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I wrote a song (Original Post) Wiscodoug Jan 2025 OP
That's terrific! Quiet Em Jan 2025 #1
Very Nice ProfessorGAC Jan 2025 #2
Yamaha Wiscodoug Jan 2025 #4
Ive Got A Bunch ProfessorGAC Jan 2025 #5
Cool Wiscodoug Jan 2025 #6
There Are Only 3 Videos... ProfessorGAC Jan 2025 #7
That was fun! 2naSalit Jan 2025 #3
Ha! Ya big weirdo...lol. Iggo Feb 2025 #8

Quiet Em

(3,010 posts)
1. That's terrific!
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 06:33 PM
Jan 2025

Thanks for sharing that. I didn't realize there was a musicians forum here.

ProfessorGAC

(77,266 posts)
2. Very Nice
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 06:47 PM
Jan 2025

It's a funny song!
I could see the guitar by the window was an Epiphone, but the headstock of the one you played never ends up on screen.
What kind of guitar is it?
BTW: some nifty playing in the lead. I play differently, but I know what I like and I liked it.

Wiscodoug

(109 posts)
4. Yamaha
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 06:55 AM
Jan 2025

I did not intentionally omit said headstock, I am just not that good at photography. I am playing my Yamaha. I have found them to be good sounding and mostly affordable. I am self taught so sometimes that shows but I try to stay in my modes. Thank you for your kind words.

ProfessorGAC

(77,266 posts)
5. Ive Got A Bunch
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 08:18 AM
Jan 2025

I've got 7 acoustic & 7 electric guitars. Pretty decent amount given I was primarily a keyboardist!
The acoustics I use most are a Martin & a Carvin 12 string, followed by a Takamine 6 & Guild 12.
I've got a few solo acoustic pieces I'm going to record soon. I'll seek you out with PM with a link when I get that done.

Wiscodoug

(109 posts)
6. Cool
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 08:37 AM
Jan 2025

I have 6 all day, 3 solid bodies, A cream colored (made in Japan) strat with rosewood fretboard. It looks just like Jeff Becks pictured on the cover of wired.I have an Epiphone les paul custom. I replaced the stock pickups with an exposed zebra in the front and a 59 Gibson exposed in the back. That beefed it up a whole lot. I also have a Reverend Volcano, I received for my 50th birthday from my former band mates. My acoustics are all Yamaha 6 string. I received the first one for my 15th birthday and played the frets down hard enough to replace the stick in 2006 with a similar FG series with a black finish. I tripped while carying it one day and put a good sized hole in the sound board. Neither had electronics nor a solid top. I still did gigs with a fishman with both guitars. I needed an upgrade though due to acoustic gigs being booked, so I bought the guitar in the video. Solid top, onboard electronics and cutaway body so the upgrade was significant.
Do you have a youtube channel? If so please send a link and I can subscribe? I have found this to be one of my only ways to post videos. I am not very tech savy.

ProfessorGAC

(77,266 posts)
7. There Are Only 3 Videos...
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 09:04 AM
Jan 2025

.on my YouTube. They're old band videos. In the 3 posted, it's a battle of the bands where, on a lark, I played bass. (We did win.) BTW: The contest required using just what they had there, so none of the gear us our own. Could only bring guitar picks & drumsticks. Had to pick 3 songs off their list which didn't come out until 30 days before the contest.
I keep saying I'll convert more band DVDs to MP4, but keep forgetting to actually do it.
Here are 3 videos, and my SoundCloud link.

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https://m.soundcloud.com/user-134084288/tracks

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