Topic: hello
i'm a new member from Columbia South Carolina. a friend sent me to this forum after i've been bouncing from forum to forum. I've got pretty eclectic tastes in music from loving bagpipe music all the way to stuff like DRI and Killdozer. i play guitar, banjo, mandolin and i played the bagpipes until getting pneumonia late last year (hoping to be able to play again someday soon. anyone that knows me from anothet Guitar Forum knows i acquire most of my gear by swapping and trading, sometimes for really odd stuff like motorcycle parts (the last big trade i did i got a Crate V50 2x12 Palomino in exchange for welding and shaping the combustion chambers and ports in a set of single port air cooled VW heads for a friend) i've been playing off and on for 35 years. i got back into playing after an 8 year abscence when i broke my neck and back and i had loads of time to sit and either stare at the walls or watch television so i got a cheap Dean electric on sale for 59 dollars and i just went on from there. i dont think i've loved playing and collecting this much EVER. i've gotten into different kinds of amplifiers and learning about the equipment like i never had before. i play mostly bluegrass, 70's and 80's punk and some classic rock and blues. in addition to guitars i'm a major league motorhead, vintage BMW motorcycles and 70's Corvettes especially. i dont ride motorcycles anymore but i AM getting ready to restore a 1976 stingray in the next few months.
Epiphone Custom Shop Limited Edition Les Paul Classic Squier Affinity Stratocaster
Washburn SJ-20 S
Crate V50 2x12 Palomino Fender Tweed Blues Deluxe Johnson Amplification JT-50