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Big_Bend
March 15th, 2010, 01:43 AM
Howdy ya'll...
I'm Allen, 46 years old, and I've lived in Houston all my life. In 1982 I graduated high school and that Summer I bought a 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty and a Traynor 4x10 tube amp, both for $500. Since then I've always kept the Les Paul, but have gone thru many many other guitars and amps, always looking for that elusive "better tone".
My best friend lives in Austin, 150 miles away. He plays a Les Paul, and he loves his Marshall JTM45 Bluesbreaker combo amp. We've been jamming on the blues together for the last 15 years, once or twice a month. I started keeping my G&L ASAT tele guitar at his house in Austin, and I would play it thru my friends Vox tube amp.. I loved how that "tele" sounded so nice and complimentary to my friend's Les Paul. 5 years ago I bought a Fender American Ash Telecaster which has been my one and only favorite guitar to play ever since I got it.
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/960/medium/guitars_800.jpg
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/960/medium/tele_600.JPG
My son plays bass guitar, he is amazing. Between us we had 14 guitars in the house at once point, but I've sold a few since that pic was taken. I've also bought and sold a few amps too.. and now I love playing thru my RI Super Reverb and Princeton amps.
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/960/medium/amps_700.JPG
My tele sounds great just plugged in straight into the amps.. but I also like to route the signal thru my pedal board at times too.
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/960/medium/peddles_700.jpg
I've been mostly playing improv blues stuff the last 20 years, but now I've found myself in a new country type startup band situation that is forcing me to learn new styles of playing. I'm loving the telecaster thing tho.. The combo of tele into a nice fender tube amp is just hard to beat.
My name Big Bend is cause I've been out to Big Bend National Park over 30 times.. the most beautiful part of Texas. Go visit the area if you can.
Take care...
Allen
I'm Allen, 46 years old, and I've lived in Houston all my life. In 1982 I graduated high school and that Summer I bought a 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty and a Traynor 4x10 tube amp, both for $500. Since then I've always kept the Les Paul, but have gone thru many many other guitars and amps, always looking for that elusive "better tone".
My best friend lives in Austin, 150 miles away. He plays a Les Paul, and he loves his Marshall JTM45 Bluesbreaker combo amp. We've been jamming on the blues together for the last 15 years, once or twice a month. I started keeping my G&L ASAT tele guitar at his house in Austin, and I would play it thru my friends Vox tube amp.. I loved how that "tele" sounded so nice and complimentary to my friend's Les Paul. 5 years ago I bought a Fender American Ash Telecaster which has been my one and only favorite guitar to play ever since I got it.
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/960/medium/guitars_800.jpg
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/960/medium/tele_600.JPG
My son plays bass guitar, he is amazing. Between us we had 14 guitars in the house at once point, but I've sold a few since that pic was taken. I've also bought and sold a few amps too.. and now I love playing thru my RI Super Reverb and Princeton amps.
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/960/medium/amps_700.JPG
My tele sounds great just plugged in straight into the amps.. but I also like to route the signal thru my pedal board at times too.
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/960/medium/peddles_700.jpg
I've been mostly playing improv blues stuff the last 20 years, but now I've found myself in a new country type startup band situation that is forcing me to learn new styles of playing. I'm loving the telecaster thing tho.. The combo of tele into a nice fender tube amp is just hard to beat.
My name Big Bend is cause I've been out to Big Bend National Park over 30 times.. the most beautiful part of Texas. Go visit the area if you can.
Take care...
Allen