stoneman 10 #1 Posted October 15, 2010 for one . . . i'm just curious who the other musicians are out there. i used to be a guitarist, but since the inevitable happened a few years back, (broken/smashed fingers [fingering forefinger particularly[[twice]]) i play it for a few minutes a handfull of times a week. it's time to get back in the groove, and it'll be good therapy for the finger. there's some new stuff that i've been wanting to learn and maybe that will motivate me to pick it up on a more regular basis. there's a bunch of jackson browne stuff i want to get with and thought maybe one of you might know some of it. when i make it to one of the get togethers it'd be cool to do some stuff at the fire. a little ( or a lot) of steve's plum wine and some of my black rasberry brandy, the finger shouldn't feel any pain. :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevasaurus 23,274 #2 Posted October 15, 2010 Stoneman...I've been known to pick on my baritone ukulele. Material from Peter, Paul and Mary, and also Bob Dylan. Not that good at it. But the wine also makes it sound better. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefeathers 15 #3 Posted October 16, 2010 Scott, I play lead torque wrench! Can drum up some great sound from a body hammer 'n dolly! And conducted a beautiful simphony with a cutting torch! Can play wrenches better than any spoon klacker you ever herd! But... the only musical insturment I've mastered is a dog whisle! "Skynyrds" Free Bird sounds great on dog whisle!! You just can't here it!!! And the dog goes crazy when I play it! (Maybe he dosn't like it!) Oh well! HORSEFEATHERS! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stoneman 10 #4 Posted October 16, 2010 bud . . . you know it's gonna be a good day when you start out :wh: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefeathers 15 #5 Posted October 16, 2010 If you ain't laughin' you ain't livin'!!! :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse'n Around 22 #6 Posted October 16, 2010 I play drums. I actually played in a "Hair Metal" cover band in the mid 80s and Ive played on and off ever since. Recently I did some some studio session work , actually 4 of the songs I did made it to CD when the band released it(the CD sales flopped, I contributed to the total sales of it tho, I bought one of the probably 25 total CD's sold hahaha). A few years back I did a benefit concert in front of 2200+ soldiers that had just rotated in from Iraq and their families with a very well known '80s rock/hair metal band. I got to play with them for a week of practice and I did the show with them and that is a experience I will always treasure. I always wanted to see them in concert in the 80's and when I finally did I was playing drums for them, it doesnt get any better than that . They are still my good friends . I would'nt trade that time for anything,I have pictures of us on performing stage (taken by fthe audience with their cell phone cameras), and a CD of the show (my back up vocals and all) and as I said those memories are very treasured ....3rd to marrying my wife Margo and the birth of my son JJ. Oh I forgot to mention I got another permanant memory of that week... tinnnitus from playing in a huge garage and then on stage in front of two 100 wt Marshall amps with four 4x12 cabinets and a bass rig and you cant forget the PA system :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimD 3,347 #7 Posted October 16, 2010 When I was in school I played the trumpet. Later on I dabbled with a guitar. Now after a good bowl of Chili I play a wicked Flatulette. :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stoneman 10 #8 Posted October 16, 2010 When I was in school I played the trumpet. Later on I dabbled with a guitar. Now after a good bowl of Chili I play a wicked Flatulette. glad to hear that you are at least still blowing your horn! :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VinsRJ 723 #9 Posted October 16, 2010 I'm a product of the 80's, in school if you couldn't play Eddie you couldn't play. Still have all of my guitars but haven't really played them in about 15 years. :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris11 184 #10 Posted October 16, 2010 I can hold a tune in a bucket. But i am making parts for J.Giels guitars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stoneman 10 #11 Posted October 16, 2010 I can hold a tune in a bucket. But i am making parts for J.Giels guitars. wow . . . that's pretty cool! wutrya makin'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stoneman 10 #12 Posted October 16, 2010 I'm a product of the 80's, in school if you couldn't play Eddie you couldn't play. Still have all of my guitars but haven't really played them in about 15 years. what guitars do you have? i wish i still had all the guitars that i've had. only had 1 electric. i picked up the acoustic stuff mostly on my own, but i'll need help going around the corner with an electric. my current boxes are a washburn oscar schmidt, (abuser) and taylor jumbo 6 string. too sweet for campfires though, and the washburn is below average. hoping the opportunity to trade some stonework for another acoustic comes along. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUSS10 250 #13 Posted October 16, 2010 let see i started with piano in like elementry school then moved to drums in middle school, still have my set tucked away in the basement. moved to guitar in middle school which i still play but isn't my main instrument. a few years back i picked up the bass as there arent a lot of really good bass players out there so it gave me an option to play more. thats pretty much what i do now. i play in a few different bands and have paying gigs about once every week or so. just bar stuff. lots of latin music, jazz, blues, stuff like that. i have WAY to much money tied up into my gear but music is my life so i enjoy it. i'm been on three albums so thats pretty good for only being in my early 20's and there is another one i am working on with a band right now. for my guitars i have a martin acoustic, a sigma thin body (martin) i think I'm down to 3 electrics, vintage epiphone hollow body (built in 1970), les paul, and a tele. sold my hot rod deluxe amp a few months back and bought i nice small vox tube amp. but guitar isn't really my big thing any more i play a lakland 5 string bass (built in chicago) and run that through a markbass amp (amazingly "true" tone) also have a fender fretless. used to have an ernie ball musicman knock off as my backup but sold that along with another amp a few years back. also play the mandolin, violin, lap steel guitar, and built a few other weird stringed instruments in my spare time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevasaurus 23,274 #14 Posted October 16, 2010 WOW..some real talent here. and some very funny stuff. We could do a variety show. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefeathers 15 #15 Posted October 17, 2010 Yea Steve like that ol' show Hee-Haw! Buck 'n Roy pickin' 'n grinnin'! Hay Buck what do you get when you cross a cow with a violin? Cow 'n violin? ain't got no idea Roy! String cheese! :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevasaurus 23,274 #16 Posted October 17, 2010 Here ya go guys...singin and drinkin at the camp fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ5ob9B9yD4&NR=1 :wh: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VinsRJ 723 #17 Posted October 18, 2010 I'm a product of the 80's, in school if you couldn't play Eddie you couldn't play. Still have all of my guitars but haven't really played them in about 15 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linen beige 15 #18 Posted October 18, 2010 Fender FR-59 five string banjo. No amp required. :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duff 206 #19 Posted October 18, 2010 Wow! I can really get into this thread! Started on keyboards in a High School band (yes, they did have electricity back when I was in High School! ), but gave them up to work my way through College. A dozen or so years went by during which I only occasionally fooled around with the random piano here and there but only for my own personal pleasure (read: behind closed doors!). In the mid-80's my then brother-in-law gave me a cheap Cameo electric bass for Christmas which I played through my stereo amp for a while. Then another buddy who was hosting an open mic in our area convinced me to come out and play with some folks. The rest, as they say, is history - 10 years with a killer R&B/Latin band, a CD, several studio sessions and something way north of a thousand gigs with a number of bands until about five years ago when I decided that being out on the road two and three nights a week plus working a day job at 55 years old just wasn't a winning combination any more. So now I just do fill-in's for bands of all musical types (except metal) whose bass player can't make a particular gig. My main axe is a 1991 Fender Jazz, American made, with active EMG pick ups. I play though either a Fender 200XBR head over a 4x10 cabinet or, for smaller rooms, a York 100 with a single 15". My back-up bass is an old Peavey T40 that I hotrodded some years ago, but it hasn't seen the light of day in several years. I keep telling myself I'm going to trade the Jazz for a much lighter P-Bass (the weight of the J is killing my shoulder these days), but I can't seem to part with an old friend. Justin - I've seen those Laklands and heard them. They sure seem like fine instruments! No local dealers around here so I haven't been able to try one out, so if we ever cross paths...... If I ever make the big show in PA I'll be sure to drag along my bass and a small amp and maybe we can assemble a gang and jam out! Thanks for reading! ~Duff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUSS10 250 #20 Posted October 18, 2010 Duff - i actually drove to chicago to try one out. the sam ash retail stores usually carry a model or two buts its just like going to guitar center so they pretty much pull it out of the box and throw it on the shelf without any adjustment at all. you can actually go the the shop and play them there. i've gone a couple times. its pretty cool there is a rack of "celebrity" instruments there. i've seen basses from many well known artists there. though pricy, they are really great basses. bartolini pickups with a three band eq as well as an active/passive switch. my bass is crazy heavy but i went out and got a 4" neoprene strap. made a WORLD of a difference. i used to run ashdown amps then was going to go SWR until i stumbled across markbass when i was at guitar center once. really an amazing amp. it doesn't color the tone at all which is really hard to find in an amp. i would highly recomend you check them out. oh and i run a 300 watt 2 10" combo and it weights in at only 40 lbs so that right there is a huge incentive a bass isn't exactly something to haul to a WH show but yeah if we ever cross path's you are free to take it for a test run Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stoneman 10 #21 Posted October 19, 2010 i had a feeling you guys were out there . . . and what a range of talent! the only instrument i ever got any good at is the acoustic guitar. my influences have been . . . neil young, james taylor, harry chapin, dan fogelberg, cat stevens, gordon lightfoot and many others, (as far as playing and singing go) but i enjoy just about anything from the aforementioned to roy clark and flats and scruggs to frank sinatra to sadeo watanabe, to steven curtis chapman and third day. i've done some radio commercials over the years . . . ( a few ditties that i wrote for some auto dealerships, and one for a Honda motorcycle dealership.) about 10 years ago i started writing and in less than a year out came about 18 songs (all very spiritually motivated.) i have a lot of studio equipment, (not currently set up) that i hope to start using again as soon as i can. tascam 8 track analog, 2 real sweet akg mics, bbc sonic maximizer, yamaha spx 90, and an alesis drum machine that would blow you away. my power source is a 30 plus year old denon amp that is as clean as brand new. i also have the denon tuner and cassette deck. i do have a digital system in my old computer, (c quadrent), and it's like rocket science to me. i have utilized about 2 percent of it's capabilities, but i am partial to the analog sound that i get with the tascam. it just seems warmer and crisper than the digital. definitely looking forward to things to come. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites