Any musicians among this group? Surely must be. Saw a photo of Angus Young yesterday and reminded me of a cherry red Gibson SG I bought about 20 years ago for the stiff price of $300.00 . Had an old Ampeg tube amp set up. Played that for about 5-6 years and switched out to an acoustic, selling the SG for around $150–(Damn, I kick myself-some are going for $2,000.00 now!!) I’m down to my acoustic and an old accordian I play for the kids now, mostly just scare my dog. Any other " I wish I didn’t get rid of that" stories?

Yeah, there’s actually a bunch of musicians here. There are a few threads around but I can’t remember what they were. I play piano, poorly mind you. We have a bunch of instruments in our house so once in a while when we have parties everyone grabs their favorite instrument and we make a bunch of noise. My neighbors must love us.

My first reall instrument is bass guitar. I sort of play an number of other instruments. Though my current thing is electronic music because there is something very gratifing about being able to hear a composition as it’s being worked on instead of trying to find people that can and want to play it. It’s like having a huge orchastra with out any clashing egos or opinions. if you want to check out a limited selection of some of the songs I’ve made this way check out “propaganda thru propagation” on myspace that’s me by the way. Though I really love the most just being able to jam with people and get our creative juice collaborating. P.s. my axe is a beaten to hell once I get the money to fix it I’ll be happy mid 90’s fender JP bass with just the P pickup. I’am of the school that the best bass sound can only be made with acient strings (I hate when I break one).

Electronic music?- Do you mean mixing your own? Have you ever heard “Switched on Bach” with the early MOOG synthesizer?( Pretty far out material) I totally agree -finding folks to play who have the similar tastes and attitudes seems to be the toughest part. I’ll have to check your space out, Bob.

I play harmonica fairly well. They have a jam session in a local pub every week and I go and play there sometimes. Stefan

Here are my 2 axes of sonic mayhem. I play in a metal punk band called Astrum. http://www.myspace.com/themightyastrum

I play piano as well as guitar, with an Epiphone Casino being my current axe. Not very good, but I enjoy playing!

yes I mean doing all the stuff from laying out the tracks and mixing it down. Oh yeah one song I have up online is me jamming on a toy-keyboard sounds kind of like an acordian a little bit.

I met an accordian player once that told me this story: He and his band mates were touring and parked their van somewhere. The van was locked, but the accordian was left in plain view on the passenger side seat. When they ruturned some hours later, both windows were smashed in and 10 other accordians had been thrown into the van. True story.

@Xander- Nice story! I guess you either love the accordian or you’re in the process of finding a place to dump one!! The folks that go one step further than covering other’s songs and write their own tunes are the most impressive to me. The first band I was in we called the Rabid Infants -even had a poster of a cute ,small child with Liquid Paper dribbling out his mouth. …well ,as the saying goes," Dont quit your day job".

I was forced to learn the Saxophone by my parents 25 years ago. I quickly learned to love it and excelled greatly. It took me to Paris for the grand opening of Euro Disney. That was an experience… Since then I’ve acquired a clairnet, trumpet, piano, tuba (no longer own). Now the wind instruments don’t get used much anymore mainly due to the time available to play and young children that need sleep. I bought myself a Yamaha acoustic guitar two years ago in an attempt to teach myself. It’s working wonderfully. I just bought a used Epiphone LP studio…I’m having a lot of fun with that. Someday I’ll be confident enough to play guitar in front of people (other than family) and then I’ll take some voice lessons.

I play guitar, bass, harmonica, mandolin, and violin (though it sounds like i’m torturing cats).

I play guitar and six-string banjo mostly, but also a bit of bass and drums. Guitars: Fender Tele, Gretsch Nashville Chet Atkins Special, Fender Mustang, Yamaha SG1000, Washburn acoustic, banjo is a Rally.

I’ve been playing the trombone for oh, maybe 20 years now. Played in a Detroit bar band for a couple of years and the local community college jazz band, I still play occasionally when I can (don’t want to startle the baby or set the cats a-yowling). I’d like to learn more piano and organ; not only do I keep hounding my wife to let me put a piano in the living room, but I also crave to find and rescue a theatre pipe organ to put downstairs (google Leon Berry and his Beast in the Basement). hehehe…

My user name is RockerTony on several other music and amp related sites. I own about 20 guitars and 6 amps. 2 Fender Strats ('74 hardtail FrankenStrat and "91 Strat Deluxe), 5 Gibsons ('85 Black Les Paul Studio, '07 Les Paul Double Cut Worn Cherry, '08 Reverse V, '08 Wine Red Explorer Pro, '09 Holy V) 2 Epiphones ( model 400 SG copy and a Fying V copy) a Schecter with a beautiful curly maple top, an ESP EX400 with a beautiful spalted maple top, an Ibanez SX340, a Strat built from a kit with EMG pickups that a friend helped paint (I call it Purple Haze), a Floyd Rose with locking strings set-up, a Carvin V220 with Mahogany body and neck with a walnut top, very, very, beautiful lite brown stain finish, a cheap Silvertone copy of a Van Halen Music Man, 2 basses (Hamer Slammer and an Ibanez model ?, 4 acoustics…a cheap Rogue 12 string, another cheap Silvertone 6 string, a Yamaha small body 6 string and a Tacoma RoadKing 6 string. I think that’s all of them! Then I own a Carvin Legacy head with a 4x12 bottom and a 2x12 bottom, a Peavey Windsor head and 4x12 bottom, 2 modified Epiphone Valve Junior heads and 2 Valve Jr bottoms with Weber speakers in them, a Crate V18 combo with 2 12’s (modified), a Crate V5 with a Weber speaker, 2 amps that I built myself called Über Amps, and a Valve Jr combo (modified). Who knows how many effects pedals and 5 or 6 microphones (I sing, too). I won’t even get into my sound equipment here! Whew! I have too much stuff!!! I’m playing a wedding gig October 10th, so I’ll get to use some of this stuff!

I play 4 string electric bass guitar and some six string guitar. I have a “Ferarri Red” Carvin b-4 fretless and a p-bass clone I’ve upgraded with Seymore Duncan 3/4 lb pick ups and a baddass bridge. My bass rig is a Carvin 160 watt combo “Pro Bass 200” with a fine 15" driver and horn. My six-string is a nice black Epiphone Les Paul and I play it through a Fender Champion 30. I tend not to go for effects beyond what I can dial in from the amp.

I had a 20th anniversary Les Paul Custom with a wine red finish that I bought when I was teenager. It had 20th Anniversary on the 15th fret marker. That guitar was stolen out of a dressing room at a club in Las Vegas. My own fault for not putting it away after we were done playing. I went out to watch the second band, get drunk, and hit on some women. When it was time to leave, the guitar was gone. I think about that guitar all the time. It was one beautiful instrument, both visually and playing wise. It would be worth some major money today…One of the reasons I don’t drink any more!

I play piano - only classical, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven etc., although I listen to rock music as well. In fact I’m just enjoying some Rory Gallagher on my ipod at the moment.

I play guitar, bass and drums. When I took this job and moved cross-country, I sold my rig, which was an SG Custom with EMG active pickups, a Laney half-stack and about $1000 worth of stompboxes and preamp stuff. I now own a Fernandes Nomad, and I love it. I fly a lot and it fits perfectly in an airline overhead bin.

flurry- Hmmm, not sure I have heard of Harum Scarum. No, that’s just a skull sticker under the A. And the bass, it’s actually a cheap Harmony, but it makes noise, so that’s all that matters. Well, this is the music I grew up on in the early 80’s.

I played Alto, Tenor, and Baritone saxophones in High School. Still drag the ole Alto out of the closet on occasion to annoy the neighbors, but I’m not much good anymore. I also have a didj, but can’t get the circular breathing quite down, though I don’t practice much because I’d hate to anger the neighbors more than I already do.

Guitar & Bass. Had a decent collection that I sold most of, over 20 years ago. It’s pretty much just the Les Paul Junior these days. Hard to keep in tune and the neck can be bent a little for a nice whammy bar effect. It’s my baby, though.

@ Mr_Snuffypants A Les Paul Jr or a Melody Maker is one guitar I wish I had in my collection. They’re really cool! The smaller neck on those guitars can make for some extreme string bending!

@snuffertony Junior’s are great guitars, especially if you have small hands and sausage fingers to boot! I love SG’s, but due to the Louisville Slugger size necks on them, they’re nearly impossible for me to play.

I have a little hobby (http://www.myspace.com/142688023). Although nothing to boast about my electric from the pawnshop, and the bass from… well, it’s a starter one.

Martin D-16

elganso, my old boss knows a luthier at the martin factory. He sold her one of the prototypes they had from when they were developing the D-16. That’s one hell of a guitar. I am working on a Christmas song (if you can call it that.) for another forum I read, and between my Olympus LS-10 and my Fernandes Nomad and my raspy throat, I have managed to crank out a song with a title that cannot be posted here in mixed company. It’s a Deathmetal tune, kinda bordering on slow grind, about what happens when santa does not give me what I want for xmas. The title of the CD we are collaborating on is “Awful Christmas Songs” I’ll post a link when everything is done.

All this guitar talk and only one photo!?! I love looking at old guitars. Come on lets see em. 64 SG mint 65 Hagstrom 12 string mint older/never used Dean 12 string Banjo Les Paul copy new but I mostly play with myself…

Wow, lots of guitar players here. I play an old electric Guild M75cs that I got for my 10th birthday (back in 1976) and a few Yamaha acoustics my favorite is a beat up FG-75. In the last 10 years I started playing ukulele , I seem to play UKE’s much more than I do guitars.

30 years of playing, full time in the 80’s. More or less retired from performance now although the odd gig comes up from time to time (my last doing a favour for a mate and playing in a church service!) I play a blues based lead style. I’ve never collected guitars, but owned and got rid of plenty. Now it’s just my trusty old strat that Ive had for years and a beat up Marshall thats had plenty of beer spilled on it.

@ PremiumParrots That is true ! I will have to get a few photos on here as I hope others will too!

Played the piano professionally until, many years ago, focal dystonia ended my career. Much time spent at a neurological clinic in Hannover (where they pioneer a technique for re-mapping digital representation in the somatosensory cortex) together with injections of botulinum toxin into the FPL muscle has allowed me to play works of moderate difficulty, but not to a professional standard. Last professional engagement played three movements from Stravinsky’s Petrouchka, Klavierstück X by Karlheinz Stockhausen and the opus 25 set of études by Chopin. Most repertory focussed on Rachmaninoff Balakirev , Liszt, Chopin and the avant-garde. These days I attempt to play much less demanding music by Soler, Scarlatti and other pieces originally written for the harpsichord on an adapted piano. Considering I was told by more than one neurologist it was probable I would never play again (a simple scale over one octave with my crippled right hand became impossible to execute) the partial recovery has been a blessing. Diagnoses of focal or occupational dystonia amongst musicians, although still rare, is no longer the risk of the professional, and is steadily increasing amongst amateurs as more and more people play an instrument to high standards. Also increasing are the much less serious mechanical complaints such as carpal tunnel syndrome and De Quervain’s tenosynovitis. All of these are associated with overuse. So, all you musicians out there, take care.

Ive got a gibson SG faded, its he older model when they used crescent moons for fret inlays. Ive also got an EXP-LTD-EX400 with black diamond plate on it. I have an Epiphone SG somewhere, I think I friend has it. I also have an ibanez acoustic and a cheap mandolin. I play heavy metal and classical music. Funny you mention that, I also have carpal tunnel. The doc said it was from playing guitar, computer games, and masterbating extreme amounts daily (joking).

The best Christmas song ever is by “The Happy Flowers”.

What are the symptoms of carpal tunnel? I can certainly play for less time than I could a few years ago, now I get a sort of cramping feeling in my right hand. Also playing fast pieces I get the same type of thing on my right - even using a proper relaxed technique (ie I know how to play). Its not that much of a problem as perfromance, for me, is mostly finished, but I still practice and it can get annoying.

@ snuffster, Nigel there is quiet a lot on the internet if you google. I just found this for you carpal tunnel

Thanks so much for that John, well I’ve read it and diagnosed myself as having a mild case of it. Something to watch for sure. In my case it’s only evident when I play so now I know that decent rests are good for it and I’m not playing every night as I once was.

I’m not a musician but I thought I had it. With me it’s cramp from time to time. I can wrap my fingers round a drinking glass and then have to force it free with my other hand! Not funny when it happens in public.

Maybe its our age my friend, next milestone bitrhday is the big 50 for me. I know full well I shouldn’t (and my wife beats me up when I moan because she will hit it some months after me) but I can’t help dreading it! Five years to prepare mentally…

Snuffster, you’re a young cat. I turned 56 last July and THAT was a trip. Sliding into 60. OH shit. On the upside, ten years ago there was no YOutube and I’m haveing a lot of fun with some of the guitar and bass instruction vids people have been kind enough to post. It’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. I have learned a lot from them. And when I start to feel too cocky I can watch a 12 year old girl or a one armed bass player put me to shame.

Lol, not been called young for a while! Youtube can be inspirational or sould destroying regarding musical abiltiy. There’s a ukelele player who makes better guitar music than I do and he looks about 15 as well!

well, i try and generally fail to play bass. ont he otehr hand i worked in as tudio for a couple of yeas and am pretty good at editing/compiling songs. i help out my freinds who are in bands witht hat stuff. btw, if anyone wants a hand with that shoot me a pm or something and i can see what i can do. its great work when you can get it. (its better when yuo get paid for it LOL)

what kind of hats have you got?

The only marks on this guitar I can find are Five Star and made in the USA. I’m guessing it’s a Harmony made out of Chicago. It actually has as good a tone as some more expensive guitars I’ve played. The accordian also has no name but what resembles a Cadillac emblem-(possibly a consolation gift to Cadillac owners in the 1950’s when they purchased a new car? LOL,I may never know…)

Zonesix, Interesting, what year was the prototype made? I had read Martin was experimenting with different tone bar configurations and that is how the D-16 came about. It’s a very plain guitar but sounds good. I thought it was developed in the eighties but it may have been earlier.

i play a mean blues harmonica

elganso, I don’t know. I remember her getting mad at me for opening it when it arrived and playing Slayer’s Divine Intervention on it before she had a chance to break it in with Gordon Lightfoot. I believe the luthier had it in his own collection for some time, but sold it to her in roughly… 2000?

Reviving an old thread here, if only to announce that after decades of inactivity with regard to musical instruments (growing up I played piano and saxophone), I have once again gotten the bug.  I bought an inexpensive starter package for acoustic guitar, including guitar, gig bag, picks and instructional CD-ROM, and am practicing daily.

I’m not doing it for any reason other than my own amusement and edification, so if nothing comes of it, no big deal.  But who knows?  I may actually learn to play halfway decently, eventually.

It shocks me that playing a musical instrument isn’t considered part of being normal. It used to. There is a joy in playing music that surpases things like making money from it or being able to impress people. These things are nice but the joy of making music is a special thing. And anyone who is more concerned with fame or money then the joy of playing and instrument isn’t going to be likeily to be very good at it.

Also playing a musical instrument increases the size and activity of the corpus callosum which conects the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Because you have to use both sides of your brain to play an instrument. So for men it gives you womans intuition and increases your chances of success with the opposite sex (even if they never hear you play). So my point it’s kind of like working out doesn’t matter if you get to be a famous athelete it’s still good for you.

I play guitar ALOT. I also play bass and piano and I played those before guitar but now I identify as a guitar player. I don’t have any wish I didn’t get rid of that stories because I have GAD along with TAD and I collect both with no intention of getting rid of either.

http://youtu.be/imtXn1VDLqE

I play bass in my band ASTRUM. This is a live clip here.

Celtic harp, well an inexpensive Pakistani copy of one, played very poorly, but I enjoy it.

Wow lots of musicians here. I play guitar And mandolin

I am a guitar player turned baritone ukulele player.

Yes, I play blues guitar, manly slide.  Have an album out if anyone is interested

I play bass and guitar and sometimes will write in software too. Gigged from 19 till I was about 28 in various projects. Just picked myself up one of the new fender marauders and a mustang 3 amp. been asked to join two new projects so it may well happen again. I get very fussy. I won’t just play, it has to really exite me musically to want to do it. Could never go the covers band route it would bore me to tears

I played bass for about 10 years in various metal bands, later had to quit as work took it´s toll in sparetime :(  have to find a bit to start playing again!

I bought a ukulele a couple of years ago, thanks to a thread that was started on here. I’ve played a few sets, and am improving, I’ll never be a Jake Shimabakuro but I really love that instrument. I’ve had a guitar for years but could never get into it, for starters my hands were to small, so a ukulele was perfect. Also play harmonica at a good standard.

Stefan

https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=349695771754110

 This should work one electronic song I made a while ago. Primarily I’am a musician secondily I’am a bass player.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=349686261755061

@TomStrasbourg:  I can identify with the GAD, even at this early stage.  I haven’t even had my guitar a week, and already I’m drooling over pics of Taylors and Seagulls online.

Been playing guitar for quite a while, and bought myself a 5 string banjo about a year ago. 

I’ve added a uke since this thread came out in 09. I was surprised to find it a nice little instrument to play Spanish type stuff on, on the lower register. First thing I transcribed was ‘while my guitar gently weeps’ although it doesn’t sound quite as good as the Jake Shimabukuro version;) 

I’m planning to get a Uke soon. It seems like such a fun little instrument.

If you can play the guitar it will take ten minutes to play by ear, obviously longer if you bother learning the chords, I just use it for doodling on and for that it is great. If you play lead it’s a nice finger exercising tool, which is mostly how I use it, no need to plug in, stand up whatever, I just pluck it off the the top of my bookshelf where it lives if I can’t be bothered getting my strat.

I used to play a trumpet, then I focused on my first love --SINGING! (I’m a bass.)

Mostly a cappella and close harmony. (I just LOVE Doo Wop and Barbershop.)

I have been know to dabble with a chromatic harmonica from time to time.

I have been messing about with a friend’s acoustic guitar and have decided I want to take the plunge and buy my own to learn on. Any recommendations for a good and fairly cheap acoustic guitar for a beginner?

Any shop should be able to tell you. I recommend avoiding chain music stores and going for local smaller stores. They should be able to talk you through a good purchase definatily check around. If you’re in the State College PA area the guy with long red hair (he’s my brother) at Rainbow Music is a wizard at helping people find what they are looking. I guess the reason I say that is there are lots of good choices and a lot of ins and outs that make the diffrence between a good guitar for what you’re looking for and the perfect. It might also be advisable to go a few notches above what you’re looking for because you’ll almost certainily want something more after you’ve played for a while. One last piece of advice. Guitar quality works on deminishing returns. What I mean is the quality increase from 300 to 500 is bigger then 500 to 800 and after about 1000 you’re paying a lot for improvements most people can’t even notice or really care about. So something in the middle price range is probably what will make you happiest. And just like snuff if you like it and it works for you that is what matters. And try before you buy because each guitar like a person is an individual and sometimes what shouldn’t be great has a tone to die for and sometimes something that should be great just isn’t. Hope that helps.

Check pawn shops is your area for a good price on a decent guitar. Take someone with you who plays and can recognize a good instrument.

All of the above is good advise.

A well made reasonably priced acoustic, in my opinion, is Seagull.

The great thing about picking up the guitar nowadays is that it’s far easier to buy a good instrument to learn on than it was 35 years ago when I started. Electric guitars were either the real deal or what we used to call ‘copies’ which were cheap things that looked like Strats or Gibsons, usually LP or SG and they were pretty diabolical. Now you can get really great instruments for a fraction of the price of a name guitar. Same with acoustics. My advice would be whatever you do go to the store with someone who plays, most stores are friendly and live on their reputations so ripping beginners off is relatively rare, but having a player with you is very handy when the guy in the store says ‘I’ll leave you to play it awhile’, because whatever he has said about the instrument will have gone straight out of your head, because it’s always slightly intimidating buying something you know nothing about, and your friend can then give it the once over and let you know if it’s going to be any good for you to learn on. 

The only part of Bob’s post I would slightly differ from is that large stores, with big turnovers of stock are sometimes great places to get deals if they want to move old stock off their shelves - but, you do need someone with you who knows their stuff. Smaller stores can be great but sometimes they will price a bit higher and might not have the choice. Don’t buy the first pertty thing you see and take your time; you are doing them the favour not the other way round. In most respects think about buying your first car from a dealer, lots of the things you would tell a young person about to get their first car holds true for musical instruments.

And when you can play a bit, and you want your second instrument, find out whats on the banned tunes list in the locals stores before you go and debut your painstakingly learnt ‘Stairway to heaven’ for the sales staff;)

Gibson SG 61’ reissue, Fender tex/mex strat, Epiphone Casino, Epiphone EJ200 jumbo, Ibanez acoustic electric 12 string (she is a beaut, but I always break that frickin high G) I am going to restring her this week and tune it down a half step at least. A Dean ganjo, and a Fender Jaguar bass.

Nice array. I have one Strat and one Marshall amp, the amp works when it feels like it because it has had lots of beer spilt on it over the years, but is sublime when it wants to be - needs the heat of a smoky bar - the guitar looks after me and it’s a happy marriage. I keep meaning to buy something else, then I just play the strat and all of that lousy, clumpy, crude, hard to deal with lovelyness makes me forget whatever I was thinking about.

@Postup:  I suppose “fairly cheap” is a subjective phrase, but I can tell you what I ended up buying.  It was a package deal from Alfred Music Publishing, one of the biggest names in music education.  It’s called “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Acoustic Guitar,” and includes guitar, gig bag, 3 picks and an instructional CD-ROM.  The guitar is a Firebrand – Alfred’s own brand, made in the same factory as Schecter and Daisy Rock acoustic guitars, and to similar specifications.  If you look up those brands, you’ll find out that they’ve got good reputations for making quality products. 

It’s nobody’s dream guitar, but it’s a decent starter – sturdy construction, easy to tune (and stays in tune well), and has fairly easy action.  The CD-ROM lessons are pretty good, too.  They teach basic music theory, and how to read both standard musical notation and guitar tabs, along with the instrument instruction, and it’s all in easy, step-by-step chunks that you can absorb at your own pace.  But be warned – if you use a Mac, the software won’t run on the latest version of the OS.  Windows users should have no problem.

Amazon is currently selling the package for $129, but if you look around you may find it cheaper elsewhere.  I got mine through Groupon, and paid considerably less.  My only regret is that I got the full-size dreadnaught model, and I wish I’d gotten the 3/4-size instead.  I’ve got short arms and small hands, and while I can play the guitar without too much trouble, it’s not particularly comfortable.  My next guitar will likely be a parlor-sized Seagull or a Baby Taylor. (I’m drooling over the one with the mahogany top – beautiful rich tone!)

Best of luck in finding the right instrument for your wants and needs.

I have a Dobro 33H, Heritage 535, Japanese Strat 68 Reissue, Epiphone Alley Cat, and 3 Seagull Acoustics.

For amps I have a Peavey Delta Blues and a Fender Blues Jr.

Also check things like craigs list and other classified ads. There are sometimes amazing deals, just make sure it’s not shady (like if someone removed the serial number).

Musicians friend, I swear by it. They are always having 15% off sales too. I don’t think it is possible to consistently beat their prices.

Hey guys thanks for all the advice. I am currently googling Alfred Music publishing, while scouring craigslist and planning a trip to my local pawnshops and music stores. Seriously thanks, I will look into all these possibilities.

Avoid pawn shops. I have seen a lot of guitars priced over musicians friends new price. I have never heard of firebrand,.

Musiciansfriend.com owns Music123.com, they run different specials, I bought my bass amps etc from music 123 because they did free shipping whereas MF did not.

Tell me your budget, and I can scout for you.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/epiphone-aj-220st-solid-top-acoustic-guitar-pack/h70652002001000

Here, nothing against the package mentioned above. BUT, this is a very good guitar in the sense of utility. If anything needs to be done later you can do it yourself, get tusque bridge, grover tuners, and some good pegs, and you will be all set. I wouldn’t buy a package deal just because of an instruction book or DVD, the internet is a very powerful resource.

Mitchell gig bag acoustic 50% off.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/mitchell-mo100spk-folk-acoustic-guitar-pack

Fender gig bag 50% off

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/fender-dg-8s-acoustic-guitar-value-pack

Yamaha 43% off, Comes with tuner and DVD as well as other stuff.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/yamaha-gigmaker-deluxe-acoustic-guitar-pack

As far as my kit, I am not really tooled up for live sound.

I have a crate 200W FXT120 solid state 2X12 combo.  And a crate VFX5212T 50W all tube. Ibanez tubescreamer, fasel inducter crybaby wah, vodoo labs super fuzz.  Acoustic 200W bass head, acoustic single 15 with horn cab.

@JohnnyFriday   Thanks for all the links and time taken to put them up. That Yamaha looks good.

How have I missed this thread.

I primarily play bass, but also play keys, harmonica, some vocals, guitar, mandolin, lap dulcimer, saxaphone, kazoo, ehhehehee

I play in a local variety act here in NC mix of country, rock, dance.  www.spiveyscornerband,com

Also play in a Black Sabbath tribute band named Bloody Sabbath.  I am Geezer of course…

Ken

@Postup, there is nothing at all wrong with ephones, they are legit.  I have an ej200 and a casino.  There are a lot of folks who buy Epi LPs and change the p-ups and tuners and basically get a gibson for 800 instead of 2800.

Mostly mandolin, ibanez electric when I want to feel the floor vibrate. Neil Young songs, mostly.

Mridanga (drum) , Flute, Cello and a bit of (bad) Piano.

I’ll give you guys ONE GUESS as to what I play…

I play WARWICK FORTRESS MASTERMAN FIVE STRING
WARWICK THUMB BASS 5
WARWICK CORVETTE $$ 4 string

GALLIEN KRUEGER 410 cab

Once opened for Chilli Peppers and Primus

I sang professionally for several years (musical theatre, classical, barbershop quartet), but stuck to the occasional karaoke bar these days. Dabble in guitar and bass just for fun, but I’m not very good haha.

I play violin, piano, guitar, bass guitar, saxophone and trombone

Update: after nearly five months of playing my (basically) no-name acoustic guitar, I’m already getting the itch to upgrade. My current ax is a perfectly adequate instrument, my only complaint is that, if I had it to do over, I’d buy something smaller than a dreadnought. So, last Saturday, I went to the guitar shop that many consider to be the best in town. Spent a couple of happy hours playing beautiful Taylors, Washburns, and Breedloves in parlor and orchestra sizes, and talking shop with the friendly owner, who is a walking encyclopedia of guitar lore. Now I’m trying to figure out if I can stretch the budget enough to afford a particularly gorgeous Breedlove (the Passport OM/MMe, if you’re curious) that I fell in love with. *sigh* Looks like I have a new acquisition disorder to go along with snuff, pipes and pipe tobacco. 8-|

If you ever hear a concert bass (tuba) on a sultry st paul summer night drifting on the breeze, then you know its me and i am too drunk to care what my Hmong neighbors think

Guitar, bass guitar and keyboards. I’ve now gone off at a tangent and bought an Irish Bouzouki - amazing sounds.

1994 G&L ASAT Guitar 2010 G&L SB-2 Bass

The fiddle… well… I used to play fairly well but I haven’t picked it up for 2 or 3 years now. Need to get my bow re stringed.

Yamaha CG220 classical guitar. One day I’ll upgrade to a Candelas. In the past played clarinet, oboe and cello.

always wanted to play cello. but instead play guitar and banjo.

@dakotas, I used to play the cello. It is an awesome instrument.

@stogie I love the sound of the cello but just cannot get my head around the idea of playing a stringed instrument without frets.

it’s easy once you get it down. Just like the way I don’t have to watch my fret hand anymore. Though frets and a phaser make for awesome slow slides. It goes cheechunk whawhaaa or something like that. Loop that and you can use it like a sorta off kilter drum beat like thing.

@bob I’m going to have to try that now.

I sing bass in chamber choir which is devoted to baroque music

I sing bass in chamber choir which is devoted to baroque music

that is awesome. I don’t listen to baroque much but think it is one of the great forms of music.

I’m going to get a banjolele, when I’ve saved up. They are bloody expensive. Stefan

@Walrus1985 I had to go and look up banjolele on the Web. I’d never heard of one but it looks interesting. A few months back I got an Irish Bouzouki which is great fun. I was going to get a mandolin but my fingers are just too large and with the bouzouki I get a far wider range and I can always capo it up the neck and get a similar sound to a mandolin. Let us know how you get on with it.

I play string bass in Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic and Musica Minore chamber orchestra :-"

@chris I’ve got an electro-acoustic uke, but really like the sound of a banjo, so that’s the best compromise I reckon. Stefan

@Walrus1985 I have to admit that until recently I had always regarded ukes as toys but having got back into folk music I now appreciate them and am thinking of getting one at some point.

I sing bass in chamber choir which is devoted to baroque music

that is awesome. I don’t listen to baroque much but think it is one of the great forms of music.

Thanks Bob. That music is my life. I feel it very deeply. Amazing legacy of European history and cultural traditions (at home I listen to rock or jazz as well )

I sing bass in chamber choir which is devoted to baroque music

that is awesome. I don’t listen to baroque much but think it is one of the great forms of music.

Thanks Bob. That music is my life. I feel it very deeply. Amazing legacy of European history and cultural traditions (at home I listen to rock or jazz as well )

so, here is Canticum Camerale live in concert : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiKi9XOuvVU&feature=relmfu. Third person in the choir from the right is me

I always find it suspect when a musician doesn’t like at least a few genres. I mean music is powerfull stuff.

@bob truer words seldom spoken

Espcialy since the longer I play the more I hear in music. It amazes me how diffrent music sounds after you’ve been playing it for a while.

I think that by having experience playing/creating music is really the only way to have some idea of the nuances. By that I mean you can appreciate the skill involved and potential alternative ‘tracks or approaches’. Much more enjoyable.

I used to play a TON, but I haven’t played in ages now. Moving from my old place to the new one, I had to get rid of the bulk of my stuff, even my piano. All I have left now is my classical guitar and my Korg. I haven’t played either in over a year. List of previously serious instruments: Guitar, Piano, Tuba The only thing I still do is a bit of synth for commercials.

Espcialy since the longer I play the more I hear in music. It amazes me how diffrent music sounds after you’ve been playing it for a while.

That’s such a great statement, bob. I think it is true with most all arts and crafts. I was rubbish with instruments, my brother and father got those talents, but I was always at least fairly proficient in art. Whenever I get the ‘doodle-bug,’ if you will, I find that a similar phenomenon to what you’re describing, bob, happens for me. I have a whole new appreciation for art when I visit a museum - you look at the paintings in an entirely different way. In fact, you appreciate the textures and colors of everything you see a bit more. I’m glad to hear that the same is true for musicians. I’m sure that the same must be true for wood-workers, dancers, photographers, cinematographers, etc. I’ve always had a profound respect for musicians, thank you all for sharing your talents, friends. @Honza777 , that was absolutely beautiful! Cheers! Just for fun - these are a few random portrait sketches I did that I found on my hard drive. Keep on playing, friends!

Espcialy since the longer I play the more I hear in music. It amazes me how diffrent music sounds after you’ve been playing it for a while.

That’s such a great statement, bob. I think it is true with most all arts and crafts. I was rubbish with instruments, my brother and father got those talents, but I was always at least fairly proficient in art. Whenever I get the ‘doodle-bug,’ if you will, I find that a similar phenomenon to what you’re describing, bob, happens to me. I have a whole new appreciation for art when I visit a museum - you look at the paintings in an entirely different way. In fact, you appreciate the textures and colors of everything you see a bit more. I’m glad to hear that the same is true for musicians. I’m sure that the same must be true for musicians, wood-workers, dancers, photographers, cinematographers, etc. I’ve always had a profound respect for musicians, thanks for sharing your talents, friends. @Honza777 , that was absolutely beautiful! Cheers! Just for fun - these are a few random portrait sketches I did that I found on my hard drive. Keep on playing, friends!

heeeey! it´s fantastic!

My newest instrument, a Tongue drum often called a handpan. I couldn’t afford a Hang, but I could afford this. ( sorry it is sideways and my phone won’t rotate the pic)

@ladysnuff what is that?

@bob it is a steel tongue drum, otherwise called a handpan or tank drum Here is a link that shows what it sounds like youtube.com/watch?v=jZMR9V0wJRA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

that is awesome. I want one now. I’d have lotsof fun with that

I’ve been playing the ukulele. I have a Fluke uke which I highly recommend. Stays in tune and due to design has spot on intonation. A great sounding instrument. Looking to get a Mele which is handmade in Hawaii. Anyone try one of these?

My newest instrument, a Tongue drum often called a handpan. I couldn’t afford a Hang, but I could afford this. ( sorry it is sideways and my phone won’t rotate the pic)

…wonderfull…I´d be curious about the sound…I have got little collection of tibetan bowls…I play them during meditation…I also have tingsha cymbals and one great instrument similar to small brass cymbal or flat bell (nobody here knows its name…nor me)…it has beautiful sound…but best are the bowls…sound soooo soothingly…

@mipasma if you follow the link, it shows the tongue drum being played. I like it because I too love the sound of my singing bowls and kartals. The one I have is great because its pentatonic, and no matter how you play, it always sounds nice. Even my kids like playing it.

Anyone play the nyckelharpa? I want to get my hands on one and give it a go!

Just started to learn how to play an ocarina (it’s for my Hero of Time costume) it’s real easy within minutes I was playing Zeldas Lullaby

I play the guitar.

It’s taken years of practice but I can play a mean CD player…

I started out on accordion in the early 1960s. Then saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, switched to guitar, been playing ever since. I am half of a duo that rarely gets gigs, but we play at home almost daily. Current favorite guitars are my mom’s old 1959 Martin 00-17, and my 1966 Guild Starfire III. Played a Harmony Bobkat for many years that I bought at yard sale for $3, but someone thought it was worth $300, so I sold it to him. I like the Guild way more. Also have 90s Ibanez semi hollows, an 90s Strat, 80’s Fender Jazz Bass that I am okay on, and some old Yamaha FGs from late 60s. Love the above accordion…my first one was a pearloid Hohner. Wish I still had it.

I play the stereo from time to time–that’s about it.

Since my last post here in 2012, I have taken up the Didgeridoo. see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo Just thought that I ought to mention the didge before setting it aside…

Here in my office/studio, I am surrounded by musical instruments (too many to list without taking an inventory) and I use them all in my recordings. My mode of playing is improvisation, and could not play somebody else’s composed music to save my life. Recorded more than 50 albums and gotten respectable radio play around the world (mostly indie/college stations). Never gigged, so it’s fair to say I’m more of a studio-oriented sound artist.

I play piano, mandolin, banjo, harmonica & sing. Music is my job, mostly playing a folk/blues/Irish duo as well as other bits and pieces. I have a few rough covers on my pipe presenting channel- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp23VeXVXNV3GH5m47xdtvw

Since my last post here in 2012, I have taken up the Didgeridoo. see: Didgeridoo - Wikipedia Love the didge. I had a fella make me one out of native Arizona material. I rarely try blowin it though. I saw a guy in Santa Fe that was a master didge player, playing in the Plaza. He must have had 100 people gathered around. What an enchanting sound it gives huh?

Pipe band snare drum myself. Used to play drum kit but got bored playing by myself or covers with mates. Father and brother play bagpipes so they convinced me to join the pipe band. A very technically demanding discipline indeed, I thought it’d be easy to play one drum, it ain’t! Has taken me around the world too and provided extra income teaching kids at local schools. The pipe band scene is alive and well here in NZ!

I play disc golf - weather permitting; it is great exercise without exercising

I play a mean didgeridoo myself.

I started learning guitar when I was 16, in 1976, and did my first gig in 1979. Blues is my first love, and that’s what I started out playing, and play now, with a ten year diversion into covers stuff, which was fun in it’s own way and certainly brought in more money. I’m still playing in bands now at the age of 55. My two gigging guitars are a 1966 Telecaster and a Flying Vee that was made for me. I designed the shape - I wanted one smaller than a Gibson style vee, and with ‘shoulders’. The neck was one of the last made by Sid Watkins, of Watkins Rapier fame, before he retired. We went to his workrooms in Chertsey (a couple of sheds behind his store, which you got to by walking over a little footbridge under which ran a stream a couple of feet wide) and picked it out, and as we wanted it unvarnished and with the headstock undrilled he scratched his chin and said “Hmmm - well, of course we don’t usually sell 'em like that. I’ll have to charge you a bit less…” I’ve had the Tele since 1980, and the Vee since 1983. When people see the Tele they sometimes ask if it’s one of those new ‘relic’ ones, but I tell 'em it’s 34 years of being mine that’s made it look like that! I also play sax, started with that in 1986, and I have a basic 1970’s East German made tenor (I tried more expensive ones but that one wailed just right), a 1950’s Beuscher alto, and a lovely Conn baritone that was made in 1919. I also play blues harmonica, sing, and am mucking about with a flute at home, which is a bugger - one minute notes, the next minute nothing! I’m in three bands at the moment, one as frontman singing and playing guitar, tenor sax and harp, and as sax player in the other two. And I’m still not getting enough gigs! I’ve also got various other old electrics and acoustics at home, and a couple of resonator guitars, a Tricone and Single cone. They’re both copies, but look and sound nice, I bought them with some money my parents left me when they died, and I got them cos mum and dad were bright and noisy, so the resonators remind me of them! Here’s Jake and Elwood:

Due to chronic head congestion, I have problems with circular breathing (always providing a constant outflow of air through the mouth – even when inhaling through the nose.) Circular breathing is essential in order to play the didgeridoo. My new shakuhachi should be arriving tomorrow. The shakuhachi is a classical Japanese 5-hole bamboo flute that most people think of when they hear the term “Japanese music.” http://www.shakuhachi.com/

My sister got me a didgeridoo, but I can’t get past the farting sound and itchy lips stage…