1. Smoke on the Water
2. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
3. Sunshine of Your Love

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

1) Wipe Out (I thought there would be more surf entries)
2) Satisfaction
3) In-A Gadda-Da-Vida

Mine was Glycerine by Bush

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Formally known here as The Metalhead Punk
Gear:
Standard Stratocaster HSS w/ SD SH-6 Distortion in the bridge
Ernie Ball Strings
Monster Cables
Dunlop Picks
Peavey 5150 II 120watt Head
Vader 2x12 Cab 240watt

Layla- Derek and The Dominos

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No matter how much you pay for an instrument, in the wrong hands it will always sound "cheap."

Gear:
2007 MIM Stratocaster (Lace Sensor Golds)
Peavey Valveking 112
Behringer TU300, CS100, NR100
Dunlop Crybaby Classic
Marshall BB-2
Ibanez TS-9

First number I ever learnt was Sultans of Swing. So I guess my first riff must have been from somewhere near the beginning of that track.

Hop's mention of Batman is bringing back embarrassing memories. I hope nobody I was at school with is on this Forum and sharing that particular remembrance...!

- C

How long did it take you to learn Batman?

Hey Hop: given that I was the drummer in that high school band - not long at all!

It hurts to remember: we had a keyboard player who had just got hold of a new-fangled item called a "synthesiser". It was basic to say the least. It could only play one note at a time, so he picked out the Batman theme with one finger while the bass player (who has had a significant career as a bassist and is now a very celebrated gentleman in the guitar retail business) played exactly the same line - we were strangers to the idea of harmony...!

On the other hand, we got three girls to dress up as "naughty school girls" in stockings and very short skirts and gyrate round a mic pretending to be backing singers, so it wasn't all bad. Hmm: I still have a photo of that somewhere...

- C

My first and second were Smoke on the Water and Seven Nation Army

Peter Gunn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUGOP30S ... re=related[/url]

Drown - Smashing Pumpkins

About 2 weeks ago I think my wife is getting tired of hearing it!

the unforgiven - metallica

oh and smells like teen spirit by nirvana

Seems like the majority learned Smoke on the Water. I still don't know it! Ceri, you say you have a photo of your high school days? Love to see it!

...Erm; on reflection, perhaps not! Nostalgically recalling when we were 13 year old boys with a healthy interest in 13 year old girls is one thing. Middle-aged guys posting pictures of adolescent girls in fishnet stockings is a whole other thing entirely!

Someone would be hitting that "Forum Abuse" button - and rightly so!

Actually, that photo is much more innocent than it sounds. It hung amongst others on a pinboard for many years without my sensible minded wife finding anything to object to. But probably best to leave it there...

I'm sure I have other pictures that don't feature the backing singers in short skirts. Maybe I'll dig one out and post it at some appropriate time.

Cheers - C

Geez Mr. Hopkins I thought I was mature... The 1st song I learned was "House of the Rising Sun"; The first riffs were "Iron Man", and "Smoke on the Water". Still working on Secret Agent Man... What a fun song !!!

Thanks Blaqdog I enjoyed reading this thread...

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I'm not slow... and I'm not fast... just sort of halffast...