In 1969, jamming with buddies in my basement with my SG Deluxe and Silvertone amp, I had no idea what cool musical stuff waited for me in the future.
I could not have conceived of playing a Les Paul style guitar that did a great job of modeling about 25 guitars (Line 6 Variax).
And the thought of having access to every cool amp / cab in one computer based amp (Kemper) would have completely blown my mind back then.
I am living in times where musical science fiction has become a reality. 
Yes a Variax and the KPA together is big fun!
When I was 15 I wouldn't even know about the amp universe out there.
I guess I only knew an Echolette then. 
well, there might have been a few other things, we weren't aware of at an age of fifteen ...
At 15 (1966) I was playing a late '50s Gretsch Chet Atkins Nashville through an early 60s Twin Reverb with JBL D120F's. I miss those, but my sound is better now
At 15 (1966) I was playing a late '50s Gretsch Chet Atkins Nashville through an early 60s Twin Reverb with JBL D120F's. I miss those, but my sound is better now
Wow! I couldn't have afforded any of this at age 15.
Did you have sponsoring parents?
Wow! I couldn't have afforded any of this at age 15.
Did you have sponsoring parents?
Back then it wasn't really that expensive. I paid $300 for the guitar and a similar amount for the amp. There wasn't a big market for the Gretsch guitars at that time in my area of Florida.
At 15, I had a second hand single pickup japanese guitar, and a Univox solid state amplifier. The guitar was soon replaced by a ten year old Fender Mustang, and I got a Foxx Fuzz Wah (it had their Tone Machine fuzz inside it) for my 16th birthday - that gave me more than just a clean sound.
Display MoreIn 1969, jamming with buddies in my basement with my SG Deluxe and Silvertone amp, I had no idea what cool musical stuff waited for me in the future.
I could not have conceived of playing a Les Paul style guitar that did a great job of modeling about 25 guitars (Line 6 Variax).
And the thought of having access to every cool amp / cab in one computer based amp (Kemper) would have completely blown my mind back then.
I am living in times where musical science fiction has become a reality.
Amen brother! It makes getting older ok - even good 
Back then it wasn't really that expensive. I paid $300 for the guitar and a similar amount for the amp. There wasn't a big market for the Gretsch guitars at that time in my area of Florida.
Very cool! 
At 15, I had a second hand single pickup japanese guitar, and a Univox solid state amplifier. The guitar was soon replaced by a ten year old Fender Mustang, and I got a Foxx Fuzz Wah (it had their Tone Machine fuzz inside it) for my 16th birthday - that gave me more than just a clean sound.
That certainly is more in my range.
At fifteen, one amp was enough for me but I wanted to have all girls in the same time! Now, with the Kemper, I have all amps in the same time but one girl is enough...
At 15 I was.... Doing nothing with guitars at all. I didn't start playing until I was 26
At that point my first guitar was a 2nd hand Marlin Slammer and a Gorilla practice amp with a blown speaker cone. If only the Kemper could profile that initial setup, it would remind me how bad it sounded
