Andy
September 30th, 2008, 06:06 AM
Hi , annother new member,
I've been searching the net for a place that is somewhat layed back, this seems to be it.
I'm 45 yrs old, recieved my first guitar at the age of 9 and never put it down
I inherited my older brothers electric and amp at 12
During my highschool years I played guitar in the school stage/Jazz band and studied classical .
I have been playing/gigging nonstop ever since.
I moved to Nashville in 1981, and started working as a studio musician in 85 (and playing in several bands that never quite made that big leap).
I have opened localy for several major artists from Marylin Manson to Kings X.
managed a few bands, worked odd jobs in studios, anything that keep me around music basically.
I have played everything from metal to southern rock to classic rock to a little country.
My heart lies in the classic late 60's thru 70's music.
I went thru a burnout / resting period from about 2001 - 2006.
In the last couple years I built a small home studio mainly for personel use.
and have been working on improving my abilitys as a guitarist.
(I still practice every day)
I still do studio/demo work for a few studios around town and have produced a few demo's at my home studio lately.
I still do the occasional vfw gig or whatever else pops up, when someone needs a guitarist
I couldn't begin to list all the gear I have used thru the years.
As far as gigging gear,at one point I was using anything from my fender twin,peavey deuce,fender bandmaster,marshall single stack up to 2 marshall full stacks, but have pared that down to a single early 70's head and cab.I still own an original 5150 combo as well.(that gear is stored for the time being).
My active home use amps are a vox P10,modded valve JR head, Gallien Krueger stereo lead head, and traynor 50w.(and a pod 2.0 w/floorboard).
and various cabinets.
I have played nearly every imaginable guitar as well thru the years, my current gear is an 85 les paul (59ri), Hamer standard flametop,Ibanez Iceman,Takamine,charvel Jackson, and today I should be recieving a xaviere xv-600 to tinker with. I'm also currently checking the local craigslist for an older strat to replace my mid 70's model.
I try to hang out at annother very large music forum(HC) , and there are some talented people there but I found I could not contribute much.
either I'm too old or my common sense mentality doesn't fit todays younger world. so I didn't spend much time posting, more or less alot of :thwap:
I guess the only strong opinion I have is that no amount of money spent on gear will substitute for practicing, practicing, practicing.
I also wish that more young beginning players would consider lessons more important than a $300 fuzz pedal.
thats about it, and I got my general opinion out of my system here so that pretty well sums me up
I look forward to hanging out and chatting now and than.
I've been searching the net for a place that is somewhat layed back, this seems to be it.
I'm 45 yrs old, recieved my first guitar at the age of 9 and never put it down
I inherited my older brothers electric and amp at 12
During my highschool years I played guitar in the school stage/Jazz band and studied classical .
I have been playing/gigging nonstop ever since.
I moved to Nashville in 1981, and started working as a studio musician in 85 (and playing in several bands that never quite made that big leap).
I have opened localy for several major artists from Marylin Manson to Kings X.
managed a few bands, worked odd jobs in studios, anything that keep me around music basically.
I have played everything from metal to southern rock to classic rock to a little country.
My heart lies in the classic late 60's thru 70's music.
I went thru a burnout / resting period from about 2001 - 2006.
In the last couple years I built a small home studio mainly for personel use.
and have been working on improving my abilitys as a guitarist.
(I still practice every day)
I still do studio/demo work for a few studios around town and have produced a few demo's at my home studio lately.
I still do the occasional vfw gig or whatever else pops up, when someone needs a guitarist
I couldn't begin to list all the gear I have used thru the years.
As far as gigging gear,at one point I was using anything from my fender twin,peavey deuce,fender bandmaster,marshall single stack up to 2 marshall full stacks, but have pared that down to a single early 70's head and cab.I still own an original 5150 combo as well.(that gear is stored for the time being).
My active home use amps are a vox P10,modded valve JR head, Gallien Krueger stereo lead head, and traynor 50w.(and a pod 2.0 w/floorboard).
and various cabinets.
I have played nearly every imaginable guitar as well thru the years, my current gear is an 85 les paul (59ri), Hamer standard flametop,Ibanez Iceman,Takamine,charvel Jackson, and today I should be recieving a xaviere xv-600 to tinker with. I'm also currently checking the local craigslist for an older strat to replace my mid 70's model.
I try to hang out at annother very large music forum(HC) , and there are some talented people there but I found I could not contribute much.
either I'm too old or my common sense mentality doesn't fit todays younger world. so I didn't spend much time posting, more or less alot of :thwap:
I guess the only strong opinion I have is that no amount of money spent on gear will substitute for practicing, practicing, practicing.
I also wish that more young beginning players would consider lessons more important than a $300 fuzz pedal.
thats about it, and I got my general opinion out of my system here so that pretty well sums me up
I look forward to hanging out and chatting now and than.