I’ll give you the short answer then the long of it if you want to know.
He is 27 and he likes metal. Slayer being his favorite.
Now the long story.
When he was about 6 he wanted to play drums. So I took him to GC and I pointed out the drums. Naturally all the sets were displayed and stacked high as I’m sure you have seen many times.
He took one look and decided he didn’t want to play drums and instead wanted to play bass.
So we went home and I started to teach him on my P-Bass.
He was halfhearted into it.
Fast forward to this year.
He finished his service in the Navy. His 27th birthday approached and we were again at GC (I was picking up my SG). He saw a Schecter Omen 5 on the wall started playing it. Loved it. I bought that for his birthday.
A few of months later. We are at GC again, he is on the drums.
So I asked him why he backed off from drums when he was small. His answer was, I intimidated his by showing him the size of the drums. That was not my intention.
Feeling guilty for for this. I bought him an electric kit and he has been behind it just about everyday since.
I inherited the Schecter, which stays at his place so I can jam along when I visit.
The end.
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