What instruments do you play?

[Rocketman919]

This thread is meant to go hand in hand with the "Apps for musicians?" thread.
If you replied in that thread i'm assuming you have an instrument, so tell me, what is it? I'll start. I play guitar. I own a black Gibson SG Standard and a black Martin Grand Orchestra acoustic-electric. I am hoping that i can assemble enough money to get a peavey 6505 amp and a Marshall cab. All together thats over 1000 dollars :(. Oh well, guess i'll take some money out of savings.

[slomper]

I play guitar too, i have a epiphone les paul studio and the spider 3 line 6 amp.

[NotYou]

I actually build guitars for a living. I write, but my main source of income at this point comes from building guitars.

I'm only doing electrics right now, but I hope to start building and selling acoustics by spring.

[slomper]

I actually build guitars for a living. I write, but my main source of income at this point comes from building guitars.

I'm only doing electrics right now, but I hope to start building and selling acoustics by spring.

thats really cool, im assuming you play?

[McChikun]

I play both cello and guitar. My cello's a cello. I've got a fake Chinese stratocaster (hey, I lived in Shanghai for two years, and I bought it cheap from a friend) and a non-brand name acoustic guitar.

[NotYou]

thats really cool, im assuming you play?

Definitely. Not as much as I used to though. I went to art school and studied screenwriting. Having to be creative at school everyday kind of distracted me from playing.

In retrospect, I should have done it the other way around and learned writing by myself and formally learned to make guitars. My student loans would be a fraction of what they are. :rolleyes:

[Rocketman919]

I actually build guitars for a living. I write, but my main source of income at this point comes from building guitars.

I'm only doing electrics right now, but I hope to start building and selling acoustics by spring.

Sounds sweet.

[VeganTnT]

I play Guitar and Drums

Mostly Hardcore music but I'm becoming more and more interested in Acoustic guitar

NotYou: Let me know when you start to build acoustics. I'd much rather have something hand crafted then some of the crap being produced these days

[Haephestos]

I play guitar (acoustic), clarinet and sing.

[STP_Steve]

This thread is meant to go hand in hand with the "Apps for musicians?" thread.
If you replied in that thread i'm assuming you have an instrument, so tell me, what is it? I'll start. I play guitar. I own a black Gibson SG Standard and a black Martin Grand Orchestra acoustic-electric. I am hoping that i can assemble enough money to get a peavey 6505 amp and a Marshall cab. All together thats over 1000 dollars :(. Oh well, guess i'll take some money out of savings.

bass and vocals.

[moopf]

I play the piano but unfortunately don't have the room for a piano in the house :( I did write a lot of music up until about 4 years ago (when I got burnt by a publisher and it knocked the interest out of me) but still dabble with Cubase on an infrequent basis. It was mostly ambient/electronica and I did have tracks on some compilations and one that was used to advertise the London Eye (the big ferris wheel type thingy in London.)

When I was younger I was really into the Clarinet as well (Acker Bilk was my hero as a youth - Stranger On The Shore is still one of my favourite pieces of music of all time)

My son really wants to learn the guitar so I may join him, as it's an instrument I've always wanted to play and I feel like learning something new :)

[hepcat330]

i actively play music. my main focuses are jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae, but i listen and try to play as many different types of music as possible. i've been into afro-cuban and gypsy jazz as of late.

my current gear:
-esp x-tone pc-1v semi-hollow guitar w/bigsby
-peavy classic 20 tube amp
-hammond xk-2 organ
-ns wav 4 electric upright bass <--newest addition to the family :D

i'm also looking for a good bass combo/half stack right now, somewhere between $300-$500, for my EUB. any recommendations would be helpful!

i'm currently in 3 bands right now. here's me trying to promote my band by posting a couple video links of us, the street vendors, playing in berkeley, CA! i'm the one playing guitar, btw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oWvldgcNNs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx50cCeA-Ic

sorry about the large post, i'm just excited this thread was started! :D

[hepcat330]

This thread is meant to go hand in hand with the "Apps for musicians?" thread.
If you replied in that thread i'm assuming you have an instrument, so tell me, what is it? I'll start. I play guitar. I own a black Gibson SG Standard and a black Martin Grand Orchestra acoustic-electric. I am hoping that i can assemble enough money to get a peavey 6505 amp and a Marshall cab. All together thats over 1000 dollars :(. Oh well, guess i'll take some money out of savings.

music isn't a cheap hobby :(

a peavy 6505 and a marshall cab is a sick setup though. i've seen that exact setup before, and it's pretty awesome. i hope you get it.

[gblan]

Godin 5th Avenue acoustic archtop here.

[kwigbo]

I play a bamboo flute. Helps keep the sanity with two young children driving me nuts. :)

[BATTLE BORN]

NotYou,

you should post up some pictures of your creations! I've spec'd out and built a few guitars, but never from scratch. I'm getting ready to start a mahogony strat build. I bought a 22 fret mahogony through neck (double cutaway) thinking it would be what I wanted, but it feels like it's all neck even though it's the same scale as my other strats. hopefully I'll get started on my new one soon.

my current number 1 rig is a custom fat strat with a quilted maple top, stainless steel frets, dimarzio's, locking tuners/straps, graphite saddles, MOP block inlays, killswitch

amp setup is a hot-rodded 5150 through a carvin cab (w/ V30's)

I've got other guitars and amps, but that's my main rig ATM.
I also play drums, bass, sing, and play a little piano. (which I wish I had stuck with when I first learned to play)
my band's record should be done early next year, I'll keep you posted if anyone's interested.

[NotYou]

Here's a teaser picture I guess. It's the one I'm working on right now. I'm much further along than the picture shows. I'm bad about progress photos. I'll be sawing the fret slots tomorrow. It should finished soon. I took this one to show the awesome piece of wood I'm using. You can't tell from the photo, but it has lots of black grain and birds eyes. It's pretty amazing up close.

The body is jatoba. It's the first time I've worked with it and hopefully the last. It's like trying to carve stone that splinters and cracks.

The neck is Honduran mahogany, binding, pickup rings, knobs, and fretboard are ebony and the fretboard binding is black and white ebony. There's a vertical three part stripe of ebony and black and white ebony that matches the fretboard between the pickup rings.

Pickups are Bareknuckle "The Mule" spit coil calibrated humbuckers and are nickel finished.

I'll be finishing the whole thing in a shellac mixture.

I haven't taken the business online yet, but I'm close. I want to make sure I'm prepared first.

Edit: For some reason I can't get the picture to upload. I'll try later

[BATTLE BORN]

Here's a teaser picture I guess. It's the one I'm working on right now. I'm much further along than the picture shows. I'm bad about progress photos. I'll be sawing the fret slots tomorrow. It should finished soon. I took this one to show the awesome piece of wood I'm using. You can't tell from the photo, but it has lots of black grain and birds eyes. It's pretty amazing up close.

The body is jatoba. It's the first time I've worked with it and hopefully the last. It's like trying to carve stone that splinters and cracks.

The neck is Honduran mahogany, binding, pickup rings, knobs, and fretboard are ebony and the fretboard binding is black and white ebony. There's a vertical three part stripe of ebony and black and white ebony that matches the fretboard between the pickup rings.

Pickups are Bareknuckle "The Mule" spit coil calibrated humbuckers and are nickel finished.

I'll be finishing the whole thing in a shellac mixture.

I haven't taken the business online yet, but I'm close. I want to make sure I'm prepared first.

Edit: For some reason I can't get the picture to upload. I'll try later

sounds like a beauty! good luck with that jatoba wood! must be a pain.

photobucket is good for putting pics up on here, I'll see if I've got any of my quilted strat

[BATTLE BORN]

This has been my main axe for the last few years.
(this one replaced a similar plain-jane strat I had built, but retired it after being autographed)
I originally wanted a walnut top on this one, but went with the maple after meeting Skunk Baxter and his beautifully quilted strat.
up next will be a mahogony build, hopefully my back can stand the extra weight
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/drunknpublic17/practiceshot.jpg?t=1226007534

[teagan1000000]

i play a gibson sg. p.s. kid with large picture you dont have to look like you are taking a crap when you move way up the fretboard, u cant make that face till you are playing jimmy hendrix, if you are playing jimmy hendrix then i understand

[Slayer_megadeth]

I'm a drummer.

Mapex orion orbitor series with Tama Iron Cobra Double bass, Paiste 14" High Hat

[zachawry]

...shakuhachi. Use a chronometer for the iPhone to make sure I'm in tune. :)

[spacecowgoesmoo]

I play clarinet, mostly classical stuff. (<3 Brahms Clarinet Sonatas!) It's currently kinda getting neglected for writing music and working on games XD

Edit: Oh, and 1 year of violin a while ago. Only Senior in the Freshman orchestra :D

[BATTLE BORN]

kid with large picture you dont have to look like you are taking a crap when you move way up the fretboard, u cant make that face till you are playing jimmy hendrix, if you are playing jimmy hendrix then i understand

sorry for the for the large picture, it was the best shot I had off-hand of the quilt. That was taken at practice, apparently in the middle of a solo. crap-faces are just the nature of the beast lol. and for the record, I started playing Hendrix about 13 years ago.
(fun fact: Skunk Baxter who I mentioned before played with Hendrix in jimmy james & the blue flames. I got to have a little jam sesh with him once, he is INSANELY smart)

[jsayreallen]

I am a second year doctoral student in trombone performance and pedagogy. I am really interested in getting into more electronic stuff, but being is school for so long has limited my ability to do so!

[icepulse]

Drums.

Roland V-Tour.

[icepulse]

...kid with large picture you dont have to look like you are taking a crap when you move way up the fretboard, u cant make that face till you are playing jimmy hendrix, if you are playing jimmy hendrix then i understand

1) If that's the face he likes to make, let him make it.
2) It's "Jimi", not "Jimmy".
3) I never made a face like that whilst taking a crap. Have you? I recommend a trip to the doctor, and a big bowl of prunes.

[Everydaynormalguy]

I play the pan flute...

[Slayer_megadeth]

i play a gibson sg. p.s. kid with large picture you dont have to look like you are taking a crap when you move way up the fretboard, u cant make that face till you are playing jimmy hendrix, if you are playing jimmy hendrix then i understand

omfg Jimi Hendrix pwned. Lol atleast give respect to a dead guitar legend :P. with all respects to Jimi Hendrix, his stuff isn't hard to play anymore. Ever heard Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Angelo Batio or Buckethead??

[icepulse]

...with all respects to Jimi Hendrix, his stuff isn't hard to play anymore. Ever heard Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Angelo Batio or Buckethead??

That observation is completely beside the point. It's not a question of being "hard to play", now OR then; it's a question of innovation. The sound Hendrix brought to the table was a quantum leap from anything else that anyone else had ever been able to squeeze out of the instrument. It was like going from "Pong" to "Half-Life" in the blink of an eye. Buckethead, Yngwie and their ilk went from "Half-Life" to "Half-Life 2"; they merely built on Hendrix's "engine", and added some updated "textures". Sure, it's easier to PLAY like Hendrix..... NOW. Now that it's been done already.

It's the same with art. Pollock splattered paint on the canvas, and ever since, people have been saying "I could do THAT.." Sure! Now that you've SEEN it DONE! If you really want to achieve what Pollock has, you have to present something to your audience that has never been DONE. That's the real challenge.
:p

[mgondek]

Drums.

Roland V-Tour.
Im looking for an electronic drumset. What would you recommend? I have been playing for around 8 years and shooting for less than $1000.

[icepulse]

Im looking for an electronic drumset. What would you recommend? I have been playing for around 8 years and shooting for less than $1000.

Well, mine cost around $1,200-$1,300... but that was 5-6 years ago. I haven't played any others, but I'm extremely happy with this one. I suggest that you either:

A) Hold off for a month or two, and save up the extra scratch, or...
B) Look for a used one on Craig's List or something.

:D

PS: the rubber pads will outlast the cockroaches, and the mesh heads (snare) last a pretty long time. I'm still on my first.

[Justom]

I play the piano and recently I've been learning how to play the guitar. I find piano to be extremely boring and dull, but I'm very close to completing all the "levels" so I might as well just finish it.

[Tennisking1o1]

Viola (has the weird c-cleft :(), Violin, Piano, Guitar, I sing, Drums, a little Bass, and am working on some other little instruments like the Harmonica and such

[organerito]

I am doing a doctorate in organ performance at Montreal University. So, I play some piano and harpsichord.

[Doghouse13]

Mainly double bass, with a bit of "normal"bass (been a few months) and some guitar too.
Rubbish at singing

[powderski11]

i play/write music for piano, guitar, bass, drums, organ, and UKULELE. So the only ones there isnt an app for are organ and ukulele. It would be cool to have those on the iphone/itouch.

[istopmotion]

I've been playing piano for 8 years, I played drums for 2, trumpet for 1 and I'm trying to start guitar.

[istopmotion]

Really excited to say I just got my guitar on Tuesday. :)

Working on Metallica's "One." Got the intro down, still need to practice the solo.

[Mr. Charley]

I play guitar, drums and bass.......

........on Rock Band II :)

In all seriousness (though I do play those instruments on Rock Band), I first played the saxophone for a couple of years, drums a bit, and really the guitar is what I focused on in my teens and 20's but haven't picked it up in a while. I prefer acoustic guitar over electric...

[Everydaynormalguy]

Really excited to say I just got my guitar on Tuesday. :)
Working on Metallica's "One." Got the intro down, still need to practice the solo.

Holy cow! istopmotion, more like "isthreadreaper". The dead should stay dead *sobs in the corner*. Metallica shmallica, everyone knows [some other generic "metal" band] is betta :cool:...

[istopmotion]

Holy cow! istopmotion, more like "isthreadreaper". The dead should stay dead *sobs in the corner*. Metallica shmallica, everyone knows [some other generic "metal" band] is betta :cool:...

Huh? :confused:

Oh yeah and Mr Charley, I agree. I like acoustic a lot more than electric.

[Everydaynormalguy]

Huh? :confused:

Oh yeah and Mr Charley, I agree. I like acoustic a lot more than electric.

Yous reviveds the deads there buddy. And no, electric is better :cool:...

[NotYou]

Yous reviveds the deads there buddy. And no, electric is better :cool:...

I don't have a bias. Either one can be great in the right hands. Electric can be downright mind blowing in the right hands (Hendrix on acoustic just isn't the same).

[superbad]

I play both electric and acoustic.

Acoustic is a b!tch to tune tho

[Mr. Charley]

The way I look at it, acoustic is much harder to play. You really have to "hit the note" properly. Electric lets you be off a little bit with no repurcussions.
You also have to press down on the string a lot harder on an acoustic.

And the sound is soooo much sweeter...
Anyone who's listended to acoustic Dead over electric Dead must agree...
Acoustic CSNY (please tell me you've listened to 4 Way Street) is just sweetness to the ears...

[jonaswills]

i play the drums... thump thump thump :D

[Tennisking1o1]

Acoustic is the way to go IMO. I'm very comfortable with tuning as I play multiple stringed instruments so that's not a problem. When you're at a party or with friends it's just great to pick up and acoustic guitar or play a piano.

[monkeymash1]

I played cello for four years, but had to stop because it was too expensive. I now play piano.

[ibelongintheforums]

I play piano and guitar.

Yea, pianos not manly. I know.

[monkeymash1]

I play piano and guitar.

Yea, pianos not manly. I know.

I think playing piano can be manly, as I play. Just depends on how people know you as a person.

:D

How long have you played?

[Stykman]

Trumpet :D

on my 6th year
started in 4th grade

[yourofl10]

I played piano long time ago.

Strange thing is, is that I played a freinds drum kit and as soon as I started playing it I could get a good beat going etc.... and it was the first time I have ever played the drums.

Sad thing is, is that it didnt have double Bass pedals....

[supg328911]

I play guitar, drums and bass.......

........on Rock Band II :)

In all seriousness (though I do play those instruments on Rock Band), I first played the saxophone for a couple of years, drums a bit, and really the guitar is what I focused on in my teens and 20's but haven't picked it up in a while. I prefer acoustic guitar over electric...

haha finally another rock bander lol:D

but besides that drums...

[yourofl10]

haha finally another rock bander lol:D

but besides that drums...

I play guitar hero!

[ibelongintheforums]

4 years. Not long.

(piano)