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Dr Rick said:
I had a brief flirtation in the 80s with the widdly, acrobatic excesses of Vai, Satriani etc. Finally I accepted that I would never be a shred-meister, and returned to my earlier influences of classic rock (Townshend and Richards are huge influences), funk, and post-punk. Andy Gill (Gang of Four), and John McGeoch (Magazine/Siouxsie) always stood out for me as being wonderfully original and creative guitarists.
That said, I still enjoy Vai's first album Flex-Able, and I'll always love Eddie Van Halen - that first Van Halen album revolutionised heavy rock guitar.
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Dr Rick said:IanM here, who's seen me play many times and shared a stage more than a few, can testify that it, and I, do still reek of GIT-scented heavy rock.
This is true, although I only think we've ever played one song together where you played guitar, (Atomic Playboys - Albrighton).
I must just mention that Rick was instrumental (pun intended, and he'll hate it) in actually getting me up on a stage to play with other humans. From a teenager until my mid-thirties I'd only ever been an off/on bedroom guitar player, but Rick and a handful of others helped me to play with and for other people.
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It takes a lot of courage to get up on stage and play, yet alone play with other people. I would have poo'ed my self :icon_lol:
When I first started to play I was hiding in the bedroom, next door asked "ere have you got a guitar? We can hear you playing" and I thought...shit so much for being stealthy, but it turns out that they play guitar/sax.
Then a lady across the road had seen me with a guitar case, and she plays the guitar, and now I've found out that a chap the other side of me is in a band :huh: So there is no point in playing in the bedroom no more just play in the kitchen as they can all hear any way:dodgy:
When I first started to play I was hiding in the bedroom, next door asked "ere have you got a guitar? We can hear you playing" and I thought...shit so much for being stealthy, but it turns out that they play guitar/sax.
Then a lady across the road had seen me with a guitar case, and she plays the guitar, and now I've found out that a chap the other side of me is in a band :huh: So there is no point in playing in the bedroom no more just play in the kitchen as they can all hear any way:dodgy:
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IanM said:
Spoken like a true bass player :icon_razz:
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Both of these involve Ian and I, both are from a zero-rehearsal event - people decide in advance what they're playing with whom (often with people they've never met before), and turn up and do it on the night.
One from 2004 that I'm particularly fond of:
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOmksr5XE18[/video]
And one from 2010:
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNiVovjGuO0[/video]
Ian is the modest chap with the bass. I'm the fat hairy showoff with the microphone.
One from 2004 that I'm particularly fond of:
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOmksr5XE18[/video]
And one from 2010:
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNiVovjGuO0[/video]
Ian is the modest chap with the bass. I'm the fat hairy showoff with the microphone.
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John said:isaiah53 said:
What do you think of the freshman ?I've got a FA300D
i think its an excellent guitar for the money. its still not cheap, but considering the tone woods used its very good value. sounds really nice and its very playable.
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My feeling's are the same as yours, love my freshman well made,good tone woods, very playable, but as you say not cheepisaiah53 said:John said:isaiah53 said:
What do you think of the freshman ?I've got a FA300D
i think its an excellent guitar for the money. its still not cheap, but considering the tone woods used its very good value. sounds really nice and its very playable.
If there is any justice in this world.....stardom beckonssagesmith said: