re: Dokken - Lynch Reunion Tour

Here's another cool up-close-and-personal GL story to share.

Dallas vintage guitar show three years ago ... Lynch playing my personal custom ESP strat (he's been an ESP endorser since around '86), that I overhauled and hotrodded even more. I toted it all the way from BR and carried it around the show all day just to get it in his hands, knowing he would be at the show. I got 15 feet from him and he was on his cell phone. In order to get his attention, I simply pulled the guitar out of the case and held it up for him to see. He immediately ended his phone call, walked over and introduced himself, saying "now what do we have here?" I had to retain my inner fanboi.



He took pics of it and sent to his friends at the ESP US custom shop in Hollywood. He told me my fretwork and neck work reminded him of Phil Kubicki's custom work. If you don't know who Phil Kubicki is, basically, one of my absolute guitar idols and heros offered an incredible compliment on my line of guitar work. I about hit the floor. The whole experience still makes the hair stand up on my forearms.



I have a photo from that day on my repair shop's wall, along with the strings "Ruby" was wearing that day. Told you I'm a fanboi.