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Lee Jackson Metaltronix History
When Lee Jackson Performed his first Modification at the age of Six (he motorized his tricycle !), it was evident the Lee wasn't the type to be satisfied with "Stock" equipment. Later when he became a Professional Musician, that dissatisfaction with stock equipment led him to begin modifying his Tube amplifiers. The results were phenomenal and the word spread throughout the Music World.
Lee
found himself in the business of modifying guitar amps for many
of rocks most notable guitarists. Steve Vai , Paul Gilbert , Zakk
Wylde , George Lynch and countless others have enjoyed Lees creations. At
age twelve Lee started playing guitar , he had been surrounded by music
as he was growing up , his parents owned a record store and he has
two older sisters which introduced him the sounds of the sixties. Lees
father was into electronics , he had a local repair shop , repairing
anything from T.V`s to Stereos , so when Lee got his first Tesco Del
Rey Amplifier it wasn't long before he was disassembling it to see
how it worked and to get more Power !. Lee
started playing in bands at
sixteen , playing at the various venues in Southern California ,
he recorded his first album with a band named Atom , they recorded
it under a different name the " Ravers" ,
the album was a short success with the song "
Punk Rock Christmas". Because of
being based in California it wasn't long before other groups heard
about the sound Lee had , It wasn't uncommon to see well known musicians
in the crowd of there shows. In the beginning Lee was skeptical about
modifying equipment for other bands , but as you know playing in
bands does not generate much in the money department so It wasn't
long before Lee started doing mod`s for some of the largest names
in the industry. Lee started working at B.C
Rich Guitars in
1976 , his job was putting the electronics in "Bitch" the
guitars and bass. While he was there he came up with the idea of
the Double neck guitar and the "Bitch" Bass , these came
into life because the band that he was in "Atom" wanted
matching guitars and bass`s. As Lee's Double neck guitar was waiting
to get painted , Joe Perry from Aerosmith came by and saw it and
immediately wanted one , it wasn't long before it was seen across
the world in every magazine , Lee was not to pleased , I guess that
is the price when you come up with something that looked that Cool. Lee
started working for Pignose Industries in 1978 , at this time Pignose
introduced the 150 Crossmix. This was an exciting little company
, it was started by Terry Kath of "
Chicago" as a write off , Terry created the first battery
powered portable amplifier , several years later it was bought
by a lady name Candis Fagen and shortly after that Lee started
working for her. Pignose had a Hostile take over which caused it
to crumble shortly after , You will see that this is common as
you read on. Lee had met Paul Rivera earlier but started working
for him in 1979 , Customizing amplifiers and building Pedal Boards
for most of the Music Industry notables. This was a blast but both
Paul and Lee knew that if they wanted to reach the masses
they would have to hook up with a major company which brought both
of them to "Fender".
Check out several New pictures I found HERE
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