On Trucks TV, one time, they talked about how so many wrench heads play guitar and other instruments. I'm just wondering if that is really the case. I'm a guitar player myself, but I have tried to list a few general questions to capture a broad spectrum of musical talent. Most are geared toward electronic music. Several questions will accept more than one answer.

I’ve been playing the radio for a long time…Sorry, couldn’t resist… :D

Been playing music for 25 years mostly bass.Ive got 2 Ibanez bass guitars,set of roland electric drums,yamaha keyboard,have played on several cd's and been in and out of bands for years,I love to play music,we have a basement band now.(southern rock)

does arranging music count as writing?

Originally posted by georgia 69:
Been playing music for 25 years mostly bass.Ive got 2 Ibanez bass guitars,set of roland electric drums,yamaha keyboard,have played on several cd's and been in and out of bands for years,I love to play music,we have a basement band now.(southern rock) I have been playing for a while. Used to play in some bars here in Athens.
I play guitar, I have 5, and a recording "studio" in my basement.
Must be something in the GA Water

we definatly need to hook up and jam.We ususally play on sat night here at the house you have an open invatation.Let me know.

Funny you mention ...... I was just saying to myself the other day how I need to dust off my equipment! I have Ibanez 550, Ovation electric Acoustic Guitar, a rare Kramer-Half flying V electric guitar, Peavey full stack Amp (8-12" speakers), 8 track digital recorder, Gorilla Amp, Roland electric drum set, no name keyboard and various guitar pedals..... Hey anyone in the SE Mich want to start a garage band, let me know, we can call ourselves "THE CAMARO'S!)......lol.........

Thats a cool name where in the world did you come up with it?LOL
Our little family band is fairly decent anyway we all live on 50 plus acres I call it the compound.We call ourselves Compound Fraxure.We just get together and have fun nothin serious.69 I got a Traynor half stack 4-10" and play through a bass sterio flanger and a wicked compressor.My new Ibanez is a BTB 5 string it is awesome.It took a while to get used to after so many years on a 4 string.

1 fender strat 1 gibson and 1 peavey bandit 65 and I hadn't had any of them out for over 2-years untill monday night isn't that strange

Its amazing how great minds think alike.Cars and Music just go together............Oh yea and women LOL as long as they like the music LOUD

Here's my guitar list

Martin 000C-16RGTE (my baby)
Fender American Standard Telecaster
Yamaha Acoustic Electric
Yamaha Dreadnought Acoustic
Fender Bass (my 12 year old son's )

Sounds like we really need to get this GA Camaro thing going and meet up somewhere and do a car thing in the daytime and a little acoustic jam session and a few beers at night.

In fact..that is where my screenname came from...my favorite band is "Uncle Tupelo"!
Which is what kind of music I like to play most.

My 24 y.o. son plays lead, bass, drums, keyboard and trumpet. Has been in some kind of band since 16. Moved to NCY 2 yrs ago trying to launch a music career. Not sure where he got the talent from (not from me or his mother) but he's extremely talented, self taught and comes back to Boston every couple of months and does solo acustic shows at "TT the Bears" in Cambridge, MA. Some more famous bands who play this club are Jane's Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins and Indigo Girls. So he has the caliber of talent just needs a break. Very, very few talented people actually "make it", but he's having fun at it. Maybe he can support me someday and buy me a couple more Camaro's. :cool:

Originally posted by georgia 69:
We call ourselves Compound Fraxure. 69 I got a Traynor half stack 4-10" and play through a bass sterio flanger and a wicked compressor.My new Ibanez is a BTB 5 string it is awesome. Love that name LOL.
Oops, I made a mistake.... I have a Crate full stack and 1/4 stack Peavey.... Is it me or does an Ibanez play awesome!
I got my influence through my cousin Aldo Nova, he was pretty popular in the 80's with his hit "Life is just a Fantasy". Soon as I heard that song I went out and bought that Kramer.

I try to play guitar and drums have Gibson SG and Yamaha drum kit but I am a Union Roadie and get to see all the bands FREE backstage graemlins/thumbsup.gif
Aldo Nova us your cousin? Way cool :cool:

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.... Is it me or does an Ibanez play awesome!

Yea the Ibanez is sweet.My first Ibanez was a Road Star 2 4-string I still have it its 15 years old and only 1 scratch,Black with dark purple overlay around the body.My new BTB is called Wild Blueberry it is a wild color,5 string and plays like a rickenbaker,or a high end Yamaha,and is cheaper.They were asking 999.00 got it for 850.00 after I showed them what I could get it for from Musicians Warehouse.

I made my living playing, writing , recording and singing for over 20 years. Still doin' it, but mostly just for fun these days. Here's a link to my more recent stuff:

http://www.broadjam.com/artists/artist.asp?sessionID=369E1F5D182D4CFFA50573D51B3E4 E5B&sessionINDEX=24217&artistID=18215

These are my other toys:
Guild D25M, Guild D5, Gretsch Tennessean, Epiphone Chet Atkins EB, Gibson J160E, Robelli acoustic bass and a whole music room full of recording and rack mount "goodies".

[ 02-19-2005, 12:50 AM: Message edited by: Steve W ]

I'm impressed by all the responses. I've been playing for almost 33 years now. I got my first guitar (conn acoustic) when I was 8. I traded that in for a peavey electric when I was 13. When I was 20 I played in a rock band for a couple years doing local clubs. We were short on mics and played straight out of the amps. My peavey encore 1X12 amp wouldn't keep up with the drummer, so I bought a used 1972 Marshall JMP 100 half stack. When I was about 28 I bought a new american strat which I still play today (about the same time I cut off my mullet). A few weeks ago I bought a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 1X12 so I could actually haul my stuff in the back of my Camaro :D Still tweaking on the HRD trying to find a new sound - it's in there somewhere. I'm enjoying reading the responses. Keep em coming.

Steve, I'm impressed. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

I dabble in playing guitar, which is a nice way of saying I'm not very good. I found I could sing much better than I could play so I focused on that. Did the local club scene through most of the 80's to early 90's doing mostly classic rock covers. I gave it up to sharpen my parenting skills. My son turned out to be a pretty good drummer. We used to love to jam in the basement. I used to have to drive to Maryland to pick him up on the weekends. I would to sing to him the whole three and a half hour trip back to PA. He used to get a real kick out of it.
I still know everyone in my area that has any musical talent. Young and old.

Oh yea the mullet I had a mullet for years I still would have but my wife would cut it off in my sleep.I did get tired of it getting tangled up in my creeper wheels at work.

Originally posted by georgia 69:
Oh yea the mullet I had a mullet for years I still would have but my wife would cut it off in my sleep.I did get tired of it getting tangled up in my creeper wheels at work. :D Now that is true Georgia humor right there son!

Can you say Billy Ray Sirus graemlins/sad.gif

That would be something the MRG would wanna see.
(Mullet Research Group)

My Dad was a preacher so I grew up playing in church since I was about 10 or so. I still play in church when I visit my folks but play in clubs most of the time. I have an Ibanez I bought in '77 that's shaped like a Les Paul but with a scrolled headstock like a mandolin. It has DiMarzios and a bunch of abalone inlay on the body and for the fret markers. I also have a Kramer with a Floyd Rose, a Yamaha 12 string electric that looks like a ES-335, a Mexican Strat, a American Standard Strat, and my latest find, a '64 pre CBS buyout Mustang that I picked up for next to nothing. In the bass dept. I have a Ibanez fretless, a EB-03 (shaped like a SG), and a American Deluxe Precision with active pickups. As far as acoustics go, I have a Alvarez, a Takamine 12 string, a Yamaha cheapie and several "no-namers".