A newbie to this forum, but a player since the early 1970s when I decided to take up bass after Terry's Tune, the flipside of Paul Revere and the Raiders' Indian Reservation 45 (boomers will know what this means), kept playing in my head during a long roadtrip. My next birthday (15) I put in for a big ticket item and Dad sprung for a black Univox Hi Flyer bass. Still have it. My brother got a SG copy as a carrot for completing a high school tutoring class, and I started getting interested in guitar. Boston came out in '76 and spent extravgantly on a Les Paul Artisan from Quigley Music in Kansas City. Took month's of sacrificing what little pay I made as a Pizza Hut kitchen monkey to pay it off. Played in a few remarkably terrible local bands, then learned Tom Scholz's equipment was all highly modified. I couldn't do that to the Artisan so I shined it up and put it in the case. I bought a '73 Les Paul Gold Top Deluxe and Marshall half stack from Irish Music in Kansas City. Never could master the sound, but it opened up guitar to me. I've been adding gear to make a run at recording some original songs, and now have enough "tools" in the toolbox to have a go at it. Just got a nicely relic'd Sunburst Standard off eBay. Love it. I've been warming up to Epiphone guitars too lately, after spending a long time considering them filler and by-products. Very fond of my Nighthawk Custom and it's versatile tones, and a P93 Riviera. Favorite amps: a '69 Super Reverb pawn shop rescue and a Crate V16. Also have a thing for the two-tone blue Univoxs.
