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Virginia Beach, Virginia
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totally nuts about electric hollow body guitars, love and own 2 motorcycles one hog and a 1971 750K Honda chopper. I'm a working artist: I exhibit fine arts, prefer painting landscape and wild animals in oil or 1930s style pen and ink, I also do graphic art on mac computers. Love old classic movies circa 1930 through 1950s. I enjoy searching the internet, and blogs, But I'm at my best just lounging around with my puppy dogs, drinking ice-cold soda, and workin' on my guitar chops.

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    overtherainbo 

    14 Apr 2011 - 11:02
    Hello. Fellow Babies,
    My interest in guitar started the instant I heard rock n roll and guitars. It was coming out of the radio ---- at me. I felt it more than heard it. Like seeing dust motes drift and dance in a shaft of sunlight, I was drifting and dancing. I didn't know the steps, didn't know where it came from or where it was going, but I just had to know how to make...
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    overtherainbo 

    14 Apr 2011 - 11:00
    It might be a guy thing, because I respond to the sound the guitar produces from the twangy open E string to freaky shredding: and my response is emotional, not cerebral.
    Funny thing, if anyone had told me that it was impossible to learn learn to play an instrument by copying records I might have been discouraged and never learned to play.
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    overtherainbo 

    14 Apr 2011 - 11:00
    Okay there's lots of holes in my education because I mostly play by ear. But it has been a fascinating journey. One of the things that keeps it interesting is that sometimes the technical aspect of learning a new style of playing presents a new challenge; and I find that the exploration of different musical styles
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    overtherainbo 

    14 Apr 2011 - 10:59
    has brought me to a new sense of appreciation of music. I started out liking rock n roll, where now I also like classical music, country -old and new, Texas swing, Sons of the Pioneers, Glenn Miller, etc. That sounds positive and cool: however, it also means that somewhere down the road, I'll probably wind up liking Rap, God help me.
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    overtherainbo 

    14 Apr 2011 - 10:59
    Currently I'm recovering from an accident that messed up my arm such that nerve impulses were not reaching my left hand, and over the course of a year it weakened to the point that I didn't have the strength to squeeze a chord. Years of effort gone.
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    overtherainbo 

    14 Apr 2011 - 10:58
    The doctors assured me that I without surgery, I had no hope of regaining the strength of my hand; and even with the surgery, they could make no guarantee. And because I have a bad heart, I had to endure a series of tests to evaluate the probability of my survival of an operation. I was truly miserable... but
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    overtherainbo 

    14 Apr 2011 - 10:58
    -- wonder of wonders! -- my hand started improving last year. I haven't been able to play for almost four years. It's going to be an effort because my memory of being able to play effortlessly is always in strong contrast to the reality that my playing now.
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    overtherainbo 

    14 Apr 2011 - 10:58
    The effort to relearn is difficult and vexing; my left hand remembers nothing and has to relearn every song: it tires quickly, and it still lacks strength. By contrast, my right hand remembers everything, it wants to play all the old stuff, and is rarin' to go. But it is happening, and I am so grateful.
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    overtherainbo 

    14 Apr 2011 - 10:52
    guitars in my collection:
    1959 Fender Jazzmaster
    Fender sunburst Strat
    great Japanese copy Strat
    1964 mahogany Country Gentleman
    rebuilt, refinished, Gibson SG which I finished by installing a flat Bixby tremelo
    two blond Les Pauls one with neck that badly needs to be replaced tension rod
    Cygnus Echo
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