I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

[Beerdoh]

A ford Capri,1.6GT Red with a black roof,black tyres with white lettering,General Grabber. 8-) 8-) 8-)

Just Googled that. Ford Pinto engine, 8 valver, SOHC, 72bhp.

I had the Japanese equivalent, the DA6 Integra. Japanese babe magnet tho it didn't attract much here apart from skobes looking to rob it. Same size engine as the Ford, but twice as many valves and camshafts, and pushing 170bhp -- nearly 100bhp more! -- at 7500rpm. Michael J Fox used to do the adverts!

What a beaut..DA6 Integra. Tis a pity it's got a bad reputation with scobes and scummers.. They're very well designed and engineered cars. Bullet proof engines too..
I like that era of Honda's too. The EG Civic was a deadly car too - the SiR had a similar engine to the DA6 - great fun, and a serious track car. VTEC is incredibly addictive I used to have a DC5 Integra up until it saw the wrong side of a tree at 60MPH Don't know how I walked away from it without a scratch, but here I am at least! IMHO they reached the pinnacle with that car in what they can do with an NA engine - was a serious motor! Oh well!

[Eoin]

What stuff am I into?

Wow, that's a long list
Rory Gallagher #1

Muddy Waters
Blues....in general
Leo Kottke....man that guy can finger pick
Rod Y Gab...possibly the most talented guitarists of modern years.
Prince...deadly guitarist.
The Cure - Robert Smith is a very talented guitarist
The Smiths...Johnny Marr and his jangly guitar
Talking Heads - probably my favourite band
The Kinks - Another great band
Nirvana - They oozed a punk style negative energy..you could hear Cobaine dying in agony long before he took his own life.
Amy Winehouse - So sad, such a talent....

I'm 41 so there's a heavy 80's slant to my tastes, but I also did a lot of raving in Germany in the 90's so I like a bit of Sven Vaeth and the like too, German old school techno really.

I could make a list that would go on for hours..but I'll stop

<edit> I forgot The Rolling Stones, still the best R&B band of all time.

[Eoin]

Metal...rock...yeah forgive my lumping and labelling but the previous guy you mentioned was some shredder dude.

[Eoin]

Ah that's not really fair. There's a difference between stout and porter too.

The "shredder dude" also did the likes of this and this.

Yeah point accepted, I suppose I looked him up before and saw he was Sabbath....so at that point I made assumptions....
I like some rock, but am allergic to metal so I'm a bit flippant when it comes to it, the pics of him on google do nothing to dispel my preconceptions either, the y shaped shredder guitar etc...

But hey not everyone likes porter or stout

I'm sure you could drive a bus through my preferences listed just a few posts ago

[Beerdoh]

What stuff am I into?

Wow, that's a long list
Rory Gallagher #1

Muddy Waters
Blues....in general
Leo Kottke....man that guy can finger pick
Rod Y Gab...possibly the most talented guitarists of modern years.
Prince...deadly guitarist.
The Cure - Robert Smith is a very talented guitarist
The Smiths...Johnny Marr and his jangly guitar
Talking Heads - probably my favourite band
The Kinks - Another great band
Nirvana - They oozed a punk style negative energy..you could hear Cobaine dying in agony long before he took his own life.
Amy Winehouse - So sad, such a talent....

I'm 41 so there's a heavy 80's slant to my tastes, but I also did a lot of raving in Germany in the 90's so I like a bit of Sven Vaeth and the like too, German old school techno really.

I could make a list that would go on for hours..but I'll stop

<edit> I forgot The Rolling Stones, still the best R&B band of all time.

Ah lovely - some great artists there, and think we have quite a bit of crossover too. I saw the Stones in Slane a few years back..what a gig, a real experience. IMHO, the true original bad boy rock band - no one else has really come close! Their new single out at the moment is fairly catchy too, guess they still have some talent!! The Smiths are a great band too - maybe a little under-rated? Great stuff though, good for drinking and driving...errr..maybe not at the same time tho! Not sure if you've seen this video of Prince at a tribute to George Harrison, unreal!!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y It's a pity that although there is still this caliber of guitarist still around, the music that they play isn't appreciated in mainstream music - then again, probably just look good beer, it might take away from it if it was mainstream and make it that bit less special!

[Beerdoh]

DA6s are like hen's teeth now, and were even getting rare when I sold mine (which I'm very sorry I did). Top of the range model XSi but it needed constant work due to its age and mileage. Engine pulled like a train even though there was almost 250k kms on the clock, and the howl at 5500rpm when the magic happened was intoxicating! I had an EK VTI after that, which was showroom condition when I bought it, same engine, but it wasn't nearly as much fun. Always wanted a DC5 and nearly bought an S2k instead, but in the end bought neither.

@Eoin, I wouldn't say metal as such. Like good beer I have an appreciation for good guitar, regardless of style, but my preference would be more for the rock end of things. I'm going to see Steve Vai in Vicar St next month, and went to see Rodrigo y Gabriella in the Olympia not so long ago.

Any pictures of the DA6? Would love to see it! Think I have a few of my DC5 around somewhere, will upload them if I find them! Always fancied a Type R EK9, but wanted DC5 more, so ended up goin with that. I love Integra's, DC2's are lovely as well, but it seems like every skanger in the country has owned and ragged most of em at this stage...it's tough to fins a clean original example that some muppet hasn't bodged at some stage..

If you're in the market again for another Honda, I can highly recommend a DC5.. I'm going to buy another one in the new year!

Have you seen Steve Vai before? If not, you're in for a treat! I saw him a few years ago in Vicar Street as well.. Didn't want to play guitar again after seeing him! Saw Satch around the same time too, un-real..two of the best gigs i've ever been to. Enjoy!  8-)

[Beerdoh]

Ah that's not really fair. There's a difference between stout and porter too.

The "shredder dude" also did the likes of this and this.

Yea Zakk Wylde took up Randy Rhoads position with Ozzy Osbourne too..out and out rock, yea a fair bit of shredding too, but he actually has his roots in blues and country.

Similar to John 5 who plays along with Marilyn Manson (don't ask me why, IMO he's way too talented to be in that band) - check out this tutorial video of his - banjo rolls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdyTw43NZCI

There are a lot of shredder guitarists that aren't just one trick ponies - i've found that they can play many different styles as well as musicians who stick purely to that style. That said, I do like a little bit of shred

[DEMPSEY]

The love machine 1978 model 1.6GT OHC hit 122MPH over in France, .

[Padraic]

The love machine 1978 model 1.6GT OHC hit 122MPH over in France, .

That's some aerial Dempsey, was that to make it easier to get a 3G signal out in the sticks?

[DEMPSEY]

a 6 foot aerial was a must then,all the good radio stations were illegal and hid in trees or at the top of buildings. Only little aerials got you RTE.

[Eoin]

Looks class.

The Parish Priest in Carrick when I was growing up, Father Rigney, had one of these.

Carrick-on-Shannon?
If you grew up down there then chances are I know your people, my family live in between carrick and elphin, one brother lives in Carrick, he's the one who went to Mels for a year or two.

[Eoin]

Small world! I grew up there and went to Mel's. Though I was born when the folks were living in the middle of the town (St. Mary's Close -- up the hill opposite the Bush Hotel) I lived on the Elphin Rd since age 8. Out just past the railway bridge 300 yards on the left.

Where abouts are you from? Do you still have family apart from your brother there?

Only the one brother now in Carrick, he lives in the new estate accross from Mulligans () the shop after the train station.
My mother and father still live near Elphin, same place but a country address so hard to describe, but between Carrick and Elphin in any case, about the same height as Hill street.
I lived with them for a while, played Rugby for Longford firsts when I repeated my leaving in Boyle, but then I moved to Germany for almost ten years.
My da used have an old peoples home in Mantua out the other side of Elphin for a while.

[Ruairi]

I just finished my Cigar Box Guitar a couple of weeks ago. Thats about all I've been playing since!

[Eoin]

I just finished my Cigar Box Guitar a couple of weeks ago. Thats about all I've been playing since!

That's very sweet Ruari, and your own work, nice one.

How does it sound?

They seem to be getting a bit of a following recently, I blame seasick steve myself

[Spud395]

Know nothing about guitars (one of the kids is learning allright) but I did have a very similar aerial to that one of Dempseys on  a '76 Chevette.

Radio was a piece of shite but the aerial was cool 8-)