welladida - cheers mate. Ive been going on about one of these for years, and my missus bought it for me as a wedding present.... you know when you are marrying the right woman when she buys you gifts like this. I am a lucky man.
How do you rate ernie ball guitars TBH the only ernie ball products i knew of are the strings until now.
Am I allowed to post a picture of the instrument my wife is most adept at...
it's a well loved and cherished trombone...
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wellladida - Ernie Ball Music Man guitars are incredible... I own/owned Gibson, Fender, Jackson, Ibanez, Parker, ESP and none of them even come close to the feel, playability, sound, versatility and build quality of this guitar.
The piezo acoustic bridge on this guitar is amazing as well as the many different pickup sounds on offer. Ive never heard a bad word about any EB MM guitar.
Trombone Hero T Shirt
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My beautiful 1960 Selmer Mk VI #86xxx
Blows and sounds real good. Bought it from a guy in 2003 who hadnt played for 20yrs and is in as new condition, original lacqeur although some of this has come off which I really like and kinda personalises the horn.
Regularly serviced by Steve Crow it should stay that way!
Here's my wall of kit.
There is:
Roland DX10
Yamaha MM6
M-Keystation Pro 88 (Midi Controller)
Edirol UA-FX4 Sound shaper thingy
Very old Yamaha RY8 Rhythm Programmer (aka Drum Machine)
Behringer 8 channel mixing desk feeding my old Kenwood AV receiver driving Mission speakers
Aria Pro II Active Bass
El Cheapo Les Paul copy
El Cheapo Fender Strat copy (albeit with Double Eagle neck and upgraded pickups)
Flambeau accoustic guitar (this is the cheaper make of a good manufacturer but for the life of me I can't remember who now)
A digiridoo
A tin whistle
PC running Vista Business with an EMU soundcard, Proteus addon, Sonar DAW.
Oh, and a racially insensitive dark skinned knitted doll circa 1965.
Still not convinced that I have it all connected up correctly in terms of midi and analog feeds.
Used to play many years ago (late 80's) in a band around Ayrshire - we were called Fear of the Dark - playing mostly dance type music (think Duran Duran crosssed with Echo and the Bunnymen). Haven't really played much since then so find this whole music thing very frustrating as I used to be quite good, but serious lack of practice now means that it is a bit of a struggle for me to get into the groove. I am getting more into Celtic 'folk' music (Phil Cunningham, Eddi Reader, John McCusker, Emily Smith, Red Hot Chillie Pipers et al) so I have been listening to this type of music and trying to play it by ear. Probably get on better playing with my fingers though (okay, old joke, sorry).
As I am currently not working and being a house husband, I will have more time on my hands so hopefully this fact and this new section (cheers Keiron) will spur me on to get off my derriere and get practicing again.
Cheers,
Iain
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Very nice setup.
Must get very chilly in winter. How does the kit cope?
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