Some background - I'm a long-time old school Durban boy - used to play guitar, bass and vocal in bands starting as a school kid in the early 60's then into the mid 70's - we covered the sounds of the times - starting with Elvis's rock and roll style and the Shadows then later the Stones, Yardbirds, Kinks, Cream, Zepplin, CSNY, Zappa etc.
A demanding career and family life saw me not playing a guitar again for for about 30 years until 2004/5 when I set up a PC based virtual studio, bought a bunch of guitars and other equipment and started doing my own recordings and it now consumes too much of my time again.

My musical Interests are vast - from classical music to experimental jazz and everything in between -
my music collection is huge, filling a couple of racks of multi-TB drives.

Welcome Shado!

Durban is the place. I was born in the Addington Hospital circa 1963. You were most probably gigging already 8)

Welcome, I share a similar story ?

Shado wrote: A demanding career and family life saw me not playing a guitar again for for about 30 years until 2004/5 when I set up a PC based virtual studio, bought a bunch of guitars and other equipment and started doing my own recordings and it now consumes too much of my time again.

Welcome - Excellent news on the recording front - feel free to join us in the challenge section!

Welcome Shado. Great to hear that ex-guitarists do manage too claw themselves out of the proverbial life responsibility closet ? As a Hank and Shadows fan, delighted to hear there is another 'practitioner" in the dark art of surf rock. So will others. Pull up the mike, make recording, light a pipe and have fun

Hi all!

Thought I'd introduce myself before posting ?

I've been playing for about 10 years now. I'm a blues rock fan, but as long as the playing includes some creativity and soul I'll probably be a fan. I'm not playing in a band at the moment, have two children under two years old and finding time to play is a major challenge.

Some of my inspiration:

Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
David Gilmour
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Muddy Waters
Jimmy Page
Tom Morello
John Frusciante
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Jonny Greenwood
Dan Patlansky
John Mayer
Johnny Fourie

My setup:

1994 MIJ Fender Telecaster
2004 Fender Stratocaster Eric Clapton Signature
Orange Tiny Terror 15W Combo
A few (too few ? ) pedals

Yamaha CPX 700 Acoustic
Fender 5-string Banjo

Looking forward to spending time here!

Neil

Welcome Shado and Voodoo!

Hey Neil, I'd like to see a picture of that 1994 MIJ Fender Telecaster ?!

studmissile wrote: Welcome Shado and Voodoo!

Hey Neil, I'd like to see a picture of that 1994 MIJ Fender Telecaster ?!

Thanks! I'll share on the gear thread ?

Sorry Shado, just realised I hijacked your thread! I read the title and though this is where everyone introduces themselves! ?