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| Used to play bass here. I had a '79 Fender P, black on black. Sure miss it! I found out I was better at reeling in a surface bait than playing bass. Oh well, sure had fun through high school and a number of years after that.
Don't forget Brian Schram (pink hat guy) for a fishin' rocker! He does the intro songs for The Next Bite and Woods and Water (Gilliepie). That guy is a talented guitarist and singer. Go to schramband.com to check out his site. He has a new fishing CD out called "Rockin' Fish Tales" that is pretty sweet. It's available on his site.
If you go to my new guide site you can hear his song called "Muskie Maniac". Very cool!
Lee Tauchen
http://leetauchen.com
http://leelures.com
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Location: WI | I like to jam the heavy stuff like Pantera, Slayer, and a million obscure hardcore and punk bands. I played in a hardcore band briefly about ten years ago.
ESP Viper
Mesa Dual Rectifier
Peavy 4x12 cab (I'm not a big Peavy fan, but this cab belonged to a late friend so it has sentimental value)
Also dig some solo acoustic guitar (stuff like Kaki King) and play an Ovation lx 6778..I think that's the model #. |
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| I've been playing guitar since the late 1980s, and alto sax since about 1981 or so. I did the whole gigging thing, and made some decent money in the late 1990s untill I started musky fishing. Turned out it was more important to me than band practice 2 days a week and shows on the weekends. Now for the last 3 years I've been in a cover band, doing songs from the 1970s to todays radio rock. We do some city festivals, large outdoor parties, and special shows in bars on rare occasions. I do find it pretty cool that there is a large amount of musky fisherman that are musically inclined. Makes you wonder if there is a connection or something.
I keep a full digital studio in my basement, along with a PA system, and a cheapo JBP acoustic/electric for jamming around. My "retired" goitar is a 91 Gibson Les Paul Custom that has seen alot of strings, and my "player" guitar is a 2002 PRS Custom 22. That all gets plugged into a Line 6 Vetta amp. Used to be a tube guy till this thing hit the market. I have yet to play a show where someone hasn't asked me what tubes I use.
Anyhow, back to musky thoughts.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I played recreationally for years...lost the ability with a spinal chord injury (1979) that ruined my hands and made it no fun. Had a couple custom Strats, favorite had a shaved black cherry neck from '70, I think. My all time favorite was a Kalamazoo I bought when I was about 17...kick ass guitar in baby blue that played extremely well and rivaled my buddies Epiphone for range.
I had a rack of custom designed 12" Altecs over D 130 JBL's over D130As driven by stacked Bogens , could break glass if I wanted to. I was noisy, not good, but really enjoyed playing. Very frustrating I can't anymore. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | I'm not currently in a band. I come from a real modern day Partridge Family. I play guitar, trumpet, euphonium and alto sax. My dad plays guitar, bass, trumpet. My mom is a fantastic pianist and violinist. My brother Joe is a drummer by trade, but also plays guitar. My brother Jeff plays bass and guitar. They are both members of the very popular punk band The Mudgett's. And finally my sister Sara plays piano and clarinet.
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Location: West Chester, OH | Purchased a large drum kit @ onset of middle-aged crisis (cheaper than a girlfriend & disease-free) & took lessons for several years. Can usually count to 4 & start again.
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| This thread is enough motivation to swing by the music store and get a new set of strings for the three acoustics (two steel stringed acoustics, one classical acoustic, ie, nylon strings...)
Might have to dig out that home-made electric and give it a once over to see if I can bring some life back into it for fun... |
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| I currently play drums with several bands. My main band is a blues/funk/rb etc. group called Big Road www.myspace.com/bigroadband. We'll be playing at Bucher's Bluesfest this July 25 and play a bunch around the northwoods area. Also play jazz with Jazzworks www.jazzworksmusic.com . Working with a classic rock group called Mama's Little Hippies. www.mamaslittlehippies.com. Also every now and then with The Usual Suspects which is a blues band. Then you never know what other kind of freelance gigs I'll pick up. I play a pretty good amount of the time. Have two gigs today and one tomorrow. If anyone's ever up in the northwoods and looking to check out a band let me know and I'll fill you in on where I'm working.
Not sure if it's known out there but Greg Nimmer (Nimmer Swimmer lures) has a nephew who is a BRILLIANT pianist. Dan Nimmer plays with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under Wynton Marsallis and has played with Norah Jones and Willie Nelson. This young man is the real deal.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | OK, anyone out there have Muskie related tunes recorded they would be willing to allow us to use in sound tacks this summer? We would use the tracks in video shot during on the water event coverage and our standard hat camera stuff. Credits will include author and musicians. |
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Location: ROckford IL | Im a DJ, I do various types of music for people, I also produce beats. |
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| PA Hogberg....the tall Swedish guy who's at the Chicago shows has a band....http://www.myspace.com/stupiditystockholm in the studios on their second album. |
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | I didn't expect this large of a response to this thread. Very cool that we have so many who either still play or used to play.
Begs the question: If there were a cause that us muskie-folk believed in that required fund raising to see the project through to fruition, could we bring enough of us together for "Muskie Jam" ?
Just something to think about since most muskie related projects get funded on a local/chapter level through a variety of organizations.
Rock On....
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Location: mankato, mn | I've been playing guitar since i was about 17, I'm 25 now. I've been in a few bands since then. All rock/indie/progressive stuff. My current band is Hillhaven Raven in which I play guitar and lead vocals.(www.myspace.com/hillhavenraven) We practice in Newton, Ia which is where "pike addict" Jack Penny lives. I keep wondering if I'll run into him one of these days. Anyways, we're getting fired up for a 17 day us tour in may, so we're having a blast right now just playing shows and getting ready. |
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Wow, looks like I've got a round of friend requests to send out.
IA Lunger - I used to play IA a bit - Des Moines, IA city, Cedar R, Cedar F.....always had a great time down there. Maybe we can trade some shows in fall? I can help with WI.
When you get to Albuquerue, go to the frontier restaurant - its an awesome "we never close" greasy spoon just across the street from UNM. We've played Taos, Santa Fe and Albuquerque back in the day.
Curly, we should look into a gig like that for our big back yard project, eh? I'm looking forward to hearing how Dennis' event goes this weekend.
Jono
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| Don't even know where to start on this one. I've played a long time and still playing. Did studio and jingle work in Chicago thru the 80's till present and still doing small parts for the discovery channel now. Played out 5 nights a week when you could still make an o.k. buck back in the late 70's thru the late 80's. Things have changed around here, there's really not many places to play anymore. Gear wise, spent the last 30 years chasing that magical tone. Back in the 80's it was pre- CBS Strats and Black face anything from Fender and a couple of Boss pedals and it sounded good. Late 80's I dug out my 69 Marshall 50 watt head and a 4-12 cabinet loaded with 25 watt celestions and a 59 Sunburst Les Paul. Added a couple of rack peices and got a killer tone. Still use it on sessions occasionally. 90's I went back to a smaller set-up and started to run stereo. Effects never sounded so good!! The last 10 years I've rotated between a Rivera amp with a sub and a 50 watt Bogner with a 2-12 cabinet. I've locked up and stored all the vintage and bought a couple of the re-issue Les Pauls. R I. 58 and a R.I. 59. Pretty close to the real deal. Picked up a Koa Anderson a few years back too. Only thing I've noticed over the years is I can't hang that Les Paul as low as I used to. Can't quite hear as good as I used to either. Jerry |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Lee_Tauchen - 3/26/2009 9:11 PM
Don't forget Brian Schram (pink hat guy ) for a fishin' rocker! He does the intro songs for The Next Bite and Woods and Water (Gilliepie ). That guy is a talented guitarist and singer. Go to schramband.com to check out his site. He has a new fishing CD out called "Rockin' Fish Tales" that is pretty sweet. It's available on his site.
If you go to my new guide site you can hear his song called "Muskie Maniac". Very cool!
Lee Tauchen
http://leetauchen.com
http://leelures.com
Beat me to it. Schramma-Lamma is my boy. |
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| Cool to see how many fisherman are also musicians. Those with an "artists" mindset are well suited to pursuit of sports as well.
I played on a gigging level for many years back in the 70's---Boston, Yes, Skynnard, Aeromsmith, Deep Purple, Kansas, etc. Was fortunate enough to have a few different Les Pauls an SG Standard and a Marshall half stack.
Switched over to G & L Legacy Special (Leo Fender's company after he sold out)and a Mesa around 2000, and finally picked up a Martin DC16 for acoustic work. The Les Pauls are nice guitars---but heavy, and have a big round neck. (Unless you use an LP classic with the slim taper neck.) But I really like the G & L's for fast runs. And the Alder body has great sustain and tone.
When it comes to jamming or fishing...tough call on which ranks 1 or 2. Or which has more money tied up...
BTW...Kansas made playing the Cello a very cool thing. (Dust In The Wind...)
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Location: Mayer, MN | I love music! Great topic.
I have two electric guitars:
1989? or so Fender Stratocaster with 8 year old strings 
1989? or so Yamaha RGZ 211M with 8 year old strings
Nothing spectacular in the realm of axes.
How could I find out what year they were produced? Serial numbers?
I'm no good and I'm just happy to put a few chords together, but like someone mentioned earlier, turn it on and make some noise and everything else in the world just goes away. Kind of like muskie fishing! |
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| LOL...yes, you can get real close on the date wirth the serial number. Here's a website that can help you. Or you can contact the folks at Fender, for example, and they'll most usually be gald to help.
http://www.theguitarfiles.com/guitarfile576.html |
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| wow.. Here is a thread i though would never emerge on the forum! i am a self taught drummer for 16 years. Played rock and jazz fusion for various bands in philly. Now teaching drums to put more time on the water. My fishing partner is also a drummer for over 25 years, more of a basement player self taught and got awesome chops on the set still. |
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Location: Almond, WI | In high school I briefly drummed for a garage-punk/grunge band...ah, what a beautiful disaster that was. Jammed a little with a lot of other people after that but nothing serious. Stylistically I'm kinda between Mitch Mitchell and John Bonham with a little Chad Smith in there. Started playing guitar a couple years ago...definitely not any good at it, but it keeps me entertained. I mostly write my own stuff, riffs kinda combining Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Celtic Frost, Death, Slayer and a little blues. I don't play a lot anymore but still know several musicians and like to take in concerts when I can.
I never would have figured Les Claypool for a fisherman, but it's pretty sweet that he is. |
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Location: The desert | Well, I certainly didn't play a manly instrument, but I was pretty musically talented growing up and all through high school. I started playing the piano when I was 4 years old. I played all the way up to 6th grade, won a lot of competitions and have a lot of trophies from them. Was out of music for a year until I was forced to play in instrument in band by my mother. So I went to the meeting that gave a demonstration of all the instruments we could choose from, with full intentions on becoming a drummer. For some odd, unknown reason, at the end of the meeting I changed my mind and choose the clarinet. Laugh all you want, but I'm actually glad I picked it. I played from 7th grade all the way through high school. I sat first chair all through high school. I got cheated from going to the state competition, but that's life. I may not have let on in high school that I enjoyed playing, but looking back I had a lot of fun. I plan on digging my instrument out of one of the closets back home and starting to play again. |
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| Nothing geeky about the piano. I'd give anything to be able to bust out some blues piano on the ebony & ivory keys! I love a good piano. Call it ghey or whatever you want. The piano can talk and speak some amazing speak with it's sound. Some serious emotion can come through the piano. If I had the space for one in the house....and the time...I'd love to take a crack at learning it. "They" say that the piano and the guitar easily translate into each other. Thing is..being I'm self-taught on the guitar...I don't have the first clue as to what I'm doing? I play from ear and with emotion. I couldn't tell you one, single name of a chord I'm playing and I don't care. Just no space in the house for a piano nor no time for a piano. But man........I totally appreciate a good piano.... :thumbsup:
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Location: Mayer, MN | Jim my serial number on the Strat is E 940915, appears to have been a 1989 model. I purchased it in the summer of 1998 I believe. Cool. The Yamaha is PX28184
http://www.guitardaterproject.org/
Fender Guitar Info
Your guitar was made at the
Corona Plant (Fender), USA
in the Year(s): 1989 - 1990
Fender: Corona
Corona factory was opened in 1985, Corona California, with major guitar production starting in 1987. With the addition of a custom shop in 1987 the plant currently employs about 700 workers. Apart from general and Custom Shop Fender instruments and amplifiers, it also encompasses Guild acoustic & electric guitars.
Yamaha Guitar Info
Your guitar was made on
October 28th, 1989, 1999
or 2009
Production Number: 184
Definitely 1989, I bought it in 1994 maybe, or 1993. |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | I won't call myself a musician by any streach of the word. It'd be an insult to all the folk who really can play,if I did that. I bought a guitar a couple of years ago and have tried to teach myself to play. It's been a tough slow process as I've battled tendonitis in my left elbow and wrist.
I can put a few chords together once in awhile and play some basic riffs and maybe a bit of a lead/ melody line. But I am a far cry from being a guitar player. I never figured that I'd get to the point of being a working musician. Those who've done so have been given a blessing. I wish I could play well enough for even 1 song on a stage,
I can buy the gear and have the soul for it, but I don't have the hands for it, to many years of sorting mail.
20th Anniversary edition Paul Reed Smith;Eagle,"10 Top," guitar
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| Fish...
PRS...very nice. My boy plays a PRS Custom 22 through a Mesa Triple Rectifier half stack. Absolutely sweet set-up. With the 5-way rotary switch and the Dragon ll pickups in the PRS you can get some dynamite sounds. You can mix and match both coils as a full humbuckers or as a single coil pickup. I've heard it through a Marshall before, too, and it's a great set up. Just that the Mesa has the potential for some of the nastiest overdrive on the market.
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| Man,,,,,,,,,,,,,in my day, I could rock it with the best of them 
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| What a great topic! I played in a USAF band in Illinois and the Philippines in the late 60s. Fortunate to play with some great musicians, who were terrific fisherman. (Bruce Paulson from the Tonight Show band and Brian Grivna from the Buddy
Rich band.) Kept active gigging until the late 80s and the business changed. The old line was that I checked my date book to find when I could retire and then found out i already had because there were no gigs. Hard to imagine over the past 40 years actually getting paid to back up James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Smothers Brothers,
Bob Hope, and Jerry Lewis to name a few. I think the most amazing night was playing in the band for Tony Bennett at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Everything except his mic was acoustic. What an experience to have that live musical sound. Now the trombone just collects dust.
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | I began playing bass guitar in 6th grade. My brother bought an electric guitar and he was two years older. We were hooked on KISS and learned alot of their tunes and rocked out in our basement. As the years passed I went through some phases of cover material--Learning old Iron Maiden riffs--Steve Harris RULES! Of course there was covering Sabbath, Priest, Dio, early Ratt, early Twisted Sister, Van Halen, Metallica, Megadeath, Warrior, Icon, Ozzy, BOC, and then moved into Tesla, Alice in Chains, etc...
Played in a few bands over the years in nasty, dirty, smokey clubs and loved every minute of it.
Now with two kids and married, I find fishing to be a more family friendly obsession.
Current rig is Fender Jazz 5 string american made through GK 800 RB bi-amped into 4 10s for the lows and 2 10s for the highs.
Play a few times a year with my brother who is currently in a band called Liquid Crush out of Milwaukee...was just down two weekends ago and sat in on a reheasal and had a blast. Mic'd the drums and cranked it up with frequent walks to the keg-r-ator---nothin' like it for the soul, nothin' like it.
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| I played in punk rock bands from 1980-1995 or so.I play bass & git.We had a choice to play with Janes Addicition or Ministery in 1988 no one heard of Janes Addiction back then so we played with Ministery.Wow 2000 people..The brain is a terrible thing to taste..I got SWR bass amp..My wife plays drums |
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