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#273096 - 08/03/10 03:42 PM
Hi from TCSC47
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TCSC47
Be Nice (I'm New!)
Registered: 02/05/08
Posts: 12
Loc: The Midlands, UK
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TCSC = Tom Corbett Space Cadet, Sorry! He was a boyhood literary hero of mine.
Hi everybody. I have been a member of this chat room for some time now but have not posted much. I actually live in Leamington Spa and used to visit Regent Guitars quite alot to drool over the guitars and amps and spent some time playing them. I know Richard, but he does not know me - if you see what I mean. I've bought a couple of guitars from Richard - a Tanglewood Rossetta and a - wait fot it - a Regent guitar "Nightfall"! This was an electro acoustic guitar that Richard had specially made for his shop. I still play it alot. I also own an Epiphone Dot semi acoustic guitar that I use for gigs and I like alot too. I have a Roland Cube 30X amp for home and practice and access to a Marshal 100W amp for gigs. If I want extra power I have a home made 200Wrms Mosfet amp with an Emminance guitar speaker. I feed it through a KORG AX10G (also from Regent Guitars). However and lol, I can't set up the AX10 properly! so it dosn't get used much! It is a case of RTFM! which I can't understand! It is also a bit too small to be able to see the controls easily enough during a gig.
I have played the guitar since the early 60s! and I should be able to play alot better than I can, considering how much time I spend on it. I haven't performed in public a lot but I have done so on several occasions in a band and solo. I have been fortunate with the excellent musicians I have played with and there is nothing quite like the buzz you get when a decent drummer and bass start up with you! My advice to anybody in the early stages of learning to play a musical instrument, is to get proper lessons from a qualified teacher (if you can afford it). I didn't and I wish I had. Secondly get involved in playing with other people. My music had stagnated and I was getting nowhere fast until I joined a band. I need external pressure on me to make me work at getting something right or learn something new.
I am a knowledgable electronics engineer and have designed and built several amps and guitar effect units. They didn't all work well and I wouldn't trust them to be reliable in a gig as they usually all fall apart! My training was actually on valve design so maybe my retirement ( I am just about to!) project is to design and build the world's bestest ever guitar valve amp!!!!
Cheers!
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#273103 - 09/03/10 01:27 AM
Re: Hi from TCSC47
[Re: TCSC47]
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Noise_Maker
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Registered: 23/10/07
Posts: 1154
Loc: Usually on the Sofa
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Hi TCSC,
Welcome to the forums, I hope you find it a friendly and useful place to visit.
A great introduction! I concur with you regarding lessons. I'm on my 3rd attempt at trying to learn (November last year, I'm 31), and I my lessons have been a key driver.
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#273399 - 13/03/10 10:38 AM
Re: Hi from TCSC47
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TCSC47
Be Nice (I'm New!)
Registered: 02/05/08
Posts: 12
Loc: The Midlands, UK
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Cheers Guys (and gals?)!
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#273426 - 14/03/10 04:29 AM
Re: Hi from TCSC47
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Gandalf
Be Nice (I'm New!)
Registered: 12/03/10
Posts: 5
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I'm new myself, but welcome all the same. It seems a friendly place 
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#273480 - 14/03/10 08:40 PM
Re: Hi from TCSC47
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MacPhee84
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Registered: 25/07/02
Posts: 2026
Loc: Woking - Surrey
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This is a mean nasty place full of horrible horrible people who are all better at guitar than me!!!
Otherwise yeah, it is a friendly place!
Welcome to the Forum!
The standard is... If you need ANYTHING... Just ask and someone will know (this includes our guidelines of '101 ways of hiding a body', '13 tips on making butternut squash soup' and 'How to perform in bed when your dog is looking').
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