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Touchdown! Greaser!
I joke that I really needed the Beech 18 to carry all my guitars. I can fit alot of gear in that airplane!
You play hobby or gigs? Or just collect geetars?
I joke that I really needed the Beech 18 to carry all my guitars. I can fit alot of gear in that airplane!
Mostly hobby. I dabble in home recording, but I can't sing or write lyrics which limits me a bit. Now that I'm off active duty, I'm trying to branch out.You play hobby or gigs? Or just collect geetars?
Mostly hobby. I dabble in home recording, but I can't sing or write lyrics which limits me a bit. Now that I'm off active duty, I'm trying to branch out.
It's a 5420T. One of their lower end models. I'm too poor to afford their other models!SWEET! What model Gretsch is that?
I just bought a '65 6120 double cutaway.
It's a 5420T. One of their lower end models. I'm too poor to afford their other models!
The Electromatic series that Fender created after acquiring Gretsch are actually pretty descent guitars for the money.It's a 5420T. One of their lower end models. I'm too poor to afford their other models!
I started at around 50. Can even play a few songs now. For me the key is my teacher. A great teacher and keeps me motivated.Very cool. Wish I had learned to play, I guess it's never too late.
Very cool. Wish I had learned to play, I guess it's never too late.
I started at around 50. Can even play a few songs now. For me the key is my teacher. A great teacher and keeps me motivated.
Yea they're not bad. I brought it to a guitar tech and he did a nice set up on it. I'm all set for amps. I love the Bad Cat. I'm a fan of smaller tube amps and just cranking the heck out of them. It's a clone of a Fender Champ.The Electromatic series that Fender created after acquiring Gretsch are actually pretty descent guitars for the money.
Harsh realities about the aging brain... after several years of grad school my brother has decided to discontinue his stride towards doctorate in EE, at 62. Sad.
I've been playing guitar since the 70's, in bands, still going strong (www.steamcircusband.com) as a happy amateur.
For me playing guitar is like falling off a log, but recently, at 60, started flying lessons.
That is so true.I'm a fan of smaller tube amps and just cranking the heck out of them. It's a clone of a Fender Champ.
Shhhh...!Can't be that poor with all those ****ing wiz boxes!
He's the highest educated person I've ever known, (two bachelors and two masters, three being from MIT), he always set gaols and didn't stop till achieving. He flew, got his PP at 18 and flew tankers, kc-135 and -10 for eight years before becoming a usaf test pilot. Diabetes is in our genetics and ended his flying. I think there was just too much time between the bachelor's in EE/master's in EE and computer science from the '70's, and now.I've been playing guitar since the 70's, in bands, still going strong (www.steamcircusband.com) as a happy amateur.
For me playing guitar is like falling off a log, but recently, at 60, started flying lessons.
I got a BSEE (electronics) when I was mid thirties. Was the toughest studying, learning, but I loved it. I just plugged away until I got each difficult concept, studied, etc.
At 60, ground school here feels about the same or harder maybe even, in some ways (in exactly the way that when I accidentally fired an 8080 CPU by hooking it up backwards, I was never in danger of falling out of the sky) and I really, really love learning it, but man...weather, navigation, aerodynamics, etc. is a lot to take in.
Of course, I'm doing it in Norwegian (checking also reference books in English) which I began learning at 36 or so.
Anyway, you mentioning that about your brother gave me a scare...thinking maybe I am too old, but hope it is just that a doctorate is hundreds of times harder. Maybe too the passion wasn't still there? I still have it for flying.
He's the highest educated person I've ever known, (two bachelors and two masters, three being from MIT), he always set gaols and didn't stop till achieving. He flew, got his PP at 18 and flew tankers, kc-135 and -10 for eight years before becoming a usaf test pilot. Diabetes is in our genetics and ended his flying. I think there was just too much time between the bachelor's in EE/master's in EE and computer science from the '70's, and now.
Why don't you move to Alabama! I'll teach you to fly, you teach me guitar. Deal?
But not at the same time, right?
You mean in the plane? No no!
Could be kinda fun...
"More throttle, watch your airspeed!"
"Ok, now you play an E chord and hammer on the seventh note!...man watch that guitar neck, you just bumped the throttle again!"
Though it would be easier to teach inverted chords!
That's cool! My brother did some programing for a company called Wang, while he was in college in the mid '70's.I went on to programming, and honestly each new language after C and then Java seem to be, not that revolutionary and not that compelling.