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When I was a teenager I liked electric guitars / I had a 50's model Les Paul Jr. with a small Gibson amp. {12" Jenkins speaker} Nice [smile] / I loaned my Les Paul Jr. to a friend and he had a big 2 stack Marshall amp with a head that pumped out alot of watts / something used at a rock concert / he was using my guitar in his bedroom with the vol. on 9 or 10 / and his drunk stepfather come rushing in the room and grabbed my Les Paul and smashed it into two pieces at the neck & body, Sad [cursing] / Anyway That was the last of electric - Loud - guitars for me / That was in south Fla. and I went home later to the North Carolina Mountains and let the hard rock music go / I started being around my Uncles and hearing good old traditional mountain music from my heritage / with bluegrass, country, etc. / I started hearing James Taylor, etc. and it was Acoustic Guitars for me / Just right for solo in a small room with the finger picking style I learned from my people / I use an Acoustic Genz Benz amp now in a larger setting / ALOT OF RAMBLING [blink] ON ABOUT ME / So My Story is: "Keep it simple", So much you can do with an Acoustic Gibson without all the NOISE from an ELECTRIC guitar with all the pedels and noise makers. / Yes I Like My Acoustic Music that You can Play Anywhere / THATS MY STORY & I'm STICKING TO IT! :-({|=

 

If you like that loud music thats OK / all music has its place / I just remember my youth and wish I still had that Les Paul Jr. / Bye You'll [thumbup]

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When I was a teenager I liked electric guitars / I had a 50's model Les Paul Jr. with a small Gibson amp. {12" Jenkins speaker} Nice [smile] / I loaned my Les Paul Jr. to a friend and he had a big 2 stack Marshall amp with a head that pumped out alot of watts / something used at a rock concert / he was using my guitar in his bedroom with the vol. on 9 or 10 / and his drunk stepfather come rushing in the room and grabbed my Les Paul and smashed it into two pieces at the neck & body, Sad [cursing] / Anyway That was the last of electric - Loud - guitars for me / That was in south Fla. and I went home later to the North Carolina Mountains and let the hard rock music go / I started being around my Uncles and hearing good old traditional mountain music from my heritage / with bluegrass, country, etc. / I started hearing James Taylor, etc. and it was Acoustic Guitars for me / Just right for solo in a small room with the finger picking style I learned from my people / I use an Acoustic Genz Benz amp now in a larger setting / ALOT OF RAMBLING [blink] ON ABOUT ME / So My Story is: "Keep it simple", So much you can do with an Acoustic Gibson without all the NOISE from an ELECTRIC guitar with all the pedels and noise makers. / Yes I Like My Acoustic Music that You can Play Anywhere / THATS MY STORY & I'm STICKING TO IT! :-({|=

 

If you like that loud music thats OK / all music has its place / I just remember my youth and wish I still had that Les Paul Jr. / Bye You'll [thumbup]

 

 

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I loved the electric guitar and thought the guitar just couldn't get any better! Then... I was lent an album of Narcisco Yepes playing Bach and that was it!!! I fell in love with the sound of the nylon strung guitar. loved the way the pieces were all self contained and you could just move the hand a tiny bit and make an immensely different tone. Also all the stuff going on the pieces just seemed so much more interesting. you know the counterpoint etc...

 

I do love though playing my Flying V with gain on 10 if I have had a bad day LMAO!!

 

Matt

 

 

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When I was a teenager I liked electric guitars / I had a 50's model Les Paul Jr. with a small Gibson amp. {12" Jenkins speaker} Nice [smile] / I loaned my Les Paul Jr. to a friend and he had a big 2 stack Marshall amp with a head that pumped out alot of watts / something used at a rock concert / he was using my guitar in his bedroom with the vol. on 9 or 10 / and his drunk stepfather come rushing in the room and grabbed my Les Paul and smashed it into two pieces at the neck & body, Sad [cursing] / Anyway That was the last of electric - Loud - guitars for me / That was in south Fla. and I went home later to the North Carolina Mountains and let the hard rock music go / I started being around my Uncles and hearing good old traditional mountain music from my heritage / with bluegrass, country, etc. / I started hearing James Taylor, etc. and it was Acoustic Guitars for me / Just right for solo in a small room with the finger picking style I learned from my people / I use an Acoustic Genz Benz amp now in a larger setting / ALOT OF RAMBLING [blink] ON ABOUT ME / So My Story is: "Keep it simple", So much you can do with an Acoustic Gibson without all the NOISE from an ELECTRIC guitar with all the pedels and noise makers. / Yes I Like My Acoustic Music that You can Play Anywhere / THATS MY STORY & I'm STICKING TO IT! :-({|=

 

If you like that loud music thats OK / all music has its place / I just remember my youth and wish I still had that Les Paul Jr. / Bye You'll [thumbup]

MORAL TO THE STORY....Never lend your electric guitar to a friend with a drunken AXXHOLE father....

Great story ,by the way!

Do you still live in the NC mountains or in the coastal area of Spanish Oak?

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I don't think one audio clip is gonna change anyone.. A good clip though. I still haven't gotten myself an electric guitar, though I have seriously contemplated buying a semi-hollow.

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I don't think one audio clip is gonna change anyone.. A good clip though. I still haven't gotten myself an electric guitar, though I have seriously contemplated buying a semi-hollow.

I have 1 electric and 19 acoustics. My electric is a gretsch white falcon.

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I have that exact same model down to the color, killer guitar, its not been out of its case in several years along with many other electrics.If I had not promised it to my son it probably would have been sold to fund a high end acoustic.

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MORAL TO THE STORY....Never lend your electric guitar to a friend with a drunken AXXHOLE father....

Great story ,by the way!

Do you still live in the NC mountains or in the coastal area of Spanish Oak?

 

You are right about that [thumbup] Now I don't loan my Wife, Car, or Guitar to anybody for any reason [-X A Lesson well learned in my youth.

 

Spanish Oak is a Mountain in Avery County, North Carolina where I was raised-up by my Grandparents / I Live in Roxboro, NC which is about 30 miles north of Durham, NC on 501 North. Thank You for the Note :)

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