FatalGear41

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registered October 11, 2009

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Gender : Male

Birthday : October 29, 1963

Occupation : Varies with the Economy

Location : Los Angeles, California, United States

Education : Grad / professional school

Smoker : Yes

Drinker : Yes

Forum posts: 6,660 (5.04 per day)

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Gear info

FatalGear41 has 42 pieces of equipment:

Yamaha: RBXA2

LTD: AW-7 Alex Wade 7-String Guitar

Yamaha: TRB5

Ibanez: BTB6

Fender: Geddy Lee Jazz

Ibanez: S470

Carvin: MTS3212 100-watt 2x12 tube combo amplifier

Tune: TWB5 5-String Bass

Fender: 1952 Reissue Telecaster

Marshall: Mode Four w/two Marshall Mode Four 4x12 cabinets

Schecter: C1 Exotic

Carvin: R1000 1000-watt w/ 1 Carvin Redline 4x10 and 1 Car

Fender: American Standard Jazz 5

Ibanez: ATK3EX1

Tune: TWB6 6-string Bass

Ibanez: SRX505

Fender: Highway One Stratocaster - Rosewood

Fender: Jazz 24

Yamaha: TRB4

Fender: Aerodyne Jazz

Carvin: Icon 6

Yamaha: JM6 John Myung 6-string bass

Gibson: Les Paul Standard Cherry Sunburst

Fender: Highway One Stratocaster - Maple

Gibson: Les Paul Studio

Music Man: Stingray 5 Limited Edition

Ibanez: Roadgear

Ibanez: BTB5

Yamaha: RBX375

Fender: FSR Jazz

Laguna: TB70F Fretless 4-String

Traben: Chaos Obsession 4-String

Ibanez: AF95 Archtop

Hartke: VX810 Bass Cabinet

Roland: Juno-D Synthesizer

Fender: American Deluxe Precision Bass

Schecter: DV-4

Ibanez: AEB10EBK Acoustic Bass

SKB: Stage Five Powered Pedalboard w/too many pedals

Tech 21: SansAmp RPM Rackmount Preamp

Fender: Roscoe Beck IV Bass

Fender: American Special Jazz Bass

Interests

Favorite bands :
Rush, Dream Theater, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Boston, U2, Aerosmith

Favorite guitarists :
Alex Lifeson, John Petrucci, Steve Howe, Jimmy Page, Michael Schenker, Robert Fripp, David Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn

Favorite bassists :
Geddy Lee, John Myung, Chris Squire, Adam Clayton, Jaco Pastorius, Doug Johns, Geezer Butler, Bill Dickens

Favorite books :
Democracy in America, Dark Sun, A Tale of Two Cities, The Real War.

Favorite tv :
TV has gone downhill since the advent of cable. I currently have no favorite TV show.

Favorite movies :
Fail Safe, Blackhawk Down, documentaries with Penguins, etc.

About FatalGear41

Warning: There be Dragons here!!! Or so say drunken 14th century cartographers...

Happy New Year to all!!! Congratulations on surviving the Mayan Apocalypse!!! May the New Year put all others to shame!!!

Hello, and thanks for stopping by. If you were looking for pictures of that insane wall of gear to the right, I'm working on it. I need a new camera, seeing as one of the foster puppies decided to use mine for a chew toy.

You live and play in fortunate times, my friends. When I first picked up a guitar, the idea of a decent instrument at a reasonable price was a distorted fantasy; usually caused by doing too many drugs. The best you could hope for was to find a serviceable Fender or a low-end Gibson at a price you could handle after going without food and shelter for a couple of months. Things have indeed changed. Back in the late 1970s, we would have killed for the options available to musicians today. Take advantage of it!

I hope you take the advice you get on these forums - including mine - with a grain of salt. There's way too much of the "If you don't play (insert name of insanely expensive gear), then you ain't shit!" Don't believe it. And don't buy into all the hate for one brand or another. There's a reason those brands have been around for a very long time and people use their stuff. Play what you want. It's your music, your sound and your ears. Stick with your music and enjoy the hell out of it. Who knows where it will take you? At the very least, it will add something worthwhile to your life. That's something you don't want to let go of.

Rock on, brothers and sisters!