Guitar???
Hey there gang.. So I have been on the site for about a week, and just ran across this thread.. awsome thread.. I am also a guitar player... In fact the Mopar muscle car hobby didnt start until about 5 years ago.. the guitar thing started when I was 11 ..lol... I have always loved playing. Was in a few bands back in my younger days, and have thought about getting another one started.. but I never seem to have the time.
As far as my influences, if it wasnt for Eddie Van Halen, I probably never would've taken up the guitar.. up until I was 11 I took drum lessons. Heard the first Van Halen record, and well.. that was that.. My father however wasnt too thrilled having spent years paying for drum lessons and buying my equipment.. told me if I wanted to play guitar it was all on me.. he wasnt paying for a thing.. so.. I saved, bought my first hunk of junk guitar, and spent the next 3 years teaching myself to play.. I never had any formal lessons until years later when I went to college for music.. I already was pretty proficient by then and was in my second band LOL .. (tablature is a wonderful thing)
Of course Eddie wasnt my only influence.. I was heavily influenced by Randy Rhoads, George Lynch, Tom Sholz, Vitto Bratta, Paul Gilbert, and Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, and Steve Vai, and Stevie Ray Vaughn... there were of course lots of other guitarists and bands that I liked.. but those guys I listed there are my main influences. with the exception of Vitto Bratta, I have had the pleasure of seeing everyone of them live.. In fact I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn a month before he was killed.. so I felt fortunate to have seen him play.. he was intense...
My equipment has changed constantly over the years.. Since I dont do the band thing anymore, stacks, and half stacks, racks of effects have all gone by the wayside.. now I have my two beloved Kramer guitars (one now modified to be my Eddie 5150 guitar).. a Marshall mg250dfx combo amp, overdrive pedal, delay pedal, and a crybaby whah... Good enough for me.. If there is anyone close by hit me up sometime.. be fun to cruise the cars, and do a little jamming...
Hey there gang.. So I have been on the site for about a week, and just ran across this thread.. awsome thread.. I am also a guitar player... In fact the Mopar muscle car hobby didnt start until about 5 years ago.. the guitar thing started when I was 11 ..lol... I have always loved playing. Was in a few bands back in my younger days, and have thought about getting another one started.. but I never seem to have the time.
As far as my influences, if it wasnt for Eddie Van Halen, I probably never would've taken up the guitar.. up until I was 11 I took drum lessons. Heard the first Van Halen record, and well.. that was that.. My father however wasnt too thrilled having spent years paying for drum lessons and buying my equipment.. told me if I wanted to play guitar it was all on me.. he wasnt paying for a thing.. so.. I saved, bought my first hunk of junk guitar, and spent the next 3 years teaching myself to play.. I never had any formal lessons until years later when I went to college for music.. I already was pretty proficient by then and was in my second band LOL .. (tablature is a wonderful thing)
Of course Eddie wasnt my only influence.. I was heavily influenced by Randy Rhoads, George Lynch, Tom Sholz, Vitto Bratta, Paul Gilbert, and Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, and Steve Vai, and Stevie Ray Vaughn... there were of course lots of other guitarists and bands that I liked.. but those guys I listed there are my main influences. with the exception of Vitto Bratta, I have had the pleasure of seeing everyone of them live.. In fact I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn a month before he was killed.. so I felt fortunate to have seen him play.. he was intense...
My equipment has changed constantly over the years.. Since I dont do the band thing anymore, stacks, and half stacks, racks of effects have all gone by the wayside.. now I have my two beloved Kramer guitars (one now modified to be my Eddie 5150 guitar).. a Marshall mg250dfx combo amp, overdrive pedal, delay pedal, and a crybaby whah... Good enough for me.. If there is anyone close by hit me up sometime.. be fun to cruise the cars, and do a little jamming...