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A little something about Larry: found on GOOGLE:
Legend has it that the renowned Jackson Guitar Company had just endorsed Treadwell when he decided to "customize" the hand made Stratocaster that Jackson had given him. He proceeded to cut the guitar's horns off with a handsaw and then "refinished" the instrument with some wallpaper from his grandmother's dining room. Once the folks at Jackson saw the "improvements" their new endorsee had made, they were horrified and dropped him from their roster.
The guitarist's gift for the unconventional paid off however, at an audition for the lead guitar slot in '80's techno popster Thomas Dolby's band. The ever-experimenting Treadwell walked in with his "customized" Stratocaster and with his effects pedals built into Starkist Tuna cans and had barely played a note when an impressed Dolby hired him on the spot.
"For the most part, the story above is hardly accurate, although based on real things I did to my equipment. I didn't cut up my Jackson or get dropped by them; I cut up a custom-made Stratocaster. Dolby hired me 3 days after my audition, over more than 50 other players. But I like the story."
Larry Treadwell
