Good,very nice introduction.
Welcome to the very friendly forum
Glad I found this wonderful forum! I've been a recreational player since 1965 (born 1953). Got serious many times, then life dragged me away to other things. Never lost my ear for music, from classical to glitch, but a guitar player I remain. Saw a recent magazine today that had 100 overlooked or underappreciated guitar players. Had to sit down at Barnes & Noble and look it over. All I kept thinking was that none of the guitar players were underappreciated by me! Tommy Bolin was on the cover, and I LOVE Tommy Bolin. Another player that I flipped through to find was Ollie Halsall, from Patto. If you never heard him (or them) hop right in. You will be in love. No Fred Frith though, or Derek Bailey. Oh well. when I lie in bed, guitar leads and songs of mine run through my head. Sometimes it leads to getting up and writing something down, but many times I lay awake for hours, not able to shut it all down. Such is life. I use valerian, a very safe and effective sleep aid that is herbal and non habit forming, but it stinks like stinky feet and gives you vivid dreams. OK, too personal. My band is The Behaviorists. A three piece—guitar bass drums. I write and sing lead. My fine bass player sings too, and I'm pushing her into the writing thing. I'm 53, the drummer is 61, and our little girl is 28. She wears a huge Fender P bass. We're a sight to behold! Parents bought my first guitar, a Sears Silvertone acoustic, at 12 years old. Bought my first electric guitar in the East Village in 1986, a 1966 Mustang, which I still play as my main guitar. I don't care what you say, it has big sound and bite. I have learned over many years how to use the whammy bar and get it back to where it is in tune and continue past the solo most of the time. I'm a simpleton, and omly use a wah wah , rat, and volume pedal to make my sounds with. I remember seeing Mountain in the early 1970s in upstate NY (where I'm from), and leslie was using his little finger on the volume knob to do these insane violin type swells. He was spitting on the stage for effect at peak moments. The man was huge, and his sound was, well, mountainous! Killer. He sat by the stage and talked to me and my LSD ridden friends and smoked for a half an hour after they quit playing. No big deal. A NICE GUY! Now I'm down south in Arkansas, looking at the world in a crazy way, through the divine prism of music and middle age. I have around 3000 records, and always collect (on the cheap, I a broke artist), but playing music has cooled the fire of mere listening, and now I play more and enjoy more. Too bad about the light touches of arthritis. Wish I'd gotten focused earlier. Love to explore. I always thought it was more important to be recognized as a player than to be able to rattle off stock riffs at lightning speed and be anonymous. Like Jeff Beck, or Ollie Halsall. They would never be mistaken for another player. Like the one string riff in Slim Harpo's King Bee, when he says "sting it." So sexy and ting ting ting. It's all good, and lightning players can also be out of sight, like Allan Holdsworth, or John McLaughlin. Sorry for talking too much. Had Mexi food and a few margueritas tonight. So much thanks to thevoodooman for his great reply to my simple minded thread, thanks for having me, and goodnight
Good,very nice introduction.
Welcome to the very friendly forum
Guitar:Squier Affinity Strat by Fender(1999)
Pedals:Boss Chorus CE-3,Boss Super Overdrive SD-1,Rocktron Metal Planet
Amp:Roland Cube 60
Other:Tuner:Boss TU-80,Strings:Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky (9-46),Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom (10-52),La Bella Electric Lite(9-46)
welcome charliejames....this is a great forum....i think you will like it here....
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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
Hey, thanks for coming over to this forum & telling us about yourself. Where in upstate NY are you from? I'm a nearly lifelong resident of the Albany area.
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Now *that's* an hello charliejames. Glad that you're here & keep up the margaritas, mexican food, and valerian.
I pick a moon dog.
Welcome, CharlieJames, enjoy the forum, glad you joined us.
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Nice intro! Thank you and Welcome!
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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Welcome Charliejames, nice reading your intro.
Welcome Charliejames,
You picked a great place to hang out, plenty of help, humor, fellowship and jammin!
I have been listening to Mountain and Leslie West lately. There are some good youtube vids on them. I remember seeing them at the Eastown in Detroit back in the early seventies. Never got to talk with them though.
Welcome aboard!
M29
That will be $60 please, and the secretary will schedule another appointment for you for next Wednesday.
I wish I could express myself as eloquently as you do. Welcome to thefret.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Yes I agree, nice introduction. Welcome.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz
Willkommen, Welcome, Välkommen.
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, CharlieJames, fine intro there! Nice to have another player aboard who has "vintage" status. I arrived on this planet in '54.
Glenn
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal
cool...you are the same age as my truck!!Originally Posted by oldguy
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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
Thanks for the nice welcome! I do run on a bit, especially when I've been drinking. I've only been on board a short time and already my guitar is sounding 100% better. More importantly, I know why it is sounding so much improved. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!
Sorry...I was late to this party.
Good to meet ya, Charlie. Great intro.
"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." - Frank Zappa
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Epi Dot Deluxe, Squier '51, G&L S-500
Vox AD30VT, PODxt
Welcome aboard, Charlie. Good to have you. Did you bring some extra margaritas?
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