Greetings from Norway!

[Opie]

A big warm hello from Norway

I´m a 34 year old boy living together with my girlfriend in Oslo, Norway, burried deep in the winter snow of Scandinavia.
I make my living working as an airline pilot.
I´ve been playing guitar since 1991 and music is one of my dear passions. I own several nice guitars which I play regularily, all of them.
I mostly play them through an ENGL Invader head on top of an ENGL 4x12 cabinet loaded with V30´s. This is a high gain amp but covers all sorts of styles nicely. Everyting from metal to Marshall-ish old school rock.
Since I got my very first Telecaster today after wanting one for years, I really felt like joining this great looking community. I sat down in my local guitar store and played through three Teles for a long time: an American Deluxe, an American Special and an American Standard. The last one felt and sounded really good and ended up in my trunk It´s a natural ash finish as you can see from the photo.

I also include a photo of my most special guitar. It´s a DL-1 made by guitar luthier Hugh Manson and his crew in the South of England. It´s a Matthew Bellamy signature model. He is the singer/guitarist of MUSE and one of my biggest guitar heroes. There has only been made 25 of these guitars so far. Special features include a Z.Vex Fuzz Factory pedal built into the guitar and a polished aluminium top. Manson designs and builds all of Bellamy´s guitars.

Really looking forward to being a part of this community! Thanks


Fender American Standard Telecaster by Opienor, on Flickr


DL-1 by Opienor, on Flickr

[DrBanana]

Hello Opie and welcome - this is a great site full of friendly people with fantastic advice, enjoy!

Nice guitars - what's with the extra knobs behind the bridge?

I love Oslo btw, did some gigs over there a few years ago - knee-deep in snow, so beautiful. But how does anyone afford a drink?? How expensive is it over there??

[Opie]

Originally Posted by DrBanana

Hello Opie and welcome - this is a great site full of friendly people with fantastic advice, enjoy!

Nice guitars - what's with the extra knobs behind the bridge?

I love Oslo btw, did some gigs over there a few years ago - knee-deep in snow, so beautiful. But how does anyone afford a drink?? How expensive is it over there??

Thanks!!

The extra knobs are the controls for the Fuzz Factory. On/Off-switch and two knobs to tweak the effect of this truly crazy pedal. The hardware is machined aluminium by the way. Heavy stuff to twist.

Ha ha yeah Norway is expensive. Around 10$ if you wanna grab a beer. That´s insane. Almost torture

[electrablue]

Welcome!

[Jostein]

Velkommen!
Another Norwegian member here!
Nice guitars!




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[robleon]

cool guitars!

[Opie]

Thanks guys!

Takk for det, Jostein:-) Tøffe gitarer du har forresten.

[BLAM]

Hi and welcome to the mad house!!

Nice looking guitars. Hugh M. used to live near me years ago. (Jarvis Brook, nr Crowborough) before he relocated west to Devon.

[Opie]

Originally Posted by BLAM

Hi and welcome to the mad house!!

Nice looking guitars. Hugh M. used to live near me years ago. (Jarvis Brook, nr Crowborough) before he relocated west to Devon.

Thanks BLAM!

The DL-1 depicted and almost all the guitars built for Matt Bellamy is what has become known as "Mattocasters". It is easy to spot that they derive their shape from the Fender Telecaster. The oversized Telecaster top horn has become a trademark of these guitars. Just a topic related fun fact

[FrankJames]

Welcome to TDPRI !!

[dan79]

Lovely guitars you have there - welcome!

[Jonny_Quest]

Opie?........really?......

[Opie]

Originally Posted by Jonny_Quest

Opie?........really?......

Ha ha!

[hylo]

Welcome aboard!

Is it snowy in Oslo nowadays? I do live there the, but I work offshore and tend to get distracted by TDPRI instead of watching forecasts.

[Opie]

Originally Posted by hylo

Welcome aboard!

Is it snowy in Oslo nowadays? I do live there the, but I work offshore and tend to get distracted by TDPRI instead of watching forecasts.

Oh yes, plenty of it! Had a new load of snow yesterday. Actually went skiing for the first time this winter. Like moving through a fairytale dreamscape (to put it a bit softly).
So do you bring your guitar offshore?

[hylo]

Sounds nice, in a way. All that salt and slush wasn't good at all.

No, I don't. I'm not allowed. Restrictions on how much you're allowed to carry with you onboard and not to speak of the nightmare if I'm not allowed to carry it on as cabin-luggage.

Onboard we have a Fender Baja Tele, which is a guitar the ship owns. :-)

[Opie]

Onboard we have a Fender Baja Tele, which is a guitar the ship owns. :-)

A ship with a good taste I would say.

I´ve had to send one of my guitars as checked baggage just once. It was my Strat, and luckily in a flight case. Still a nervewrecking experience. And the flight case really took a beating.

[Jostein]

Originally Posted by Opie

Thanks guys!

Takk for det, Jostein:-) Tøffe gitarer du har forresten.

Hei, takk i lige maade!

[andyfromdenver]

Hi!
I'm new on here too. That Muse guitar is crazy cool! Inspiring... I kind of want to f up a perfectly good guitar and do that too, now that I see that :)

I played in Oslo once possibly twice a gagillion years ago with Of Montreal and maybe my band Marshmallow Coast. Such a cool city, and we're about the same age.

I remember nearly crapping my pants on some of those super snowy take off and landings, but was assured that you guys do it all the time :)

But mostly that is just one cool guitar

Take care!

[Opie]

Thanks Andy!

Cool that you´ve been to Oslo. I watched some of your band on Youtube. Cool and laid back stage performance:-) I used to be a hardcore Indie fan, mostly listening to Scandinavian bands though.

And on making a Muse-ish guitar, just go for it. A lot of guys have made their own versions, surgically inserting all kinds of effects and knobs.