Patrick:ptooey wrote:Brian- I like to play all kinds of music from 50s til now, rock mostly(all genres). I don't necessarily use the 420 for all that; I also have a '75 Strat (post-CBS junk extensively modified)that I use as my everyday guitar. How about yourself- what do you like to play? Is that your 320 in the pic?
Yes that is my 320 in my avatar...
Musically my three big influences are John Lennon (and the rest of the Beatles), Chris De Burgh (An Irish singer songwriter mainly known for one awful kitche MOR hit in the mid 80s which is absolutely nothing like the rest of his music), and a Canadian song writer (from here in Hamilton) named Stan Rogers who died in a plane crash in 1983... I have been playing their music now for more then 20/30 years...
I have played Rickenbackers since getting my first one at age 17 in 1982.... I have 10 guitars (a Larivee, 3 Ovations, a Yamaha, an Epiphone, a Framus) and two basses, (including a Hofner 500/1) but it is the RICS that give me the most pleasure... Which is why I hang out here so much!
Here are a few pics of mine from over the years...