Hello Everyone!

I don't know. Every time Larry comes to town, I feel like a beginner.

When we were getting ready for the New Years Celebration Concert our worship leader was giving that announcement that Larry was supposed to be there by saying, "If you want to hear some real guitar playing, be here on New Years Eve. Larry Carter is going to be... etc." So, I guess, I am not a real guitar player - at least not compared to Larry. Lest you worry, he didn't mean it like it sounded... but we joked about it for a few days nonetheless.

I got into studying about Fenders so that I could spot the fakes on eBay - that was back when you could still score some good deals. Mostly that's disappeared now. Every once in a while...

I posted about my main three guitars in the gear section. Is there any way to post pics here? I didn't tell you yet, Larry, but I ended up switching out to a PODxt for church. We are trying to keep our stage volume at a moderate level.

Any other Fender players here? My main thing is Strats. I am not sure you can have too many of them. They each one have a unique voice.

I have four higher end strats - a custom shop Strat - those of you familiar with Fenders it is a Custom Shop Time Machine '60 in NOS (New Old Stock) finish. Like you had traveled back in time to a shop in 1960 and pulled a Strat of the wall of your local shop. Great guitar, and my favorite to play. It is a sunburst finish, rosewood fretboard.

Next is my Fender American Vintage 62RI - modeled after, you guessed, a 1962 Strat. It's not Custom Shop, but the quality of it is spectacular. Candy Apple Red, with a rosewood fretboard.

I have a John Mayer Signature Strat - a great blend of modern features and vintage appeal, and the pickups in the Mayer are very unique, handle overdrive incredibly well. Where the CS 60 is a bright three-tone sunburst, the Mayer has a somewhat dark three-tone sunburst. The fretboard is either rosewood or Pao Ferro.

And last but not least, my American Vintage 57 Strat. Like the 62, but a maple board 57. Two-tone finish, but a maple fretboard.

I like putting together strats out of parts as well. I have a SRV clone that I did, and a 59-type strat (three-tone sunburst, maple fretboard) that plays incredibly well. And three or four other strats, a tele, and a Les Paul type guitar.

Anyway, said all that to say this.. it's great to be here... and thanks for starting it up, and to wink for the invite.

craig

Last edited by Pastor Craig on Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:54 am; edited 2 times in total

pastor Craig i just love fenders. i have a mexico neck american body with prs dragons on my strat and my other fender is an american tele. by the way bro Larry i picked up a taylor T5 for finger pickin and semi acoustic strumming

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Watch me play Fingerstyle guitar at youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVwEAmoisZs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6TyK4QhJhlg

ron - you need to post a pic of your guitars. I am working on getting mine up.

pastor craig

Hey Brothers, I would love to see some pictures. There is a button when you go to post a message that say "Img" on it. That stands for Img. I haven't tried it to see what the default settings are but give it a shot. Try to keep the image sizes to a medium so that it doesn't take long to load when viewing the threads. If it doesn't work, shoot me a message and let me know. I will make it work.

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~David Schell

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Pastor Craig the whole internet thing is new to me but hopefully i'll have some pics of my guitar soon. by the way check out my you tube video. i'm the only guy at the apostolic fingerstyle genre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVwEAmoisZs

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if you like fingerstyle and, you would like to trade arrangements E Mail me

Watch me play Fingerstyle guitar at youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVwEAmoisZs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6TyK4QhJhlg

Go Ron!!!!! Great Stuff on Youtube!!!!

I enjoyed it, too! Everybody needs to post more on You Tube. It helps to feel like I know all of you better... plus, I can maybe steal a few licks!

Gary

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Hey everybody just thought i'd introduce myself. I'm 15 and been playing in church since I was twelve. Just thought i'd stop and say hello. Thanks for the invite.

Welcome to Apostolic Guitarist! Kick back, take your shoes off and start pickin'.

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God bless,
~David Schell

www.anointedstrings.com

thank you Bro Larry and Bro Gary. I'm putting in another you tube in the next day or 2 , It's an excerpt of a teaching video i did for guitar college.

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if you like fingerstyle and, you would like to trade arrangements E Mail me

Watch me play Fingerstyle guitar at youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVwEAmoisZs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6TyK4QhJhlg

Hey Bro' Wilson,
that was some nice finger work. I especially liked the little grin at the end. You can't be pickin' and not grinnin'.

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God bless,
~David Schell

www.anointedstrings.com

thanx Bro David I hope to meet you sometime

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if you like fingerstyle and, you would like to trade arrangements E Mail me

Watch me play Fingerstyle guitar at youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVwEAmoisZs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6TyK4QhJhlg

The same goes here. I keep telling Wink that we need to have some guitar worship conferences here on the East coast.

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God bless,
~David Schell

www.anointedstrings.com

Amen Bro David!!! can you imagine how many secular guitarists would come to the LORD through this?

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if you like fingerstyle and, you would like to trade arrangements E Mail me

Watch me play Fingerstyle guitar at youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVwEAmoisZs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6TyK4QhJhlg

Yeah! I have so many friends that I know would come. I am definitely willing to start trying to make it happen.

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God bless,
~David Schell

www.anointedstrings.com