The unofficial MWGL forum census...

[bsman]

I don't think I've seen this (apologies if I've already posted to it):

Your real first name and age: Bob, Robert or Bobby (depending on whether I'm at home, work, or the soccer pitch) 55
Marital status and number of children: Married (34 years next month) two children -- one boy (30) one girl (22)
Where you live: Santa Clara, CA
What you do for a living: Supply Chain Manager for the Stanford Blood Center
Other hobbies beside music: Soccer
Biggest musical influence: Biggest? Probably Jose Strummer
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment): nine guitars (including one bass), five amps (not including headphone amps, smokey, etc.)

 

[sleewell]

Your real first name and age - Bill, 31
Marital status and number of children - engaged, 0
Where you live - haslett, mi
What you do for a living - real estate sales and mortgage loan officer
Other hobbies beside music - gardening, hiking, fishing, sailing
Biggest musical influence - QOSTA
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment) 4 electrics, 1 bass, 1 acoustic, 3 amps, 3 cabs and a kemper

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Your real first name and age: Howie, 34
Marital status and number of children: married, zero
Where you live: New York City
What you do for a living: full time dreamer
Other hobbies beside music: baseball
Biggest musical influence: Jim Henson
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment): 11, 5

updated:

married, zero
New York City
Business Development Manager for Fedcap, guitar instructor
baseball
Jim Henson
9, 4

 

[nuke_diver]

I don't believe I've played this game

Your real first name and age - Dave >50 :P
Marital status and number of children - married, 0
Where you live - Bay Area, CA
What you do for a living - Engineering Mgr
Other hobbies beside music -Biking, walking the dog
Biggest musical influence - Too many to mention
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment) 3 electrics, 2 acoustic, 2 amps, 1 cabs

 

[OGG]

Ok ok, I'll play.



Your real first name and age - Roderick, 44
Marital status and number of children - Married, 3 kids
Where you live - Escondido, Ca.
What you do for a living - RAWK. I write various forms of books, screenplays, articles, and other items. I also work as a producer, engineer and studio musician.
Other hobbies beside music - Flying, cars.
Biggest musical influence - The Edge
Number of guitars and amps owned - Guitars, 30ish, lots of Japanese Fenders along with a mixed bag of other stuff. Amps, 14 including 2 JC 120's, a JCM, AC30 and a bunch of crap.

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[baimun]

Your real first name and age: Anthony , 45

Marital status and number of children: Married almost 24 years, 2 daughters

Where you live: Michiana... an urban area that straddles the Indiana/Michigan state line. Also known for Notre Dame.

What you do for a living: Network Engineer

Other hobbies beside music: Artist, Mad Scientist

Biggest musical influences: The Police, Prince, Van Halen, George Lynch, Jimi Hendrix

Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment): An embarrassingly large number of instruments and amps over a 28+ year period. I went from Charvels and modded Marshalls to Frankenstein guitars through Mesas and Oranges, and now I'm playing a lot of funk and reggae with my band The Sandbar Bums.

Current main instruments:

Through this pedal board....

... into a Traynor Darkhorse tube amp and Mesa Recto Cabinet.

 

[Foo]

Hi. I'm Roger and have been an alcoholic for--what year is it?
Divorced--no kids--a labby and a parakeet
i'm on disability for being an alcoholic(am on disability/ not for being alcoholic)
guns, hunting, baseball, smashing bricks together, lying about myself on internet forums
Led Zepplin, Who, Pink Floyd, Rush, SRV, Beatles and i'm sure i'm missing some but there's a start
2 basses, 1 guitar, i think i have about 4 amps at the present time

 

[nuke_diver]

I don't think I've seen this (apologies if I've already posted to it):


Where you live: Santa Clara, CA
What you do for a living: Supply Chain Manager for the Stanford Blood Center

Ok ok, I'll play.

Howdy neighbour Bob

I give you my blood to manage apparently chears I donate 3 times a year to the SBC

Ok ok, I'll play.


What you do for a living - RAWK. I write various forms of books, screenplays, articles, and other items. I also work as a producer, engineer and studio musician.


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That sounds like a cool job to me OGG...

 

[Chad]

Your real first name and age - I know this may come as a shock to you guys, but my real name is Chad, 40
Marital status and number of children - married, 2 kids
Where you live - Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
What you do for a living - Network Engineer
Other hobbies beside music - I have 2 elementary school kids, I barely have time for music
Biggest musical influence - REM, Peter Buck and Mike Mills have both been the biggest influence on me
Number of guitars and amps owned - 1 guitar, 1 bass, 1 mandolin and 1 amp.

Well this has changed in 2 years. I now live in the DC area and am a project manager for a fence company and soon to be real estate agent and I added a bass amp and a ton of pedals. Everything else is the same.

 

[Peeker]

huge PITA, but I added myself

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I finally dropped a pin on the map. Cheers!

 

[el diablo]

Here we go. You finally learn who is the devil.
Michael-50 something
Status: Involved but still predatory
Location: The Deserts of SoCal
"Job" : Photographer
Hobbies: Cycling, SUP, fine cuisine, and golf
Greatest Influence: Roy Buchanan
12 guitars (maybe 13) and one Soldano Atomic 16 amp
Blue Tube rack mount Preamp With 12ax7
DBX 160 rack mount

 

[BoomBoomBigelow]

Updated my pin.

 

[platypus]

Your real first name and age: Matt, 43

Marital status and number of children: Single, 2 kids (16,14)

Where you live: Pendleton, NY

What you do for a living: Chemical Super Freak

Other hobbies beside music: Cooking, Screen printing.

Biggest musical influence: Townsend, Page, Clapton, Duane Allman

Number of guitars and amps owned: 5 electrics, 4 acoustics(mandocello)

 

[B Valley]

Your real first name and age-
Bruce, 58
Marital status and number of children-
Married, 2 children, one daughter, 24 and a daughter that just turned 7.
Where you live-
Glendale, Arizona
What you do for a living-
Service Group manager for water and wastewater operations
Other hobbies beside music-
A 57 Chevy, guitar repair and building
Biggest musical influence-
Jimi Hendrix, Steve Stills, Leo Kottke
Number of guitars and amps currently
About 30 guitars, mostly Strats and Teles, Seven or so amps, mostly Fender

 

[jelloman]

New year bump...

 

[Guitar Heel]

Your real first name and age Scott, 38
Marital status and number of children Married, no kids, though the wife is getting baby crazy.
Where you live Washington, DC
What you do for a living just another fucking lawyer
Other hobbies beside music reading, movies, long walks on the beach with Jello
Biggest musical influence(s) Sigur Ros, Richard Buckner
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment): something like 12 electrics, one acoustic and 6 amps

Not much has changed...41 now.
married, still no kids
moved to Bowie, Murland and bought a little farm
guitars and amps about the same (9/7)
still love my long walks with Jello

Sorry, forgot to include the pic, but you're probably all tired of looking at it.

 

[tompetty]

tompetty
Aged a very young 55
Divorced with a girlfriend..
Three daughters..
Live in Nova Scotia,Canada.....
Work for Department Of National Defence
Cooking,picking up women...cycling..
Tom Petty among many others.....
Three electrics,3 acoustics one amp....
Two turtle doves...........

 

[jelloman]

This is something we do in the G'n'g'ers thread at HCEG from time to time...just a way to get to know eachother a little better...

So...if you would...tell us something about yourself...

Your real first name and age
Marital status and number of children
Where you live
What you do for a living
Other hobbies beside music
Biggest musical influence
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment)

so I'll get it started...

David, 46
Single, no known progeny
Bloomingburg, NY...in a house...
Parts delivery driver
Woodworking, firearms, golf...
Billy F Gibbons
7 guitars (5 electric, 1 acoustic, 1 bass)
6 amps...

We did this once before and with all the new members it seems like a good time to do it again...so what I'd like you all to do is share a little something about your REAL self with the others...you are, of course, free to skip anything you feel is too revealing...

So, if you are willing, please tell us the following:

Your real first name and age
marital status and children
where you live
what you do for a living
your favorite food
hobbies

tell us who your favorite musicians are, who influenced you, why you play
your band and what your playlist looks like

tell us a bit about your equipment, pics are always welcome

what other forumites do you know, have met in person, talked to on the telephone

I'll start...

I'm david, 48 years old
Single no kids that I know of
Bloomingburg, NY (Orange County)
I drive a van
I like Italian, spaghetti, pizza, and my mom's meatloaf...
I do some woodwork, shooting, and reading...

I first heard Aerosmith when I was 10 years old, and the sound of Joe Perry's guitar hooked me for life...I went on to develop a taste for the blues and classic rock, as well as some jazz and Classic era symphonies...

My last band was in college, it was called Farmer Brown and the Livestock...I was a cow...we played a lot of Aerosmith, Zep, ZZ top, Ted Nugent, Nazareth, Black Sabbath...

This is my current line up of guitars...



...amps...

...and effects...


I've met Modern Saint (Randy) and Gary Blanchard face to face...I've spoken to Mark on Skype...I've talked extensively on the phone with Elias Graves, Diceman1000, Silverring223, and the late and very missed Zemmy...and I've had one memorable conversation with 12pack, who I wish would call me again...


OK, that's about it...your turn...

The Epiphones and Teles are gone, the Tech21 is for sale, and the ME70 has been replaced by about a dozen pedals...so I'm down to 4 guitars electric, 1 acoustic and 1 bass...

Amp now include an Ibanez TSA15H and a PRS SE30 head and a couple 1x12 cabinets in addition to my SCXD...

I attended Pragestock 2014 so now I've met a bunch of people face to face...

I now have a better job running the parts room in a Mitsubishi dealership...

...and I'm still the object of @Guitar Heel 's dreams...

 

[Tig]

Updated

Your real first name and age:
Doug, 51

marital status and children:
2nd and final marriage, 1 son 17, 3 older step kids that created 5 grand kids, 1 that lives with us

where you live:
Clear Lake area near Houston

what you do for a living:
IT security for a huge engineering company

your favorite food:
Cajun, and really good Italian and Mexican comes in close for second

hobbies:
Family, guitar, music, cycling, reading, woodworking, gardening, outdoors

tell us who your favorite musicians are, who influenced you:
Still too many to list

tell us a bit about your equipment, pics are always welcome:
Guitars: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell "No.2", Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor GS Mini spruce
Bass: Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amps: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I

Pedals: TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Catalinbread Echorec, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Red Witch Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, Catalinbread RAH, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, Wampler Ego Compressor, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, Electro Harmonix Neo Mistress flanger, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Budda Budwah wah, BYOC Boost/OD-2, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, MXR Carbon Copy

I still need to update these photos...

Newish SG

My number one...

New Squier CV 50's Tele