Anyone here one? personally I'm a huge fan of history, especially regarding the history of warfare and military tactics. I'm really into the ancient Roman empire, medieval times, and I am starting to get into Eastern civilization, especially the feudal era of Japan, and also the British empire. (Cue 'The British Grenadiers' please)

Starting next fall I'll be going to SIU (Southern IL University) majoring in history. Any other history nerds on the forum

-Jake

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"I don't care how good you are, how fast you are. You ain't good enough no lessin' you got the soul." -Hubert Sumlin

I personally like Vietnam era and WWII era stuff.

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Oh forgot to mention WWII. that's what got me into history basically. Especially aerial warfare in that period. That's what made me originally want to be a pilot. Changed my mind on that one though.

-Jake

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"I don't care how good you are, how fast you are. You ain't good enough no lessin' you got the soul." -Hubert Sumlin

Carbondale or Edwardsville campus?

Say "hi" to T2Stratman while you're out there -- he lives pretty close.

I'm into US military history and the development of small arms and military aircraft.

Arjay

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i am smart about WWII stuff. i know every single date that the japs bombed and the germans dive bombed. the G's lost the battle of britan

Carbondale. I live about 30 mins south. You know specifically where T2 is? Just curious.

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"I don't care how good you are, how fast you are. You ain't good enough no lessin' you got the soul." -Hubert Sumlin

hey j rock have u ever played a vintage guitar before?

Yes I do. But in the interests of confidentiality I'll refrain from revealing his precise posrep. I lived in southern Illinois for a time as well -- just down the road a piece from O'Fallon (birthplace of actor William Holden) and Scott Field. My draft board was in Belleville.......if anybody remembers what those were.



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

oh arjay you crack me up!. Fender is the best botique amps

SoT.... please try to refrain from derailing my thread. you made 3 of the 7 posts, 2 of which are off subject.

-Jake

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"I don't care how good you are, how fast you are. You ain't good enough no lessin' you got the soul." -Hubert Sumlin

Among my gun safes I have a few WWII era fire arms and a one WWI era M1892 Springfield

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

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My grandpa has a ton of guns, all ranging from the 1870s to the 1940s. I'm not gonna lie, I love old guns.

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1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

History is a great subject and you won't run out of interesting information ever. Military history, the Imperial War Museum London is a great place to start. I visited there when stationed in the UK during the Vietnam war. Many amazing artifacts, perhaps if that will be your major in college a school sponsored field trip will be offered. Have fun at SIU Jake. A great school that a few of the people I grew up with are alumni and they all had a wonderful learning experience there.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

The Great World War (what we now call WW1) is where all the interesting stuff is. That war set the stage and foreshadowed what was to come and it still impacts us heavily today. That war revealed who really pulls the strings in this world and why, ie: who has the power and what they want. Yah, there was some crap that went on in Yugoslavia but that was all window dressing.

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.

I have had an interest in WWII since I was a kid. I even have several sets of books dealing with WWII. I am also quite interested in the history of England, especially King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I.
I have also done my family history (Genealogy) and have most of it back to the mid 1500's.

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