Damned Texans

[Imaginaryfriendless]

Same to you, and thank you! I'm assuming from your avatar you are a fellow guitar player? What type of music, primarily?

I am indeed. I play rock, blues, and a little jazz, some classical as well. I'm just getting an electric rig back together after five+ years of playing acoustic-only.

Sorry, missed this. UPT at Sheppard, then faip'ed and a lot of time in tweets and talons with ATC, mostly Randolph and Laughlin, ultimately F15C's and F-5E's with the 65th TFAS at Nellis. 

Sweet. I was a firefighter at Carswell back before it closed. Our main basing was H-model 52s, and the 301st TFW (Reserve) had F-16s. We had a flight of Tweets for flight-pay hours, too. Pretty sure those little bastards took more of my hearing than my cranked amps did ...

I'm hard rock and metal, 1970 to 1990 more or less, with a love for blues as well. I grew up playing with my friends, who all wanted to be guitar players in a metal band as well- we had a helluva time finding bass players or drummers, it was the era of the Guitar God. We all moved all over the world, in our respective jobs...somehow most of us ended up back here, so I have a large "man cave" full of guitars and amps and all the goodies, and the same guys get together and do the same thing 30 years later. Feels rather surreal sometimes. Fewer mind-altering substances these days, but the booze still flows, albeit more slowly. I miss being invincible.

Always loved the H model Buffs, which a fighter jock should never admit. The planes have a long and distinguished history, and just keep getting more capable.

Ah, the venerable Tweet, or more affectionately, the Converter. For those not familiar, it's a 2 seat trainer built by Cessna for the military- there is even an attack version some countries used, even the US in a limited fashion during the VN war. We used it for primary jet instruction, formation flying, instrument flying, etc.  Called the Converter because it is very good at converting jet fuel into noise. The size of the air inlets on the two Continental J69-T-25 turbojet engines produce a high pitched shriek that will make your bones hurt. 50+ years of service. RIP, my old friend.

So do you gig at all or just play for self/friends? I have an embarrassingly large guitar collection, I'll let you know next time we're having a jam session, in case you'd like to come by. I think you're an hour away or less. We just have fun, no rules, no plans, just music and hanging out.

Cheers!