Jared James Nichols might have been labeled as “one of the true guitar heroes of our generation” by Youtuber – AKA Tyler Larson – but that doesn’t mean he’s immune to the odd guitar gaffe. The blues rock ace recalled some of those gaffes in a recent interview hosted by Larson, during which he reflected on how a trip to Guitar Center when he was a youngster almost ended in utter disaster when he attempted to play a high-end . “I used to get dropped off by my mum and they knew I was coming, like, 'Oh it's that kid again,'” he recalls of his trips to the guitar store.
“I think I was about 15, right when I first started playing. I would try every guitar on the wall – the good, the bad, the ugly. I had no problem grabbing expensive custom shops!” One day, a Flying V caught his eye on the very top rack of the store.
He had to play it. “No one would help me after a while because they knew I wasn't gonna buy anything,” Nichols continues. “There was a small amp and I'm like, 'You know what, I'll just put a foot on the amp.
' “But I lost my footing with the guitar off the hook, had it come down on my other foot...
I totally rolled my ankle and the Flying V hits the ground.” The young guitarist feared the worst: “No one saw it. I get up thinking, 'I've probably broken the guitar, I'm gonna have to pay for it,' and I couldn't believe it – it was fine.
I remember when my mum picked me up and I'm walking on one leg, she asked me what had happened and I sa.