Hercy B. Goode
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- Oct 14, 2009
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Well, hello geezers and geezettes!*
My name is Hercules (no, really), and I've been playing 6 years or so. A super-cool friend of mine (Barre Fly) reccommended the site to me and I liked what I saw, so, here I am.
My equipment at the mo' is pretty bog standard considering it's been 6 years, but all I have is the Squier Strat I got from Argos, a standard Marshall amp (50W, methinks, as I killed the original Marshall that came with the guitar, in a moment of trying-to-annoy-a-flatmate feedback-universe-imploding-in-on-itself madness), a Wah pedal, and a phaser.
Have been chucking round the idea of changing things up, but Plankton have convinced me you can do anything with a Strat and a Marshall, so I may just save up for really nice ones of both.
Anyway, fell in love with the guitar when I first heard Don't Fear The Reaper, Buck Dharma was my first guitar hero and I used to spend 8 hours a day trying to play his stuff. I like my guitar playing to have tasteful flashiness (panachiness?). A fair amount of notes and layers and bits sweeping in and out and all around, but not so much to the point of indulgence or ******y or to the point where it just sounds all whiddly-wheedly-widdledooh.
My lead playing is very good, my chords less so, and since discovering Plankton, I have been filled with a crazy desire to make the most of my playing. Wanna take things to the next level, get rid of bad habits, and get a bit of direction. This forum seems super-good for that kind of thing.
So, I guess that should do for now. Hello, and pleased to be here!
*i understand 'geezer' in the US means 'old guy', but in the UK, it's a term of respect
My name is Hercules (no, really), and I've been playing 6 years or so. A super-cool friend of mine (Barre Fly) reccommended the site to me and I liked what I saw, so, here I am.
My equipment at the mo' is pretty bog standard considering it's been 6 years, but all I have is the Squier Strat I got from Argos, a standard Marshall amp (50W, methinks, as I killed the original Marshall that came with the guitar, in a moment of trying-to-annoy-a-flatmate feedback-universe-imploding-in-on-itself madness), a Wah pedal, and a phaser.
Have been chucking round the idea of changing things up, but Plankton have convinced me you can do anything with a Strat and a Marshall, so I may just save up for really nice ones of both.
Anyway, fell in love with the guitar when I first heard Don't Fear The Reaper, Buck Dharma was my first guitar hero and I used to spend 8 hours a day trying to play his stuff. I like my guitar playing to have tasteful flashiness (panachiness?). A fair amount of notes and layers and bits sweeping in and out and all around, but not so much to the point of indulgence or ******y or to the point where it just sounds all whiddly-wheedly-widdledooh.
My lead playing is very good, my chords less so, and since discovering Plankton, I have been filled with a crazy desire to make the most of my playing. Wanna take things to the next level, get rid of bad habits, and get a bit of direction. This forum seems super-good for that kind of thing.
So, I guess that should do for now. Hello, and pleased to be here!
*i understand 'geezer' in the US means 'old guy', but in the UK, it's a term of respect
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