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Why do you hate Rik Emmett?  (OK, it's a Dean V.)
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Imagine any other guitar where the headstock is just a tiny version of the body. Maybe that’s what they should have done with the Silver Sky.
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Great job on the name, G&L.

 

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3 hours ago, Deej said:

Great job on the name, G&L.

 

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The color is afterbirth blue.

I guess Placentia is close to Fullerton, but just a bad name choice.

Just now, Buzzrock said:

Only boomers play Gibsons
 

Because guys today are too small and weak to strap a 10 lb. guitar over their shoulder.

Meanwhile, a 120 lb Jimmy Page was playing a Les Paul at Knebworth in 79.

 

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Much more solid of a guitar than the meconium squiers

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Only boomers play Gibsons


That video is so choppy from editing its barely watchable, I made it halfway through. I couldn't disagree with the premise, which is based on one's person's observation at Coachella, more.

I see lots of music and lots of young bands. Quirky, cheap guitars are in no doubt. You dont see too many Gibsons because they are too expensive for most kids. Period. You do see a fair number of beat up Les Pauls and SGs, especially entry level SGs. The kids with a Gibson headstock are proud of them. They think they have a 59 LP so long as the headstock says Gibson.

While I'm at it, you see a ton of young women in rock bands these days. The future of Rock and Roll is female.

Here's a band I saw last week, Gumby's Junk. They blew me away. About 22 years old. Im hoping they will play a show with us sometime. She's on a pretty nice SG.



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My daughter is in a grungy/punky all-girl band here in Austin, and the two guitarists play a Les Paul and a Strat.  I'm not sure of the provenance -- years, Gibson/Epi, etc., but they can play and don't seem at all turned off by a classic shape of either.

Oh, they got asked to open for Bikini Kill, so that's cool.

18 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Whats the band jj? I understand if you don't want to share here.

2nd that I’ll give them plays if they are on Spotify! Also I’ll buy some merch and shit 

18 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

I understand if you don't want to share here.

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No recordings . . . yet.  I'm about to start that process.  I've spoken with @Paul Wesley and Jim Eno (Spoon) about it, scheduling is tricky.

I'll keep the name under wraps for now.

On 4/25/2022 at 10:09 AM, jimmyjazz said:

 

Singles Scene: Recognition for Triumph

 

 

Has there ever been a Canadian rock band that didn't look totally fucking ridiculous?  

Rush?

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April Wine?

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Aldo Nova (it was too hard to pick just one)?

 

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And btw, if you're ever in a club and a dude takes the stage with the Aldo Nova guitar, you can just go.  Really, just leave.  Don't wait for confirmation.

Yeah, that Canadian earnestness and general good-natured outlook on life doesn't exactly scream "danger".

HIs next video gonna be Why New Drivers Don't Drive Ferraris.

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Gibson should make cool weird guitars and use them to invigorate the Epiphone brand as something other than China Gibson.

Gibson should make cool weird guitars and use them to invigorate the Epiphone brand as something other than China Gibson.

Yea they should carbon copy a tele, put a Les Paul head stock on it, and call it new and innovative.
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They should acquire Bigsby guitars, make a duel cutaway with a Bigsby headstock, and dare Fender to sue.

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They should acquire Bigsby guitars, make a duel cutaway with a Bigsby headstock, and dare Fender to sue.
This is brilliant and would bring it all full circle!


Exhibit A. This is several years prior to the fist Fender guitar.



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I don’t know where I heard about these Swedes and it may have been here, but here is (probably a repro of) one of those in action

 

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:


Yea they should carbon copy a tele, put a Les Paul head stock on it, and call it new and innovative.

Worked for PRS and the Strat.

1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

They should acquire Bigsby guitars, make a duel cutaway with a Bigsby headstock, and dare Fender to sue.

The book "A Strat in the Attic", about hunting down old guitars, covers quite a bit of the Bigsby history. Fun read.

1 hour ago, AnotherUTFan said:

This is brilliant and would bring it all full circle!


Exhibit A. This is several years prior to the fist Fender guitar.



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That is some real imagination at the bottom four frets.

Merle probably wasn’t playing Malmsteen licks down there

On 4/25/2022 at 1:10 PM, Deej said:

Great job on the name, G&L.

 

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Cord not included. It's been cut.

 

14 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Merle probably wasn’t playing Malmsteen licks down there

But, it looks like you could. That last bit of fret probably brings the growl..

The one that got away. 2007 custom shop. Relic like I want. Would have matched my tele color combo. Played like butter. The only strat that ever did it for me 61438470-1D66-4B52-9692-719B383AE23D.thumb.png.d9a032d73e99f858337a09e86fadbf12.png

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Didn’t you have a Hendrix Monterrey strat or something?

 
 
Has there ever been a Canadian rock band that didn't look totally fucking ridiculous?  
Rush?
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April Wine?
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Aldo Nova (it was too hard to pick just one)?
 
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No pics, because it was a no-phones show, but it looks like Jack White dumped the EVH Wolfgang. He was playing a suite of custom Fender jobs tonight, including a Tele with a b-bender and a wacky pickup configuration (it looked like maybe Filtertron, P90, and humbucker) and a pair of those Acoustasonics, one Tele and one Strat. Everything sounded awesome. It was loud as hell. I swear his more blues rock stuff is very evocative of Zeppelin.

And of course I’m a big fan of guitarists who have more enthusiasm than technical chops.

On 4/26/2022 at 4:00 PM, Paul Wesley said:

OK, the Tragically Hip.  

That's about it. 

Blue Rodeo is one of my all-time favorite bands, so I'll submit them.  One of my favorite parts about them is two very distinctly different lead singers.

 

G strings. Great for strippers. Not so much for guitars.

23 hours ago, Celery Man said:

Didn’t you have a Hendrix Monterrey strat or something?

Yes. MIM one like it but the custom shop was top notch

Welp...sold the Les Paul. It was a tough decision, but I just can't make humbuckers work for me. Lovely guitar, but when I want growl, my Baja Tele with the 4-way switch makes the sound I'm after in the 4th position. I hope she found someone who will play her like she needs to be played.

 

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I gotta lot of money for it. 

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And Fender scale length is the tits.

12 minutes ago, Deej said:

And Fender scale length is the tits.

That’s kind of where I’ve arrived.  I can’t play a 24.75” above the 14th fret worth a damn.

20 minutes ago, Deej said:

I gotta lot of money for it. 

So what gear are we getting with the windfall?

19 minutes ago, Goredho said:

So what gear are we getting with the windfall?

Gasoline.

20 minutes ago, Goredho said:

That’s kind of where I’ve arrived.  I can’t play a 24.75” above the 14th fret worth a damn.

Well, if your were a tiny guitar player born during WWII, you could.

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