Thanks to all for yesterdays iinteresting comments discussions. Its been a r-e-a-l-l-y long day today and I've come home with a screaming headache so todays topics may be a little more pedestrian.
Lunch
Today was a soup lunch at work. We do these once a month where a few of the staff will bring in pots of homemade soup and we have a communal soup and bread roll feed for a couple of dollars. Proceeds are donated to charity. Today's choice was Pumpkin, Minestrone or Potato and Leek. I went with the Pumpkin
G&L Bursts
A question for you guys who have seen far more G&L’s in person than I. My preferred guitar finishes are usually (but not exclusively) those that feature some visible wood grain with a nice burst. In a lot of the photos I see, the G&L bursts appear to be fairly quick transition. That is to say the colour change appears to happen over a relatively narrow band. For examples of what I mean have a look at the pics of the ASAT Special Semi Hollow and the Invader Plus on the G&L website.
Is this just how they come up on the photos or do the G&L bursts really change colours over a narrower band than other manufacturers? If so, has it always been that way or is it a recent development? Visual evidence to support your view would be nice
Are you a burst, solid or natural kinda guy?
Have you ever seen many/any bursts from solid to solid? The only one I can remember is this goldburst Fullerton signature that keeps appearing on Ebay AUS (no affiliation)
How Did You Come to be a Player?
My father learned classical violin in school, but was an early adopter of the emerging rock and roll phenomenon in the 50's, quickly took to the guitar and was playing in R&R bands before I was born. I grew up in an environment where I was surrounded by music and musicians. As a child I learned a lot about music from my father and his band mates - heck at around 9yo I did most of my lessons on a '57 strat that my father had bought new in 1958! And all I remember about that was being miffed that he made me play his old guitar and wouldn't let me play his new ones! At school I also connected with a group of kids who played a variety of instruments.
A work colleague of mine had a very different experience. No one in his family or his circle of friends played any musical instruments. Like many teenagers he enjoyed listening to music, but he also developed a desire to play. He bought a cheap knock off guitar and a tutor book and taught himself to play. It was around ten years before he connected up with someone else who played at a place he was working. He's around my age and has developed into a very competent player.
For me playing guitar was almost an inevitable thing - thats what peaple did, right? For Pete he became a player through an internal passion. Not saying I didn't have the passion - just that for Pete that was all he had to encourage him along.
So ... How did you become a player? And how did you find your way to your instrument of choiice - guitar, bass or otherwise?
A Brief History of ... Mine (1973)
Thanks for the comments on yeaterday's track. Another year on and at the far more mature age of 17yo, my future is clear ... I'm going to be a rock star! We're elated when our band scores its first paying public gig at the Victoria Hotel in Subiaco. But we come back to earth with a massive thud when we are told that because we are under age our parents will need to accompany us. You've got to be kidding!
Joe Walsh had just released Rocky Mountain Way. Our vocalist/rhythm guitarist built his own talk box from an old shaving kit and tubing and we're the only band in town that has one! Like many a 17yo playing lead guitar in a gigging band I'm thinking I'm a guitar hero, but in reality I still had a lot to learn ... particularly around feel.
Rocky mountain way.mp3
About 20 percent of our sets were originals but I still hadn't come to grips with writing rock songs. Probably a bit of Eagles influence going on here. It was around this time that I decided that my future wasn't as a keyboard player.
elizabeth.mp3
Welll its that time again here in Aus so ... until tomorrow
cheers, Robbie
good call out on Joe Walsh. was just listening to So What the other day. still a great album.
