A brief introduction
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:55 pm
Hello everyone, blues man here. I hail from the states. I've been playing guitar for about 4 years now, focusing on the blues for 3. About a year into my guitar-learning adventure I still hadn't found my direction, and didn't know what to start learning, or how to do much of anything besides pluck a few notes. Then my father gave me his Clapton Unplugged CD, and I listened to it for about 2 weeks almost non stop. After seeing how much I enjoyed it, he gave me all of his old blues cassette tapes, which introduced me to the likes of BB, Howlin' Wolf (and of course Hubert Sumlin and Willie Dixon along with it), as well as Little Walter, Lead Belly, Muddy, Albert King. He got me hooked on SRV, too.
After my father had given me some direction to go in, and introduced to me to my new love, the blues, I set off learning from the greats by ear, as I was determined not to take lessons out of fear that I would become some teacher's "product", and be taught with books instead of my own ears and brain. I dug around on my own and was greatly influenced by Clapton (especially his days with The Yardbirds and Mayall, and some of his cuts with Cream). I also discovered Rory Gallagher, Hendrix, Freddie King, Albert Collins, Robert Johnson, and numerous others, all influencing me along the way.
So fast forward to now, and I've learned a few things, and my playing can be considered music instead of loud noise, but I believe I'll always have much more to learn and improve upon. My first post was over in the BT section under Althrax's D minor track, and someone asked me about my gear, so here goes. An '08 Les Paul studio, VOX valvetronix amp, Ernie Ball wah pedal (hardly ever use), Ibanez tube screamer pedal (once again, rarely used), and I tend to go with 9-42 strings of varying brands. I also have a Strat copy I put together, and an old Takamine acoustic.
And here are two pics of my girl, Chocolate, usually kept polished with Love Potion #9 guitar polish so she smells as good as she looks.
The natural wood grain of the guitar is beautiful and unique, plus I can't stand most of Gibson's LP finishes. Most of them look cheezy and over-the-top in my opinion. My best regards to everyone, and I hope to get to know everyone and make some new friends!
After my father had given me some direction to go in, and introduced to me to my new love, the blues, I set off learning from the greats by ear, as I was determined not to take lessons out of fear that I would become some teacher's "product", and be taught with books instead of my own ears and brain. I dug around on my own and was greatly influenced by Clapton (especially his days with The Yardbirds and Mayall, and some of his cuts with Cream). I also discovered Rory Gallagher, Hendrix, Freddie King, Albert Collins, Robert Johnson, and numerous others, all influencing me along the way.
So fast forward to now, and I've learned a few things, and my playing can be considered music instead of loud noise, but I believe I'll always have much more to learn and improve upon. My first post was over in the BT section under Althrax's D minor track, and someone asked me about my gear, so here goes. An '08 Les Paul studio, VOX valvetronix amp, Ernie Ball wah pedal (hardly ever use), Ibanez tube screamer pedal (once again, rarely used), and I tend to go with 9-42 strings of varying brands. I also have a Strat copy I put together, and an old Takamine acoustic.
And here are two pics of my girl, Chocolate, usually kept polished with Love Potion #9 guitar polish so she smells as good as she looks.
The natural wood grain of the guitar is beautiful and unique, plus I can't stand most of Gibson's LP finishes. Most of them look cheezy and over-the-top in my opinion. My best regards to everyone, and I hope to get to know everyone and make some new friends!