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Posted by: Felhunter Sep 18 2008, 01:52 AM

Hello GMC!

I'm Sam, also go by the nickname of Felhunter.
I'm 18 years old, and I live in Antwerp, Belgium.
My hobbies are sport/rock climbing, playing guitar (obviously), gaming, going out, and having fun overall!

I had my first guitar experience about... 9 months back or so... I tried to play some guitar, well, that didn't go too good, it appeared I was a leftie! So my dad (who has numerous guitars and amps) left-stringed the right handed guitar (some cheap washburn to start with) and there I went.
Starting to train some chords and stuff, I started to like it... well... who wouldn't.. I mean... it's a guitar! Duh!

So after a few months, it started to really work out, and well.. I need better gear, the volume and treble buttons were constantly in the way, by that time I'd tried my dad's big Fender amp, (I was using a 15w cheap thingie at the time), of course, the difference was huge! So, we decided to check out some guitars, and the first music store we went to, I found what I was looking for. The Ibanez SA260 FML. I remember having my doubts about that particular guitar, reason being, it was hanging there, everyone could try it, greasy fingerprints all over the place, etc... So, we called another huge music store, and asked about the model. It wasn't in stock. So we went by a couple of days later, I tried some more guitars, one of them was a Yamaha, I remember it played sweet, but the body and color weren't as cool as the Ibanez's.

I had to make a decision. Either order the brand new model, and wait 3-5 weeks, or get the guitar that same day, a guitar which had probably already been held by numerous people. I eventually chose to wait, and I still think I made the right choice. It was just under 4 weeks until we got the call, my guitar got delivered at the shop! Sure enough, same day, I had it in my hands, playing as sweet as sugar, and it was all mine.

So, that's my big story (it was all there before I realized, sorry! ), other than that I'm using a Kustom II Lead amp, don't know the exact specifications, but it's good enough for me. (There's a picture with my guitar and amp below!)

Also, I'd like to thank Kristofer for setting up this ass kicking website, and all the instructors for making these rocking lessons, I've only been here a day and I've learned tremendously!

Greetings,
Sam!

Posted by: Torben Sep 18 2008, 02:01 AM

Welcome Sam!
I had a laugh reading your fine introduction! Wish you all kind of luck and have no doubt you'll fit right in here!
Best regards
Torben

Posted by: Emir Hot Sep 18 2008, 02:28 AM

Welcome to GMC. Nice guitar on the picture

Posted by: skennington Sep 18 2008, 02:59 AM

Welcome Sam, very nice gear man! You are going to make a few lefties here jealous.

Posted by: Jerry Arcidiacono Sep 18 2008, 08:52 AM

Welcome Sam

Posted by: Muris Varajic Sep 18 2008, 12:20 PM

Welcome to GMC,nice gear!

Posted by: Nemanja Filipovic Sep 18 2008, 12:23 PM

Welcome to GMC.

Posted by: Marcus Lavendell Sep 18 2008, 12:32 PM

Welcome!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Sep 18 2008, 01:14 PM

Hello and welcome to GMC !! Have lots of fun!

Posted by: Canis Sep 18 2008, 02:16 PM

Sweet guitar ^^
Welcome to GMC! You won't find a better place to learn guitar... Period.

Posted by: chmilew Sep 18 2008, 02:24 PM

Welcome to GMC ! And What a beauty on the picture !

Posted by: Felhunter Sep 18 2008, 03:21 PM

Cheers guys

Posted by: Capt.Z Sep 18 2008, 03:42 PM

Ass-kicking guitar for an ass-kicking website

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Sep 18 2008, 08:09 PM

Welcome aboard man, I like the gear, very interesting.

Posted by: Toroso Sep 18 2008, 08:28 PM

Welcome Felhunter! Everyone has already ready commented on your very nice axe, sooooo... what's that pedal you got there?

Posted by: Felhunter Sep 18 2008, 08:38 PM

Thanks everyone

The blue pedal is my BlueBoy overdrive (although I barely use it), and the one next to that is the reverb/tremolo pedal from the Kustom amp itself.
I usually get my distortion trough the amp settings itself, without using pedals. I'm thinking about buying a Big Muff though.

If anyone should wonder, the settings I play with are:
Drive 10
Volume 10
Bass 0
Middle 4
Treble 10 (button clicked back to get full bright)
I don't use the tremolo and reverb settings
And eventually the master volume on about 2-3

Greetings,
Sam!

Posted by: Hisham Al-Sanea Sep 18 2008, 10:17 PM

welcome to the site

Posted by: Gerardo Siere Sep 18 2008, 10:29 PM

Welcome to GMC. Btw nice guitar you have there.

Posted by: Ian Bushell Sep 19 2008, 05:13 PM

Welcome to GMC:)

Posted by: Danilo Capezzuto Sep 20 2008, 09:22 AM

Welcome to GMC Sam! Nice setup, enjoy the site!

Posted by: Skalde Sep 20 2008, 11:24 AM

Welcome to GMC, nice introduction

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Sep 20 2008, 02:45 PM

Your guitar rocks man I love the finish on it!
It must be hard being a lefty ha ?

Posted by: Felhunter Sep 20 2008, 04:52 PM

Totally hahaha

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Sep 20 2008, 04:57 PM

I bet man
You learning some Hendrix stuff or what?

Posted by: Pio Jr. Sep 20 2008, 04:58 PM

Welcome to GMC,

Another Belgium GMC-member great!

Have fun!

Posted by: Felhunter Sep 20 2008, 05:00 PM

I'm more into metal at the moment Practicing the Judas Priest lesson by Gabriel, although I'm still having trouble with the low A-E string pinched harmonics. Can't say I'm not intrested in Hendrix though, my dad plays his style, maybe I should try some of those video's, and I could play along with him

How about you?

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Sep 20 2008, 05:04 PM

Aw pinched harmonics , I see... They can be pretty tricky , but once you get the feel where they are and more importantly how to angle your pick - you will have no trouble to execute them

Currently I am working on a new lesson but when it comes to listening to music I like all the styles pretty much as well as instruments. My favorite artists : Michael Brecker, John Coltrane, Miles Davies, Freddy Hubbard, Chick Correa, Scott Henderson, Eric Johnson, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Mick Goodrick, Bill Evans, Jaco , Clapton , Santana, Gilmoure, Ford etc - its a never ending list I left out 200 of them probably

Posted by: Matt23 Sep 20 2008, 05:48 PM

Welcome to GMC Sam

Posted by: Dejan Farkas Sep 23 2008, 03:33 PM

Welcome to GMC

One question, how do you combine rock climbing with guitar playing? The climbing may cause your fingers becoming very rough that you may not have a feeling for a guitar. How do you deal with it?