Meet The Geek: Justin Thomas

Justin Thomas

Title: Content Uploader & Writer

Started Guitar Playing: 1986 (age 12)

Writing About Guitars Since: 2022

1. Highlights

• Building and managing CMS solutions since 2007 including WordPress, Joomla!, and Magento
• Presently managing over 15 websites including a number of his own
• Speaks HTML, PHP, CSS, SQL, VB, C++, jQuery and Guitar

2. Experience

• Creating, editing, and managing content for a wide variety of businesses, including Luxury Boats, Luxury Villas, Luxury Super Yachts, Hygiene Services, Testing Solutions, High Quality Food Products, Homes and Gardens, Fashion and more.
• Enjoys playing guitar, gaming, home automation, home cinema, cooking, brewing (beers, ciders, and wines), and being with his daughter

3. Education

Extensive and education on:

• HTML, PHP, CSS, SQL, VB, C++, jQuery
• cPanel, WordPress, Joomla!, Magento, CMSMS

4. Favorite Gear and Current Guitars & Gear

Favorite Brands:

• Jackson Guitars
• Gibson Acoustics
• Ibanez Semi Acoustics

Current gear

• PRS SE Paul’s
• Hamer Centaura
• Gibson Melodymaker 1959 with Lollar P90 neck position
• Taylor GS Mini
• Ovation Celebrity
• Ibanez Electro-Acoustic Mandolin
• Kala Koa Ukulele
• Boss Katana 100 mk2 including pedal switches and expression pedal

5. #1 Moment as a Guitar Player

My little girl’s face the first time she heard my guitar amplified.

6. Favorite Genres and Bands

Genres:

• Rock
• Electronica
• Jazz
• Metal
• Blues
• House
• Disco
• 80s
• Rap
• Grime
• Dubstep
• anything high quality really!

Favorite bands (Do I have to do this? There are so many great bands!)

• Underworld (Karl Hyde is massively underrated as a guitarist)
• Iron Maiden (just because they never ever miss a beat live, never!)
• Little Dragon,
• Janes Addiction (is Dave Navarro actually the greatest rock guitarist of all time? Three Days, I’ll leave it there)
• Zero 7 (best production levels ever known?)

7. Current and Past Projects & Bands

It has been a long time since I was active in a band. Since being a family man it has been pushed aside. There is a discussion for a cover band locally in the expat community. Just trying to get people together for the first jam. Who knows?

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