Hi from the South.....South California
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:21 pm
I suspect that I am considerably older than most of you guitar pickers out there:( . Let it suffice to say that I was 25 when Woodstock happened and much too poor to travel cross country to see it. You do the math. I fell in love with the guitar and folk music when I was 15 and performed a little bit in the middle 60s before retiring to be dedicated amateur the rest of my life. I picked up a Goya G-10 classical guitar new in 1965 (yes this is the model that Julie Andrews played in the "Sound of Music") and still have it. Along the way I played a bit of banjo ( I have a Korean model that is barely passable) before adding a Yamaha APX-4A acoustic/ electric and an Ovation Celebrity 12 string, again an acoustic/electric. Since I retired a little over a year ago I have learned much more over the internet than ever before. I appreciate Neil's teaching and joined the Target program to learn more. I have not been disappointed, well maybe a little disappointed in my own abilities.
5 or 6 years ago I picked up a Boss BR-864 8-track digital recorder for "peanuts" on Ebay but never had much time to work on it. Recently I added a two-channel preamp (who knew microphones needed preamps??), a sonic maximizer, Shure SM58, AT2020 and AT2021 mics and I have confirmed what I secretly knew all along: I can sing better than Neil but I'll NEVER be a record seller. By the way i bought all of the above items used, or on Ebay, or at a thrift store for pennies on the dollar. I may not be rich but I know value.
Stephen Stills once sang "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with". My darling wife of 44 years doesn't much care for that song but if you apply it to guitars I seldom play a guitar I don't like, but I've played a bunch (in stores like the Guitar Center) that sold for thousands of dollars that I liked less than the ones I bought for much much less.
Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. See my comments on the Kingston Trio in this forum and the Kingston Trio group I formed on this site and add your questions, comments and criticism. I leave you with this question: Who IS John Galt?
Have a great day every day. I do.
Lee Karjala
5 or 6 years ago I picked up a Boss BR-864 8-track digital recorder for "peanuts" on Ebay but never had much time to work on it. Recently I added a two-channel preamp (who knew microphones needed preamps??), a sonic maximizer, Shure SM58, AT2020 and AT2021 mics and I have confirmed what I secretly knew all along: I can sing better than Neil but I'll NEVER be a record seller. By the way i bought all of the above items used, or on Ebay, or at a thrift store for pennies on the dollar. I may not be rich but I know value.
Stephen Stills once sang "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with". My darling wife of 44 years doesn't much care for that song but if you apply it to guitars I seldom play a guitar I don't like, but I've played a bunch (in stores like the Guitar Center) that sold for thousands of dollars that I liked less than the ones I bought for much much less.
Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. See my comments on the Kingston Trio in this forum and the Kingston Trio group I formed on this site and add your questions, comments and criticism. I leave you with this question: Who IS John Galt?
Have a great day every day. I do.
Lee Karjala
