But you could if you wanted to, right? Just sayin...Originally Posted by duhvoodooman
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But you could if you wanted to, right? Just sayin...Originally Posted by duhvoodooman
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I'm a geoscientist, specializing in seismic data processing, I'm also the Managing Director of the company. :
“Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It’s the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.” Stevie Ray Vaughan
Well, let's see. Alot of ground to cover...
Working musician from 1964 - 1971.
During that time, I also did part-time as an apprentice electrician.
1972 - got my electrician's journeyman's card. Worked full-time as journeyman electrician - residential, commercial and industrial.
1975 - got my State of Florida Master Electrician Certification, and ran a business for abt 3 years.
1977 - opened and owned and operated my record store thru 1980. (Be careful what you wish for! My love of music really waned during this time, as I was in the store from 10 AM til 9 PM six days a week, w music playing constantly. The LAST thing I wanted to do was listen to music at home or in the car! My enjoyment of my first love - music - had run out! Also, every beautiful album cover and its contents became just a catalog #, as ordering and shipping from major labels was handled this way. Got to where I couldn't handle it anymore and sold the store!)
1980 - started my own electrical contracting business thru 1991.
!981 - 1983 - got a three-piece acoustic group together (miced thru our PA) and became house band at local legendary cut'n'shoot bar. Finally got playing live out of my system. Had been bugging me for years. So glad I finally did that! Weekends only while running my contracting business.
1992 - returned to college (I had done abt a year and a half back in the late 60s - and all those credits transferred!). Graduated Summa Cum Laude w a B. A. Degree in counseling psychology in 1995.
Took a break, then went back for my Master's Degree in 1998 - my world then proceeded to fall apart: had a nervous breakdown in 1999-2000 and was a vegetable for abt a year and a half. Never quite fully recovered and haven't worked since, although I keep my Electrical Contractor's License active (that damn thing was just SO hard to get, I'll never let go of it).
Luckily, my three children (by three different wives) were grown by then, and are all doing very well!
2005 - decided to get serious abt playing guitar again, and have spent many thousands of dollars acquiring most of the gear you see in my signature since then.
Welp, that's the bulk of my story and I'm stickin' to it! I guess the short answer would be Master Electrician!
bigG
Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Cherry Mahogany, Peavey HP Signature EXP, Epi Sheraton II, Fender Standard Fat Strat, original 1982 Made in the USA Fender Bullet (w original HSC)/ 2005 Martin HD-7 Roger McGuinn Signature Edition (#102 of 250), Martin M-36 (0000), Martin OM-21, Martin 000-15M, Hohner EL-SP Plus Parlor acoustic
Amps: Swart Space Tone 6V6se, Swart Night Light Power Attenuator/compressor/stereo line-out, Peavey Windsor Studio, Vox AD50VT, Fender Super Champ XD, Vox DA15, Marshall MG10KK, '83 Peavey Bandit 65
Pedals: Cry Baby 535q wah, Bad Monkey OD, Boss DS-1, Sabine FuzzStortion, HardWire RV-7 Reverb
www.swartamps.com
www.ericjosephelectricguitars.com
Carpe diem, brother, cause you don't know how many diems you have left to carpe.