Giant Baba

I love the bass guitar. My main musical influence is a fretless player named Mick Karn (Japan, Dali's Car, Polytown, Kate Bush, etc.) He's incredible. I want to get a fretless guitar, to do some of his slides and smears, with my own style applied. Later, folks!

Yeah, I'm using GHS "Boomers" right now, on my Strat. I'm always looking for new things. Ernie Ball, D'Addario, and GHS are probably my favorites, not too attached to a brand. Last year, I put a set of 20 some-odd dollar Elixers on my $150 Epi Les Paul. That was a mistake. They lasted for around 6 months, though, of light playing.

Hey, Cool!! Thanks a lot, guys!! This is a really great forum, I'm learning so much! Take Care!!!

Wow. You folks sure have a lot of stuff, eh? I've been playing for 7 years or so now, and I just recently started to learn about guitars, music, technique, etc.. In January, I finally added a halfway decent guitar and amp to my, umm, "collection." Anyway, here's the very sad list: Guitars: '02 Mexican Standard Strat (!!El Tirador!! No mods, but getting Bill Lawrence pickups for it soon. Love the Crimson Metallic color, probably gonna add a chrome pickguard and knobs.) '97 or '98 Epiphone Les Paul "Special" (Yeah, special like the Special Olympics. Actually, a very light guitar, I'm guessing it's either basswood or some other soft, cheap wood that dents easily (No, I'm not dissing basswood, it's good for some things, clearly) The pickups are very loud, and very noisy, especially for humbuckers, I actually enjoy the sound, it's a veritible cacophony.) Amps: Peavey Studio Pro 112 with "Blue Marvel" Speaker. (I actually have nothing bad to say about this little fella, it's a practice amp.) Epi combo that came with LP (Oh, man. One of the worst amps in existence. I'm surprised I didn't quit playing guitar, after having to play on this thing for 4 years.) Effects: DigiTech RP200 (Just got this a month ago, fun little machine. I normally play straight through my amp for certain sounds though, really noisy when bypassed. I'm guessing it's just the crappy, unshielded single-coils on my Strat.) The fact is, I love music, and I love guitars, even though I'm not real talented, nor do I have the money to get really nice gear, I'm still sticking with it. Anyway, for my next purchases I'm looking into the following: 1. A JEM (Love the look of these guitars. The ones I like the most are, of course, way out of my league finacially.) 2. A 7-string guitar (I like the idea of added range, but I've never actually played a 7 before, and I'm not sure if my rather short-ish fingers can handle it.) 3. Jackson RR of some kind 4. Hughes & Kettner Vortex Half-stack or Marshall MG100HDFX Half-stack Take Care! Nick