Hi everyone. I'm Ken and I think this site is Great.
The guitar lessons are about the best I've found and are right where I am as far as my playing goes.
I hate just strumming chords. I like putting in bass lines and fills, and so I'm enjoying learning all the songs very much.
Thankx to all the contributing teachers - especially Mr. Hodge.
I also enjoy the Songwriters forum. I peruse that area often. Keep up the good work there!
Well, let's see....
I started playing at a young age - and quit at a young age.
I wish I would've stuck with it and learned how to read music.
Oh well.
Started playing again at 18 in a band until I was 23. (1988 - 1993)
Then just sorta went solo acoustic, not doin' much.
Divorced 3 years ago and an 18 year old kid I was working with got me back into playing.
My main guitar is an '88 Fender Strat American Standard - all stock. Had it since it was new.
My acoustic is a '91 Ovation Custom Balladeer (USA), with a cedar top (I play with my fingers)
My FAVORITE guitar is my '71 Strat. Ash body/rosewood fretboard. Amazing tone.
I had a '63 Gibson SG w/P-90's - Sold that and my 2x12 to pay for our honeymoon.
I am currently without an amp - though I can plug into my old 70's JVC 2 ch. cassette deck
and get a good clean-overdriven tone.
I favor the tone of point to point handwired all tube amps.
My favorite guitar player is Peter Green from the original Fleetwood Mac (and of course Danny Kirwan).
I guess I'm primarily into the blues, and being as I'm from the Southside of Chicago,
yes, Mike Bloomfield is also a favorite.
My originals aren't all that bluesy though - More eclectic. I have many influences.
So that's a bit about me and hope to see ya around,
Ken
"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway
"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles
Welcome to GN, Ken! 8)
Welcome to GuitarNoise, Ken! We look forward to seeing you around the forums! :D
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"Don't wanna ride no shootin' star. Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar." Emmylou Harris, "Rhythm Guitar" from "The Ballad of Sally Rose"
welcome Ken.....great introduction my friend 8)
"Well, I've never been to Spain. But I've been 'thru' Oklahoma"
Hi Nuno, and thankx!
Howdy Miss Electra, and a tip of the hat to you... :wink:
I lived in Wyoming for a year with a couple from Lubbock, Texas.
And IMHO, I consider Buddy Holly to be the TRUE King of Rock & Roll.
Thankx for the welcome :D
Ballybiker from England -
Hope you don't mind me takin' a guess at that name....
Does Bally have anything to do with Pinball machines????
And does Biker have anything to do with Motorcycles????
If so - in addition to selling my SG and Amp, I also sold my '71 Triumph T-150V Trident Triple.
Thankx for the warm welcome Bro (%
"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway
"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles
Hi Ken. Welcome to GN.
Denny
Hey ken, I love the windy city :D I grew up in NW Indiana. Welcome to GN....ken ( good name) :D
Welcome to GN, Ken.
Look forward to seeing you round the forums.
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I've had a lot of sobering thoughts in my time.
It was them that turned me to drink.
Hi Denny. Thankx.
Love The Floyd. Caught a Floyd show in Denver in '88.
I'm a huge Syd Barrett Fan.
Smokindog!!!! Yes, yer ma sure has a strange sense of humor.... Who would name their son Ken???? lol
NW Indiana - On the Southside, that's known as the Eastside of Chicago!
Spied yer vids bro - excellent. Nobody gets me goin' like Johnny Lee.
Love Roy Rogers on slide. And of course Canned Heat!!!!
Keep up the good work, and thankx for slippin' in a pic of Hem. on Whiskey Slide.
Chuckster, thank you, and I look forward to hearing some of your input.
For a guy that has a green haired headbanger for an avatar -
you seem pretty well informed and down to earth. (%
And back to you ballybiker - Checked out your "public" stuff.
Very Good my friend.
For the short time you've been playin', that was some impressive work.
I really like how comfortable you are with 'space'.
Most players are horrified with silence.
Well done - :D
"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway
"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles
Welcome to GN, Ken! :D
Bish
"I play live as playing dead is harder than it sounds!"
Welcome...you will be assimilated... :shock:
Music is the universal language.
