So look what I went and bought today...

[RetroLounge]

I was in Chicago today for Thanksgiving, and my nephew had 2 of these, and he and Uncle Retro were doing some jamming together.

I really liked the sound and said so, and he told me I could have it for a sweet price, so on impulse, I wrote him a check and now I own a Crate XT120R amplifier.

Which is nice since I have a Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar but no amp. And I haven't really played in over 10 years, but what the hell.

Maybe it's time for yet another mid-life crisis. This time a band! :9

Anyone want to jam? :headbang:



and just for fun, me when i was the same age as my nephew, about 25 years ago, in the studio in Chicago during a recording session...



and for you gearheads, the black Les Paul (upper right) is the only one I still own. (and the white Marshall 100w head is on top of a Crate 212 *I* owned back then)



:hi:

RL

[KitchenWitch]

1. My son has a Crate amp

Not sure which one, but it has a nice sound to it. I miss hearing him play.

[RetroLounge]

4. It was fun to play again today...

My folks used to come to bars when I was 18 to watch me play...

:hi:

RL

[Dystopian]

24. Very cool...

I hang out in sleazy bars to watch my son play...
Nice memories you have...
Guitars and books...all you need in life:D As far as material things, anyway...
Glad you had a good time...

peace~

[EFerrari]

2. How many do we get, anyway?

Maybe I should be pacing myself.

lol

[RetroLounge]

3. Well I'm not too sure how many we get.

But miss american pie told me *she* was my mid-life crisis.

So this must just be an add-on MLC

:rofl:

RL

[Ellen Forradalom]

5. Go for it! You are WAY COOLER now

than when you were a skinny little New Wave wuss.

Ever met XNASA? He's quite the rock & roller too.

[RetroLounge]

10. A skinny little New Wave wuss?

:rofl:

perfect description, actually... :D

I have not met XNASA but we've conversed...

:hi:

RL

[marzipanni]

6. Cool, sounds like fun! This is an interesting little history of an amp-

http://www.pignoseamps.com/?disp=pg&id=story

[RetroLounge]

11. Those pignose amps are fun!

A friend used to bring one to school and we'd jam in the cafeteria...

RL

[XemaSab]

7. Nice hair

:P

[RetroLounge]

12. It was a phase...

:9

RL

[DarkTirade]

8. ... want!

[RetroLounge]

9. The amp or the New Wave Wuss?

:hi:

RL

[DarkTirade]

19. ... wait, now I have to choose?

:P

[RetroLounge]

23. Probably not...

package deal, you know...

:9

RL

[DarkTirade]

34. Seriously though, if I'm ever in your area, we'll have to have a jam session.

:)

[RetroLounge]

36. Primate can play bass

We can find a drummer easily enough. Just order a pizza...

:D

RL

[DarkTirade]

37. Heh. If he can't make it, I've got my cheap-ass starter bass

and years of singing bass along with a modicum of piano/keyboard experience has taught me at least the basics of how a bassline can work.

If I have the money I'm gonna overhaul it though. I'm hoping to replace the P type pickup with a better one, then add a J type below it. And I was gonna replace the pickguard with circuit board and try to make it look as geeky as possible. I'm still debating on what to call that style once I do it though... either a geektar, or a nerdcore guitar. :P

[RetroLounge]

38. I like nerdcore

:D

RL

[DarkTirade]

39. Yeah, I think I'm leaning towards that one.

I was even thinking about doing something weird, like having three pickups (The P in the middle and one J on either side of it) and making lots of switches for different pickup options, just to add to the over-the-top geeky ambiance of it. :) But I'm not sure I could really fit a second J type in there.

[Guava Jelly]

13. I can't find the plugin on my acoustic

:mad:
Nice toys

[RetroLounge]

14. Use a microphone man!

and crank it up!

:hi:

RL

[mitchum]

15. But isn't it...solid state?

Yeah, I'm one of those asses :)

[RetroLounge]

17. I know, I know...

But since it's just for knocking around the house with, I can skip the Tubes.

(I am a Tube Purist too...)

:hi:

RL

[mitchum]

18. Confession time...

I have a little Crate GX-15 running into an American Acoustic speaker which I keep in the living room for just messing around with
Shhhh...that's just between me and you :)

[ghostsofgiants]

16. Nice.

I need to score an amp. Thinking about getting a new bass soon as well.

[RetroLounge]

20. Cool!

Fender P Bass?

:hi:

RL

[ghostsofgiants]

21. Danelectro Dano 63 reissue.

It's pretty cheap, but it's pretty nice, great vintage sound and the like.

[RetroLounge]

22. Oh, that's sweet!

I love the lipstick case pickups!

:thumbsup:

RL

[ghostsofgiants]

25. Hell yeah.

I decided to go into the music store on my way home from school a few weeks ago, just out of boredom. Saw it, played it, and fell in love with it. And it's only $350, so I'm all over that.

[DarkTirade]

40. *edit* dupe

[DarkTirade]

41. Best be careful when falling in love with an instrument that's still at the store.

They're not always true to you.

I fell in love with a guitar once. It was shiney. And green. And it just felt right in my hands and it sounded good.

But then she ran away with someone else, and I've never seen her again. :cry:

[ghostsofgiants]

42. That harlot!

:o

[DarkTirade]

43. She wasn't cheap either.

800 bucks. And this was back when I was a poor college student. Err... as opposed to now when I'm a... um... poor college student. Again. :P

[ACTION BASTARD]

26. I want an Orange Amp soooo bad.

But they're so friggen expensive.

[RetroLounge]

27. Vintage 70's orange amps rock!

I love seeing them in the vintage videos...

:hi:

RL

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Ugh, so expensive.

But soooooo nice. I would kill for one.

[Chorophyll]

29. Dude...

"Bela Lugosi's Dead."

Undead...

Undead...

:P

[RetroLounge]

30. Hee hee

Well, you know, it was the 80's...

:blush:

RL

[Chorophyll]

31. It's okay. When I mock the 80's, I am only mocking myself.

And this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7xyjU-jsU&feature=related

[RetroLounge]

32. Well, then you really need to post a picture from back then

or just PM it to me... :9

For comparison sake, I mean...

:D

RL

[Chorophyll]

33. Eek.

I have some hilarious ones, too, but they have not as yet been digitized.

What you need to know is that I was really, really into the Cure, and I looked something like this: :silly:

[RetroLounge]

35. Hawt!

:9

RL

[ScreamingMeemie]

44. You look like about 3 guys I dated in the 80's.

:rofl:

[RetroLounge]

47. You obviously have very good taste!

:hug:

RL

[ScreamingMeemie]

49. You bet!

:hug:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

45. Sweet! I've been doing a little "woodshedding" myself lately...

My "HM" Strat (produced from 1988-1992, with a humbucking pickup, 2 single coils, coil tap switch and Floyd Rose tremolo):



My Les Paul



:toast:

[RetroLounge]

46. Nice!

I love the wear mark on the strat.

and the other guitarist in a band I was in back in the 80's had that same Les Paul!

His off-white and my black LP's got along great...

:hi:

RL

[bluesbassman]

48. Welcome back to the amplified club Retro.

Those Crates are fine. Good clean sound. Pick up an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer or a Marshall Bluesbreaker and you'll be set.

I'm up for jammin', but the commute is gonna be a bummer. :)

[graywarrior]

50. I'll play drums

[RetroLounge]

51. You're hired...

:loveya:

RL

[graywarrior]

52. Oh man, thanks!