SEEKING
Band to Join, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Cello, Clarinet, DJ, Dobro, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Saxophone, Steel guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.ABOUT
I've been playing guitar for decades. I'm mainly a blues player but I have many other musical interests and influences. I love some Baroque music, some old Celtic, some J.S. Bach and Chopin. I like transposing Jr. Walker phrases to electric guitar. I have a default sound like Clapton used in 1968 on his studio version of Born Under a Bad Sign or with Mayall's Bluesbreakers. I like combining acoustic and electric instruments. I am melody based.
- Screen name:
- tele-tom
- Member since:
- Oct 20 2023
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 45
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
Influences
Clapton, Jr. Walker, Clarence White, Keith Jarrett. Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Mick Taylor, Albert King, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, BB King, Freddie King, Bert Jansch, Keith Richards, JJ Cale, Lowell George, Aretha Franklin, Santiago De Murcia, Buzz Feiten, Laura Nyro. Those are a few of the famous people. But it could be a wind chime I hear. If it sounds good I'm interested.
Instrument experience:
- Lead Guitar:
- Advanced
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
I use an all tube deluxe reverb and I have a tube Fender Super Champ X2 for modeling. I sold my Twin and old Bandmaster because they're too heavy and I don't need that power with mics and PA's. I use a secondary preamp to push my amps to a light musical breakup. Some go-to pedals are an Origin Effects Cali76 for stacked compression, a Greer Lightspeed, A Marshal OD, a single Boss GE7 EQ. I prefer fender guitars to Gibson with the exception of the ES-335. I mainly use an American Standard Tele with 2 Lollar imperial Humbuckers that I wired for series and parallel. I love finger style acoustic but it isn't my strong suit.
