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2 hours ago, Celery Man said:

is actually a remington defender

....even better.

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Selling my Epi 335 Pro in Iced Tea burst with a hardshell case for $400. Give a Surly discount if anyone has any interest. 

 

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"So I called up Eric Johnson..."

Nice humblebrag. 

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EJ would have played 736 solos and spent the next eight months trying to pick the best bits of each one.

That’s a cool fucking video. Phil X ftw.

1 hour ago, DougO said:

EJ would have played 736 solos and spent the next eight months trying to pick the best bits of each one.

. . . prefaced by 4 days of flipping cords and testing battery tones.

"So I called up Eric Johnson..."
Nice humblebrag. 


Can you believe the fucking timing on that?

Here’s a little something just for this thread:

Laughing at the beautifully fucked up pickups on that guitar, not to mention the pots and the rest of the hardware.  How on earth does one go on stage thinking "OK, I'm pretty sure this will all stay together for the next 90 minutes".

Laughing at the beautifully fucked up pickups on that guitar, not to mention the pots and the rest of the hardware.  How on earth does one go on stage thinking "OK, I'm pretty sure this will all stay together for the next 90 minutes".


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How old was he when he built the first Frankencaster?  Did he built multiple versions?  Not talking production knockoffs or bumblebee, but honest hand-assembled red/black/white 'casters by EVH himself.

Speaking of Bumblebee:

EVH Commemorates 40th Anniversary of Van Halen II with '79 Bumblebee  Tribute Guitar

I always thought it was just one. And it evolved over time.

I know he made several, the best EVH story I know is that he buried #2 with Dimebag. I can't remember the story, but i think he was going to make him a replica because Darryl had asked for one, but he died before it was built. So he had his #2 buried with him and said something like, "An orginal deserves and original!"

Also, I read somewhere years ago that he used to hang around D'Marzio's shop when he was building the 1st looking for hotter and hotter pickups, some innovations came out of it.

No time to look these stories up, but they are out there.

Who is going to step up and bury their #1 with Eddie?

The dime story is true. I think it’s Bumblebee.

I have a 1996 Les Paul Custom. It is the baddest guitar I have ever owned and probably the baddest guitar I’ve ever played. I might consider it.

On 10/6/2020 at 11:50 PM, tbone_ said:

I’ll just leave this here
 

"It brings me joy."- Jason Isbell

.....Guitar Pron in a nutshell.

So I sold a ton of shit on eBay. My first time really selling more then 1 thing. Had some of my memorabilia collection I needed to part with. After subtracting the cost of the item I only had to come out of pocket $170 for my new rickenbacker jetglo. Doesn’t ship till February 2021 tho :( 

5 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

"It brings me joy."- Jason Isbell

.....Guitar Pron in a nutshell.

I would love to sit in that practice room and just watch him play.  

41 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

I would love to sit in that practice room and just watch him play.  

Hell, that's what I thought I was doing.

1 minute ago, Chad Fuck said:

Hell, that's what I thought I was doing.

But, I want to smell those amps and tubes and really HEAR the buzz.  

Lol I love this guy. Good brown sound tutorial for any fellow Katana owners:



I’ve been playing for over 30 years and basically can’t play any Van Halen. I can butcher Ain’t Talkin Bout Love, but just about anything else...forget it. I’ve tried to learn Hot For Teacher and it’s just beyond my abilities.

But Imma download this patch and mess around with I’m The One (minus the solo).

Phil X covering Unchained and then getting really nerdy about how he got the sound.



I love Phil and he LOVED Eddie. I’m not sure he’s said anything since he passed. He’s probably still mourning.

Two thoughts on that video:

1.  I still don't get the hype on that song.  It's like #50 in their catalog for me.  I realize I'm in the far minority on this one.

2.  God how I would have loved for Van Halen to have had a drummer like Kenny. Dude's almost 70 and rocks harder than Alex ever did.

29 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Two thoughts on that video:

1.  I still don't get the hype on that song.  It's like #50 in their catalog for me.  I realize I'm in the far minority on this one.

2.  God how I would have loved for Van Halen to have had a drummer like Kenny. Dude's almost 70 and rocks harder than Alex ever did.

I have no idea who any of the people in that video or, nor can I recall ever having heard that song before.

Other than that... ???

I stopped the video 62 seconds in, because it kind of sucked.

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29 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

I have no idea who any of the people in that video or, nor can I recall ever having heard that song before.

Other than that... ???

I stopped the video 62 seconds in, because it kind of sucked.

Phil X is a journeyman guitarist who landed with Bon Jovi a while back.

Kenny Aronoff is one of the great straight-ahead rock drummers of all time. He's who Max Weinberg would be if Bruce Springsteen didn't keep Max's balls in a safe.  Kenny made his biggest hay with John Mellencamp, and he's the dude you've heard on every Mellencamp hit, as in eleventy billiion zillion times.  Top 10 rock drummer of all time.

I always liked that main riff.  Probably because it was something I could reasonably play back in 1980-whatever-the-fuck-it-was.

Kenny has payed with virtually everybody who is anybody at one time or another. If there were a Kevin Bacon game for rock music, hes your connection to everything.

The Bissonette brothers are pretty good for that, too.

Somebody step up. It's been awhile since we've had a rash of new purchases.

Gonna share this Strat again, just because.

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1 hour ago, DougO said:

Damned Sukkot strikes again!

Just when you want to wield an ax(e), Adorama is busy wielding myrtle branches for the next few days. 

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LOL

That's the only thing about Adorama through all the many years of buying stuff from them.

 

I'm always tempted when a Lake Placid blue Tele pops up, but it seems like it's always the worst time.

I looked through Guitar Center's used section. You can't even find a decent used Mexico Tele for that price online, never seen them in pawn shops, even when pawn shops had stuff.

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20 minutes ago, DougO said:

LOL

That's the only thing about Adorama through all the many years of buying stuff from them.

I'm always tempted when a Lake Placid blue Tele pops up, but it seems like it's always the worst time.


I went ahead and bought the Strat.

Jew know that I'll have to wait about 10 days for it, because I went with the free schlepping option.

I re-set my password and then tried to look up the guitar and it came up $799.99, so I had to come back for the link. ( תודה for posting it.)

The Price + Color + Maple Neck + Alder Body made me think that even if I have buyer's regret, I won't lose more than $100 on it (selling locally after having paid tax). My Vegas cousin's rabbi was from Mexico, so this just feels right. Blue & White (Ccchhhhhello Israel!... L'chaim!), Mexican made (Salud), and at a phat discount from camera merchants in the Tri-State Area.

I'll post photos when I get it.

Phil X is a journeyman guitarist who landed with Bon Jovi a while back.
Kenny Aronoff is one of the great straight-ahead rock drummers of all time. He's who Max Weinberg would be if Bruce Springsteen didn't keep Max's balls in a safe.  Kenny made his biggest hay with John Mellencamp, and he's the dude you've heard on every Mellencamp hit, as in eleventy billiion zillion times.  Top 10 rock drummer of all time.


I saw him with Smashing Pumpkins. Rocked.
Two thoughts on that video:
1.  I still don't get the hype on that song.  It's like #50 in their catalog for me.  I realize I'm in the far minority on this one.
2.  God how I would have loved for Van Halen to have had a drummer like Kenny. Dude's almost 70 and rocks harder than Alex ever did.


It’s ok to be wrong.
38 minutes ago, DougO said:

I looked through Guitar Center's used section. You can't even find a decent used Mexico Tele for that price online, never seen them in pawn shops, even when pawn shops had stuff.

I just realized, after watching the Tele presentation review video from Fender that the back of the neck on the Player series is satin. Sweet!

Also, I can get that Tele for you and pay tax and then charge you ~$16+ more ($600 total) when you want to buy it from me in the coming more or three.

(Well, first off... Where do you live? Secondly, are you good for it?)

I don't think you'll want to give it up once you get your paws on it. If I didn't have an American ash Tele I would have nabbed one of these, and still wouldn't rule out getting one if it's still on sale in a couple of weeks. It only takes a weak moment, though it would be silly of me.

I have played so little in the past couple of months my finger tips are a soft as babies butts...and probably smell similarly, come to think of it. I need to make myself start playing again.

I know he’s not universally loved here but Jack White crushed it on SNL over the weekend. He played a dope Bigsby Tele in the first number, and then a custom EVH Wolfgang for the second. He’s been playing EVH for a few years now. I remember reading an interview with him where he said wtte “I didn’t realize there were guitars you didn’t have to fight.”

https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-jack-white-perform-the-white-stripes-ball-and-biscuit-on-snl/

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12 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

I remember reading an interview with him where he said wtte “I didn’t realize there were guitars you didn’t have to fight.”

I mean, ok bro. You were playing silvertones and shit but sure.

Have that recorded, been meaning to watch.

 

I think it'll drag another night with all the shit I have to do, but last night in the house. Just tuned all the guitars down, pray for them on the trip. I intellectually realize that this is exactly what you do on tour (throw your guitar in a trailer and drive), but I'm nervous, especially for the acoustics.

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not sure if I've ever shared this guitar before

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oh wait yeah I have a bunch of times. I call this picture "fuck you".

Never gets old. Even stared at the indention it made in the case top for a little bit.

Peaceful thoughts @Celery Man.   I live not far off of 85, NE of Atlanta if you need anything or a place to crash on the trip.  Plenty of room.  

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