craigb
So I was supposed to be influenced by someone?  Maybe that's why my guitar playing never came close to my so-called "potential..." 

a) everyone is influenced by someone.
 
b) 'never came close'?  Unless both your hands have fallen off, pick up a guitar and get on with it!

jamesg1213

craigb
So I was supposed to be influenced by someone?  Maybe that's why my guitar playing never came close to my so-called "potential..." 

a) everyone is influenced by someone.
 
b) 'never came close'?  Unless both your hands have fallen off, pick up a guitar and get on with it!

I had to get rid of all my gear (the court said I could keep $300 worth of gear - ha!).  Of course, I "sold" one custom guitar back to my luthier and the other one (still being built, but paid for) was put on hold (Space Cowboy here bought my other custom).  I heard that my luthier began to carve the top over the July 4th holiday so, eventually, I'll have both that guitar AND my first custom back (once I can afford to buy it back, I have to pay back two friends who helped me get job training and a car first).  I should note that my luthier does it as a hobby, he's an IT guy like me for a university in Kentucky and, though lucky to survive a large number of layoffs, is now swamped with work.
 
I'm coming back, just slowly!  I've only had a job for about 10 months and just got a raise in May.  There's not a whole lot of extra cash left after my (very low) expenses but I'm catching up on a lot of things.

Get ye sum free air geetars.

bapu
Get ye sum free air geetars.

Last time I went they were all lefty's in some color I'd be embarrassed to play!
 

See???

craigb

bapu
Get ye sum free air geetars.

Last time I went they were all lefty's in some color I'd be embarrassed to play!
 

See???

Yes, I see  that.

The double-neck one was pretty cool though.  It's rare to see that in an air guitar.

I was thinking the same thing but did not want to come off as an air guitar nerd.

only now 'Stay Hungry' album by Twisted Sister, great album imo.
and like they didn't become arrogant and still gave it all on live shows, at least that's what I've read as I didn't see them live ever unfortunately.
 
Craig the good news is you can get a really proper guitar for little money these days.
The Squier 'classic vibe' and 'vintage modified' series are just proper guitarsa for example.
Sure you feel the difference immediately if you pickup a Fender after playing a Squier, Fenders have an even more quaility, durable feel imo but that doesn't make the Squiers bad at all.
And soundwise they're eve closer and in some cases as good as or better than some of the cheaper Fenders imo.
 
For Gibson type guitars I can recommend Les Pauls, SG copies by a UK brand called 'Vintage', imo a step up soundwise from fe Epiphone.
The Vintage Fender models get good reviews too.
 
I appreciate my Squier/Vintage guitars so much I wouldn't buy a Fender or Gibson if I were rich.
 

They're actually playing Twisted Sister, I wanna rock on the radio right now..
Thought it was better when it was released 

Everything was better when we were 14.