Since kingdavid has already outed me as the resident old fart, I might as well fill in some of the missing details.

My name is David Raynes, I'm 50, been playing on and off for some 35 years now. :eek: (Jeez, that sounds like a long time - I should be better at it than I am!) I've got two black 1984 Yamaha SBG 1000 double-cutaway Les Paul types, one of which I bought new and modified a fair bit over the years, a Yamaha RBG 350 four-string bass, a Washburn A-20 solid-body, a pair of Washburn Festival Series electric/acoustics, (one a 6-string, the other a 12-string) and an old Odyssey V that I'm about to do rude things to in hopes of making it more playable. I plug these into one of my Ampeg amps, (G-18 transistor 1x8, VT-44 tube 4x10, VT-22 tube 2x12), or Gallien-Krueger Backline 100, via a Yamaha DG Stomp, Peavey Rock Master, or whatever else happens to get underfoot. Yeah, I guess I'm a bit of a gear-head. As you may have noticed, I also tend to return to brands that work well for me.

Back when I was a whole lot younger, I had to decide whether I was willing to risk starving for my music, or get a day job. I haven't played for pay since 1970.... That doesn't mean I haven't been playin' :D