Introduce Yourself

sld5150

Hi all, 

I’m new here, so thought I’d best introduce myself. 

Q1:  Where did your username come from?

I’m Simon, and my username is my initials, plus the hangover from a teenage Van Halen obsession. 

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Bristol, UK

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

I’m in my 40s, so dreams of stardom are long gone. I’d like to get the hang of hybrid picking though. 

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

My 1999 Yamaha Pacifica 812. I’ve had it from new, and always come back to it. 

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one

That’s an almost impossible choice, but I’d have to pick ‘Motorcycle Driver’ by Joe Satriani. It’s the track that inspired me to pick up a guitar at 13. 

ALMuti

Hey all! Alberto here. I've been drawn to the forum in the questo to contact GSPBasses (we're already talking), but it's actually great to be on a forum after so many years. Social networks are too messy nowadays. 

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

Just my initials and surname, nothing fancy.

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?
I'm in East London, but started in Italy. 

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?
Picked up playing again after a good 15 years off (since my teens); Right now, I just wanna play and get back in the swing of things, and think about goals later. 

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?
prooooobably my 1980 Aria TS-500, it's too good. 

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?
Ah, I can never just stick to a #1. Let's maybe say Bowie's Heroes, but only because I know it's an easy one. 

Neo

Hi Everyone, it’s Neo here. I’m just starting out with my guitar journey and came across thus forum. Lots of new things to learn…so maybe asking a lot of stupid questions in the coming days and months

CrashDandicoot

Hi, I'm Daniel. Thanks for the add!

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

Bit of a long story, but as a young tradesman I accidentally bumped / damaged a undermount toolbox on a semi truck in a lot at a dealership, and the other guys started calling me Crash Dandicoot.

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Alberta, Canada.

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

I primarily play just for myself, but I operate a small guitar tech / repair business on the side.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Probably one of my ESP Horizons or J. Customs.

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

That's a tough one. Easiest and first that comes to mind: Mr. Scary.

GoFish

Welcome @M.S., @Tdemarre, @Vin'sdad, @Nouseforaname85 , @Ribsburg, @marchayden ;  @sld5150 ;, @ALMuti, @Neo, @CrashDandicoot .

A bit of a belated welcome to some of you, but welcome nonetheless! There's plenty to explore and participate in. Try the "recent discussions" and jump right in.

sld5150

Thanks @GoFish ! 

relayar

Hello all, I'm John, with a tardy introduction I know, but I habitually go all round the houses before arriving next door! 

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

I have a somewhat moribund blog on wordpress, mainly concerned with the Alien film franchise, and that has seen much neglect and bugger all else these last few years, and relayar is my handle there. It's actually a riff on title of the Yes album Relayer, whose music from that period I remain a fan of.

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Northamptonshire (originally from Loughborough).

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

To overcome long-standing musical inertia.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Hmm, tricky one, this. Maybe it's my most recent guitar purchase, a Music Man JP15. Next month/year, who knows. . .

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

The one piece of music to be played at my funeral? The thing that sees me off in a 'puff' of smoke? 'I get up, I get down' - courtesy of my favourite and arguably most spiritual Yes album, 'Close To The Edge'.

I have reasonably eclectic tastes in music though; it's not all about prog. Been playing guitar, on and off, since 1975, semi-pro/demos/failure to score a rukkud contract, etc, the usual tunnel of love and failure. But now, I'm on the cusp of renewal in my musical aspirations. Hence, wanting to engage here. And maybe, er, sell some gear, -cough-.

John

thumpingrug

@relayar Hi John and welcome aboard.  

relayar

Thanks @thumpingrug, appreciate the welcome.

stylesforfree

relayar said:

Hello all, I'm John, with a tardy introduction I know, but I habitually go all round the houses before arriving next door! 

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

I have a somewhat moribund blog on wordpress, mainly concerned with the Alien film franchise, and that has seen much neglect and bugger all else these last few years, and relayar is my handle there. It's actually a riff on title of the Yes album Relayer, whose music from that period I remain a fan of.

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Northamptonshire (originally from Loughborough).

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

To overcome long-standing musical inertia.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Hmm, tricky one, this. Maybe it's my most recent guitar purchase, a Music Man JP15. Next month/year, who knows. . .

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

The one piece of music to be played at my funeral? The thing that sees me off in a 'puff' of smoke? 'I get up, I get down' - courtesy of my favourite and arguably most spiritual Yes album, 'Close To The Edge'.

I have reasonably eclectic tastes in music though; it's not all about prog. Been playing guitar, on and off, since 1975, semi-pro/demos/failure to score a rukkud contract, etc, the usual tunnel of love and failure. But now, I'm on the cusp of renewal in my musical aspirations. Hence, wanting to engage here. And maybe, er, sell some gear, -cough-.

John

I am a big fan of the first Yes album,. it's got that weird Canterbury/folky psychedelic vibe to it (I know they weren't strictly a part of the Canterbury scene). I dig their later albums too but that first album is just perfect.

Welcome aboard!

Turniphead

TTony said:

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

 

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ChristophEar has created a Spotify playlist of all the #1 tracks
Everyone's #1 tracks.

And I just "stickied" this for as long as we've got lots of new rejoiners arriving!

Hello peeps…I’m new but old. My username comes from my current wife’s inability to get my surname right, but is quite apt as I have the memory of a failing President.
I am in the Garden of England ( Kent) and like most British gardens, got the occasional busted engine and lots of weeds. Main ambition…to be able to play again following a stroke last year.
Best gear….PRS McCarty 2011…best neck I’ve played in 40 yrs.
Best track…probably Echoes…Live at Pompeii ,which set the seed for future love of strats and guitars in general.
40 yrs a guitarist…long way short of where I would like to be…

relayar

stylesforfree said:

relayar said:

Hello all, I'm John, with a tardy introduction I know, but I habitually go all round the houses before arriving next door! 

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

I have a somewhat moribund blog on wordpress, mainly concerned with the Alien film franchise, and that has seen much neglect and bugger all else these last few years, and relayar is my handle there. It's actually a riff on title of the Yes album Relayer, whose music from that period I remain a fan of.

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Northamptonshire (originally from Loughborough).

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

To overcome long-standing musical inertia.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Hmm, tricky one, this. Maybe it's my most recent guitar purchase, a Music Man JP15. Next month/year, who knows. . .

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

The one piece of music to be played at my funeral? The thing that sees me off in a 'puff' of smoke? 'I get up, I get down' - courtesy of my favourite and arguably most spiritual Yes album, 'Close To The Edge'.

I have reasonably eclectic tastes in music though; it's not all about prog. Been playing guitar, on and off, since 1975, semi-pro/demos/failure to score a rukkud contract, etc, the usual tunnel of love and failure. But now, I'm on the cusp of renewal in my musical aspirations. Hence, wanting to engage here. And maybe, er, sell some gear, -cough-.

John

I am a big fan of the first Yes album,. it's got that weird Canterbury/folky psychedelic vibe to it (I know they weren't strictly a part of the Canterbury scene). I dig their later albums too but that first album is just perfect.

Welcome aboard!

I get what you're saying re: 'Yes' (the album). They were certainly pushing the envelope during the 60/70's, along with a lot of bands of course, and there is a clear evolution in their sophisticated approach to music making. It got a little too sophisticated for me sometimes; 'Tales of Topographic Oceans' leaves me cold. Anyway, thanks for the welcome @stylesforfree.

thumpingrug

@Turniphead ;  loving the name - welcome

Papa812

Q1:  The band Ghost

Q2:  Derby, England

Q3:  To be the best I can

Q4:  EVH Striped guitar

Q5:  It changes quite a bit

Al_Nico

Q1:  Where did your username come from?

It's just a name my friend Nick Colbolt calls me.

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

UK. North Cambridgeshire.

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

To write, perform, program and produce an album of totally finished tracks.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Multi chanel PC audio interface

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

Squeeze - Up the junction

Turniphead

thumpingrug said:

@Turniphead ;  loving the name - welcome

Thanks buddy….nice avatar….good album….always on my mind during the break up of my first marriage

thumpingrug

Turniphead said:

thumpingrug said:

@Turniphead ;  loving the name - welcome

Thanks buddy….nice avatar….good album….always on my mind during the break up of my first marriage

Very good album and extra Wis awareded for being aware of it.

renaldo

Hello all, I'm Ross, a long time lurker taking the plunge and introducing myself.

Q1:  Where did your username come from?

It's an old college nickname based on my surname

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Originally from Eastbourne, East Sussex but have been living in and around London for 25 years, currently in Beckenham in Kent

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

I just play for fun, but I'm trying to become a better player all round - technically, ear training, improvising etc.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Maybe not "best" as it isn't the most practical or versatile, but if I could only keep one thing it would be my Rickenbacker 360

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

This is tough and would likely vary day by day, but it would be something by REM and today I'll say Bad Day

thumpingrug

@renaldo Welcome aboard. - Im a bit jealous of your Ricky. 

Redneck

Q1. Apparently I'm a redneck because of the old camo baseball cap I always wear. And the jeans, Plaid shirt, wallet on a chain...

Q2. East Midlands.

Q3. To learn something new musically each day.

Q4. My Mike Dirnt Fender.  In the grand scheme it isn't that exciting, but I love it.

Q5. Phew, that's tricky.  Probably the Beatles original version of While My Guitar Gent.y Weeps.