The unofficial MWGL forum census...

Chad said:
This may be a shock, but my real first name is Chad.
I am 42, married with 2 girls, 9 and 7.
I live in the DC area
After 13 years in IT, I am now a project manager for a fence company.
I don't think I really have a favorite food, but I love Mexican food and Pizza.
Other than music, the only hobby I have is doing anything my kids want to.

Growing up, my dad was always playing guitar, so I picked it up from him. It is really hard to pick out influences, I think I am influenced in one way or another by everything I have ever listened to. I think if I had to pick a guitar player or band that I sond most like, it would be Peter Buck/REM.

Right now, I have a Ric 620, a parts build Esquire, an old Harmony Sovereign acoustic and a Mustang Bass. For amps I am using a VHT Special 12/22 and a GK RB400.
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Chad said:
oh I forgot to mention that I have never met any of your sorry asses in person :embarrassed:

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Well my gear and age has changed and thanks to Pragestock, I think I have now met most of the people here.

I no longer have the Ric, the Esquire or the VHT. I now have a McFeely, Lead II , a Musicmaster amp and shitload of pedals.

Oh yeah, and I am back to IT but at least I get to work from home.
 
Gary Blanchard said:
Your real first name and age - Gary, age 60
Marital status and number of children - Married, one son age 34
Where you live -West Brookfield, MA
What you do for a living - Licensed Counselor, College Faculty
Other hobbies beside music - Reading, writing
Biggest musical influence - Pete Seeger
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment) -12-string Yamaha acoustic, 5-string banjo, ESP strat copy, Fender Solid State amp
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Well, let's see what's new:
Your real first name and age - Gary, age 63
Marital status and number of children - Married, one son age 37
Where you live -West Brookfield, MA
What you do for a living - Licensed Counselor, College Faculty
Other hobbies beside music - Reading, writing
Biggest musical influence - Pete Seeger
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment) - (All Luna) Muse Burst 6-string acoustic, Blue Eclipse 6-string acoustic/electric, Trinity 12-string acoustic/electric, Neo electric, Henna TLE electric, 30 watt Luna acoustic amp, Fender Frontman 25R.
 
Denverdave said:
Your real first name and age - David - 51
Marital status and number of children - Married, 4 kids
Where you live - Littleton Colorado
What you do for a living - IT Programmer/AV Guru
Other hobbies beside music - Running, Anime
Biggest musical influence - Jeff Beck, Alex Lifeson, Steve Howe, David Gilmore (Though I sound like none of the above)
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment) - 3 Guitars, 2 amps
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Hmmm....an update?

Still Dave - 54
Separated - still 4 kids but all out of HS now
Centennial CO (right next to Littleton)
Same
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2 guitars - 1 amp
 
Your real first name and age: Tom, 35 (November 1979)

Marital status and number of children: Married since '08, one kid, still practicing making the second one

Where you live: Bergen County, NJ

What you do for a living: Manager of a self storage facility

Other hobbies beside music: Computers, Ford Mustangs

Biggest musical influences: Pink Floyd/David Gilmour, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin

Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment): 13, not including my son's guitars

Current main instruments:

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Into my Bugera 1960 Infinium/Peavey 412MS cabinet with a Jet City Jettenuator in between.

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With this board

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I switched out the tuner for a TC PolyTune 2 and I added a Line6 Relay G50 wireless.
 
Updates...

Nothing has really changed other than age and may have met a few more forumites since the last post.

The most recent MWGL encounters: Chad, CBHScott, Boomboombigelow, dougK, Punchy, CBHScott, shoeless, OGG,
 
Your real first name and age: Mark; 41
Marital status and number of children: Married; no kids
Where you live: San Diego, CA
What you do for a living: Electronics Engineer
Other hobbies beside music: Cars, motorsports, movies, books
Biggest musical influence: Classical, blues, metal
Number of guitars and amps owned: 3 Guitars, 2 amps
 
Your real first name and age It's really Grant, age 48
Marital status and number of children Married, 8-year-old son, two dogs
Where you live Maryland, outside Washington, D.C.
What you do for a living Technology journalist
Other hobbies beside music Gaming, ummmmm
Biggest musical influence Hard to say just one or two, Jack White, '90s grunge, Replacements, Beatles
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment) Four working electrics, one in pieces, one incoming acoustic, three amps
 
Your real first name and age - Wok age 40
Marital status and number of children - Unmarried, one daughter aged 3
Where you live -Kirkcaldy, Scotland
What you do for a living - Project Analyst
Other hobbies beside music - Running, Football (soccer), Wallclimbing, Craft Beer tasting, Digital Media, Design
Biggest musical influence - Adrian Smith(Maiden), Paul Masvidal(Cynic)
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment) - no amp at the moment as I don't have a band, own 4 guitars (used to be 11)
 
Chad said:
My first car was a '65 convertible Mustang. I am amazed I am still alive.
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My first car was a '95 Mitsubishi Mirage that I swear had a target painted on it. It was a tin can that bent if you thought too hard and people liked to hit me.

My Firebirds and Mustangs may have been/are fast, but comparatively they're tanks, and I've not been in an accident that I caused in them.
 
Your real first name and age: Frank, 54 (55 next month)
Marital status and number of children: Single, no kids
Where you live: Philadelphia, PA
What you do for a living: Astrologer, lecturer, computer geek, sometime actor and singer, former military air traffic controller
Other hobbies beside music: Cooking, beer geekdom (I can't afford wine geekdom anymore - damn you, Burgundy!)
Biggest musical influence: Too many artists of too many different genres to name - but I'll go with Sondheim
Number of guitars and amps owned: Three guitars, 1 amp, plus computer hookups
 
I'll play.

Your real first name and age: Ken Lee, middle-aged

Marital status and number of children: Single but live with girlfriend, no children

Where you live: Los Angeles, CA USA

What you do for a living: teacher for my main gig, and I make some supplemental money as a recording engineer and photographer

Other hobbies beside music: travel (India, South America, Africa, southwestern US); photography, and in particular, long exposure, night sky, star trails, and light painting photography

Biggest musical influence: Brian Eno is by far my largest influence musically and in terms of the process of approaching music. I've also been influenced by Javanese gamelan orchestra music, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Nels Cline, and the Cocteau Twins quite a bit.

Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment):
5 guitars, 1 bass, 1 amp:
- Chris Larsen's Girlbrand Kanji Girl guitar
- Paulskirocks redwood Jazz-Tele guitar
- Gibson SG (1967) guitar
- Fender Stratocaster (MIM) guitar
- Washburn 6-string acoustic guitar
- Ibanez bass guitar
- Carr Rambler amp
- Numerous synths, including a Korg MS-20 analog patchbay synth
 
Your real first name and age
Andy, 32

Marital status and number of children
Single. No kids, but a dog and a cat

Where you live
Loveland Ohio, a 'burb of Cincinnati

What you do for a living
Musician

Other hobbies beside music
Gaming (tabletop and console), reading, writing, working out

Biggest musical influence
The Beatles, Tom Waits

Number of guitars and amps owned
20 guitars, 6 amps
 
Updated:

Your real first name and age - Mike - 44
Marital status and number of children - single, no kids
Where you live - Albuquerque, NM
What you do for a living - Web monkey
Other hobbies beside music - Photography
Biggest musical influence - I don't sound or play half as well as any of these folks, but Richard Thompson, Dave Rawlings, Mick Taylor, Chuck Berry, & Buck Dharma have all influenced the way I'd like to be able to play.
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment) - 9 Guitars, 2 amps

Additions in 2014:

  • Egnater Tweaker head & cab
  • Gretsch 6128TVP Power Jet
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B Valley said:
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
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Nothing new, just a year older, but healthier now. Also, hoping to quit fuckin around and start recording some stuff to post.
 
instantsteve said:
Your real first name and age: Steve, 55
Marital status and number of children: Married, 2 children, son 15 and daughter 11.
Where you live: Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
What you do for a living: I am a clinical psychologist. I work full time for the Michigan Department of Corrections and have a very small private practice. Currently hoping not to be privatized.
Other hobbies beside music: I love to read. Science fiction and fantasy. Hanging out on social networks too much of the time. Not enough time practicing guitar. I sing in the choir of the Unitarian Universalist church where I belong, and discovered that I am a baritone, to my surprise (all those years singing Neil Young songs, and here I am faking bass).
Biggest musical influence: I have been listening to folk music since I was little, so Pete Seegar, Joan Baez. Spent years exploring the seventies era progressive rock of bands like Yes, Gentle Giant, others. Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchel, Neil Young, Richard Thompson, The Who, Beatles, God, there is so much good music out there!
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment):Two nice acoustics, not high end, but sound great. 2 electrics, a customized Peavey T-60 and an SG Classic with P90's I feel unworthy to play. One small tube amp.
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Well, that was then. I am going to be 59 at my next birthday!
Marital status and number of children: Divorced. My ex is extremely bitter and wants to move 120 plus miles away so she can wrap her tentacles around my son (freshman at the uni, 18) and keep me away from my daughter (14). Bitter? Moi?
Where you live: The same!
What you do for a living: The same, no private practice, 3 times the work for the state.
Other hobbies beside music: Much of the same. Lots of drama at the UU with the ex caused me to withdraw prior to the divorce. Discovered that there actually was no way to keep the peace, so I am going back because the singing means so much to me. She also isn't attending.
Number of guitars and amps owned (can cause some embarrassment): I still have the Blackheart 3/5 watt. I bought a used Fishman acoustic amp. A friend of mine restored a Peavey T-60 (the one inscribed with autographs) so with the custom T-60 I have two of them. I sold the SG to buy shoes and pay bills during a really rough patch. When that got better I bought a Dean acoustic electric 12 string. To compound the insanity, I have a Teisco Del Rey on layaway. Fully hollow body, featherlight, acoustically loud, cool cheesy electric voice. Bigsby.
Biggest musical influence: My daughter. Through her I am rediscovering the music I like and hearing new stuff through her. It was kind of a shock when she texted me a while ago saying "I've been listening to a lot of Grateful Dead lately". And Little Feat. Dylan, it goes on.
 
IamSeaDevil said:
Al, 37 years old
Divorced no kids, but I have two cats Annie Oakley and FUB (Fat Ugly Baby)
I have a girlfriend named Annie who works at Oakley (I had the cat first)
And she has two teenage daughters who call me stepdad
I live in Orange California, but I am originally from Cleveland and I actually grew up in Toronto Canada
I am the Manager of Orange Cycle, but at one point I was a pro rider and a hotshot bike developer for Specialized
My favorite foods are Italian, Mexican, Chinese and good old merican
My hobbies are Mountain Biking, BMX, Comic Books, Star Wars, Star Trek and anything else fucking nerdy.

My Mother listened to rock and my Stepfather liked old time country and bluegrass. When I was around 7 I would throw Ace of Spades on the record player and the next thing would be George Jones.
I do not know if that influences me as a guitar player, because I only recently started taking lessons from Mark.

My favorite band is Clutch, because they were my first band that I listened to when they started as a hardcore band and 20 years later they have been everything from Metal to Blues rock and even some Jazz Funk

Here my shit but the Bass belongs to Andy
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I have been fortunate to meet Mark Wein, my teacher and friend, Jaxn Slim, Modern Saint and Telecaster911
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Update
Name is still Al, now 39 remarried with two awesome step daughters.
Now live in Tustin Ranch California
Now manage Sea Cycle

I have 7 guitars but my favorite is my McFeely
 
Your real first name and age: Tom, 53
Marital status and number of children: Married, 3 kids
Where you live: Pasadena, CA
What you do for a living: Play guitar and write music
Other hobbies beside music: Write screenplays, play tennis
Biggest musical influence: Beatles
Number of guitars and amps owned: 50+ guitars, 10+ amps
 
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