welcome tjcurtin1....this is a great forum....i think you will like it here....
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Howdy, all,
This seems like a great community of folks - glad that Robert pointed the way on his site. Robert's been my intro to on-line guitar communication, as well as someone who has taught me quite a bit through his videos - thanks Robert! I found his sight while looking for reviews of the Squire Telecaster - he sure made it sound good!
I started playing the guitar a few years ago to use in the classroom with my students (we sing every day). Until last summer, I used a borrowed Aria classical, but I finally wanted a steel string, and bought, on very short notice via Ebay, an Art & Lutherie cedar top - I lucked out, it is a lovely guitar. But that started the urge for an electric... you know, that lingering fantasy from high school! My dream electric had always been a tele - not sure why, but I think it has to do with Let It Be and George Harrison (more on that later). So, after Robert's bravura display, I ordered one immediately and have been enjoying it - though I'm not quite sure that it's 'my' sound.
Then came the winter doldrums, and a late night on Ebay, and the 'other' guitar I had always imagined - again, under the influence of Let It Be - a hollow-body ES-335 or similar (only realized later that Lennon's was a Casino or something else). Anyways, there was this beautiful Washburn HB-30 deluxe, with a low bid - "I'll never get it for this price" I told myself - but low and behold, I did... Oh, oh - ANOTHER guitar, and here I can hardly play...! My wife was amused and forgiving...
Then lastly, someone sent me a link to the Music 123 sale, and the then $30. Fullerton strat. Why, hadn't I just seen Robert taking his for a spin a few days before. Yes, I must!; NO, this is ridiculous! the two little guys on my shoulders battled it out for awhile, and then I saw how fast they were selling - last chance! So, now I own three electrics and two acoustics... How embarassing - especially when someone comes over and my wife gives them the whole story (good-naturedly, fortunately).
Most of the time, I play the electrics with headphones through a Digitech RP50 modeling pedal, and when no one is home, a behringer practice amp.
So there you have it - more than you ever would have wanted to know; but perhaps it 'resonates' with some of you folks (ouch! and he ends with a bad pun! Hope you don't kick me out now.)
TJC
welcome tjcurtin1....this is a great forum....i think you will like it here....
ww
note: this welcome copyrighted 2007...no unauthorized use of this welcome will be tolerated
Guitars: Gibson 1998 Les Paul Special : Peavey Predator (Early 90's Fat Strat Copy) : Ibanez GAX30TROriginally Posted by just strum
Brownsville Reso - 101 Electric Reso : Fender GDO-300 Maple Quilt Top Acoustic
Amps: Fender Super Champ XD
Effects: Digitech RP250 Modeling Guitar Processor : DVM "Phased and Confused" Script Phaser Clone : Digitech Bad Monkey
Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus : Behringer Distortion Modeler : Ernie Ball Volume Pedal : Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
Welcome, what a great intro! I am glad to hear I inspired you. You've come to the right place - this is a friendly place where you'll get lots of good advice and feedback.
It's now how well you plays that matters - it's enjoying playing that matters! (my 2 cents and no, we're not kicking you out just yet... )
The Law of Gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.
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if you would get kicked off this forum for a bad pun i would have been gone A LONG time ago!Originally Posted by tjcurtin1
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Guitars: Gibson 1998 Les Paul Special : Peavey Predator (Early 90's Fat Strat Copy) : Ibanez GAX30TROriginally Posted by just strum
Brownsville Reso - 101 Electric Reso : Fender GDO-300 Maple Quilt Top Acoustic
Amps: Fender Super Champ XD
Effects: Digitech RP250 Modeling Guitar Processor : DVM "Phased and Confused" Script Phaser Clone : Digitech Bad Monkey
Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus : Behringer Distortion Modeler : Ernie Ball Volume Pedal : Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
Great intro tj. Glad to have you here with us.
I'm also happy for you that you now have the fretnet GAS problem taken care of. It will make it much easier to concentrate on all the great info on the site.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Welcome aboard! I am a relative newbie and have found this place very helpful and very friendly. Loved the intro. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
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
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Cool! Another Tele and Washburn HB-30 player in the crowd Welcome aboard!
What finish do you have on that HB? A young fellow come up to me after our Canada Day gig to comment that I had the suh-weetest lookin' Washburn he's ever seen (my cherry red HB-30). I still contend you can have marginal skill as long as you look cool doing it, and my HB does look cool
Stick around. In addition to great info and discussions about music and guitars, this place is great for GAS, and healthy doses of sarcasm and witty raport.
Trev
Electrics: Hagstrom Ultra Swede (Gold Eagle Burst) Gretsch 5120 Electromatic (Orange) Custom Nashville Blackout Telecaster (Black, Stat mid/neck p'ups; Lil Puncher (Modern Vintage) bridge p'up; Wilkinson Compensated Bridge w/ 3 brass saddles, Warmoth Vintage Modern Birdseye Maple Neck) Fender MIM Stratocaster (Blue Agave, Rosewood Fretboard, Fender Tex-Mex p'ups; GFS Trem/Block Kit) Highland Spitfire (semi-hollow, flame maple top w/ bubinga inlay)Acoustics:Washburn D10CEQSB, Yamaha FG160E
Bass: Westone Spectrum ST, Warwick Rockbass Corvette Basic Active
Amps: Vox NT15H/V112NT Night Train, Peavey Bandit 112, Hartke HyDrive 210C Bass Amp, Vox DA5
Welcome TJC...
I can't say that I've given up on a flanger cause I've never liked the effect either. I also can't say the same about Tremolo. I hate them both equally. - Tone2TheBone 2009
Welcome to TheFret, TJC. Lemme see, multiple GAS attacks resulting in the purchase of 4 guitars in the past year? Nah, that NEVER happens around here!
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Welcome aboard tjcurtin1!
Now repeat after me...
"Hi, my name is tjcurtin1 and I am a guitar-aholic...
Don't worry, you'll find many here similarly afflicted...and many of us who are suffering from advanced stages of the disease...
Welcome..and yes sir!!! I can relate!! Robert is the cause of most of this!!Originally Posted by tjcurtin1
A few years back I just had an old acoustic.. Then I started watching Roberts Videos with "cheap" equipment.. it's just a ploy to lure you into the G.A.S....
now I can't stop buying things and still have not progressed in playing...lol!!
Welcome to the place that helps you open your wallet just because!!
Ummm BTW,
A Casino is a true Hollow Body compared to the others which have a center block (that right guys?).. and a must have... P90's and all.. you can get the sunburst for the early years..or the natural for the revolution years... Oh..then one with Bigsby for harrison model... and to think.. Paul actually had one first... hmmm.. wait I don't have one yet... "opens another browser window to music123"
Jimmie Vaughan Strat , Squire 51
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Welcome tjcurtin1.
For decades I was happy to own just one acoustic, one electric, and one amp.
Then for another decade, I was happy to own one acoustic, one les paul, one strat, a hollowbody, and two amps.
Then I found a beat up old acoustic in a thrift store with a sweet tone and a price I couldn't resist. The next week I got another hollowbody, and soon afterwards I started getting all the gear I could possibly afford. Lesson: The more you get, the more you want!
Electrics: Epiphone Les Paul Standard (w/S.D. pups - JB-4/bridge, SH-'59 neck), Fender Fat Strat (Mexican), Squier Fat Tele, Squier '51, Agile Valkyrie III, Ibanez Artcore AF75, Washburn OS OE30 Delta King, Dean Vendetta XM (w/ Dimarzios, D-Sonic/bridge, Air Norton/neck), Silvertone archtop (late 60s/early 70s), Titan EG-1 strat, Gibson G-3 bass, Fullerton strat
Acoustics: Sigma DM-5 (Japanese), Silvertone archtop (early 50s), Yamaha FG-110 (Korean), Alvarez RD20 12 string, Silvertone (60s)
Amps: Alamo Capri (early 60s tube), Alamo Challenger (late 60s tube) Epiphone Valve Jr. Head (w/Peavey 1x10 cab & Realistic 2x6 cab), Fender Yale Reverb, Vox Pathfinder 15R, Marshall Lead 12, Behringer G110 V-Tone, Marshall MG15CD, Vox DA-5, Pignose 7-100, Marshall Bass 12
Yeah sure, you guys just keep blaming me for all your GAS issues ....
The Law of Gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.
Master Guitar Academy - I also teach via SKYPE.
Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone! It's nice to be here. Let's see, I've got the gist of a GAS attack, but haven't figured out the acronym yet... Guitar Addict Syndrome, perhaps??
Trev, my HB-30 is a 'deluxe' model (HB-30D), of which I have only seen one other for sale. Essentially, it is an HB-35 with an HB-30 neck - the body has the figured maple all around, and binding on the heel of the neck. Mine is a beautiful amber yellow color. It is quite striking and, yes, cool to my way of thinking! It has a beautiful sound, too - lots of different tones and possibilities which I am only beginning to explore.
I also put GFS pickups in the Fullerton - I notice that someone else here did the same, but I got the Vintage versions. The original pickups didn't sound bad (heck, just listen to Robert!), but they were a bit hot for my taste.
As for the playing - well, it's getting better, and I agree that it's about enjoying playing, whatever the instrument.
Ted
GAS = Gear, or Guitar (as the case may be) Aquisition Syndrome. i.e. the insatiable need to run out and purchase something...anything guitar related. Usually onset by reading posts here (and elsewhere). Gotta Have It / You KNOW You Want It...Originally Posted by tjcurtin1
I haven't seen a "Deluxe" HB-30, but then again, my HB-30/CH was supposed to be a HB-35. I didn't think the "30" was available with the cherry red finish according to Washburn's website. That's OK, the 30 is just fine, and who really needs gold hardware and block inlays anyway Other than the cosmetics, it's pretty much the same guitar.
Electrics: Hagstrom Ultra Swede (Gold Eagle Burst) Gretsch 5120 Electromatic (Orange) Custom Nashville Blackout Telecaster (Black, Stat mid/neck p'ups; Lil Puncher (Modern Vintage) bridge p'up; Wilkinson Compensated Bridge w/ 3 brass saddles, Warmoth Vintage Modern Birdseye Maple Neck) Fender MIM Stratocaster (Blue Agave, Rosewood Fretboard, Fender Tex-Mex p'ups; GFS Trem/Block Kit) Highland Spitfire (semi-hollow, flame maple top w/ bubinga inlay)Acoustics:Washburn D10CEQSB, Yamaha FG160E
Bass: Westone Spectrum ST, Warwick Rockbass Corvette Basic Active
Amps: Vox NT15H/V112NT Night Train, Peavey Bandit 112, Hartke HyDrive 210C Bass Amp, Vox DA5
Well, I've definitely had my GAS attack (thanks for filling me in, Trev). And I SWEAR that I've gotten over the bug and from now on my immune system will protect me - I don't need ANY more G. of any kind!
"GAS never sleeps" - Gil Janus
"Now you got to pay your dues. Get that axe and play the blues." - Spudman
Gear: Epiphone Sheraton II, Epiphone Wildkat, Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass, Fender MIM Strat, Tacoma DR-14, Johnson JR-200 resonator; Fender Super Champ XD amp
denial is always the first step...there is definitely some new gear in your future!Originally Posted by tjcurtin1
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Guitars: Gibson 1998 Les Paul Special : Peavey Predator (Early 90's Fat Strat Copy) : Ibanez GAX30TROriginally Posted by just strum
Brownsville Reso - 101 Electric Reso : Fender GDO-300 Maple Quilt Top Acoustic
Amps: Fender Super Champ XD
Effects: Digitech RP250 Modeling Guitar Processor : DVM "Phased and Confused" Script Phaser Clone : Digitech Bad Monkey
Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus : Behringer Distortion Modeler : Ernie Ball Volume Pedal : Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
hmm... been there, said that..Originally Posted by tjcurtin1
Hey welcome tj!!
This place seems to attract the good'uns.
I pick a moon dog.