100% in agreement with you there Andy!Originally Posted by Andy
Welcome to the FRET.
Cheers
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 :
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.
100% in agreement with you there Andy!Originally Posted by Andy
Welcome to the FRET.
Cheers
Last edited by Algonquin; September 30th, 2008 at 01:14 PM. Reason: spelling
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Electric: Ibanez 'AS103', Fender Dlx Nash Pwr Tele, Fender Squier '62 JV Strat, Squier '51, Squier 60's Classic Vibe Strat, Epi Elite LP Studio, Hagstrom Swede Acoustic: Larrivee LV-03RE, A&L AMI, Yamaha FG340-T Bass: Yamaha BB 450 Amps: Roland JC-120, JC-50, Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Champ XD Pedals: Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Danelectro Cool Cat Drive, Transparent Overdrive, Digitech Digiverb, Bad Monkey, Ibanez TS-9, Boss AC-2, CE-5, CS-2, DD-3, DF-2, DS-1, FV-100, GE-7, OC-2, PSM-5, SD-1, TU-2, DVM~BYOC 'Lush Puppy' Chorus
welcome andy....this is a great forum....i think you will like it here....
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Welcome Andy! I am also 45, nearly 46, actually, and though I played piano as kid, did not pick up guitar until a few years ago. Your thoughts here and on other posts I have seen already are very welcome. I would love to hasten the learning curve, but good ol' practice seems to generate the best results. I will look forward to your comments!
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
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Hi ya Andy.
Your expertise will be greatly appreciated around here. Make yourself at home.
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Welcome Andy, your background is impressive. I'm one of the beginners here, two years and life gets in the way of practice, practice, practice - but I never give up.
I have gotten good at buying guitars over the two years.
Mark
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Welcome to The Fret, Andy. Sounds like you have a wealth of great experience! Glad to have you with us. : :
And, BTW, if you need a good fuzz pedal, I can make you one for only $125!
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Welcome Andy, good advise there.
Welcome Andy!!
Guitars: 99 Gibson ES-335,1985 Gibson Les Paul 59 Reissue,Schecter C1 Artist,Squire 51,Peavey Generation Triple/single EX,Fender Deluxe Fat Strat, Cortez Acoustic,Epiphone Acoustic.
Effects: Arion SCH-1 Chorus,Boss BD2,Bad Monkey,Boss DD3 Delay,Boss GE-7 EQ ,Arion SOD-1 overdrive,TC Electronic Nova Repeater Delay,Ibanez Tone-Lok DE7 Delay/Echo.
Amps: B52 AT-212 100watt all Tube ,FMJ SS(being restored),1=Epiphone Valve Junior Head and 2 matching Cabs, Hughes& Kettner Edition Blue 15DFX, Crate V18 112,Fender Super Champ XD,Fender 25R Frontman Series II.
Welcome Andy!
No time to hang around & chat. I've got a train to catch...er, I mean I've gotta go practice.
I pick a moon dog.
Welcome Andy, glad to have you here! Sounds like you will be a great asset here. :
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thanks for all the welcomes ! and Voodoo....:
I may take you up on the fuzz pedal..
Welcome Andy! Cheers from another 40 "something"!
-Steve
Guitars: Carvin BoltPlus-T, Floyd Rose DST-3, Xaviere XV870, Fender Acoustic
Amp: Vox AD50VT 212, V-Amp 2
Pedals/Effects: Wasabi Overdrive, HellBabe Wah, Digitech Hot Head, Danelectro Fab Chorus
Welcome Andy!
Your Hamer is an Explorer-type, no? Is your Iceman one of the old setnecks?
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Welcom Andy. This is a great place with lots of cool people.
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unfortunately the iceman is a bolt on and I have it apart right now..it's my frankenstein.Originally Posted by Brian Krashpad
heres a pic of the Hamer