought your VHS TAPES THAT I STILL HAVE TO DAY IN THE LATE 80 EARLY 90S, BUT CANT PLAY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MORE VHS PLAYERS. You made learning guitar fun and easy to understand unlike some instructors that i have gone to in the past, most of them wanted to show off and never really made it personal like you did. Thanks for the great lessons and look foward to more of you content. I also notice is that a Carvin guitar because i know that was your axe back in the day. 😁

[@DougMarks]

Yep, still using Carvins. I'm glad you're able to enjoy my lessons on KZbin. Even without a VHS player. 😂

[@123pap]

Well let's begin this journey. Thanks Doug

[@DougMarks]

You're welcome! We're on it together. My journey has never stopped.

[@robertvalencia7721]

Hell yeah Doug Marks. Going way back

[@DougMarks]

Way back, yet I've always been here. 😂

[@robertvalencia7721]

@ exactly. Good to see a familiar face still teaching guitar.

[@ryantotten5011]

My first instructor! Those VHS lessons are pure gold! Back when I subscribed you were trying to sell commercials for Carvin and had a 10% off coupon deal. Did that ever take off? Carvins were awesome! But I guess Kiesel is still carrying on, sans amps of course.

[@DougMarks]

Yeah, I did okay with that plug I put on the end of my videos. I wasn't interested in the money as much as I was interested in proving to them that my students were buying their guitars. I was introduced to them by Steve Vai and initially they weren't interested in me endorsing their products. It didn't take long for them to realize that I was selling their guitars. That led to them offering my VHS tapes in their stores. That was very lucrative. I still love their guitars and play them daily. Mark Kiesel is a really good guy.

[@Wurmt0ngue]

I have metal method on VHS, ordered from a magazine.

[@DougMarks]

Yes, that's how my video lessons began in 1986. I began in '82 teaching on audio cassette. Young people don't even know what that is. Most of the people on my channel remember jamming those d*** things in our car dashboard and sometimes finding it difficult to remove them.

[@MikeLowe-q5z]

@@DougMarksor the tape player ‘ate ‘ the cassette. Ugh!!! I hated that. But I learned how to cut the tape and tape it back where it still played, only missing a few seconds. Memories…

[@gentelmanjunkie542]

Started playing 2 years ago, metal player, so cool this popped up in my feed today! Ive heard of this guy and the metal method, can't wait to get into it! 🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@DougMarks]

Thanks for the comment and welcome. You'll have fun with this.

[@stevestansberry6915]

I have a lot of guitar courses that I have accumulated over the years, including tab books, instructional VHS videos, CD’s, Play in the Style of, Blues Licks, etc. My favorite is Doug’s Complete Guitar Course. It covers everything in one place, and it puts everything together. My other courses have become interesting supplements that make a lot more sense now.

[@DougMarks]

Thanks Steve. That's quite an endorsement and I appreciate it.

[@Counsel-fires]

Coo cool, I learned a lot from Doug, the course unlocks guitar theory ❤

[@DougMarks]

Yes, that's always been a favorite part of the course. Thanks for commenting.

[@MsVersus]

Thank you for the tip on pulling a bit on the neck versus full on squeezing.

[@DougMarks]

You're welcome. It's a subtle change that makes a huge difference.

[@camperstar6stringer]

wow its been years since i have seen your site and videos, hope all is well and merry christmas to you

[@jeffunderwood6235]

Man I bought your lessons on cassettes back in the 80's.

[@DougMarks]

That's great. Love hearing from my 80's students. Thanks for the comment.

[@ogles824]

This brings back some memories. I as well; had this on vhs.

[@DougMarks]

Hope you're still playing. Let me know.

[@cgh1026]

Awesome video thank you

[@DougMarks]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@Dragonrc.]

This actually a really helpful lesson, I have small hands and T-rex arms so I have always struggled with guitar holding and stressing my wrist. I have been playing all electric now and find it harder than acoustic actually. Keeping the electric notes silent with a metal guitar is tough lol

[@DougMarks]

Glad that you're enjoying it. Yes, learning to mute string that aren't being played is part of the challenge. It is explained in the course. I'm really surprised that you find the electric harder to play than acoustic. Your guitar might need to be set up properly by a guitar tech.

[@Dragonrc.]

@@DougMarks well the stiff strings seem to go less places than the electric light strings. That being said I have spent more time on acoustic, my low E is buzzing a bit but the rest are fine I checked and setup per the specs. Its a ESP USA Eclipse

[@badassdivingfrog1205]

I've still got MM ,in booklet, vhs tapes in a box in the closet right now. Was killer back in the 80s

[@DougMarks]

Thanks very much. Great hearing from you.

[@Elicid1965]

Pure nostalgia! Doug you should go all out on the original hairstyle! Lol Way cool thanks!

[@DougMarks]

Lol, yeah. I've thought about doing it just for a goof. My hair would look so lame. I mean, I've got coverage on my head but it's probably down to about 25% of what it was then. It would look very scary.

[@Mudhog72.]

Unlike Doug Marks, most people aren't good at teaching guitar . They aren't detailed enough and don't have the patience to explain everything.

[@DougMarks]

Thank you. A lot of thought goes into my descriptions. This might sound a little "high brow" but I pay a lot of attention to descriptions trying to make them unambiguous. Most of what I do begins with a script and I look it over very carefully before "winging it."

[@travismiles5885]

I still have my metal demo and metal primer lessons I bought in 1986

[@DougMarks]

Very cool. Thanks for the comment.

[@Dobie_ByTor]

These are great. Would love to see techniques for string muting. For example arpeggio an Fmaj and only ring out individual strings until picking next string avoiding ringing out unwanted strings. Or playing a bass line while muting higher 3-4 strings.

[@DougMarks]

All necessary techniques. This is the beginning and what you're talking about is more advance. There are 47 lessons similar to this in the Complete Course.

[@mewtoidlaw3374]

Got to love those magic straps that appear at the proper time 😂

[@DougMarks]

The magic of video!

[@Dragonrc.]

wait i just realized I have your DVDs from the 2000 time frame! I am ashamed to say I never got to use them and now I cant play them since they are DVD lol I need to get those added to my pc some how! Miltary kept me too busy but now that I am retired from the Army and my friend Jayce Lewis keeps telling me to get back playing I have been!!!

[@DougMarks]

All you need is a DVD drive. Put the DVDs in the drive and find them in Explorer (PC) and copy the large files to a folder on your computer. Or better still... buy the course that's 17 years newer than the one you're studying. Great to hear from you.

[@Dragonrc.]

@@DougMarks Yeah i think I still have one i can connect to my pc

[@rwieber79]

I bought this course and even took a few personal video lessons from Doug in the mid 2000's but unfortunately life got in the way and I didn't have time to put in the effort needed to take advantage of it. I wish I would have stuck with it because I always wanted to really learn guitar. I'm sure I still have the discs and little booklets with the lessons in them somewhere, just don't know where, lol.

[@DougMarks]

It's not too late! No pressure, just spend a little time playing and you'll get hooked again. I hear a story over and over and never tire of it. In essence, " I used to play guitar then life happened and I quit. I recently started playing again and it's amazing." I recently started giving Zoom lessons. Sign up for one and I'll get you back on track. The program I have now is way better than what I was able to do eleven years ago when you took from me.

[@bobp823]

I’m gonna purchase this course. Are you available through email if I have specific questions while learning? Also in this video you posted. Is it 30 minutes per day on each exercise in this video? Thanks.

[@Okay-George]

you wont regret it Doug is a great teacher!

[@DougMarks]

I am available through email but it's very difficult to accurately answer questions without me actually see you play and spending time on analysis and recommendations. That's why I've begun doing playing reviews for $25 and personal Zoom lessons. On the other hand, this is a new addition to the course. People have had great success without me evaluating their skills since 1982. Still, it's really easy to pick up bad habits and very very hard overcoming them as years turn into decades.

[@bobp823]

@@DougMarks ok thank you

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

No more Carvin Mark? You have been around quite a while my old friend. Good on ya.

[@DougMarks]

I still play Carvin, it's one of my two favorite guitars. I also still get called Mark a lot 😂

[@timmoore173]

I love this! I used to see your ads in magazines in the mid 80s. I have one question though. I see you have a floyd, but are able to tune from the tuners? I thought you had to tune from the little knobs on the bridge. Sorry for the dumb question, I’ve just recently gotten my first floyd equipped guitar.

[@DougMarks]

That is not dumb at all. Things like that are so second nature to me that I forget that some people are new to the technology. You may have noticed that you sometimes screw the screws all the way down or even have them almost unscrewed (up). That's from correcting flat and sharp. Adjust all of the screw to a middle position. Then go to the nut and use an allen wrench (hex wrench) to completely loosen the screws . Since it's unlocked you can tune with the tuning keys. Tune all strings, tighten the screws at the nut and fine tune at the bridge with the tuning screws. Hope this helps.

[@timmoore173]

@ thank you! Yes that helps! I’ve been afraid of using floyds for so long because I always heard they can be a pain.

[@FlatEarthBeekeeping]

Is that white guitar a Charvel? With Seymore Duncan pickups?

[@DougMarks]

The bridge pickup is a Seymour Duncan and the other two pickups are Lace Sensor. They don't pick up as much noise as other single coil pickups do and have killer tone. The guitar and neck were handmade by a student of mine, Henry Switzer. It was a gift from Henry.

[@hoppaistvan9982]

guitar pro can also help you to learn to read music..which is as important for a musician as the tab.

[@DougMarks]

Guitar Pro is great for many things and of course that's one of them. Even if you don't read standard notation you can learn to read rhythmic notation. My favorite thing about Guitar Pro 8 is the audio track. It makes transcribing easy and playing along with the transcription a lot of fun.

[@dschannel4298]

❤❤

[@randallbryant9456]

☆🤟🦅"H A W K"🦅🤟☆

[@AnnWahlquist]

is that a chavel??

[@DougMarks]

No, a couple of other people thought the same thing. I explain it somewhere in these comments. It was built by hand by one of my students, Henry Switzer. It's not a kit, he actually used a lathe to cut the neck and made the body from a block of wood.

[@AnnWahlquist]

@DougMarks its beautiful....

[@sergiosilva6450]

Is that a Charvel?

[@DougMarks]

No. It was made by hand by a student, Henry Switzer.

[@sergiosilva6450]

@DougMarks amazing

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

My frend had metal method books, i played all of them, the triplet exorsize payters afterleaning the blues scale got me soloing better faster There where NO ROCK GUITAR BOOKS you just had to listen to Ro knand finger it put.

[@DougMarks]

Thanks for commenting.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

@DougMarks They where good lessons still good fundamentals

[@metalinbrains9850]

No guitar lessons without pentatonic scale...

[@DougMarks]

In the first five lessons that I'm uploading weekly all five patterns of the Pentatonic pattern are taught.

[@TheJamieRamone]

I must say I've never heard the bridge pickup referred to as the "front" one, nor the neck pickup as "back".

[@DougMarks]

I don't disagree. It is correct but I could have used the words "bridge" and "neck." But then, what about the middle? Three pickups complicates matters.

[@metalinbrains9850]

He is playing flyod rose guitar but he is tuning guitar like any ordinary guitar...

[@DougMarks]

A Floyd Rose doesn't really have anything to do with how the guitar is tuned. I know a lot of people use Drop D tunings but it doesn't really affect the bridge.

[@evgenykarkan6939]

Ok but does your kitty fly?

[@DougMarks]

Well, she did fly, many years ago. She passed away about a decade ago but I have another one that looks just like her sitting on my lap right now.

[@Kimberlyjoyharrison]

I’ve played professionally, been on tour with world famous artists, recorded notable records, etc… Doug Marks taught me music theory in the 80’s through his mail-order lessons!!! 😂❤🤘

[@DougMarks]

That's very cool. Congratulations on your success! Thanks for the comment.

[@luiscano6122]

I remember the Metal Methods with the VHS Cassettes, best guitar instructor, thanks Doug! Also own a Carvin DC127T

[@DougMarks]

Thanks. I never tire of compliments. Carvins are great guitars.

[@luiscano6122]

@DougMarks Now they changed to Kiesel

[@JLeSage-cj2nu]

Masterful lesson my brother 💯🙏💯🙏.Thanku..PS my GFs ears thanku😅😅😅😮

[@DougMarks]

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment.

[@Carjamia-v9q]

I remember the ads in the back of hit parader and circus metal magazines: :

[@DougMarks]

Yep, and after that Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician and others. Magazines were popular back then. Some months I would reach 500,000 guitarists. It was pretty remarkable back then. Today all it takes is an iPhone and KZbin. it doesn't hurt if you're a beautiful girl with most of your breasts exposed and you can kind of play guitar.