Greetings

Warren77

Hi All, I'm a lefty singer-strummer-songwriter based in Midrand, glad to be here! I mostly play acoustic (Yamaha APX-5LA & APX700), and I have a pair of bog-standard Mexican Strats ('02 and '10). Amp and FX-wise I jam through a Boss GT-10 into a Cube 30 or through a Line 6 Toneport UX2, mainly when doing home recordings. Mics include my trusty SM58 and an SE 2200 A condenser. I have pretty good rhythm chops, but no lead skills to speak of. Looking forward to meeting some musos here and hopefully hooking up with some with a view to jamming some originals in an opening slot on a wobbly stage in the not-too-distant future!

MikeBodd

How's it

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studmissile

Now this is how you introduce yourself! Welcome, nice setup!

DaFiz

Welcome aboard Warren.
I LUV the Yamahas ?

Pirate

Welcome.

Nice setup. I'm sure with a setup like that you have an extremely wide variety of sounds you can produce (looks good, by the way - Black strats, and a pair nogal - not something I've seen often).

There's a competition section that posts challenges. From what I can tell (I'm also new here), winning gives you mostly bragging rights, but it's a good way to share what skills you have and collaborate with people. There's still time before the next challenge deadline, so check it out.

Stoffeltoo

Welcome Warren!
A matched pair in black! Man, you must be a good country and western player ?
Pull up a chair, join the conversation and have fun.
Those Yammies look awesome!

Warren77

Thanks studmissile & MikeBodd! Having read a few intros prior to posting, I gathered that pics were non-negotiable, and so the line-up ?

Stoffeltoo - haha, if only! Lefty guitars are pretty hard to come by, new or 2nd-hand, and last year these 2 doppelgangers came up within a few months of each other - sheer coincidence. Ideally I'd have 1 strat and 1 SG (preferably white or green).

Pirate - thanks for the heads-up - I'll be sure to check out that section.

DaFizz - cheers! I've been playing the sandburst one (a.k.a. Brown Sugar) since 2003, and got the backup (Blondie) a few years ago. Blondie is higher spec and more comfortable to play, having a thinner neck, but Brown Sugar's tone is the better of the two.

warrenpridgeon

Hello and welcome to the nuthouse!
Good name there. lol.

wern101

Welcome Warren.

Some nice guitars there! But they are wrong way round!! ?

Hope you learn, participate and we get to hear some of your sounds!

+1 to what Pirate said - we need more entrants to the comps!!

Warren77

Thanks Warren, and back at ya!

Yeah Wern, it's a bugger playing left. I was encouraged to start right back in the day, but Kurt Cobain was a big deal back then - had I known what a schlepp it would be down the line... Will definitely check out the compos