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Greg Nasogaluak |
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Here’s a bit about me and how I got started.
When I was about 6, there was a guitar lying around my Mom and Dad’s house. I remember watching my Dad play and I loved the sound and how he played it cause it made me want to try and play. Sad thing is, I was a little kid, smaller than most kids at that age, so it put me at a disadvantage as the guitar was taller than me. I tried, but I just couldn’t rap my arms around that big guitar so I shelved the idea. A few years later, I was in sitting my room, there was huge snowstorm at that time and I was bored. My Pop’s old guitar was sitting in my closet so I picked it up and started plucking the strings. Some time later in the day, my Mom must have heard me pluckin the strings on that guitar because she gave me a book of guitar chords to start with.
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Ya know,…I wish I had a music, or guitar teacher, when I was growing up. Back then there was no such thing in Tuk. There were no other kids trying, or even wanting to play, so I was one my own and am very much self-taught to this day. I also remember, there were some mean fuckers who loved to beat on my ass whenever they saw me around so I couldn’t get out much,….I stayed home a lot and played a lot. I guess I need to thank those bullies,…Still Alive and Well,…….A-Holes. ;-)
Now,….I had grown up listening to what my parents were listening to,…Country Music,….you’re not from the North if you don’t know country music. Don’t get me wrong, there was some great country music being made then, George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Don Williams, Merle Haggard, just to name a few, but my life changed when I bought my first, (yeah I’m dating myself here), cassette tape called “Let There Be Rock” by AC/DC. I swear time stood still, that first song, that first sound of the guitar, changed my world, I’ve never looked back since.
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- Long term Northern resident of Inuvialuit ancestry, |
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- Born and raised in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, |
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- Both parents play music as well,
They’ve played with all the best Fiddle players in the North,
backing them up on Guitar and Bass.
They are also part of the Tuktoyaktuk Drummers and Dancers, |
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- First picked up the guitar at six but started learning at age 11, |
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- Want to also learn harmonica and fiddle as well, |
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- Would like to go to school and take music.
Maybe when my girls go to University, I’ll go as well.
Never to old to learn I say. |
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Here are a few of my favourites;
Cream, Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, ZZ Top, Van Halen, Metallica, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Gov’t Mule, Andy Timmons, Neil Zaza, Joe Bonamassa, John Coltrane, Myles Davis, John Schofield, Itzhak Perlman, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, and last but definitely not least, Stevie Ray Vaughn.
They all have websites so go check them out and buy their music. Buy ours too!
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I recently bought a 2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard. Has some great BurstBucker Pickups and it has that great Gibson sound. It’s my main Priscilla’s Revenge guitar.
I have a few Fender Mexican Strats and a Telecaster that I will be using for recording and live stuff as well. I have customized these guitars with new pickups (Seymour Duncan, Dimarzio), new electronics and hardware, new Graphtec Saddles. I also have a Neil Zaza signature model Cort guitar which I use in Funk69. I have a Santana SE Paul Reed Smith guitar upgraded with better Paul Reed Smith pickups.
I’ve been using Gibson Vintage (10 – 46’s) strings on my Les Paul but I’ll be switching to (11-50’s) to further fatten up the sound. I love a fat tone with a lot of muscle, a Les Paul will give you that. I use 11’s on my Telecaster and 12’s on my Strats. I love the feel of thicker strings, gives me more control and the tone is much better. I use Dunlop 500 2.0 guitar picks,…really thick ones and sometimes Jazz 3’s (the red ones). I use thinner picks when strumming on an acoustic guitar.
For amps, I have a Mesa Boogie Stiletto Ace combo, 2’12 model (This amp weighs a ton – gotta eat yer wheaties before you lift this juggernaught). I also have a 1972 Fender Bassman 10 combo, a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 50 head, a Fender Bassman head - I think it’s a 67 or 68, and a Fender Blues Junior. I also have a Pignose because everyone else does.
I have a lot of pedals, I admit, I LOVE GEAR! I have a few Ibanez Tubescreamers, a TS9 and TS808, a Compressor, and a Nova Wah all made or modified by Robert Keeley. I have a few Pedals from Analogman, you have to check out the SunFace NKT 275 Fuzz, the best in the world. I have a few Wah Pedals as well, an RMC -1 and a Wizard Wah (I installed the FoxRox Retrofit in this one) both are made by Geoffrey Teese, a Jim Dunlop Classic (Fasal Inductor model), a few Vox Wahs, one is modified by Ray Champagne out of Stony Plain, Alberta (Thanks Ray, for the killer wah). These all have true bypass switches installed. I have a few pedals made by Fulltone, a Deja Vibe, Octave Fuzz, Fulldrive 2, and a Soul-Bender. I also have a Xotic Effects BB-PreAmp which is really great. I also have a Memory Man Analog Delay which has a nice warm sound to it. I like the Boss DD-3 Digital Delays as well, because it’s portable and sounds nice as well. A really old MXR Phase 90 that needs some work. I just ordered a BK Butler Tube Overdrive which I’m really looking forward to so stay tuned for the big review.
I have a few Acoustic guitars. An Ibanez model, It’s a decent guitar, a work horse for live gigs. I also have a Classical guitar, I’m not sure who makes it, doesn’t get played to often. I also have a guitar that my Dad gave to me for safe keeping,…and use. It’s a beautiful Martin D45 that has our last name on the fret board. It is the best sounding acoustic guitar I’ve ever had the pleasure to play. You’ll here it on the new double length CD cause it will be the one I use exclusively for those tunes.
I’m sure this list will change and grow. My Dad always said, just get a good guitar, then it’s easy after. He’s right,…..all in the hands.
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