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OX Staff Personality Page Profiles
Employee: Mike McAfee
Position: Store Manager
How Long at Willis Music: Abandoned by visiting gypsies in May 1992.
Instruments Played: Guitar and drums reasonably for 109 years; torturous back-up singing for a few less.
Favorite Piece of Personal Gear: My autographed Dean Michael Schenker Flame V.
Piece of Gear You Want Most: I want my old custom shop B.C. Rich 3 single coil ST back. C’mon eBay… help a player out!
Group(s)/Music Programs You’re in: Eight Inch Elvis is my full-time part-time band. We’re terrifyingly loud and always a fun time for everyone. See more or join the party at EIGHT INCH ELVIS Home Page .
Cool Fact(s) or Achievement(s): Hooked my favorite guitar company in the world, Dean, up with my all-time guitar hero, Michael Schenker; very cool! I’m a Dean artist and had guitars based on my designs built by Dean and Ovation. I’ve won Willis Music’s President award every year it’s been given and am covered in tattoos, including Dave Mustaine from Megadeth’s signature on my wrist, and still adding to the collection.
Favorite Item(s) Willis Music Carries & Why: Dean electric guitars because the neck profile and components are unmatched; C/A acoustics because the all-carbon construction means no temperature, humidity or tuning problems and consistent easy playing; Krank amps because they sound amazing clean or distorted and really are as loud as they claim to be.
Employee: Chad Peters
Position: Assistant Store Manager
How Long at Willis Music: Exploded onto the scene in 2004.
Instruments Played: Bass and guitar; both for 12 years.
Favorite Piece of Personal Gear: Fender Jaguar bass in Hot Rod Red.
Piece of Gear You Want Most: Music Man Stingray bass.
Group(s)/Music Programs You’re in: I play in 3 bands- Corn Whiskey, Rocktimus Prime and Chad N’ Jeanne. I also run live sound when needed.
Cool Fact(s) or Achievement(s): I am humble and hate answering questions like this.
Favorite Item(s) Willis Music Carries & Why: Peavey Tour 700 bass head. I like it because it’s loud and it doesn’t break-up easily. It also has a fail safe feature where it will send a signal to the DI output even if the power section shuts down.
Employee: Adam Kilchenman
Position: Customer & Product Specialist
How Long at Willis Music: Stealthily arrived in 2006.
Instruments Played: Guitar- 6 years, bass- 7 years.
Favorite Piece of Personal Gear: Kustom ’72 Coupe tube amp.
Piece of Gear You Want Most: Taylor 814-CE in sunburst.
Group(s)/Music Programs You’re in: NOTHING! We never practice or play so………………..
Cool Fact(s) or Achievement(s): I’m recently married (woo hoo!), I love free stuff, I have 3 puppets, I play Ultimate Frisbee and I want an American Bulldog one day.
Favorite Item(s) Willis Music Carries & Why: Digitech Vocalist Live 2 because I can’t sing and even I would sound good with this thing! Voice doubling, high and low harmony… incredible!
Employee: David Nichter
Position: Customer & Product Specialist
How Long at Willis Music: Came in for directions in 2007 and never left.
Instruments Played: Guitar and bad vocals for 3 years; bass guitar for 2 years.
Favorite Piece of Personal Gear: Yamaha AES guitar.
Piece of Gear You Want Most: C/A G-X acoustic, USA Dean Hardtail.
Group(s)/Music Programs You’re in: My band, Agony and Ecstasy, is in it’s infancy right now but will one day grow to be a man with a hairy chest, biceps and other cool things like that.
Cool Fact(s) or Achievement(s): I rock- hard! I want to be Dave Mustaine one day. I think I may have been Beethoven in my past life.
Favorite Item(s) Willis Music Carries & Why: C/A guitars- they’re awesome. They’re the best acoustic guitars I’ve ever played. The action is low for faster and easier playing and they’re weather-proof so you never have warping or neck bows.
Employee: Justin Slaughter
Position: Customer & Product Specialist
How Long at Willis Music: Got tired of Mike asking and enlisted in 2006.
Instruments Played: Guitar for 18 years.
Favorite Piece of Personal Gear: Gibson Les Paul Classic ’60 that was played by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
Piece of Gear You Want Most: Gibson Les Paul Standard 50’s in Tobacco Sunburst.
Group(s)/Music Programs You’re in: I play and sing in the cover band Rocktimus Prime ( ROCKTIMUS PRIME My Space Page ).
Cool Fact(s) or Achievement(s): I now work for “the man” Mike McAfee who sold me my first guitar at Willis Music when I was 8. I also hope to play music in a crowded stadium one day.
Favorite Item(s) Willis Music Carries & Why: (1) The Fender G-Dec 30 because it’s the only amp that’ll really make you a better player (2) Any Dean guitar because they’re the best “out of the box” guitar around, get no complaints and look cool.
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