New guy from Buenos Aires, Argentina

[Mudguard]

Hello, people of the tdpri. You don't know me, but I know you all very well since I've been reading this forum a lot. In fact, that's what made me realise that it wasn't fair to continue reading without registering at least and contributing a little bit to, with what I can.
I excuse myself if I write goofy English, or if anything sounds awkward, but I wasn't born speaking the language. I can, nonetheless, understand it very very well, so don't hesitate in talking to me!

My name is Germán (I know it's a bit odd in English, but it translates as something like Germain), I'm from Buenos Aires, almost as southern as a major city can be. I'm 24 and play guitar in an irregular fashion since I was a very little boy. I kept playing more regularly as time went on until our days. I started with classic rock and moved on to soul, R&B, blues (and a bit of funky music too). Nowadays I'm dabbling in jazz (I'm starting to play), classical jazz for the moment, but I still have plenty of love for the styles I've been playing all these years. I'm not a pro, and although I had (and have) my semi-pro moments which I really enjoy, playing guitar is not a job to me.
Besides the styles I play I'm also constantly lending an ears to new stuff.
No need to say I love teles and the Fender approach of course...
I'm going to try to post when I really feel I have something to add until I start feeling comfortable in the forum.

I'm really glad to have the privilege of joining this great community!

PS: Wow, that looks like a huge piece of text above!

[B.G.]

Welcome from another new guy! I'm partial to jazz myself; thought I had to go the big jazz-box route for a while, but have recently realized how marvelously versatile the tele can be.

[FrankJames]

Welcome to TDPRI !!

[joaopazguitar]

Hi Germano! (that's your name in portuguese :)
Great intro - it was nice to read, no big text for me!
Funny that I'm finding so many guys into jazz, here at the forum. Awsome!
Cheers to Buenos Aires from Porto,
Joao

[electrablue]

Welcome!

[SolidbdyJazzfan]

Welcome from another member into jazz!

[Sasz]

Good to have you on the forum, Mudguard - welcome!

[Tonemonkey]

Bienvenidos a TDPRI

Soy Inglees, pero mi mujer es Rosarina, vamos a volver a Argentina este año con la familia.

You have better English than my Castellano, welcome, relax and enjoy taking a full part in TDPRI.... its a friendly place.

[Mudguard]

Thanks for all the welcoming posts. I was never much into forums before, so all this seems new to me!

@BG: Yeah going the hollow jazz-box route is easy (except they're usually pricy) because the jazzy tone is right there, but I always feel like I'm giving something back to Leo Fender when I play (or try to play) jazz in one of his guitars, because of the "failure" of the jazzmaster with jazzplayers! If think SolidbdyJazzfan gets it too because of his nickname.

@joaopazguitar: I always wondered how to translate my name to other languages so it doesn't sound so strange. The latin languages usually have an equivalent, but for English for instance I'm kind of lost. What would the most common name in English that could translate as "Germán" be?

@Tonemonkey: I see you catched one of our women! A lot of people usually say they are the among finest available (I wouldn't know because I've never been abroad). So what part of Argentina are you visiting? I don't know you much, but I'll sure be glad to be of any help if I can! (by the way I really dig Marcus Aurelius, as in quote)

[Tonemonkey]

Originally Posted by Mudguard

@Tonemonkey: I see you catched one of our women! A lot of people usually say they are the among finest available (I wouldn't know because I've never been abroad). So what part of Argentina are you visiting? I don't know you much, but I'll sure be glad to be of any help if I can! (by the way I really dig Marcus Aurelius, as in quote)

No visitamos, vamos a vivir ahi! Vamos a empesar un empresa y una vida nueva.
Tenemos familia 3 horas al norte de BA.

I also feel the need to spread my music ............ poor Arg!

[Mudguard]

So you're starting a new company, great!
Of course if at anytime along the way you come up with a question about something about life here, I'm at your service.

Or if you ever need a junior industrial engineer, once again, I'll be glad to talk to you. You know, jam sessions at work would to send productivity through the roof ;)

[Mudguard]

Oh, and a quick piece of advice, buy all the teles, guitars and amps you can before coming, because most gear here is expensive compared to USA or Europe. (Usualy like 1.5 to 2 times the US street price, mostly thanks to a zealous customs office and imports politics)

[trev333]

Ola, mudguard... so? are you a fender guy.... ;)


cheers from Oz...

[Mudguard]

I don't get what you say trev333... I like fender guitars a lot, if that's what you mean. If it's about a pun on the nickname, well yeah, there was a day in which I realized what the word "fender" meant, and it seemed funny that it was also somebody's surname.
The Castilian word for "fender" is "guardabarros" which literally is "mudguard" (guarda=guard and barro=mud). I pictured all fender guitars with "mudguard" written on the headstock and it made me and some friends laugh. Maybe someday if I build a tele I could put "mudguard" or "guardabarros" on the headstock.
I was thinking about all this silly stuff when I signed up.

[trev333]

Me too, mate... it raises a smile here as well..

we've always called car fenders ...mudguards... in Oz ....

I've thought about putting mudguard on a headstock one day as well.... ;)

I'm sure we're not alone there... cheers..

[Mudguard]

Maybe it's a southern hemisphere thing...
I had no idea Oz stands for Australia, and I still don't know why it does.
Now I'll have something to start a conversation when we watch the Three Nations this year... Actually the Four Nations now ;)

[trev333]

this guy's name always made me smile in the same way when he came on the radio,,,... and wondered if he was related to Leo... or even played a fender...

freddy mudguard?..

here's one I found that you might know,,,

[Mudguard]

Why is it that I'm supposed to know that song? I actually never heard it. (and now that I have, I don't like it much).
The thing about the Fender surname is that it's sounds too modern. I don't know when was it that surnames were assigned to people, but it has to be more that 200 years ago at least. I know maybe horse pulled carts have fenders on them, but anyway it sound like car related, like I never heard about a Johnny Muffler. I wouldn't beleive it if somebody tells me his name is Bill Optoisolator. Yet we have Freddy and Leo Fender.
Beisdes, wasn't he supposed to be from Greek descent?