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  1. January 16th, 2009, 03:33 PM #1
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    Hey all,

    Just saying hi. Checking in from Kauai, HI, originally from Portland, OR. Been playing for about 10 years now (I started when I was 13), have been in a band or two, looking to start something here once i get my gear shipped over from portland (we moved in a hurry and had to leave a lot of stuff behind).

    My rig is a Variax 300 and a Pod XT Live. I usually play through my Grado headphones, but picking up a keyboard amp for practice/gigs here soon. influences include everything from Creed/Alter Bridge, to Dream Theater, to Journey.

    I'll go ahead and shame myself with a couple of clips. The first one is my first band, i was about 15 or 16. We were horrible... but i'd rather not have someone go finding it and using it as blackmail The second I wrote as a demo just before we moved. It's all the variax/XT. There's a 12 string acoustic, a semihollow with a P90 and chorus into a fender twin, a LP Special through a marshall 18W, and a mid-position strat detuned a whole step run through the tube preamp for 'bass'. It's not my normal style, but I think it sounds all right except for some tracking issues (recorded it in about an hour, including creating the patches.)

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  2. January 16th, 2009, 03:35 PM #2
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    From one new guy to another... Welcome.
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  3. January 16th, 2009, 03:40 PM #3
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    Hi and welcome.

    I've got a friend who lives on Kauai.

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    Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
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  4. January 16th, 2009, 03:41 PM #4
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    Welcome from the other end of the Pacific.
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    Welcome to The Fret, diffra! Glad to have you with us. :

    I was in Kauai once for about 48 hrs. Rained like hell the whole time! Sure looked lush & beautiful, though--would have liked to see it in the sunlight!
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  6. January 16th, 2009, 04:15 PM #6
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    welcome diffra....were all the tones on the second clip from your variax....
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  7. January 16th, 2009, 04:23 PM #7
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    Yeah they are. I have a bad habit of describing the 'models' used instead of clarifying that it's actually L6 rig.
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  8. January 16th, 2009, 04:27 PM #8
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    Welcome to the Fret!
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  9. January 16th, 2009, 04:58 PM #9
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    Welcome to the gang.
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    hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
    There's also a negative side."
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  10. January 16th, 2009, 05:23 PM #10
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    Welcome! In the end, we're all not that diffra... (bad joke?)
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    Welcome Diffra !
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  12. January 16th, 2009, 06:26 PM #12
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    welcome!!!
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    Welcome diffra!

    Are your Grado cans these?

    http://www.headphone.com/products/he...rado-sr-60.php

    These are great cans for rock.
    I pick a moon dog.
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    Welcome Diffra! I have been to Kauai and enjoyed it very much! I love Portland too, and have spent some good times there. Welcome to the place!
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    Welcome. It is so cold here that I decided I am going to visit new fretters for a face to face welcome - be there by Sunday.
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    Welcome to the forum. I sure would love to be in Hawaii these last few days.

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    Welcome aboard TheFret. We are always glad to have some more folks join the party.

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    wow. Thanks for all the welcomes. It's rare to find a guitar forums not populated with 12 year olds bragging about the tone from their marshall valvestates(not that it's a bad thing, if that's your bag...)

    I used to be a tube guy... even tore down a '67 bassman silverface and rewired it with the '59 circuit and a few mods, sounded like the ultimate plexi marshall through a custom built 2x12. My now-wife thought it was too loud for our apartment (and was probably right) so I sold it and my tele and went with the modeling rig.
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