#80s james

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This was my first time drawing James and I am quite happy with how it turned out!

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I found this picture of James with 8 polish fans that invited Metallica to drink vodka with them after a concert

The picture was taken February 10th to 11th at night, 1987

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KBJ Jackson King V

UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. April 5th, 1986

“The first thing to note about the Jackson King V, otherwise known as Kill Bon Jovi, is that the model was named after Robbin Crosby of Ratt who had the nickname “King.” I had talked with those guys before as we’d hung out and done shows together. I probably first saw that guitar when I was talking to him at some point. The main reason it caught my eye, and that I got that guitar in the first place, was because it was bigger. Robbin was a big guy, 6’4” or something. He was huge. The regular V looked tiny on him, and I thought it was pretty exciting to have this bigger V. I liked the big jumbo frets. A lot of the LA guitar players were playing faster. That’s right around the time when scalloped necks became a big deal with Yngwie Malmsteen and some of the shredders. I’m pretty sure Kirk had a guitar that had a scalloped neck, but I didn’t find that appealing.

Being the rhythm player, I rarely went above the twelfth fret, so, for me, it was all about the speed. I wanted all my guitars to play fast, but there were certain ones that played faster than others. Some guitars sound fast but don’t play fast, and some guitars play fast but don’t sound fast. They’re not tight and punchy. Maybe this was a little lighter, plus it looked like a weapon, which was always kind of cool. Jackson guitars were a big deal at that point, and we had some connection with them, although, to be honest, I think we might’ve gone ahead and bought this one because the connection wasn’t strong enough yet. The other thing about Jackson is that they were pretty popular, and all over the West Coast. We were a West Coast band, so I got it. And when I got the guitar, I really wanted it to be nice and work, which it obviously did in the immediate term for what we were after.”