Do you play an instrument/sing?

I play the guitar, a Les Paul electric and a Picador acoustic, more enthusiasticly than good. I have been told I have good voice, but won't sing on stage unless I'm hammered, and then not so good.

Saying that I "play" the guitar is an insult to everyone that actually does. I noodle around with it. My hobby probably is more buying guitars (although I don't have very many) than actually playing. So far I have an Ibanez AR 100, a Fender Stratocaster Deluxe in black, an Ibanez acoustic. What I would dearly love as a substitute for a vintage Hamer Studio in TV yellow would be a Gibson Les Paul Faded Double Cutaway. Would also like a Guild acoustic and a big box jazz guitar, geez I’d settle for a Washburn. So my "collection" would still be very small, but give me a break I can't even play the damn things!

I play the Tuner. FM of course.....
Tim

I studied classical piano, sang off-broadway, taught myself guitar and played in bands all over New York. Being a musician has absolutely affected the way I approach audio.

First, from making my own recordings, both on puny 4-tracks and in big studios, I've spent time getting the right sounds in the room so they would sound good on tape, and when you're mixing, you really have to think about balance between instruments and carving out a range for each instrument so that it stands out from the rest while blending into a whole. I think a good audio system accomplishes a similar feat.

Gear-wise, I have a 1967 Super Reverb for my guitar. The Fender not only introduced me to tubes, but it's simply the best purchase of anything I've ever made. For 8 years now, every single time I plug in, I always have to smile at the sweet sound coming out of the amp. This experience has given me something to strive for when assembling a music system-- even if just for a second, I want to just get some joy from the equipment and be reminded of why I was excited to buy it in the first place.

D

I play drums and just about any other "struck" style instrument. I don't rely on drum records to audition equipment because I've found this seems to be one of the easier instruments to reproduce. I use acoustic piano, brass, and of course the human voice - male and female.