guitarslinger's Entry into the B&B Hall of Fame

[guitarslinger]

Please allow me to introduce myself:


Username:
guitarslinger

What is your real name?
Eugene

What are your nicknames/aliases?
Gene, Mick, Geno

Where do you live?
Fort Wayne, IN

What is your age (or) generation?
25, generation Y

What are you in the real world?
Financial Advisor, Musician

What is your favorite shave setup?
Right now?:

Merkur long handle classic
Gillette Swedish blade
wal mart glycerine
proraso green
target cereal bowl like stoneware?
vulfix brush # 2197??? something like that
Pinaud citrus musk
proraso ASB cream

What are your hobbies and favorite activities?
guitar, singing, cooking, cycling, snowboarding, cocktail alchemy, watching movies, surfing the net.

What else should the members of B&B know about you?
as of Feb. 13, I've been DE shaving for just over 6 weeks.

It has changed my life. I feel like I've grown up since I started. I feel happy to wake up in the morning b/c I know I will shave soon.

(Thread generated automatically by the Hall of Fame Submission Form)

 

[berzerkeleyan]

Welcome aboard, Gene.

 

[guitarslinger]

Thanks, Manuel!

 

[Straight Arrow]

A formal welcome to you Gene! I enjoy reading your posts. You've shared your shaving setup, what about your guitar setup? Maybe you could post it in the Speakeasy.

 

[galpman]

Gene, Welcome to B&B. Look forward to seeing you on the boards.

 

[guitarslinger]

A formal welcome to you Gene! I enjoy reading your posts. You've shared your shaving setup, what about your guitar setup? Maybe you could post it in the Speakeasy.

about 10 various Ibanez and Charvel super strats
some Suhr, Duncan, DImarzio, Fender, EMG, and Jackson pickups
Gibson ES-135 heavily modified with Bigbsy B-7 trem and TV JOnes Filtertron Classic pickups.
Bradshaw CAE 3+ preamp
Mesa Boogie Quad Preamp
ADA MP-1 Preamp
Hughes & Kettner Access Preamp
RSP Intelliverb
CAD Champ compressor
Roland SDE-330 delay
TC electronic digital 1128 graphic EQ
TC Electronic 1140 Parametric EQ
Lexicon Jam Man
Lexicon Vortex
Uptown Great divide active splitter
Rane SM-26B line mixer
VHT 2150 Power amp
VHT FB slant 4x12
Diezel straight 4x12

Mesa Boogie Blue Angel 2x10 combo
Roland JC-120 Head with some homemade 1x10 cabs

In the speakeasy, everyone jumped all over me and said, "you use WAY too much gear. It's guitar, cord, combo for me."

the truth is, I take portions of this to gigs depending on the application.

Many times it's just:

CAE preamp
VHT power amp
VHT cabinet
+ 2 Ibanez RG550's.

 

[Jim]

Welcome again Gene!

 

[chop-chop]

Welcome, Gene!

In the speakeasy, everyone jumped all over me and said, "you use WAY too much gear. It's guitar, cord, combo for me."

WE shavers have room to talk about addictions?

Will you be posting your acoustic guitars, too? I saw some great looking classical guitars while I was in Brazil!

See you around the board!

Tchau,
chop-chop

 

[guitarslinger]

What is your real name?
Gene

What are your nicknames/aliases?
Guitarslinger/Mick Manhattan

Where do you live?
Fort Wayne, IN

What is your age (or) generation?
37

What are you in the real world?
Financial Advisor

What is your favorite shave setup?
Blackland Oxide Blackbird
Gillette Blue Box Platinum
Dogwood East Egg 26mm Badger Brush
Tcheon Fung Sing Uncle Walter soft soap
Proraso Green Splash

What are your hobbies and favorite activities?
guitar, bicycles, cooking, wine, cocktails, movies

What else should the members of B&B know about you?
I've seen lots of stuff come and go since I joined B&B in 2006. We are currently in the golden age of shave gear. Not very long ago, your choices were: a vintage gillette or German Zamak. That's it.

 

[pdieten]

Thirteen years to get your HoF post written. Great post and I'm glad I saw this, because I've been wondering for a long time - what is your avatar? Every time I see it I get curious.

 

[ackvil]

Welcome, Gene.

 

[BigJ]

Welcome! Thanks for entering the “Hall of Fame!”

 

[guitarslinger]

Thirteen years to get your HoF post written. Great post and I'm glad I saw this, because I've been wondering for a long time - what is your avatar? Every time I see it I get curious.

It's the cover to the Giada De Laurentiis cookbook.

 

[KingJamesTheIV]

It's the cover to the Giada De Laurentiis cookbook.

All this time I’ve thought it was a picture of Angelina Jolie. Thanks for putting our minds at ease

 

[FarmerTan]

It's the cover to the Giada De Laurentiis cookbook.

She is absolutely beautiful. I honestly thought it was an album cover from the 60's.

Also: glad you are now in the Hall of Fame. But I can't believe you are 20 years younger than l. You seem older. Hope you don't look my age!

 

[pdieten]

It's the cover to the Giada De Laurentiis cookbook.

Really?

(to the Google image search)

Holy heck she has a lot of cookbooks. But I finally found it on the page. Very nice. I think the top of the image getting cut off was what made it look unfamiliar.

 

[guitarslinger]

She is absolutely beautiful. I honestly thought it was an album cover from the 60's.

Also: glad you are now in the Hall of Fame. But I can't believe you are 20 years younger than l. You seem older. Hope you don't look my age!

Being in sales has probably done that to me.

FWIW, I did start shaving at about 12 years old. Blue '94 commemorative World Cup Gillette Sensor. Boy, do I wish I still had it!

 

[dmshaver]

Now that you're in the HOF, you can start posting!

 

[Niles]

Welcome, Gene.

 

[Earcutter]

That’s awesome. There really is something about wet shaving that makes you feel like you’re a big kid now isn’t there lol?!

Don’t get complacent though!