In the beginning I wanted to play drums. I used to beat on cans, boxes... anything that made a noise. 5th grade I asked my parents for a drum set. The answer was a resounding "NO"! "Too loud"... "But why don't you play guitar"? ...OK. At that point a guitar was pretty cool too.
Fast forward several years. My dad said "You'll never make any money playing music". He was partially right. All through high school I played in bands but never made a dime. Then just out of school I played my first paying gig. I took my $50.00 and waved it in my dad's face. Then met up with a road band and played a Mid West circuit for several years.
A friend called me one day from Tacoma Washington. Wanted me to come up and play in a band with him. My adventures took a different route. Now I was playing a West Coast circuit. Did that for several years and decided to settle down in the SW corner of Missouri.
Got married (bought an MP1, Microtube 100, ART X-15, ADA split stack Digitech harmony machine...) and started a new life. Divorced, remarried, quit playing for 10 years (Gear went in storage).
Wife died. A year later a friend called and said "you need to play again Herby. I said "oh, OK". Bought a Carvin V3m and a Digitech 1101. Dug out my old Peavey 4x12 and my old ART Ultrafoot X-15. That was 5 years ago. About 3 weeks ago I bought a Mesa 2 fifty on Ebay and dug out my old MP1 and started working with it again. So it's been 15 years since I played with my MP1.
A little sterile and choppy but that's a very condensed description of my journey...
[edit] Forgot: I like Old Southern Rock, Country Rock, Old 70's and 80's Rock, Metal, Classical Metal. Newer Country, Bluegrass..... My playing style is a mess of all sorts of different stuff. My favorite tone is a tight, articulate, woody tone. My favorite guitar is a Strat with a compound radius Exile neck (maple), stock SC pickups (tone knob on the bridge pickup), original FR lock. My other favorite guitar is a Strat with Warmoth neck (bubinga wood), Seymour Duncan YJM pickups (tone knob on the bridge pickup), original FR lock.