It seems like getting your gear stolen is a ritual for almost every touring musician – and Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney is no exception. In his case, the stolen gear in question was his first guitar, an “American Standard Seafoam Green Telecaster,” which his dad had bought for him – and which took on more meaning as the years passed.
“I just loved that thing and the neck,” reminisces Rooney in an interview with Vertex Effects. “I just practiced everything on that guitar, and that's a good thing about a Tele. You don't just have to play country music on it.”
