Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the exclusive premiere of the latest episode of String Theory, starring Robin Finck of Nine Inch Nails.
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A web series created by Ernie
Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the exclusive premiere of the latest episode of String Theory, starring Robin Finck of Nine Inch Nails.
A web series created by Ernie Ball, String Theory explores the sonic origins of influential and innovative musicians. In the episode, Finck discusses his beginnings with music and guitar, his love of playing, and his relationship with Ernie Ball.
Below, you can find five facts revealed in the episode.
1. He started playing guitar in second grade (2:30): “My introduction to playing the guitar was in second grade. I was seven years old. I graduated from my wooden tennis racket and half-empty box of blood capsules to my dad’s garage sale special, which was a neglected nylon string guitar that he kept in a pleather, vinyl zipper bag.”
2. He reached a new level of guitar playing after moving to a new town as a kid (4:30): “My family moved from the North to the South on the East Coast the summer before my high school freshman year, and I didn’t know anybody then. I was pissed. I didn’t want to be there, and I didn’t want to meet anybody. I sat in the basement, and just played guitar all summer long. I kind of excelled that summer more than I ever have in my life.”
3. He’s played Ernie Ball strings for the majority of his career (5:40): “I probably started playing Ernie Ball strings when I started changing the whole set, instead of just the one broken string. And that would’ve been the summer of 1986.”
4. Finck was originally drawn to Ernie Ball strings because of the artwork, but knew he’d made the right choice once he saw the list famous players on the back of the pack (6:18): “I pointed at the