i see a friend

[Childbride]

tio, dude. you wandered over. very cool.

come and introduce yourself to folks.

[kidsmoke*]

hehe, typical Texas Hospitality, Thanks CB!!

Rumors on the "other" forum of the brain trust present here got the better of me, so yep, I came on over (from WBF) to sit in and learn what I may. I can see there's a wide range of players and instruments. Looking forward to it.

*edit* just noticed the forum subtitle so I better do this right.

~A New Englander living in Chicagoland

~Love anything that makes a joyful noise - you'll find lots of instruments in my house and virtually every genre of music on my iPod

~Been playing acoustic for about 6 years, my main box is a Larrivee LV-03 with a Fishman eclipse blend.

~fell in love with an electric guitar hanging on a wall in a local shop while picking up some strings for my koostic - 2 years ago - neither my neighbors nor my bank account has managed to recover(a Washburn Idol - that brought me to another forum, and a bunch of wonderful folks) followed quickly by 2 amps, another electric, a 12'ver acoustic, a 30 yr old Dread, a bass, now? Pedals........

~Very blessed to be part of a music school community in Chicago which enables me to study music, perform in informal but challenging environments regularly, meet and listen to many of the worlds best musicians constantly. A huge part of my life.

That oughta do for now.

cheers!

~kimo

[luvmyshiner]

Hey Kimo, welcome aboard brother. There's a lot of good people around here who have forgotten more about guitars than I'll ever know.

[FrankenFretter***]

Welcome to The Fret, Tio! A good bunch of folks here, and mostly harmless. Post some pics of your gear, when you have time. Glad to have you here!

[Robert****]

Warm Welcome, Tio!

[Monkus]

Welcome !!!!

[duhvoodooman***]

Welcome to The Fret, Tio!

[kidsmoke*]

Thanks for the Warm Welcome.

Post some pics of your gear, when you have time.

Careful What you ask for...

1988 Washburn HB-35(Japan); Stock p'up in neck, vintage SD JB-J in bridge, awesome tone, especially through my little tube amp. Just set it up for slide with 13-56 strings and high action, bought a compressor. Working on a Little Feat repertoire.



2003 Washburn WI-67 Idol (Korea); SD '59 neck, Custom Custom bridge(both split), again great tones. The '59 through my Roland 30X clean does beautiful ringing singing Jazz sounds, and both through my tube give great crunch when pushed. Low action, 10's(boomers). Awesome neck, have learned so much with this guitar, brought me to the dark side and has been a wonderful teacher. VERY versatile axe.



1981 Washburn D60S(W) (Yamaki - Japan) solid wood Spruce top, Ovangkol back and sides (and pickguard). Solid guitar. Bone nut, brand new tusq saddle and low action have made this a great intermediate guitar. Doesn't have the resonance of a high end guitar, so an experienced player may tire of it. But as a guitar to leave the house in winter with, or take on the visit to friends, it's great, and it's gorgeous to look at. Easily worth 3-4 times what I paid, if I were to replace with a comparable new git.



'04 Larrivee LV-03 with Fishman blend; Spruce, Mahogany b&s, ebony fingerboard. Supposedly this is built "to L5 specs" according to Larrivee Customer service. Don't know, don't care. This thing is beautiful. I could charge people to simply hug it while I hit the E string, and It brings tears to your eyes (a little dramatic...maybe) but this is the kind of guitar you interact with. I'm sure many of you with fine acoustics know exactly what I mean. I play this guitar every single day, in some way shape or form. Maybe that's why I have no decent pics....every time I look at it I play it instead...



This is the other piece of gear that has had a big impact on my growth recently. A Mahaffay Little Lanilei 3350LT - it's a 1/4 watt to 50 watt all tube amp. Hand wired, custom built 6.5" speaker with an extension cab with a duplicate speaker. This thing screams. It has a standard input with 3 different gain settings, and a clean input, bypassing gain. Rolling off on the humbuckers allows for a nice clean tone, but this amp WANTS to get dirty, cranking the volume on the guitar even on the clean input gives great crunch. Use the other input and you can go all the way to Plexi tone. Set the two cabs twelve feet apart and give it volume, it holds its own on stage, particularly for soloing. Learning how to get different sounds with my guitars, splitting, rolling off, neck only, bridge only, etc....hours of wholesome entertainment. This amp, combined with my Boss RC-2 Looper has caused me to leapfrog in skill as a guitarist. I also have a Roland Cube 30X, a solid state modeling amp. The Clean channel is nice, the modeled sounds are amusing at best, especially after owning this Mahaffay.





I also have a cheapo korean made "Lady Luck" bass and a Washburn EA20-12
which needs some work and I haven't had the opportunity to use too much...

[mrmudcat]

welcome

[piebaldpython***]

Welcome aboard Tio. Glad to see you visited. We have some "sliders" around here too. RESO brethren unite.

[evenkeel]

Welcome Tio.

All this time and I did not know you are an ex-New Englander. Ditto, high school and college in N.H.. Then a stint in Boston/Cambridge, then Maine.

[kidsmoke*]

Hey Keel,
Yep, my NH roots run very deep. Get back there every couple of months.
Use to race Bullseyes out of Marblehead too. I'm sure we'd have lots to talk about.

[marnold***]

Welcome Tio! Any friend of Shiner is a . . . OK, any friend of ChildBride is a friend of ours. I had to qualify that just in case you might happen to be nekkid tractor guy.

[kidsmoke*]

awww crap, has he done that to you guys too?

I thought maybe I wouldn't see that over here.

[evenkeel]

Welcome Tio! Any friend of Shiner is a . . . OK, any friend of ChildBride is a friend of ours. I had to qualify that just in case you might happen to be nekkid tractor guy.

Now you've done it!! Headin our way soon I'm guessin!!

[Childbride]

welcome, Tio...

this is a friendly place with lots of knowledge.

[sunvalleylaw]

Welcome Tio!

[luvmyshiner]

No neked tractur dood for me tonight guys, it's too damn cold outside. I'm just stayin' in tonight surfin' the interwebs.



Later on I'm plannin' on playing my guitar.

[sumitomo]

Welcome Tio,cool gear and finally someone has a Songworks Amph (you do know about amph's?)and I'm very glad to hear how you like them,I've been keeping my eye on those for some time now but have never heard a yay or nay.Anyways Welcome.Sumi