Instruments

[aberdien]

What instruments can you play and for how long have you played?

Or if you don't play an instrument, what instrument would you most want to learn and why?

[Requiem / The Dagda]

I'm the best at guitar, and I've played since I was 15. I had lessons a little earlier, but never really played until high school. Being able to play guitar opened my way to bass, and I am decent at it. I also play mandolin, and have been since high school. I can play a little piano, and I used to play trombone.

I wish I could play violin or the cello.

I guess I know how to play MPC's pretty well too.

[MOtorboat]

I play guitar.

[BroncoJoe]

Never had any formal lessons, but I have an ear for music which translates best to piano. Not bad, not good.

I'd love to be able to play the piano better.

[MOtorboat]

Never had any formal lessons, but I have an ear for music which translates best to piano. Not bad, not good.

I'd love to be able to play the piano better.

Singing is an instrument, if you have an ear, I bet you can sing...I can't as evidenced by many different posts.

[BroncoJoe]

Singing is an instrument, if you have an ear, I bet you can sing...I can't as evidenced by many different posts.

You can sing, MB. As can I... :D

[frauschieze]

It's been years since I've played anything....I doubt if I'm anywhere near the level I used to be but I played piano for 10 years and flute for 8. I can also play a passable tenor sax.

Trying to find the time for it after high school was difficult. I miss playing music terribly, particularly in the symphony, but if I find time to start again, I think I'm going to go back into vocal groups first. I'm not so rusty there.

[MOtorboat]

OK...I'm just drunk enough to tell everyone this...damn bar...In my music system in school, our band director would not let us play Sax until we were eighth graders, so I played Clarinet from 5-8 grade, then the ******s determined I wasn't good enough to play sax, but I stayed in the band for two years more so I could go to Florida and the Bahamas with the band...and yes, I marched...it sucked. I quit, because I love football and clarinet is gay. I picked up the guitar in eighth grade to help countereffect the gayness of clarinet.

[aberdien]

OK...I'm just drunk enough to tell everyone this...damn bar...In my music system in school, our band director would not let us play Sax until we were eighth graders, so I played Clarinet from 5-8 grade, then the ******s determined I wasn't good enough to play sax, but I stayed in the band for two years more so I could go to Florida and the Bahamas with the band...and yes, I marched...it sucked. I quit, because I love football and clarinet is gay. I picked up the guitar in eighth grade to help countereffect the gayness of clarinet.

That would be the best plot for a movie ever.

[MOtorboat]

That would be the best plot for a movie ever.

Nah...that movie sucks.

[frauschieze]

Nah...that movie sucks.

American Pie Band Camp?

[slim]

I am tone deaf...but I think my farts are quite musical.

[MOtorboat]

I am tone deaf...but I think my farts are quite musical.

Yeah...whatever...

To get this thread back on track!

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[Hogan11]

I play bass and drums primarily.....I'm a hack on guitar.

I have a Rickenbacker Bass, a set of Remo drums, a American Strat, a Guild electric and a Yamaha acoustic. I have Peavey bass amp and Crate guitar amp.

That's about it.

[BeefStew25]

I have played the skin flute for a couple of years now.

[sneakers]

I have played the oboe for 17 years now.

[aberdien]

I've been playing guitar seriously for a year or two now and I got a mandolin a few months ago for Christmas and I know a few chords on that. I've been playing trumpet for 4 years. I like messing around with other random instruments too though. Harmonica, piano, blah blah.

[Day1BroncoFan]

I can't play a lick on anything. I love the piano. I just love all the different things that can be done with it and the way the sounds are that it can make. If I could learn the piano I would be happy. I don't think I am willing to commit the time and effort it would take to do it.

[frauschieze]

So I had the opportunity to sit down at a piano for about an hour on Thursday. I haven't touched the ivories in at least eight years and haven't done any serious playing in more than ten. I was amazed at how much I remembered. My music reading skills are rusty but still pretty servicable. The strength in my left hand, particularly my pinkie is horrendous. But what was so shocking was I haven't lost nearly as much as I figured it would have. I could still plunk through most of the last major piece I did (Clair de Lune by Debussy). Badly but still. I thought I would have regressed much more than that.

[aberdien]

For the guitarists out there, what gear do you have/want?

[SR]

Beef has been playing the skin flute since he was knee high to a grasshopper.

[NightTrainLayne]

I play the guitar, but not extremely well. I need to spend more time on it, like many other interests I have.

I have an old Charvel electric (Charvel was bought out by Jackson later), and a Takamini acoustic/electric.

I love playing, but just don't ever find the time anymore.

[Requiem / The Dagda]

For the guitarists out there, what gear do you have/want?

I have an old ESP (LTD) Eclipse back from about five years ago that needs a new input jack, but it was solid for how much I played it and abused it. I still have a small Marshall (solid state) practice amp. I sold my Marshall half-stack a long time ago because it was simply too much, and there's no way I could have played it in the dorms in the first place.

I recently purchased a Hofner CT Club guitar (semi-hollow) that my friend and I both play. I used my Musician's Friend car, and he's paid me cash so I can make the payments. I still play it more than him, and I wouldn't doubt that he gives up trying to learn and gives me it after the summer's end. It has great sound, real quality for 400 bucks (it's originally 1,000 -- but Musician's Friend kicks ass) -- and I'm very impressed. Love the Piezo sound you get out of it being a semi-hollow, and I dig those acoustics. It rocks well for the blues and jazzier stuff -- but isn't the kind of guitar you want to play metal or hard rock with. It's pretty versatile. Here's a few pictures.

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/regular/8/8/4/558884.jpg

You can check out the others here. (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Hofner-CT-Club-SemiHollow-Electric-Guitar?sku=482168&src=3WFRWXX&ZYXSEM=0&CAWELAID=163529505)

Hofner's are bad ass. Just ask Paul McCartney!

As far as future gear goes: I'm in debt right now and just started working, so before I get any more new gear I have to get back into the + category with money. I hope that next summer (it was originally this summer) that I'll be able to get a nice tube amplifier and cabinet (I'm thinking Orange Tiny Terror with a 2x12) and perhaps another guitar to go along with my ESP and Hofner. In reality, it'll probably be longer than that.

If I go into the Peace Corps as planned, they have a limit on how much stuff you can take -- so I'll probably just get a cheap acoustic, play my heart out wherever I am -- and when I get back to America, use the money they give me to get some better stuff.

I know that when I get a house down the road, I'll want to make one room a studio just for music. I am so excited!

[LordTrychon]

I played the Trumpet (cornet, actually) from 5th to 12th grade. I was never very good, but in 10th, when I first started learning baritone and later Tuba... I noticed a very pronounced increase in the quality of my tone on my cornet.


If I could learn any other instrument, it would be piano or guitar second. With Any wind instrument, you're usually a part of a larger group making a piece of music. On the piano especially, you can be a large piece yourself. I once dated a very talented pianist and I could listen to her play forever. I was insanely jealous of her ability.

[Broncos Mtnman]

I've played bass guitar for over 20 years. When I was in college, I played in a progressive bluegrass band (it was called progressive because we used some electric instruments).

I also play guitar (I own an Alvarez 12-string that sounds awesome), mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer and autoharp.

[Requiem / The Dagda]

I've played bass guitar for over 20 years. When I was in college, I played in a progressive bluegrass band (it was called progressive because we used some electric instruments).

I also play guitar (I own an Alvarez 12-string that sounds awesome), mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer and autoharp.

That's very awesome Mtnman. Do you have any German-Russian heritage? Those sort of dulcimers prompted me to ask. :beer:

[girler]

What instruments can you play and for how long have you played?

Or if you don't play an instrument, what instrument would you most want to learn and why?

My mom has always been musical, and made sure we all played instruments- I started piano lessons at 7, clarinet at 10, and flute at 13. I quit everything at 14. I hated practicing. For a long time I could still play tunes on the piano, but not much anymore. I can still read music, but that's about it.

[Broncos Mtnman]

That's very awesome Mtnman. Do you have any German-Russian heritage? Those sort of dulcimers prompted me to ask. :beer:

Not to my knowledge, although that's exactly my wife's heritage (German father / Russian mother).

My attraction to those instruments comes from frequent visits to the Ozark Mountains. They are also common to Irish music. Celtic music is one of my favorites to listen when winding down at the end of the day.

[Broncos Mtnman]

For the guitarists out there, what gear do you have/want?

I already mentioned my 12-string.

My bass is a collectable. It's a 1976 Fender Precision. Still plays as clean as the day I bought it.

[Requiem / The Dagda]

I already mentioned my 12-string.

My bass is a collectable. It's a 1976 Fender Precision. Still plays as clean as the day I bought it.


*drools at your bass* What kind of color scheme does it have? That's rockin'. I wish I was born back in the day and collected all the sweet equipment some have!

[Broncos Mtnman]

*drools at your bass* What kind of color scheme does it have? That's rockin'. I wish I was born back in the day and collected all the sweet equipment some have!

It has a black body with a natural-colored (clear) neck. The pick-up cover and the palm rest are chrome.

I've been pleased with the way it has handled the years, especially considering my move to high altitude. I thought the dry air would create problems with the finish or keeping the neck straight.

It's definitely my favorite of all my instruments.

[aberdien]

I have an old ESP (LTD) Eclipse back from about five years ago that needs a new input jack, but it was solid for how much I played it and abused it. I still have a small Marshall (solid state) practice amp. I sold my Marshall half-stack a long time ago because it was simply too much, and there's no way I could have played it in the dorms in the first place.

I recently purchased a Hofner CT Club guitar (semi-hollow) that my friend and I both play. I used my Musician's Friend car, and he's paid me cash so I can make the payments. I still play it more than him, and I wouldn't doubt that he gives up trying to learn and gives me it after the summer's end. It has great sound, real quality for 400 bucks (it's originally 1,000 -- but Musician's Friend kicks ass) -- and I'm very impressed. Love the Piezo sound you get out of it being a semi-hollow, and I dig those acoustics. It rocks well for the blues and jazzier stuff -- but isn't the kind of guitar you want to play metal or hard rock with. It's pretty versatile. Here's a few pictures.

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/regular/8/8/4/558884.jpg

You can check out the others here. (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Hofner-CT-Club-SemiHollow-Electric-Guitar?sku=482168&src=3WFRWXX&ZYXSEM=0&CAWELAID=163529505)

Hofner's are bad ass. Just ask Paul McCartney!

As far as future gear goes: I'm in debt right now and just started working, so before I get any more new gear I have to get back into the + category with money. I hope that next summer (it was originally this summer) that I'll be able to get a nice tube amplifier and cabinet (I'm thinking Orange Tiny Terror with a 2x12) and perhaps another guitar to go along with my ESP and Hofner. In reality, it'll probably be longer than that.

If I go into the Peace Corps as planned, they have a limit on how much stuff you can take -- so I'll probably just get a cheap acoustic, play my heart out wherever I am -- and when I get back to America, use the money they give me to get some better stuff.

I know that when I get a house down the road, I'll want to make one room a studio just for music. I am so excited!

Awesome guitar. I really want to get an Orange amp soon. But that would mean i'd have to buy an electric guitar that doesn't suck...

For right now I have 3 acoustic guitars, 1 electric (can't stay in tune so I never play it), and a mandolin.

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/regular/6/1/4/374614.jpg

This is one of the acoustic guitars and the mandolin that I got for Christmas from musicians friend so it's a Rogue brand. Really good deal, only 100 bucks for them both. The guitar plays extremely well for one this cheap. Sounds great. The mandolin plays pretty good although 1 of the strings broke while I was trying to tune it when I first got it and I haven't replaced it. I can play a few chords on it, a Dance Tonight by Paul McCartney is the only song I know...it's like the ultimate mandolin song. It's fun to mess around with even though.

One of my other acoustics is an Esteban. And it's not very good. I haven't played it in a good two years since I last broke one of the strings. But I also have a guitar that's really old called a Carlos that I think my dad had or found or something. I've searched the intenet to read about it and there's next to nothing about it. This is all i've found "The Carlos Guitar brand stems from Korea. A series of models have been produced and many early models were hand crafted.The manufacturers continued to handcraft guitars up to the late 1960s, the last said to be some of the earlier Model 249 guitars." I dunno, but it's a really really good guitar and still gives off a great sound. I've been wanting to fix up the dents and stuff in it because with some new strings and stuff it'd be really really good. It's the guitar that I learned most of what I know on actually so I intend on keeping it/fixing it up.

My electric is like some generic brand that looks like a stratocaster. I'm sure I could get it to sound good, but it's hard to when it goes out of tune everytime you play it. I never really mess with it because i'm too lazy to tune it every single time. Which is probably the reason I love acoustics the most.

As for my wishlist of guitar gear and stuff...

I'm in love with this Gretsch White Penguin. It's pretty rare from what i've read; Jack White plays it in the video for Icky Thump (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=1OjTspCqvk8). It might be a White Falcon that he's playing, but they're pretty much identical

http://www.blackcreekguitars.com/100_6054.jpg

I would also enjoy an Epiphone Casino.

As for acoustics...can't go wrong with a Taylor. Dunno what model or anything...I can live with basically any acoustic as long as it plays decent and stays in tune. I played my friends acoustic that she has before and I love it. It's an Ibanez of some kind. It sounds great.

This should do for an amp or two..

http://www.bostonguitar.com/logos/orange-amp-section.JPG

[Requiem / The Dagda]

Awesome man.

Yeah, I think that Gretsch Penguin is up on Musician's Friend, but it's way out of my price range.

If you're going to go for an Orange amp, spend the extra couple hundred bucks and get a tube amplifier. Tube's really the only way to go -- but their cheaper, solid state Crush series amps aren't bad either. I was playing out of the 15W Crush for most of this year, it's pretty radical.

I have that same Rogue mandolin as well, I really enjoy playing it!

Hopefully when you get the flow, you'll get the gear you want. I'll show you some of the stuff I really want soon. :beer:

[topscribe]

I play a mean radio. http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/AZDynamics/Smilies/thsmug.gif

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[LordTrychon]

I play a mean radio. http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/AZDynamics/Smilies/thsmug.gif

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I got you topped, Top.


I'm rockin' on my iTunes as I type. :rockon:

[broncogirl7]

I used to play the clarinet, but would really love to play the saxophone. Got to play around with one a few years ago and fell in love with it, now I will save up to get a sax and some lessons.

[topscribe]

I used to play the clarinet, but would really love to play the saxophone. Got to play around with one a few years ago and fell in love with it, now I will save up to get a sax and some lessons.

I love it when I hear someone who can really make a sax talk.

Did you ever hear Danny Gatton's group? He had a guy who could turn a sax every way but loose! :whoo:

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[AlWilsonizKING]

2 Turntables!! A little guitar and piano. But the TT's are my number one!!


PEACE!!!

[broncogirl7]

I love it when I hear someone who can really make a sax talk.

Did you ever hear Danny Gatton's group? He had a guy who could turn a sax every way but loose! :whoo:

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Love that band...They were the Offbeats in the 60's and I loved "Trouble in the Mind," (Danny and John were teenagers at the time)and now they are the American Music Company Band. They did "Mustang Sally" sometime in 2004 and I loved the sax! John Broaddus plays the sax in that band. BIG guy!

[Requiem / The Dagda]

2 Turntables!! A little guitar and piano. But the TT's are my number one!!


PEACE!!!

What's your set up like man? I definitely would love to get a set of turntables to pair with my friends Akai MPC-1000. Plus some other bells and whistles we got. That'd be rippin'!

[topscribe]

I'd like to get a good turntable just to play my collection of 33⅓'s again.

In fact, I'd like to find out how to rip them so I could put them on CDs.

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[AlWilsonizKING]

What's your set up like man? I definitely would love to get a set of turntables to pair with my friends Akai MPC-1000. Plus some other bells and whistles we got. That'd be rippin'!

2 Technics and a DJX-500 mixer. Used to have 4 Technics and 2 mixers set up for when the homies stopped by but had to sell them for rent a while ago...:mad: I also have a Boss br-8 and a Boss br-1180 multi track recorders.
I may have put a pic or two of an my old setup in the pics thread....happy huntin'.

I have been wanting a MPC for years but just can't manage the funds to get one!!! But once I do my beats will be more bangin' than they are now.


I'd like to get a good turntable just to play my collection of 33⅓'s again.

In fact, I'd like to find out how to rip them so I could put them on CDs.

Top, Circut City (I'm sure others do as well) sells a Turntable that you hook up to your computer and can digitalize all records, tapes, 8 tracks, etc you want. Pretty easy to use also.



PEACE!!!