Trailer Park Casanova
September 7th, 2009, 02:20 AM
This is a terrific forum.
What brought us here:
About 12 years ago I bought an older son the Fender Solid body / Amp / VCR lessons tape in the Spire shaped box.
You know ya see stax of them as ya walk into music store around Christmas.
I think I paid $99 for it new, a hell of a deal IMHO.
I think the only way for a kid to be hooked up with a musical instrument is to be in love with the instrument.
Well,, he fell outta love with it real quick and I put it all back in the box, and the box put away in my storage shed in the back yard. He has since moved on in life.
3 years ago I married beautiful, compassionate girl half my age with younger kids.
When she moved in, that same shed became filled,,, no exaggeration, she filled a 10' x 12 ' shed with boxes and boxes of sheet music.
She's a hell of a stripe-er piano player and singer, but that's another thread.
One of her young boys discovered the Fender in the box, busted it out, and asked if he could give it a try.
Now 3 years later, the kid is a phenom. His heart is in playing the guitar like I've never seen any dedication about anything from anyone.
We since bought him a Les Paul for Christmas (and the wife a baby grand Yamaha), and I just picked up the new, (we're told), Blackstar HT 5 s. An amp that is a lot of clear sounding bang for the buck IMHO. But that's another thread too.
So now the crackerbox palace we're all stuffed into is the house of music, and here I am in this outstanding, awesome forum.
Hope we can contribute some original, positive thought, and learn more about this fascinating instrument and the people that share our interests.
What brought us here:
About 12 years ago I bought an older son the Fender Solid body / Amp / VCR lessons tape in the Spire shaped box.
You know ya see stax of them as ya walk into music store around Christmas.
I think I paid $99 for it new, a hell of a deal IMHO.
I think the only way for a kid to be hooked up with a musical instrument is to be in love with the instrument.
Well,, he fell outta love with it real quick and I put it all back in the box, and the box put away in my storage shed in the back yard. He has since moved on in life.
3 years ago I married beautiful, compassionate girl half my age with younger kids.
When she moved in, that same shed became filled,,, no exaggeration, she filled a 10' x 12 ' shed with boxes and boxes of sheet music.
She's a hell of a stripe-er piano player and singer, but that's another thread.
One of her young boys discovered the Fender in the box, busted it out, and asked if he could give it a try.
Now 3 years later, the kid is a phenom. His heart is in playing the guitar like I've never seen any dedication about anything from anyone.
We since bought him a Les Paul for Christmas (and the wife a baby grand Yamaha), and I just picked up the new, (we're told), Blackstar HT 5 s. An amp that is a lot of clear sounding bang for the buck IMHO. But that's another thread too.
So now the crackerbox palace we're all stuffed into is the house of music, and here I am in this outstanding, awesome forum.
Hope we can contribute some original, positive thought, and learn more about this fascinating instrument and the people that share our interests.