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been playing for over ten years, many styles, many axes have come and gone. the best was a les paul studio, alpine white with gold hardware, lighter but still fat sounding. selling it was a heart breaker. i also built a strat once that had a duncan humbucker in the bridge, floyd rose lock nut tremelo and a roland guitar synth pickup in it. i hoped it would be the perfect gig guitar, but in trying to cover all the bases, it just got top heavy.
the only one that has stayed with me is my first tele, but it is now on it's fourth paintjob, second neck and i've put a texas screamer in the bridge pickup slot... nice for shred-a-billy. i run it through a fender 60 watt tube amp with a single 12" speaker. i got really tired of lugging big amps around years ago. i quit playing out when i got married, the money was never that good, the late hours got old and once you can't pick up stage door scag anymore, the appeal is completely lost. i've found i am not alone in this.
lately, all i have been playing is a taylor acoustic and have been really getting into manouche (gypsy swing) style like django reinhardt. it is seriously hard stuff to play, completely unlike anything i've ever tried.
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