Dave's Park and Playground

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Guitars

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About Me

I remember I got my first guitar when I was about four or five years old. It was a cheap acoustic that I only banged on. But I wanted to be like The Beatles so mom and dad got me one for Christmas. As it turns out I also wanted to be like a cartoon character named "El Kabong". ( grins devilishly ) I smashed the guitar against some concrete steps. In the cartoon there were always more guitars! Wow, bummer! LOL

My second guitar was a Dan Electro electric that I received when I was eleven years old. I started taking things a bit more seriously and sat down with a Mel Bay beginners book and taught myself the basics. Then I remember taking guitar lessons on Saturday mornings at the local community center. After about a year or so I started playing guitar with some of my classmates. In junior high school I was asked by one of my classmates if I'd like to play bass guitar. I said sure but I didn't own a bass. So I played the bass lines on my Dan Electro. About a year later my grandpa and parents chipped in and got me a Gibson EB1 bass and amp. I practiced constantly and even received an award from my band class teacher for "Most Improved Musician" at the end of seventh grade.

By the time I was in high school I was really pretty good on the bass and was playing guitar once again. I took music theory classes and continued to learn more and play with more people. My grandpa had a Gibson ES-175 that he gave me which I traded for a Gibson Les Paul custom that I still have. I tried to learn the saxophone but couldn't get used to the reed vibrating on my lips. LOL I did learn to play the tuba for the high school marching band and messed around with the trumpt and trumbone as well. For a birthday present in my junior year in high school I had gotten a Yamaha acoustic guitar and started learning songs by America, The Beatles, Led Zep & Pink Floyd. I started to take lessons again at Red Bank Music and was introduced to the Berklee Guitar Series books. The lessons only lasted a few months but for the next few years I worked my way through all 3 books in the series. Around this time I was turned on to three very talented guitarists: Joe Pass, Al DiMeola and Chet Atkins.

In addition to the above three I'm influenced by: John Lennon, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, David Gilmoure ( Pink Floyd ), Jimmy Page ( LedZep ), Randy Rhoads, Kenny Burrel, and Charlie Christian.

Currently I'm working with my 16 track machine and creating some new music and some covers of other tunes. On Tape 1 theres an upbeat blues as yet untitled song, "I Call your Name" and "And I Love Her" by the Beatles and "Stairway to Heaven" in various stages of completion. Sound on sound recording is cool!

My Newest Toys.

A Fender American Series
50th Anniversary

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