maninashed
Cheerfully Optimistic
Mad Farmer Liberation Front
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Post by maninashed on Oct 20, 2013 8:09:16 GMT
I was a rocker as a teenager in the '70s but having a Romantic side, I loved the acoustic folk of Led Zeppelin, particularly on LZ III. A while later I got a sampler 'Contemporary Folk Guitar', a double album of acoustic stuff that I listened to for years and an old hippy mate lent me Pentangle's 'Basket of Light' and that got me listening to more Bert Jansch and John Renbourn albums. Over the years, that led to me finding out more and more about acoustic guitar music.
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Post by sigmadel on Oct 20, 2013 23:31:29 GMT
That looks like my very first acoustic . I wanted to be like Val Donegan with guitar and a swivel chair . I got the chair too and had it for years a leather swivel job the guitar was crap though . Then I wanted a stratocaster and eventually Santa brought me a Jim Deacon , red it was and was actually pretty decent but it wasn't a Fender so never good enough . I too had an Ovation Balladeer that was lent to a friend . I asked for it back a few years ago to be told he'd sold it when funds were tight . I've never spoken to him again as it wasn't his to sell .
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mattyfez
Strummer
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My main instrument is: Martin DRS-1
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Post by mattyfez on Oct 21, 2013 13:15:04 GMT
First started really appreciating music about 13 or 14, the likes of Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses, AC/DC etc. along with more classic stuff like Zeppelin, Deep purple etc.. My dad always had an acoustic laying about and an electric too, By my mid teens it was grunge and alternative punk/rock and I was just playing electric.
I must have been 16/17 when I got my first acoustic, which was an Epiphone I still have. By this point I was more into Americana type stuff, REM, Neil Young, and pretty much stopped playing electric altogether.
Neil Youngs acoustic stuff is still a strong favourite, along with more country stuff, Willie nelson, Haggard, Kristopherson etc.
At this rate I'll be wearing cowboy boots and yodelling in a few years time :/
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007
C.O.G.
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My main instrument is: 1965 Hagstrom H45E
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Post by 007 on Oct 21, 2013 16:37:27 GMT
People say that as you get older you get to appreciate country music more
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crispy
Sore Fingers
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My main instrument is: Fylde Orsino
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Post by crispy on Oct 22, 2013 14:10:40 GMT
My first guitar aged 12 was an old no-name classical someone had repaired after a headstock break by attaching a splint across the break. After persevering with it, my parents took pity and bought my first steel string - a Hofner which was a lovely guitar which an old seldom seen friend now has. During college and post university I played in bands in and around the Fylde coast - mostly electric but if needed I played the acoustic parts. Nothing fancy just rhythm for the more poppy numbers.
After moving to London, the Tele got left in its case and the flat where I was living was unsuitable for loud electric and therefore the amp was mothballed too, and lets face it playing electric quietly and solo is a bit dull. After a bleak period of not playing anything very much at all, I eventually moved back north and started to tinker again with the old acoustic I had played in the band but nothing serious. I was listening to a lot of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell acoustic type stuff, but I hadn't really translated much to my own playing.
Driving home one night from work, I caught a Martin Simpson song - Never Any Good which literally had me stop the car to listen (and it has to be said wait for my blubbing to stop so I could see clearly to drive again!) The next few months were a revelation as I listened to MS, Bert Jansch, Nic Jones etc and I discovered so much more about the acoustic guitar than I'd ever knew before. Of course this led to multiple guitar purchases, workshops, etc., which have been lots of fun. I still have a number of electric guitars which get played occasionally but outside of a band environment, it's not quite the same. My Fylde gets most of the love now (and a banjo too!) - it's just easier to pick up each evening, more satisfying and it sits better with most of the music I listen to now.
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Martin
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Post by Martin on Oct 22, 2013 14:47:07 GMT
I started with a fantastic Hokada nylon string guitar in my early teens, and learned the joys of 'Blowin' in the Wind' arpeggio style Then age around 16, I received a classic Axis Les Paul copy (white) and 10W amp with built-in 'Blaster'. This was the beginning of being a rock god, and I formed a band with two school chums, playing really nasty sounding tunes with my blaster-driven guitar, a nice Squire bass and the old school orchestra drum kit, which my mate had nicked and spray-painted black. I progressed while at university, forming two bands in the short time I was there, upgrading to a Peavey amp with Washburn N2 guitar (bought courtesy of my student loan - my parents loved this wise decision ). After leaving there and getting a job, I didn't play much, but age around 22 I decided I was still too crap to join a decent band, and I saw a notice for a teacher - I went to see him with my electric under the arm, but he blew me away playing fingerstyle acoustic on his Sobell. I knew then that I wanted to play like that - I went out the next week and bought a Yamaha FG-411 all laminate job that I still had until fairly recently and began learning acoustic fingerstyle guitar. A year or so after that I met my wife (to be) and forgot all about guitar until about six years ago. I saw Julie Ellison playing in a Borders store in Glasgow, and got chatting to her afterwards. She was inspirational, and a lovely person, and she let me know she was a columnist for a (once great) magazine about acoustic guitars I bought it immediately (issue 17), saw a review for a Moon guitar and that was me smitten again. I logged onto t'internet, found a wee forum linked to the afore-mentioned publication, and some posts later (and after a few weeks) I received the necessary permissions, went to visit Jimmy Moon and bought a guitar from him. A potted history, with no real love of acoustic music to blame
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Post by sigmadel on Oct 22, 2013 16:36:01 GMT
Great post Martin although I'm shocked you'd hang around with someone who would steal a drum kit from the school . I think the way Britain's going at the moment everyone will be playing acoustic because no one will be able to afford the extra electric bill for their amps :-(
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