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About Me

I'm a big fan of computers, comics, movies, camping, billiards and darts, (ie. big dumb nerd) and drinking with friends. I'm a guitar gear nerd and I can talk your ear off about the life of a roadie, bass & guitar repair, boutique amps and guitars, guitar building, and effects. I have too many guitars and guitar related things, but for some reason i want more -- one in each color too!
My kids: (L->R) Cedar/Mahogany Carvin 250S, Spruce/Rosewood Taylor 420, Custom Sunburst 70's style Strat, Custom Sunburst Tele, Custom Candy Apple Red 70's Strat, "Cherry Fudge" Ibanez 7421 7 string, Custom alder jazz bass, Horabe cedar/rosewood classical, Ruby Red PRS Rosewood McCarty.
I love local live music. I can't justify spending over $30 on a ticket to a show, so that's why local music is great. Same talented people (if not more talented), front row seats (or standing), and you can even talk to them.
My nickname is Spook. It's a long story that involves high school, gang violence, jail, and bitches. Don't ask or I'll have to shank you. :P
Me in the back in the day...
I'm a quiet guy in a local San Diego band, DividedByZero . I'm mellow offstage, but I like to rock out when on stage. Check us out at www.myspace.com/dividedbyzero . We play both loud hard rock music and mellow acoustic music.
Here's us playing live in Pacific Beach and Ocean Beach acoustically.
I also help out my fellow guitarist Jeremy in his acoustic reggae endeavor, "The Diamond Geezer" featuring members of Ghoulspoon and DividedByZero. We don't play that often but when we do it's a good thing.
Lastly, in late 2006 I joined up with Vocoder when their guitarist decided to leave for personal reasons. I was always a fan of their music and I was friends with the bassist. I had seen too many great local bands in San Diego stop playing or give up entirely when a member of the band left, so I decided this time I would do what I could to make sure that didn't happen with them.
Check out their music here: http://www.myspace.com/vocoder

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I wanna meet rad people.
Here's some rad people:
...my buddy Tyler who does great fucking art:

and the cool people at these clothing companies. I wear their clothing with pride:

APB

Sik World

Belligerent

AmericanPig.com SikWorld.com BelligerentProducts.com

My Blog

Does anybody even use Myspace anymore?

I think I check my Myspace like one a week. If I didn't have that stupid instant messenger loaded on my computer I'd never check it. Fortunately there are enough bands that want me to be their friend,...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:12:00 GMT

and your cock says yes

...to finally recording a ProTools track. I know it's not badass. But I'm proud of getting it done in like 12hrs. Yay Saturdays with no gas or money! There's a blog to go along with it because I'm a c...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:12:00 GMT

Quebec Part Deux - the second snowstorm

Wouldn't it just be typical that the San Diegan who never visits the snow in California ever goes on a business trip to a place who has had the two worst snowstorms in their history. And wouldn't it j...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:44:00 GMT

Quebec Part 1

So for those of you who didn't know, I left our moderately warm climate in San Diego for the rough below freezing post-winter of Quebec. Why? Well we have two newbies in our group at work who need to ...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:45:00 GMT

Woodshoppin - 5/9/07

Ok, so I had this issue with the 7 string...the stupid burl maple would rip up when I taped it off...so for now the project is on hold since I sanded off all the burl in anger. Luckily I still have tw...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 01:40:00 GMT

Woodshop project number 2 (1-6-2007)

So originally the other woodshop project was going to be a replacement body for an Ibanez 7 string, but after consideration of when and if it would ever be played, I decided to use the project for a T...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:58:00 GMT

Woodshop project 12/30/06

So over the past year I have been fortunate to work with some guys who spend their life creating and building with their own hands. The company is called CCG Woodworks. They do custom cabinetry, desks...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:03:00 GMT

not in a car accident...well sort of...

So apparently there was this rumor that I was in a car accident the other day and everyone was freaked out because they couldn't get a hold of me. Well you should be happy to know that it wasn't ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:50:00 GMT

Retiring the old profile quote...

I posted it during my stomach sickness phase--I thought it was classic.... "My buttpee smells like a dirty aquarium..." Not only does it give you a visual, but you can even imagine the smell and audio...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:54:00 GMT

DBZ Rock and Roll Circus

So I've been quite behind on my photo albums. In fact I totally skipped my photos of New Orleans to get these up. How inconsistent of me! Oh well. So anyway, we got this kick ass CD out. Here's th...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:06:00 GMT