Hercy B. Goode
October 25th, 2009, 04:20 PM
Well, hello geezers and geezettes!*
My name is Hercules (no, really), and I've been playing 6 years or so. A super-cool friend of mine (Barre Fly) reccommended the site to me and I liked what I saw, so, here I am.
My equipment at the mo' is pretty bog standard considering it's been 6 years, but all I have is the Squier Strat I got from Argos, a standard Marshall amp (50W, methinks, as I killed the original Marshall that came with the guitar, in a moment of trying-to-annoy-a-flatmate feedback-universe-imploding-in-on-itself madness), a Wah pedal, and a phaser.
Have been chucking round the idea of changing things up, but Plankton have convinced me you can do anything with a Strat and a Marshall, so I may just save up for really nice ones of both.
Anyway, fell in love with the guitar when I first heard Don't Fear The Reaper, Buck Dharma was my first guitar hero and I used to spend 8 hours a day trying to play his stuff. I like my guitar playing to have tasteful flashiness (panachiness?). A fair amount of notes and layers and bits sweeping in and out and all around, but not so much to the point of indulgence or wankery or to the point where it just sounds all whiddly-wheedly-widdledooh.
My lead playing is very good, my chords less so, and since discovering Plankton, I have been filled with a crazy desire to make the most of my playing. Wanna take things to the next level, get rid of bad habits, and get a bit of direction. This forum seems super-good for that kind of thing.
So, I guess that should do for now. Hello, and pleased to be here!
*i understand 'geezer' in the US means 'old guy', but in the UK, it's a term of respect
My name is Hercules (no, really), and I've been playing 6 years or so. A super-cool friend of mine (Barre Fly) reccommended the site to me and I liked what I saw, so, here I am.
My equipment at the mo' is pretty bog standard considering it's been 6 years, but all I have is the Squier Strat I got from Argos, a standard Marshall amp (50W, methinks, as I killed the original Marshall that came with the guitar, in a moment of trying-to-annoy-a-flatmate feedback-universe-imploding-in-on-itself madness), a Wah pedal, and a phaser.
Have been chucking round the idea of changing things up, but Plankton have convinced me you can do anything with a Strat and a Marshall, so I may just save up for really nice ones of both.
Anyway, fell in love with the guitar when I first heard Don't Fear The Reaper, Buck Dharma was my first guitar hero and I used to spend 8 hours a day trying to play his stuff. I like my guitar playing to have tasteful flashiness (panachiness?). A fair amount of notes and layers and bits sweeping in and out and all around, but not so much to the point of indulgence or wankery or to the point where it just sounds all whiddly-wheedly-widdledooh.
My lead playing is very good, my chords less so, and since discovering Plankton, I have been filled with a crazy desire to make the most of my playing. Wanna take things to the next level, get rid of bad habits, and get a bit of direction. This forum seems super-good for that kind of thing.
So, I guess that should do for now. Hello, and pleased to be here!
*i understand 'geezer' in the US means 'old guy', but in the UK, it's a term of respect