New Member Introductions

Another South Bay citizen

feeds@yuku.com (TBoyd) — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:34:35 PST

Hi All,

I’m a geezer guitarist in the South Bay returning from very basic acoustic playing when I was in high school and college many years ago. I practice daily but still suck largely.

I have a couple Martin acoustic guitars and a Gibson electric that I don’t spend much time on so far.

I’ve been taking lessons on general guitar technique, acoustic blues and...

Hi from the Peninsula!

feeds@yuku.com (kydave) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:19:14 PST

Funny, but although I posted to this forum when it first began after seeing the invite on the UMGF, I overlooked this part.

Dave here; Kentucky Dave as I'm known by some, although I've lived in Northern California (mostly Humboldt) over half my life now. What can I say? I started learning guitar 46 years ago, started making money in my first band 44 years ago, made a living with music as my primary income for about 3 decades, sobered up (a byproduct of most of those three decades), sorta grew up and came to the Bay area for school and work here now. Still play music (singer/songwriter; guitar; Dobro; mandolin; pedal steel; pretty much in that order) but don't beat my head against a wall trying to make a living at it.

Love Martin acoustic guitars and Fender electrics, although I seldom play electric these days.

Got a local band "Beargrass Creek" and we have fun.

Thanks for the forum!

Dave

East Coast guy now in Livermore

feeds@yuku.com (greuvin) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:53:16 PST

Hello All,
I'm Tommy from "Tommy's House of Wayward Guitars". My ebay handle is "greuvin" if you want to check me out there, too. I am in Livermore working on a very cool engineering project for the DOE (NIF) and I have basically set-up shop here for the duration of my assignment which looks like about 3-4 years. My home base is still in Philly but about half of my stuff is actually here in Livermore. Here's a link to my gbase site where you can find many Gibson, Tokai, and MIJ axes.

http://www.gbase.com/stores/dealer.aspx?dealer=1b94168f-8a03-4f86-8962-82594f19ba69

Nice to meet all of you gear heads. Feel free to contact me anytime
greuvin@aol.com

Hello from "The greater Bay Area"

feeds@yuku.com (CowboyChords) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:02:04 PST

Saying I was "close enough" to be considered in the greater Bay Area, Tri-cone invited me to participate in this cool new effort at establishing a place for folks to share their passion for the guitar. So, thanks Tri-cone, I am happy to be here and I certainly recognize lots of handles from AGF (I post as El Conquistador on AGF) and even APM. Even though I live down in Visalia, I did go to college at St.Mary's College of Moraga where I first really started to play acoustic guitar in order to interest girls. While the girls part didn't work out very well, I did fall in love with the acoustic guitar and have been playing ever since.

Steve

Hello from Fremont

feeds@yuku.com (vhuang11) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:27:40 PST

Thanks for the invite. I've been totally diggin this forum and have learned a lot as well. I have a 714ce, 710 dreadnaught, 81' Fender Tele, Taylor T5 (that I'm trying to sell), and a cheap squire strat. I just started getting into electric guitars and it's been a fun and humbling experience. Anyways, glad this forum's here.

Hello from Oakland

feeds@yuku.com (Jon) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:49:36 PST

The BEST side of the Bay!

Do not play guitar, but selling one - see Acoustic thread.

Play acoustic bass, some banjo and dobro, and my real love, pedal steel.

Bluegrass, old timey, etc.

Hello, and thanks for inviting me!

feeds@yuku.com (00045) — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:14:45 PST

Hi, I live in the South Bay (Cupertino) and will hit 50 soon. Started with guitar at the age of 14 and was always into Blues, both acoustic and electric. I'm a Fender guy all the way, Stratocasters and Tweed amps, well I do own an early brown Super which is very close to a Tweed. For acoustic I love small body ones, Martin, Gibson and old Nationals. My favorite acoustic guitar stores are Gryphon and Schoenberg.
Thanks

Meet and greet

feeds@yuku.com (Highlander) — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:55:05 PST

Hi there,
Just joined ..
I am a hobby guitarist but I happened to be in this hobby too long.
I come across parts all the time in my arsenal from all the guitars I have owned or tried to build at some point in my life.

This is a great place to meet and greet like-minded people. Looking forward to making some friendships and do some business.

Regards,
Highlander

Howdy from Walnut Creek

feeds@yuku.com (fguidry) — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:40:41 PST

This forum looks like a great addition to the terrific guitar community of the SF Bay Area.

Fran

hello everybody

feeds@yuku.com (echodeluxe) — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:43:48 PST

im new!

my name is christopher.

i have an addiction to gear. im guessing my empty bank account might be connected...

Greetings And Salutations

feeds@yuku.com (Talligator) — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:27:13 PST

Just signed up after seeing the link on Craigslist. Looks like a great spot to hang out while I avoid doing the laundry and mowing the lawn. I'm living on the Peninsula with my very supportive wife of 15 years and run my own mobile guitar and bass teaching business. It's been full-time for the last ten years and has worked out well. I feel really blessed that my spouse likes what I do. She's much brighter than I and has been a big source of help in running my biz!

I love most styles of music and that's reflected in what I play with my friends. But I especially love instrumentals, movie themes, surf music, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Jeff Beck to name a few. My favorite guitars are my nocaster strat and my Gretsch Streamliner G3150 with the cat's eye f-holes.

I hope I can contribute to the community. Gotta go do the f@$#%& laundry. C ya.

New Member...

feeds@yuku.com (Rnbguitars) — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:40:54 PST

Thanks for the invite Tricone! Great idea for a local gathering for those w/ guitar/music related interests...

I've been doing repair & building guitars out of my home now, for close to 15 years. It keeps me sane! I just finished a string of Tele builds after doing Strat clones for a long time. Acoustic's are my next hurdle & currently have a couple 'in the works' that should be completed hopefully this summer.

Some Pix:

~ Rich

Hey Hey

feeds@yuku.com (partacaster) — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:51:37 PST

Nice to be in......another site to distract me from actual work

!Hola!

feeds@yuku.com (wyldnatureboy) — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:23:03 PST

Hey all, new kid in the neighborhood, just thought I'd say hello. I just posted my Epi-6 string, kind of sad cause I like the guitar, I have some other guitars I might have to let go of and some I have questions about any hoo I'm just kinda hanging out, talk at you'all later.

Hello, first post for me.

feeds@yuku.com (Jay Keller) — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:35:13 PST

Hello, Jay Keller here. Thanks, Tricone for the invitation.

I'm in Sunnyvale, a currently-unemployed IT engineer. Not the most experienced guitar-player, I never took it seriously until the last 3 years or so. I've been taking fingerstyle lessons for the past two years, and I hang out quite a bit on the UMGF. I attended the Martinfest last summer in Nazareth and plan to do so again this year.

This forum looks like it will be a lot of fun to frequent.

Hi from the Peninsula

feeds@yuku.com (bamboleo) — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:50:08 PST

Thanks for the invite. I'll be browsing......

Eddie
San Mateo, CA

First Time Logging In

feeds@yuku.com (DrBlues) — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:49:25 PST

Just dropping by for the 1st time. I'm semi-retired and play now a couple of nights a week - strictly 1950's-60's Chicago blues, mostly harp. I've always kept life pretty simple - one guitar, one amp and one set of harps at a time, so it's fun to see what others are playing. I sold my 52 Gibson GA40 Les Paul model amp after 25 years and am using a 1948 Masco PA head with the original 1948 12" Jensen speakers in a new cabinet. Tube amp guru Skip Simmons, in Dixon, rebuilt the amp and the tone is perfect for harp and slide guitar. I'm selling my '85 G&L Broadcaster guitar, in case you're looking for a new toy - vintage Leo Fender 1950's tone, but too clean for me. My "new" guitar is a mid-60's Kawai - 3 pick-ups, 4-dials, 3-toggle switchs - some pretty funny Japanese craftsmanship but the perfect axe for playing slide - well worth it's $30 price tag in the 1966 (?) Sears-Roebuck catalog. Just the right blend of...

Hello from the South bay.

feeds@yuku.com (jaymehime) — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:10:08 PST

Thanks for the invite.
I am not buying or selling anything. I don't play outside of the house.
But I enjoying hearing about those people who do play and enjoy window shopping.

- James

Hello from the South bay.

feeds@yuku.com (jaymehime) — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:09:51 PST

Thanks for the invite.
I am not buying or selling anything. I don't play outside of the house.
But I enjoying hearing about those people who do play and enjoy window shopping.

- James

Guess I should introduce myself

feeds@yuku.com (Guyute) — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:08:09 PST

Hey folks...nice to have a local guitar forum. I've been on a few and off a few over the years, but this is the first one specific to a region. Kinda nice.

Anyway, about me. I'm a full-time musician these days. Got laid off from my day job of 15 years last August and said, "If there was ever a time to try to live off music, now's the time!" 9 months later, I can't say I miss having the day job and I'm busier than I've ever been with the gigs. Mostly in the East Bay, but I make it to other parts now and then.

Thanks for the heads up on this place Tricone