Originally Posted by Chula Vista

First Sabbath tune I learned note for note.

Originally Posted by Plankton

It was 1981. I was in High School, and had just purchased my first guitar. an early 70's Ibanez Les Paul Black Beauty knock-off, along with a small Peavey amp, a cord, and a strap all for $80.00. I finally had a guitar! I finally had that power in my hands! I had no freakin idea what I was doing!

I tinkered with a few notes here and there, tried tuning it to what I thought sounded good, and after a few weeks of screwing around, finally hit on something tangible. I could play the bass notes to Iron Man on the low E string, so why not tune the guitar to an open E? Thats exactly what I did. Now I could play the chords to Iron Man with one finger stretched across the fretboard. Just the first verse, after that I was lost.