“It’s like a Jack White sensibility: ‘I’ll take this crappy guitar and see what happens.’” Alex Lifeson says he still uses his first guitar, a $57 Japanese knock-off
“I have the first guitar I ever owned – my parents bought it for me in 1967 for $57. It’s a cheap Japanese guitar that I had refinished”: Alex Lifeson on Envy of None’s evolution, moving on post-Rush, and jams and coffee with Geddy Lee
“I’ve never been very confident as a player.” Alex Lifeson reveals he had doubts about his guitar playing throughout his career with Rush
in Guitarists “It’s just a little ‘faffy.’” Alex Lifeson hasn’t done it since he was in Rush. But he says far too many young guitarists do it today
