Tell Us Who You Are As A Player

[Chad]

Favorite Player: currently, the guy from the living end

I dig his playing too.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Favorite Guitar: My Luna Muse 12-string
Favorite Amp: Vox Valvetronix
Favorite Pedal: None
Favorite Pickups: No clue
Favorite Tone: Acoustic
Favorite Player: Electric - Jerry Garcia Acoustic - Donovan
Favorite Genre: Folk
Your Actual Tone: Acoustic
Your Actual Influence: Donovan, Pete Seeger
Your Actual Genre: Folk / Singer Songwriter
Professional (Y/N): No

 

[baimun]

Can we clarify the "Professional" thing here?

Other than Mark,Tom Strahle, and Gibby, I don't think there's many of us who get 100% of our income from playing music.

I'm interested in knowing how many of our members are in regularly gigging bands who get paid to play. I put "part time" because while I have multiple gigs per month, usually only 1 or 2 are band related... the others are DJing.

 

[Toasteroven]

Favorite Guitar: Music Man Albert Lee
Favorite Amp: Zinky Blue Velvet
Favorite Pedal: Usually none. Sometimes a little delay or tremolo.
Favorite Pickups: Tele bridge single coil
Favorite Tone: Bridge single coils or P90 through overdriven amp, EL84s
Favorite Player: Duane Denison
Favorite Genre: Darker, more atonal rock
Your Actual Tone: Bridge single coils or P90 through overdriven amp, EL84s
Your Actual Influence: Whatever riffs I've patched together over the years.
Your Actual Genre: Rock, maybe a little country
Professional (Y/N): N

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Favorite Guitar: Of my personal guitars? my MIM 60th Ann. Strat
Favorite Amp: Personally owned? Both, for different reasons. 1961 Fender Concert, Peavey C-30. All time? probably a Fender Tweed or maybe a blonde.
Favorite Pedal: Hmm. Probably my Duvhoodooman made Rodent, which is a Rat Clone with a lot of variation, along with some OD settings. I can do a lot with that thing.
Favorite Pickups: Too hard. I end up mostly playing neck pickups mostly since I am at home mostly now, so I will say neck single coils. Still seeking my absolute favorite.
Favorite Tone: I have two favorites. Bluesy overdriven on the neck, and indy organic and raw distorted on the bridge with maybe some neck pickup blended in.
Favorite Player: Depends on the day and my mood.
Favorite Genre: Good music. Ok, all right. I'll say garagey sounding alternative.
Your Actual Tone: See above
Your Actual Influence: Too many. Neil Young (first guy I tried to copy when i started on an acoustic), various blues players, various alternative, garage, grunge, punk players, etc.
Your Actual Genre: Like I said, above, garagey alternative probably throws a big enough net, plus blues and jazz, or at least jazz influenced blues.
Professional (Y/N): Like someone else said, HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!

 

[Mark Wein]

Can we clarify the "Professional" thing here?

Other than Mark,Tom Strahle, and Gibby, I don't think there's many of us who get 100% of our income from playing music.

I'm interested in knowing how many of our members are in regularly gigging bands who get paid to play. I put "part time" because while I have multiple gigs per month, usually only 1 or 2 are band related... the others are DJing.

Psychotronic has a "real" job but he plays better gigs than I do.

 

[Jeremy]

Can we clarify the "Professional" thing here?

Other than Mark,Tom Strahle, and Gibby, I don't think there's many of us who get 100% of our income from playing music.

I'm interested in knowing how many of our members are in regularly gigging bands who get paid to play. I put "part time" because while I have multiple gigs per month, usually only 1 or 2 are band related... the others are DJing.

I'd add Andy to that list. I put that I'm trying to be, which just sounds better than "no" to me.

 

[Lerxst]

Favorite Guitar: IDK, Hofner or Larrivee
Favorite Amp: AC15
Favorite Pedal: BAT Pharaoh
Favorite Pickups: Don't have one
Favorite Tone: these days AC15 on the verge of breakup
Favorite Player: Paulo Gilberto
Favorite Genre: I guess I'm really into guitar driven indie stuff lately
Your Actual Tone: these days AC15 on the verge of breakup or stupid fuzz
Your Actual Influence: QOTSA
Your Actual Genre: I'm a wayward son
Professional (Y/N): No

 

[baimun]

I'd add Andy to that list. I put that I'm trying to be, which just sounds better than "no" to me.

Exactly. I didn't mean to leave anyone out... it's more to the point that there are varying shades of "Pro". Your band plays some pretty cool gigs.

 

[Denverdave]

Can we clarify the "Professional" thing here?

Other than Mark,Tom Strahle, and Gibby, I don't think there's many of us who get 100% of our income from playing music.

I'm interested in knowing how many of our members are in regularly gigging bands who get paid to play. I put "part time" because while I have multiple gigs per month, usually only 1 or 2 are band related... the others are DJing.

And Gibby's band just went on hiatus per their FB post today.

Our band only plays probably two gigs a month - and some months only 1. Though we do have three (for sure) or four summer festivals we are playing this year. Those are a blast to play.

 

[reverend1]

And Gibby's band just went on hiatus per their FB post today.

I hope that doesn't mean what is usually means.

 

[BEACHBUM]

Can we clarify the "Professional" thing here?

Other than Mark,Tom Strahle, and Gibby, I don't think there's many of us who get 100% of our income from playing music.

I'm interested in knowing how many of our members are in regularly gigging bands who get paid to play. I put "part time" because while I have multiple gigs per month, usually only 1 or 2 are band related... the others are DJing.

I don't think you have to make all of your income from music to be at least some sort of pro. For me it's exactly like sports. If someone is willing to pay you to play, then you are a pro. Good pro or not so good? Well that depends on whether or not you continue to make the draft list.

 

[Dougy]

Favorite Guitar: http://markweinguitarlessons.com/fo...for-the-rest-of-your-life&p=772747#post772747
Favorite Amp: I have a Laney TF320. Maybe I'll find a better-sounding amp one day, but I probably won't be able to afford it.
Favorite Pedal: Korg AX30G
Favorite Pickups: Bridge - Kramer QuadRail / Neck - high output single coil
Favorite Tone: dunno
Favorite Player: Slash
Favorite Genre: beavis0
Your Actual Tone: https://soundcloud.com/spidros1/three-sixes-bass
Your Actual Influence: :rawk:
Your Actual Genre: https://soundcloud.com/spidros1 https://soundcloud.com/vex-effigy
Professional (Y/N): No

 

[Dougy]

Professional (Y/N): Released an album with a metal band in the 90's. Not done anything noteworthy since

Ooooooooooooooh.....

Details?

 

[bcryant]

Favorite Guitar: Fender Stratocaster
Favorite Amp: Vox AC15
Favorite Pedal: EHX Big Muff
Favorite Pickups: Single Coils/P90s
Favorite Tone: Thick but crisp
Favorite Player: Jimi Hendrix
Favorite Genre: Classic Rock/Blues/Funk
Your Actual Tone: Thick and crisp
Your Actual Influence: Jimi Hendrix/SRV
Your Actual Genre: Blues/Rock/Adult contemporary
Professional (Y/N): I have been paid to play but as far as making a living not so much.

 

[jelloman]

Favorite Guitar: les paul
Favorite Amp:marshall jcm800
Favorite Pedal:marshall guvnor
Favorite Pickupsafs
Favorite Tone:joe perry's "get your wings" sound
Favorite Player:warren haynes
Favorite Genre:blues rock
Your Actual Tone:fart in the wind
Your Actual Influenceaziness
Your Actual Genre:incompetence
Professional (Y/N)ulz

 

[godsky]

Favorite Guitar: Tele
Favorite Amp: Twin reverb
Favorite Pedal: MXR distortion 70's
Favorite Pickups: P90's
Favorite Tone: ummm
Favorite Playereniz tek
Favorite Genre: Punk, Post Punk, rockabilly
Your Actual Tone: Chainsaw meets sewer pipe
Your Actual Influence:Rowland S howard/Andy gill.
Your Actual Genre:Whatever sounds good
Professional (Y/N): NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Jeremy]

Exactly. I didn't mean to leave anyone out... it's more to the point that there are varying shades of "Pro". Your band plays some pretty cool gigs.

Oh, I know you didn't. Just adding a name to the list is all.

Yeah we do, and it's my (our) hope to use the momentum we've picked up from these gigs to change that answer to a yes.

 

[wok]

Ooooooooooooooh.....

Details?

this was me back then:

 

[realtree71]

So many new faces the last few weeks. We need a meet and greet. Here's a little questionnaire I stole from a thread on another forum. Lets see who's here. Copy and paste the questions and go nuts. Favorite Guitar:Favorite Amp:Favorite Pedal:Favorite Pickups:Favorite Tone:Favorite Player:Favorite Genre:Your Actual Tone:Your Actual Influence:Your Actual Genre:Professional (Y/N):

Guitar is 83 korina gibson explorerAmp is Marshall jmp mkIIPedal is Dunlap wahPickups are Dirty FingersTone is elusive and I'm always trying to find itPlayer is joe perry, jimmy page, Derrick trucksGenre is mostly rock with some country and reggae Actual tone is over the edge classic MarshallInfluenced by ufo, Aerosmith, micheal Schenker Pro no