Been playing for 15 years- good enough to play lead when I jam with friends, not good enough to make money doing it. Taylor acoustic and a vintage Strat. I make noise with a mandolin, too, but really just chop chords.
I used to play a lot more, but I'm kind of like you Maveric... ever since I bought my house a few years ago I haven't picked them up as much.
I have an acoustic (Martin, but it's a Sigma Martin), but I'm a little more into guitar sound technology and vintage effects. I have a Les Paul Gold Top, Fender Strat, an Ibanez ES-335 look-alike, and a Fender P-Bass (with an SWR Workingman's bass amp).
My guitar amp is a Vox AC-30. My effects range from Boss pedals to vintage Korg Delay rack units (2000 & 3000) to the few Digitech effects that are worth a crap (Whammy pedal and GSP-2101). I hate synthesized guitar effects, but love to get interesting sounds from straight effects... they have a warmth and a more organic sound.
Cool to so many guitar players around. Like I mentioned I got a lot of catching up to do. I only played for about a year or so before I laid it down, but played every day. My wife accused me of being obsessed.... OK actually she called me anal...lol
About 3 months before I laid it down I decided to get some solid direction by using an instructor. Lucked out and found Mark Kerr who was giving lessons here in my town (He was fairly recently added to the Blues Hall of Fame). My only issue with that was he reference everything to blues. I got nothing against blues, but just not the main style I wanted to key up on. Thinking about picking the lessons up again though with someone else. Can't hurt I suppose...lol
I also have and can dabble a bit with a Cigar Box Guitars. I seen a guy play one on YouTube and thought...."That's Cool!"...... So I made my own (it's even electric...lol)
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I play acousitc, both classical and steel string. Mostly fingerpicking, but some flatpicking in there too. Haven't played a whole lot in the past few years, but still pick it up a few times a week. I'd like to take up lessons again on the classical, it sure was a great way to get back into reading music and to learn technique.
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I play bass, mostly. I've got a Ric 4003 and an Ampeg half stack. I dabble in guitar, but I just have one of those neat little Ibanez hollowbodies with the tremolo.
20 years. Used to be a gear slut. Now use almost solely a Gretsch Duo Jet and AC15. My acoustic is a cheap, beat up fender that I hitchhiked with and took around the world.
Guitar is the main instrument I play...love guitar almost as much as I love beer...almost...
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