robmik43
Joined: Apr 22, 2007
Posts: 9
Meaford Ontario, Canada
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Posted on Apr 22 2007 01:32 PM
Hello folks..
I just joined here after seeing a link from another guitar players' forum...it was in a Ventures thread I was posting to.
Your site looks good, lots of good posts and topics..
I've been a surf music fan since 1960...it was the Ventures first 'Walk Don't Run' that got me hooked on wanting to learn lead guitar when I first started playing in 1963...I started late in life at the age of 20....but that was 44 years ago...been playing ever since.
Played in a few semi-pro (low paid) weekend bands in the '60's and '70's, mostly country and early rock...but we always did a few Ventures tunes, and the bar crowds always loved them.
Now I'm retired from my paying job, and looking for a few like-minded old codgers to play some tunes again.....for fun.
— A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory....
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Anonymous
Joined: Nov 10, 2000
Posts: -180
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Posted on Apr 22 2007 02:21 PM
 hey dude!!! glad to have another grownup on here!! welcome to sg101--this is the place for surf guitar! jump in and have some fun!! peace
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mournblade
Joined: Sep 27, 2006
Posts: 328
central Pennsylvania
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Posted on Apr 22 2007 03:43 PM
Hey, welcome!!!
You know, my dad turned 64 this year (just retired a year ago), and I
have him and my mother both to thank for my interest in rock and roll.
Like so many other kids in the 70s and 80s, I grew up listening to
good ol' fashioned rockabilly, doo wop, and rock instrumentals. (My
wife wasn't so lucky--she had to grow up listening to Lawrence Welk.) 
Anyway, what really got me into instrumental rock was Duane Eddy, and
this wonderful tune known as "Rebel Rouser." Man, I LOVED that as a
kid (and still do, for that matter). Of course, I heard the Ventures, and
a host of other surf/instro bands.
Throughout the 1980s and early 90s, I really got into the rockabilly
revival scene (groups like the Stray Cats, the Cramps, and The Reverend
Horton Heat). With the surf revival of the 90s, I really got into the
newer bands (at the time, at least) such as the Bomboras, the Aqua
Velvets, and a whole host of others.
Sorry--I'm just rambling. But I guess my point is this: It is YOUR
generation which enabled those of MY generation (so-called Generation
X) to carry on the great tradition of rock and roll.
Oh, and as a funny aside, rock actually MIGHT be dead soon, but there
might be some hope after all. Check this out, courtesy of The Onion
(America's Finest News Source):
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/unreleased_jimmy_page_guitar_riff
Toni Iomi's "quote" is hilarious.
Again, welcome!!!
Vincent
— Is this something you can share with the rest of us, Amazing Larry?!?
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eddiekatcher
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2764
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Apr 22 2007 08:39 PM
Hi ya newbie....I too started in 1963. Jan 20 to be exact. I took my hard earned $30.00 over to Sears and bought an archtop acoustic that lasted less than a month! My first taste of the Ventures was the "Another Smash" LP. We still do an almost exact Ghost Riders cover from that record. Welcome aboard, this is a GREAT site. Check out my two current groups on myspace.com. The Surge! and The AcoustaSonics........eddie k
— Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?
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Joelman
Joined: Sep 07, 2006
Posts: 1472
Redlands, CA
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Posted on Apr 22 2007 11:39 PM
Well if you have been lerking a while you know that there are as many uh, older guys here, as there are younger. There are even a few young ladies than visit every so often.
Welcome to SG101! It's a great place to be!
Joel
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robmik43
Joined: Apr 22, 2007
Posts: 9
Meaford Ontario, Canada
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 10:26 AM
Thanks for the welcome everyone... 
— A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory....
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Surfgitar
Joined: Mar 16, 2007
Posts: 1342
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
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Posted on Apr 23 2007 12:51 PM
Welcome... from the over 50 crowd. image
— CUTBACK
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groucho26
Joined: Jan 23, 2007
Posts: 111
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Posted on Apr 25 2007 09:09 PM
Ditto welcome from the (just) over 50 crowd - but 50 is the new 30, right?
"Better music via louder amplifiers" (tube of course) -
groucho26
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5266
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Apr 27 2007 09:56 AM
Joelman
Well if you have been lerking a while you know that there are as many uh, older guys here, as there are younger. There are even a few young ladies than visit every so often.
Welcome to SG101! It's a great place to be!
Joel
and one older young lady, or is it one younger old lady? 
— www.surfintheeye.com
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Joelman
Joined: Sep 07, 2006
Posts: 1472
Redlands, CA
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Posted on Apr 27 2007 12:06 PM
mom_surfingand one older young lady, or is it one younger old lady?
I'd definitly say that any girly that really surfs is young!
No matter what her physcial age might be!
Joel
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5266
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Apr 27 2007 04:22 PM
Joelman
mom_surfingand one older young lady, or is it one younger old lady?
I'd definitly say that any girly that really surfs is young!
No matter what her physcial age might be!
Joel
i just got back from surfing 11 straight days in mexico and i am one worn out puppy. (but happy puppy)
— www.surfintheeye.com
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25309
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Apr 28 2007 01:26 AM
hey Welcome back Mom(aka Carol) I had noticed you were not around. and figured you were out on Surfari.
How was it ? details in another thread please.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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