Heavy Metal Warlord of Rock - 1984

[Inspector #20]

Promo photo shoot from 1984 for the band "Troubled Youth." -My hand painted two-tone green 1959 Silvertone equipped with a Duncan Quarter Pounder. At this time, I was playing live through a Traynor Bass Head and an Ampeg 6x10 Cabinet with a Watkins Copicat....

 

[Inspector #20]

My 1959 Silvertone after the 2011 restoration....



The 1959 Sears Wishbone add for the Silvertone Dad bought for Mom.



The 1959 Sears Silvertone and original 5 watt tube amp (Danelectro U-1) as they appear today...

 

[JohnnyGoo]

You needed a Kramer lol

 

[Inspector #20]

You needed a Kramer lol

I went from that to an Ibanez Destroyer DT555....24-3/4" scale.

 

[Inspector #20]

You needed a Kramer lol

Cranked up, it had big balls....

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Well hell ya you need that Ibanez Destroyer for Metal

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Looks like its using a Schaller #456 bridge.

 

[Inspector #20]

Looks like its using a Schaller #456 bridge.

Nope...Ibanez Edge Locking Tremolo

 

[JohnnyGoo]

ok got ya.im just looking at it on my Phone.

 

[Inspector #20]

Well hell ya you need that Ibanez Destroyer for Metal

I blasted dudes off the stage with bigger and better guitars than my little Silvertone.....

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Ive bought a couple new Ibanez guitars in the past and they were top notch.

 

[Metal89]

By the book of heavy metal, freaking love that ibanez!!!!

 

[eSGEe]

Love both....hey you still got the Ibanez? throw it in the box with the SG when you ship it to me

 

[Inspector #20]

Love both....hey you still got the Ibanez? throw it in the box with the SG when you ship it to me

I wish! It was stolen after a show at The Whiskey A Go Go in 1989.

 

[eSGEe]

Your Ibanez a WENT WENT at the WHiskey a Go GO

 

[Inspector #20]

Your Ibanez a WENT WENT at the WHiskey a Go GO

Swiped out of our van....

 

[Inspector #20]

Crazy....I can remember how hard we rocked back then and what a good show we put on for people.

 

[Inspector #20]

Look at this old pic....same hand-made guitar strap I still use today...spare Gibson Heavy pics held onto the pickguard with two-sided tape...bear trap (?) on the wall, no cover on my Duncan Quarter Pounder, Members Only jacket, leather pants...

Ok, this photo shoot was held on an abandoned cattle ranch, southwest of Tulare, California near a small town called Tipton....