Good to see you again
@sandman 
I will always recognize your Dokken avatar.
Good on you for thanking R-T and giving
@rsm a well deserved pedal.
This is the best rock/metal guitar forum.
I am a child of the 70's/80's like most of us.
Got into this thing called amplification in my 40's.
Oldest memories would be:
-Listening to my dad play acoustic and sing with my mom (John Denver/S&G/Dylan).
-Finding albums by The Beatles, The Kinks, The Doors.
-Becoming a KISS freak in the 3rd grade.
-Listening to VH II on my paper-route at 5am.
-Discovering Led Zeppelin
-Was handed a cassette called Master of Puppets while working at Pizza Hut in H.S.
-Discovering 311, Limp Bizkit, Killswitch Engage, Slipknot, Tree One Four, Iya Terra