From CT

singemonkey

Hey. It was exciting to find an SA guitar forum.

I've been playing for a long while, but I recently got serious about improving my playing technique - doing the kind of practising I should have done at 14 - when grunge was a big deal and everybody told you practising would make you sound like Yngwie. :?

So I've become interested in gear again, all the details, and even got a little GAS going. I've got an 80's Les Paul Deluxe with P-90 single-coils and I got to thinking I want a humbucking Les Paul with a Bigsby arm for blues and rockabilly. Then I started finding out what Gibson's really been up to production standards wise and started researching Tokai guitars - which is how I was able to tell "Tokai SA" about this forum. From the reading I've done, I'm really hoping to see his awesome guitars in a lot of hands in the future - including mine.

I've got a made-in-Japan Yamaha Pacifica 904 for Fender style stuff, especially for surf-guitar. I use an old Fender Bassman 10 - silverface Fender with 4x10" speakers. Tubescreamer, Fuzz-face, Vox wah, Holy Grail verb.

I've got too many infuences to really talk about. I guess I first wanted a guitar because Jimmy Page was coolest thing I'd ever seen. But currently I'm writing songs in terms of Bukka White, Roy Orbison, Nick Cave with the idea of doing some shows sometime late next year. But to improve my chops, I'm mostly listening to Mick Taylor, early Eric Clapton, Brian Setzer. Also occasionally working on my banjo playing, bottleneck slide, travis-picking, and some classical stuff.

I'm interested in getting a better understanding of the current live-performing scene in SA, where to find a guitar tech you can actually trust to know a headstock from the tailpiece (I've encountered some who might find that confusing), and just who does what around here. I've already learned a lot here just lurking ?

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Roy Orbison and Nick Cave? Interesting, dude. Welcome!

aubs1

Stratisfear wrote: Roy Orbison and Nick Cave? .....

Stratisfear, you beat me it.........Hey welcome mate, you're sure gonna have lotsa fun here........ 8)

CDee

Welcome, enjoy the forum!

Dirk

Nice influences, welcome to the forum.

Dirk

Oh yes, and nice gear. Post some pics

nick

Welcome ? from CT? Northen or Southern Subs?

TomCat

Howzit from Jozi.....Welcome to the forum.

Another nice guitar for what you are looking at is the Ibanez AFS75T.

Guy-Onraet

More CT blood haha ?

singemonkey

Thanks all.

I'm in the Southern Suburbs (Obz).

The Ibanez Artcores were my first stop when I started dreaming of maybe getting a twin-humbucker guitar ? Then got stuck into the Tokai forum and my ambitions started to run wild :-\

I'm just about to make a few cosmetic mods to the Les Paul while I'm replacing a broken tuner. Then I'll be sure to post some pics.

Riaan-Combrink

Welcome! Good to have you around ?

Riaan

Welcome, enjoy the forum!

inflames

Welcome to the forum!

chris77

Nice to have you here. Enjoy!

selbydoodl

Welcom from a newcomer myself.
You will find it interesting and enlightening on this forum.

Tokai-SA

Hey Singe

Thanks for telling me about this forum, it's the first SAfrican forum I've joined. ?

Enjoy the forum.

shadow1

welcome, NICE GEAR! post some pics. yes Tokai definately seem interesting.....

TomCat

Stayed in Obz when I was at primary school......Observatory Boys Junior.....Next to the Lion Match Factory.....

EDIT:......That was a long time ago.......... :-\

FenderBender

Obz has always had lots of gigging musos in its pubs, clubs and cafes. I remember watching old Josh Sithole on acoustic at Heidelberg Tavern in '93. Priceless! The place was bombed in the same year. Those were hectic times, but the music continues...

Welcome ?

singemonkey

Tokai SA wrote: Hey Singe

Thanks for telling me about this forum, it's the first SAfrican forum I've joined. ?

Enjoy the forum.

I'm trying to spread the word ? Best 50's style guitars in the world - and best value too.

Graeme Parfett wrote: Obz has always had lots of gigging musos in its pubs, clubs and cafes. I remember watching old Josh Sithole on acoustic at Heidelberg Tavern in '93. Priceless! The place was bombed in the same year. Those were hectic times, but the music continues...

Welcome ?

I was at *ages self badly* Ruby in the Dust that night at a friend of a friend's birthday. Just down the road but I didn't hear a thing. I just wondered why 25 cop cars were zooming by in the opposite direction when I was walking home.

Hectic times. Things are better now despite all the frustrating crap. We need to remember sometimes.