Damned Texans

[Imaginaryfriendless]

I gave up playing the guitar many years ago. I moved on with my life and playing the guitar is kind of tinged with sadness for me because of what I was going through when I used to play extensively.

Something you can still play after civilisation has ended. I'm considering starting some percussion lessons sometime I suppose. I enjoy hitting things.

Wow...there is a story there. Loss and societal collapse, yet the band plays on. 

I'm with thump...the guitar can be your therapist, your other woman, (or man, if you prefer) your escape hatch. You should try to regain that. The guitar is innocent of blame, or at least, I would assume so. If I'm wrong, there is DEFINITELY a story there.

I'm a fan of Jethro Tull, so I can see the attraction to flutes...you scan shred on a flute, hehe...

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I put a Naga Jolokia pepper in a bottle of Vodka

I need that Vodka. Or rather, I have a friend who doesn't realize it but he needs that vodka. 

I've always wanted to learn Krav Maga. I also learnt Jeet Kune Do, Kali and Wing Tsun.

I started with taekwondo, when I was young. It was ok, but I grew up in Texas ranch country, where kids fist fight just for the hell of it, and I never found it to be any use...we ended up in the same style fight we'd had since 3rd grade, it was just not a brawler art.
Later I was introduced to Krav in the police academy, and really liked it. I ended up finding a private instructor (they use the terms dojo and sensei, but they just feel wrong to me for an israeli style) I eventually earned my 8th dan black belt. Much later I ended up teaching officer defense tactics at the same police academy, which is just straight up Krav. It's by far the most useful form I have ever experienced.

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Found a picture of the all-valve amp I found in a music shop which gave me the perfect tone I had been looking for for years. I paired it with a Fender 62 reissue Jap strat with SRV hot rail pick ups. It's completely hand wired with very few controls and has a Celestion speaker. Not a circuit board in sight. It's got such a lovely warm sound.

http://s217.photobucket.com/user/grog_al...w.jpg.html

My own is red unlike the one pictured. I got in touch with the son of the owner who made it.

Wow...I've never seen anything like that. Love to hear it.

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I used to be a metaller. I had a Fender HM strat and a JCM 900 (still do). In the early naughties decided to buy a Fender Champ amp and came away instead with a Japanese 62 reissue Fender Strat and a really old hand wired amp that only had a single volume control but was probably a precursor to a Vox AC30 (although not a Vox). I then met my husband who also had two 62 reissue Japanese Strats. Between us we have three pink strats. I enjoyed home recording and would love to do that again.

I gave up playing the guitar many years ago. I moved on with my life and playing the guitar is kind of tinged with sadness for me because of what I was going through when I used to play extensively. I sometimes pick up my acoustic when I go back to Germany on holiday though. Back in the early 90's I started to listening to classical music instead of heavy rock, particularly Russian classical. But I actually like playing very natural celtic folk instruments which you can jam around a camp fire, so an Irish flute, mandolin, violin etc. Something you can still play after civilisation has ended. I'm considering starting some percussion lessons sometime I suppose. I enjoy hitting things.

In my 35+ years of playing, I've gone through periods totalling about fourteen years when I played only acoustic guitar. As much as I love heavy rock, the purity and simplicity of just hitting the goddamned note right and hearing it ring true is really satisfying to me. And that I can carry it anywhere is very important to me.

I always have said that my guitar is my lover, my friend, and my therapist. For me, my guitar is my Little Wing.