Childbride
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tio, dude. you wandered over. very cool. :happy
come and introduce yourself to folks.
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tio, dude. you wandered over. very cool. :happy
come and introduce yourself to folks.
kidsmoke
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hehe, typical Texas Hospitality, Thanks CB!!
Rumors on the "other" forum of the brain trust present here got the better of me, so yep, I came on over (from WBF) to sit in and learn what I may. I can see there's a wide range of players and instruments. Looking forward to it.
*edit* just noticed the forum subtitle so I better do this right.
~A New Englander living in Chicagoland
~Love anything that makes a joyful noise - you'll find lots of instruments in my house and virtually every genre of music on my iPod
~Been playing acoustic for about 6 years, my main box is a Larrivee LV-03 with a Fishman eclipse blend.
~fell in love with an electric guitar hanging on a wall in a local shop while picking up some strings for my koostic - 2 years ago - neither my neighbors nor my bank account has managed to recover(a Washburn Idol - that brought me to another forum, and a bunch of wonderful folks) followed quickly by 2 amps, another electric, a 12'ver acoustic, a 30 yr old Dread, a bass, now? Pedals........
~Very blessed to be part of a music school community in Chicago which enables me to study music, perform in informal but challenging environments regularly, meet and listen to many of the worlds best musicians constantly. A huge part of my life.
That oughta do for now.
cheers! :beer:
~kimo
Rumors on the "other" forum of the brain trust present here got the better of me, so yep, I came on over (from WBF) to sit in and learn what I may. I can see there's a wide range of players and instruments. Looking forward to it.
*edit* just noticed the forum subtitle so I better do this right.
~A New Englander living in Chicagoland
~Love anything that makes a joyful noise - you'll find lots of instruments in my house and virtually every genre of music on my iPod
~Been playing acoustic for about 6 years, my main box is a Larrivee LV-03 with a Fishman eclipse blend.
~fell in love with an electric guitar hanging on a wall in a local shop while picking up some strings for my koostic - 2 years ago - neither my neighbors nor my bank account has managed to recover(a Washburn Idol - that brought me to another forum, and a bunch of wonderful folks) followed quickly by 2 amps, another electric, a 12'ver acoustic, a 30 yr old Dread, a bass, now? Pedals........
~Very blessed to be part of a music school community in Chicago which enables me to study music, perform in informal but challenging environments regularly, meet and listen to many of the worlds best musicians constantly. A huge part of my life.
That oughta do for now.
cheers! :beer:
~kimo
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luvmyshiner
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Hey Kimo, welcome aboard brother. There's a lot of good people around here who have forgotten more about guitars than I'll ever know.
FrankenFretter
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Welcome to The Fret, Tio! A good bunch of folks here, and mostly harmless. Post some pics of your gear, when you have time. Glad to have you here!
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Warm Welcome, Tio!
Monkus
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Welcome !!!! 
duhvoodooman
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Welcome to The Fret, Tio! :dude :beer:
kidsmoke
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Thanks for the Warm Welcome.
Careful What you ask for...
1988 Washburn HB-35(Japan); Stock p'up in neck, vintage SD JB-J in bridge, awesome tone, especially through my little tube amp. Just set it up for slide with 13-56 strings and high action, bought a compressor. Working on a Little Feat repertoire.
2003 Washburn WI-67 Idol (Korea); SD '59 neck, Custom Custom bridge(both split), again great tones. The '59 through my Roland 30X clean does beautiful ringing singing Jazz sounds, and both through my tube give great crunch when pushed. Low action, 10's(boomers). Awesome neck, have learned so much with this guitar, brought me to the dark side and has been a wonderful teacher. VERY versatile axe.
1981 Washburn D60S(W) (Yamaki - Japan) solid wood Spruce top, Ovangkol back and sides (and pickguard). Solid guitar. Bone nut, brand new tusq saddle and low action have made this a great intermediate guitar. Doesn't have the resonance of a high end guitar, so an experienced player may tire of it. But as a guitar to leave the house in winter with, or take on the visit to friends, it's great, and it's gorgeous to look at. Easily worth 3-4 times what I paid, if I were to replace with a comparable new git.
'04 Larrivee LV-03 with Fishman blend; Spruce, Mahogany b&s, ebony fingerboard. Supposedly this is built "to L5 specs" according to Larrivee Customer service. Don't know, don't care. This thing is beautiful. I could charge people to simply hug it while I hit the E string, and It brings tears to your eyes (a little dramatic...maybe) but this is the kind of guitar you interact with. I'm sure many of you with fine acoustics know exactly what I mean. I play this guitar every single day, in some way shape or form. Maybe that's why I have no decent pics....every time I look at it I play it instead...
This is the other piece of gear that has had a big impact on my growth recently. A Mahaffay Little Lanilei 3350LT - it's a 1/4 watt to 50 watt all tube amp. Hand wired, custom built 6.5" speaker with an extension cab with a duplicate speaker. This thing screams. It has a standard input with 3 different gain settings, and a clean input, bypassing gain. Rolling off on the humbuckers allows for a nice clean tone, but this amp WANTS to get dirty, cranking the volume on the guitar even on the clean input gives great crunch. Use the other input and you can go all the way to Plexi tone. Set the two cabs twelve feet apart and give it volume, it holds its own on stage, particularly for soloing. Learning how to get different sounds with my guitars, splitting, rolling off, neck only, bridge only, etc....hours of wholesome entertainment. This amp, combined with my Boss RC-2 Looper has caused me to leapfrog in skill as a guitarist. I also have a Roland Cube 30X, a solid state modeling amp. The Clean channel is nice, the modeled sounds are amusing at best, especially after owning this Mahaffay.
I also have a cheapo korean made "Lady Luck" bass and a Washburn EA20-12
which needs some work and I haven't had the opportunity to use too much...
FrankenFretter said:
Careful What you ask for...
1988 Washburn HB-35(Japan); Stock p'up in neck, vintage SD JB-J in bridge, awesome tone, especially through my little tube amp. Just set it up for slide with 13-56 strings and high action, bought a compressor. Working on a Little Feat repertoire.
2003 Washburn WI-67 Idol (Korea); SD '59 neck, Custom Custom bridge(both split), again great tones. The '59 through my Roland 30X clean does beautiful ringing singing Jazz sounds, and both through my tube give great crunch when pushed. Low action, 10's(boomers). Awesome neck, have learned so much with this guitar, brought me to the dark side and has been a wonderful teacher. VERY versatile axe.
1981 Washburn D60S(W) (Yamaki - Japan) solid wood Spruce top, Ovangkol back and sides (and pickguard). Solid guitar. Bone nut, brand new tusq saddle and low action have made this a great intermediate guitar. Doesn't have the resonance of a high end guitar, so an experienced player may tire of it. But as a guitar to leave the house in winter with, or take on the visit to friends, it's great, and it's gorgeous to look at. Easily worth 3-4 times what I paid, if I were to replace with a comparable new git.
'04 Larrivee LV-03 with Fishman blend; Spruce, Mahogany b&s, ebony fingerboard. Supposedly this is built "to L5 specs" according to Larrivee Customer service. Don't know, don't care. This thing is beautiful. I could charge people to simply hug it while I hit the E string, and It brings tears to your eyes (a little dramatic...maybe) but this is the kind of guitar you interact with. I'm sure many of you with fine acoustics know exactly what I mean. I play this guitar every single day, in some way shape or form. Maybe that's why I have no decent pics....every time I look at it I play it instead...
This is the other piece of gear that has had a big impact on my growth recently. A Mahaffay Little Lanilei 3350LT - it's a 1/4 watt to 50 watt all tube amp. Hand wired, custom built 6.5" speaker with an extension cab with a duplicate speaker. This thing screams. It has a standard input with 3 different gain settings, and a clean input, bypassing gain. Rolling off on the humbuckers allows for a nice clean tone, but this amp WANTS to get dirty, cranking the volume on the guitar even on the clean input gives great crunch. Use the other input and you can go all the way to Plexi tone. Set the two cabs twelve feet apart and give it volume, it holds its own on stage, particularly for soloing. Learning how to get different sounds with my guitars, splitting, rolling off, neck only, bridge only, etc....hours of wholesome entertainment. This amp, combined with my Boss RC-2 Looper has caused me to leapfrog in skill as a guitarist. I also have a Roland Cube 30X, a solid state modeling amp. The Clean channel is nice, the modeled sounds are amusing at best, especially after owning this Mahaffay.
I also have a cheapo korean made "Lady Luck" bass and a Washburn EA20-12
which needs some work and I haven't had the opportunity to use too much...
mrmudcat
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welcome
piebaldpython
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Welcome aboard Tio. Glad to see you visited. We have some "sliders" around here too. RESO brethren unite.
kidsmoke
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Hey Keel,
Yep, my NH roots run very deep. Get back there every couple of months.
Use to race Bullseyes out of Marblehead too. I'm sure we'd have lots to talk about.
Yep, my NH roots run very deep. Get back there every couple of months.
Use to race Bullseyes out of Marblehead too. I'm sure we'd have lots to talk about.
kidsmoke
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awww crap, has he done that to you guys too? :thwap
I thought maybe I wouldn't see that over here.
I thought maybe I wouldn't see that over here.
Childbride
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welcome, Tio... 
this is a friendly place with lots of knowledge.
this is a friendly place with lots of knowledge.
sunvalleylaw
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Welcome Tio!
luvmyshiner
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No neked tractur dood for me tonight guys, it's too damn cold outside. I'm just stayin' in tonight surfin' the interwebs.
Later on I'm plannin' on playing my guitar.
Later on I'm plannin' on playing my guitar.
sumitomo
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Welcome Tio,cool gear and finally someone has a Songworks Amph (you do know about amph's?)and I'm very glad to hear how you like them,I've been keeping my eye on those for some time now but have never heard a yay or nay.Anyways Welcome.Sumi
Welcome Tio!
I just checked out that Lanilei 3350 on the Mahaffay site and think I might have to pick one up. This is the fastest gas I have ever gotten. From not
"needing" any new gear to full gas within 20 minutes of reading your post is a record for me.
I'm not sure whether to thank you or not, but welcome all the same... :AOK
I just checked out that Lanilei 3350 on the Mahaffay site and think I might have to pick one up. This is the fastest gas I have ever gotten. From not
"needing" any new gear to full gas within 20 minutes of reading your post is a record for me.
I'm not sure whether to thank you or not, but welcome all the same... :AOK
Brian Krashpad
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Welcome Tio!
That's a very avuncular moniker.
That's a very avuncular moniker.
kidsmoke
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sumitomo said:I've been keeping my eye on those for some time now but have never heard a yay or nay.
Cool little amp, no doubt, and Tris, the guys who designed it and personally builds each one, also answers the phone and his emails. Super cool guy who loves what he does, and takes a lot of time to serve the customer. Makes it all that much better.
I've been looking at a P-36, how do you like yours?
Tig
Valar Morghulis
luvmyshiner said:
Ack!
Must
find
eye
wash...
help
Tig
Valar Morghulis
Another Texas welcome, Tio Kimo!
Very nice guitars you have there. I really like that Washburn WI-67 Idol.
Very nice guitars you have there. I really like that Washburn WI-67 Idol.
sumitomo
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I've been looking at a P-36, how do you like yours?[/QUOTE]
It's a love hate relationship,It has a small neck and the 9 volt battery when it goes out so does the sound.Other than that when I plugged it in my Blues Jr.man It sounded sweet with a blend of the pups and the pezio.I gave it to my 9 yr old daughter to learn,but the only time she want's to play is when I'm jamming on it,go figure? Sumi:thwap
It's a love hate relationship,It has a small neck and the 9 volt battery when it goes out so does the sound.Other than that when I plugged it in my Blues Jr.man It sounded sweet with a blend of the pups and the pezio.I gave it to my 9 yr old daughter to learn,but the only time she want's to play is when I'm jamming on it,go figure? Sumi
:thwap
kidsmoke
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sumitomo said:
The guy I'm learning slide with prefers the fender style bridge because of the individual string heigth adjustment. For that reason I was looking at a cheapo MIM tele or Strat to mess with. Then I stumbled upon the Parker and thought that may be a cool alternative. Inexpensive, but with a little more variety than a fender clone....is the basic platform solid?
kidsmoke
Well-known member
sumitomo said:(you do know about amph's?)
ok, I give....:help
marnold
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http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=403Tio Kimo said:
Tig
Valar Morghulis
marnold said:
I never saw this one! :rollover
"My ground is pulled out of my edison cable so I get alot of scrathy sounds and every now and then I pick up radio station."
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