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Hey all,

Just saying hi. Checking in from Kauai, HI, originally from Portland, OR. Been playing for about 10 years now (I started when I was 13), have been in a band or two, looking to start something here once i get my gear shipped over from portland (we moved in a hurry and had to leave a lot of stuff behind).

My rig is a Variax 300 and a Pod XT Live. I usually play through my Grado headphones, but picking up a keyboard amp for practice/gigs here soon. influences include everything from Creed/Alter Bridge, to Dream Theater, to Journey.

I'll go ahead and shame myself with a couple of clips. The first one is my first band, i was about 15 or 16. We were horrible... but i'd rather not have someone go finding it and using it as blackmail :rotflmao: The second I wrote as a demo just before we moved. It's all the variax/XT. There's a 12 string acoustic, a semihollow with a P90 and chorus into a fender twin, a LP Special through a marshall 18W, and a mid-position strat detuned a whole step run through the tube preamp for 'bass'. It's not my normal style, but I think it sounds all right except for some tracking issues (recorded it in about an hour, including creating the patches.)

Cross your heart
Demo - Gwinna's Song
 
Welcome to The Fret, diffra! Glad to have you with us. :dude: :beer:

I was in Kauai once for about 48 hrs. Rained like hell the whole time! :eek: Sure looked lush & beautiful, though--would have liked to see it in the sunlight!
 
Yeah they are. I have a bad habit of describing the 'models' used instead of clarifying that it's actually L6 rig.
 
Welcome Diffra! I have been to Kauai and enjoyed it very much! I love Portland too, and have spent some good times there. Welcome to the place!
 
Welcome to the forum. I sure would love to be in Hawaii these last few days.

Murph
 
wow. Thanks for all the welcomes. It's rare to find a guitar forums not populated with 12 year olds bragging about the tone from their marshall valvestates(not that it's a bad thing, if that's your bag...)

I used to be a tube guy... even tore down a '67 bassman silverface and rewired it with the '59 circuit and a few mods, sounded like the ultimate plexi marshall through a custom built 2x12. My now-wife thought it was too loud for our apartment (and was probably right) so I sold it and my tele and went with the modeling rig.
 
diffra said:
wow. Thanks for all the welcomes. It's rare to find a guitar forums not populated with 12 year olds bragging about the tone from their marshall valvestates(not that it's a bad thing, if that's your bag...)

Whaddaya mean? We're all twelve-somethings.:rockon:
 
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