Post by tumblehome on Jun 15, 2007 20:53:31 GMT
Hi folks, Tumblehome here. I have been off the forum for a while dealing with deaths in the family, but am now back, and hope to get into the "posting" business. In the past I mostly posted jokes on the forum.
I have played several different instruments in several different bands over the years, but mostly played guitar. Other instruments I have played are violin, trumpet, organ, drums, sax, clarinet, tin whistle, but mostly for my own enjoyment. My last excellent guitar was a mint Gibson ES 335 TDC (cherry red) which I stupidly sold in the 1960's for $275.00 CDN. It had the best tone of any electric guitar I have owned. I also played the Fender Jazzmaster quite a bit, using it mostly for Ventures and Shadows numbers. At the moment I have 3 guitars, an old blue and white Silvertone acoustic, a very excellent Yamaki Deluxe acoustic, and a Fender Squire Stratocaster with alnico pups which I like to use mostly for resurrecting the old Shadows instrumentals that we used to play in a band called the Silhouettes during the 1960's.
My main love for the last seven years has been the piano accordion. It is the closest thing to a portable one-man band you can get, and even works during a power failure, of which we have many in Ontario, Canada. At the moment I have four accordions, three of which are midi accordions. I use them acoustically as well as with an Orla XM900 orchestra module. For amplification I use the Yorkville 200KB, the 100KB, and the 50KB acoustic amps depending on the venue. The 50KB is great for small rooms, but the 10" woofer can be overdriven by the accordion basses at moderate volumes. The 100KB (12" woofer) and 200KB (15" woofer) don't suffer from this problem. My latest midi accordion is the Roland FR-3sw midi accordion. Although this is not a real accordion, and only a virtual accordion with internal amp and speakers, it has such great sounds, and physical behaviour modeling, that most folks can't tell it from a real accordion. It is now my preferred instrument for strolling.
Well, I have bent your ear long enough for now. Will post again later.
Cheers,
Tumblehome
I have played several different instruments in several different bands over the years, but mostly played guitar. Other instruments I have played are violin, trumpet, organ, drums, sax, clarinet, tin whistle, but mostly for my own enjoyment. My last excellent guitar was a mint Gibson ES 335 TDC (cherry red) which I stupidly sold in the 1960's for $275.00 CDN. It had the best tone of any electric guitar I have owned. I also played the Fender Jazzmaster quite a bit, using it mostly for Ventures and Shadows numbers. At the moment I have 3 guitars, an old blue and white Silvertone acoustic, a very excellent Yamaki Deluxe acoustic, and a Fender Squire Stratocaster with alnico pups which I like to use mostly for resurrecting the old Shadows instrumentals that we used to play in a band called the Silhouettes during the 1960's.
My main love for the last seven years has been the piano accordion. It is the closest thing to a portable one-man band you can get, and even works during a power failure, of which we have many in Ontario, Canada. At the moment I have four accordions, three of which are midi accordions. I use them acoustically as well as with an Orla XM900 orchestra module. For amplification I use the Yorkville 200KB, the 100KB, and the 50KB acoustic amps depending on the venue. The 50KB is great for small rooms, but the 10" woofer can be overdriven by the accordion basses at moderate volumes. The 100KB (12" woofer) and 200KB (15" woofer) don't suffer from this problem. My latest midi accordion is the Roland FR-3sw midi accordion. Although this is not a real accordion, and only a virtual accordion with internal amp and speakers, it has such great sounds, and physical behaviour modeling, that most folks can't tell it from a real accordion. It is now my preferred instrument for strolling.
Well, I have bent your ear long enough for now. Will post again later.
Cheers,
Tumblehome
