A music store customer from Colorado purchased a Dean Dimebag Darrell ML guitar for a kid who he didn’t even know, giving the young musician the gift of a lifetime.
A young guitarist named Fallon, who has Williams Syndrome, would often visit his local music store and play the guitar with dreams of perhaps one day owning the precious axe.
Both Fallon and the anonymous good samaritan were customers at J.B. Hart Music Co. in Grand Junction, Colorado. According to a post from the music shop, the mystery shopper noticed Fallon playing the guitar in early 2021. Impressed by Fallon’s abilities and love of the instrument, the gentleman purchased the axe and asked the staff to give the guitar to the young musician the next time he came in.
Unfortunately, Fallon would soon moved from Colorado to Texas, not returning to the musical outlet for eight months. When he returned to Grand Junction to visit family, however, Fallon dropped by J.B. Hart and was surprised with his new guitar.
J.B. Hart Music Co. shared: “This is Fallon. Over the last couple of years, he would visit the store from Montrose. His request each time was to play the “Pantera” guitar, meaning the Dean Dimebag Darrell ML Guitar. We were shocked he knew some Dimebag riffs. Fallon is impacted by Williams Syndrome and has an excellent knowledge and a love for music. His dream was to own this guitar.
Eight months ago, when he was in the store playing it, another customer took notice of Fallon. It moved this customer so much he returned to the store later, purchased the guitar, and asked us to give the guitar to Fallon anonymously the next time we saw him.
However, we didn’t see Fallon until today. We tried finding him to no avail. Today, his family came in the store, and we learned they had moved to Texas and returned this week for a visit. It was a wonderful experience to gift Fallon his dream guitar as a gift from a kind stranger. His mom burst into tears, and Fallon beamed with excitement. It was a special moment. There are still good people in this world.
Here are a few photos, a couple showing off his dive bomb face. (He is really proud of that face)”