Raiyn
Well-Known Member
Hello I'm an almost complete newbie when it comes to guitars. I came here after a brief stint at My Les Paul because I bought an SG and wanted to be around like minded folks. The bulk of this intro is copy pasta'd from my profile over there.
I have a background in general mechanics and electronics so I know enough to be dangerous, but I also have enough life experience to recognize that and proceed with caution.
I've had a life-long fascination with guitars and guitarists, and am currently modifying an Epiphone SG G-400 to my tastes with a further goal of learning how to play it at least well enough for my own personal enjoyment. I realize I'm probably never going to be the next Slash or Joe Perry, but that doesn't matter to me.
My first experience with a guitar came when I was a freshman in H.S. one of the seniors left behind a Strat clone body he made in woodshop. Nothing came of that body, but it sparked an interest.
A few years later I "inherited" an Ibanez (again a Strat-ish thing) when a buddy of mine got transferred to a different base and decided not to take it with him. I took it to a local music shop to get it working and at the time I told them to "put humbuckers and a whammy bar on it". The guy asked me if I wanted a Floyd Rose and I told him "no a Whammy like EVH has"
Yeah, I was pretty clueless and I got taken for a ride because of it. They told me that my harness was all screwed up and they couldn't figure out how to fix it.
So I get it back and they guy I was supposed to learn from got shipped out, and never came back. I will also admit that my main motivation for my wanting to learn at that point was so I could get into some girl's pants.
Fast forward not quite 20 years and after some life choices (some good, some poor, some disastrous) I'm once again fiddling with a guitar project. Only this time I have the advantage of all the world's knowledge at my finger tips. I've learned that the music shop I went to was full of **** and that I had the skillset to wire up a guitar however I liked. I also have the advantage of doing this for myself - nothing is riding on my ability to shred or play a simple scale. The last advantage I have is something I picked up from a YouTube Yoda - the best way to learn about guitars and solidify the commitment to learning how to play is to pick one you're passionate about which is why I'm making a project of it. In customizing a rig for myself I become invested in it beyond a simple outlay of cash, my blood sweat and tears went into building the guitar as I envision it.
So that's me.
I have a background in general mechanics and electronics so I know enough to be dangerous, but I also have enough life experience to recognize that and proceed with caution.
I've had a life-long fascination with guitars and guitarists, and am currently modifying an Epiphone SG G-400 to my tastes with a further goal of learning how to play it at least well enough for my own personal enjoyment. I realize I'm probably never going to be the next Slash or Joe Perry, but that doesn't matter to me.
My first experience with a guitar came when I was a freshman in H.S. one of the seniors left behind a Strat clone body he made in woodshop. Nothing came of that body, but it sparked an interest.
A few years later I "inherited" an Ibanez (again a Strat-ish thing) when a buddy of mine got transferred to a different base and decided not to take it with him. I took it to a local music shop to get it working and at the time I told them to "put humbuckers and a whammy bar on it". The guy asked me if I wanted a Floyd Rose and I told him "no a Whammy like EVH has"
Fast forward not quite 20 years and after some life choices (some good, some poor, some disastrous) I'm once again fiddling with a guitar project. Only this time I have the advantage of all the world's knowledge at my finger tips. I've learned that the music shop I went to was full of **** and that I had the skillset to wire up a guitar however I liked. I also have the advantage of doing this for myself - nothing is riding on my ability to shred or play a simple scale. The last advantage I have is something I picked up from a YouTube Yoda - the best way to learn about guitars and solidify the commitment to learning how to play is to pick one you're passionate about which is why I'm making a project of it. In customizing a rig for myself I become invested in it beyond a simple outlay of cash, my blood sweat and tears went into building the guitar as I envision it.
So that's me.
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