In my next life, I promise to be more pop culture savvy. I had to look up who he is on Wikipedia.
Had no idea. Pretty sure I’ve never heard any of his music. How is that possible? It’s not like I haven’t had a radio all these years.
Then again, I also had to look up who Paul Gilbert is, and before I got into studio guitar stuff, I didn’t know who Eric Johnson was. Or Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Actually, even if I’d known who these dudes were, I wouldn’t care at all what brand of guitar they play.
After I worked on some ad tracks with a “name” player for the first time in the 90s, a friend asked me how the sessions had gone. I said great, this guitar player was fantastic, and mentioned his name. My friend said, “I know who he is, Strat player, right?”
It was, seriously, the first time I’d heard someone refer to a guitar player by association with a guitar model, instead of just “guitar player.”
I have truly led a sheltered life.