Hi, Kevin here. quapman is just my username(long story and not real interesting.. lol).
Thought I may as well say hi since I have been visiting here for over a month now. Lot's of great
info here on this forum so thanks to all who have already helped me out and thanks in advance to those who will in the future.
Have played off and on most of my life. Learned as a young kid and went through the first 5 or 6 books with the classic
strict teacher who would slap your fingers with a ruler if your thumb wasn't directly under the neck and fingers arched.
As a young adult I discovered Black Sabbath and the fun of the 'sweet leaf' and figured I could never play like these gods so I quit. Until about 20 yrs old when I went to a friends house and watched him play Pink Floyd and was blown away that someone could really play that. He said he would teach me but I thought at 20 yrs old it was too late. lol.
He asked if I plan on being alive in 10 years. I said I hope so. He said "imagine how good you would be with 10 years of playing".
He was right. So I got back into it for about another 15 years. Lost interest again and life happened.
Had kids late so 10 years flew by. Now here I am at 50, with a 10 and a 6 yrs old, and having a much needed musical rebirth and am loving every minute.
I play almost every day now. It feels great and my family is supportive.
(my kids didn't even know I could play,,lol)
My 2 latest acquisitions have been my J-45 and now my LP Classic Custom. And they help keep me inspired.
They have also pushed my other guitars into the background now,, except my one Hamer, I still really like it.
And the rust is starting to come off the old fingers too.
Guitars I have other than my 2 new Gibsons.
Hamer - Chapperal(USA)
Hamer - LP double cutaway copy(Korea)
Takamine acoustic
Yamaha Acoustic
Washburn bass
And back in the 80's I had the sweetest 69 LP custom that was stolen and I still cry about and have never
been able to replace. Although the Classic Custom is fairly close
Anyway, nice to meet you all.
Cheers.
