Hello everyone. I'm a Pennsylvanian from the Lehigh Valley area who currently resides in the New Jersey Bayshore area. My professional life is as a UNIX/Linux SysAdmin while my free time hobbies most relevant here revolve around electric guitar playing and the gear associated with it.
I've been playing on and off for over 20 years but regressed badly after a minor left hand injury in about my 12th year of playing caused a lot of frustration. For the last 6 months I've been forcing myself to retrain my left hand to get my chops back. Slowly but surely. I'm getting there...
What brought me here was a probably stupid question that nevertheless I can't find an answer to (which I'll post in the appropriate forum, not here ). In my time here I hope to have my questions answered and maybe even help out in some spots where I might have a clue.
-Glen
--------------------------- Rig:
Guitars:Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR, Fender MIM Standard Stratocaster SSS, Fender MIM Standard Stratocaster HSH Blacktop, Epiphone Les Paul 1960 Tribute Plus, ESP/LTD KH-202 Amps:Egnater Rebel 30 head and 1X12 cab, Sovtek Mig-50h TubeMidget head, Peavey Windsor Studio Effects/Pedals:EH HolyGrail Max, Dunlop CryBaby, MXR 10-Band EQ, Maxon OD808 Re-Issue, Ibanez TS-9 TubeScreamer, Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, Boss TU-3 Tuner, Vox ToneLab LE
Welcome to the best damn guitar forum in the world! LOL!
I have some very good buddies from back in your hometown area that are still gigging pretty regularly. Not sure how much of the rock scene you are into though.
JerEvil wrote:Welcome to the best damn guitar forum in the world! LOL!
I have some very good buddies from back in your hometown area that are still gigging pretty regularly. Not sure how much of the rock scene you are into though.
Thanks all for welcomes!
Not much in the scene. I have some friends that were in bands back in the day in the Lehigh Valley (90's), even did slave labor for them during gigs, but not so much anymore. A good friend here in NJ is in a classic rock cover band and we (wife and I) go out to see him play when we can.
I'm not or ever was in a band. I play for my own satisfaction, mostly solitary but I have been known to go out and jam with friends in an unprofessional, ad hoc "let's get together with some beer, liquor, cigars, amps and guitars" capacity
--------------------------- Rig:
Guitars:Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR, Fender MIM Standard Stratocaster SSS, Fender MIM Standard Stratocaster HSH Blacktop, Epiphone Les Paul 1960 Tribute Plus, ESP/LTD KH-202 Amps:Egnater Rebel 30 head and 1X12 cab, Sovtek Mig-50h TubeMidget head, Peavey Windsor Studio Effects/Pedals:EH HolyGrail Max, Dunlop CryBaby, MXR 10-Band EQ, Maxon OD808 Re-Issue, Ibanez TS-9 TubeScreamer, Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, Boss TU-3 Tuner, Vox ToneLab LE
JerEvil wrote:Welcome to the best damn guitar forum in the world! LOL!
I have some very good buddies from back in your hometown area that are still gigging pretty regularly. Not sure how much of the rock scene you are into though.
Thanks all for welcomes!
Not much in the scene. I have some friends that were in bands back in the day in the Lehigh Valley (90's), even did slave labor for them during gigs, but not so much anymore. A good friend here in NJ is in a classic rock cover band and we (wife and I) go out to see him play when we can.
I'm not or ever was in a band. I play for my own satisfaction, mostly solitary but I have been known to go out and jam with friends in an unprofessional, ad hoc "let's get together with some beer, liquor, cigars, amps and guitars" capacity
Right on. My buddy Jeff was in a band from Lehigh Valley called Kings Chamber. They were pretty active about that time I think.
Anyway, welcome to GAB. Check out a band called Denim And Leather out there if you get a chance to pop out for a show. Good classic Hard Rock/Heavy Metal.
Walt wrote:But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
). In my time here I hope to have my questions answered and maybe even help out in some spots where I might have a clue.
