"Guitarists": Exploiting our demographic has gone too far

[VincentVega]

These go to eleven

[stuartj]

Originally posted by bigchillcar
lol..who is that guy, sonic?

You are kidding. Thats the greatest guitar player ever to draw breathe.

[bigchillcar]

he looked sorta like jeff beck, but too young and don't think he does comedy.

[Shuie]

That guy is my hero.

[Victor]

He is currently writing a classical piece in D minor which he claims is the 'saddest of all keys' and is provisionally entitled 'Lick My Love Pump'.

[stuartj]

Originally posted by bigchillcar
he looked sorta like jeff beck, but too young and don't think he does comedy.

No, Jeff Beck sorta looked liked Him. Lets just say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery...

[Victor]

........or flatulence, as the case may be.

[jeffgrant]

"Break Like The Wind"

Awesomeness at its most awesome.

[Sonic dB]

Word on the street is that Marshall is about to release a limited
edition Nigel Tufnel Signature Series Amp, something that they have
only done for the likes of Jimi Hendrix in the past. Look for this
100W head and Celestion packed cab to hit the street at a cool price
of $24,999 (£12425.5679). This amp goes well beyond the limited
edition Tufnel Amp that was released back in 1990 which hit a cool
20 on the volume knob...the inside word is that the new amp has
the capability to hit 21.

More info on Nigel's previous Marshall collaboration:

http://www.spinaltapfan.com/articles/marshall.html


btw...did any of you guys notice the limited edition Chet Atkins
blonde Gretsch Country Gentleman that was located inside of the
special sound and bullet proof 'cone of silence' showcase in that
video? that axe is truely one of a kind...

[Jim Richards]

Originally posted by Shuie
That guy is my hero.

+1

[jeffgrant]

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1766409

Spinal Tap reunites at Live Earth, along with "every bass player in the known universe." Featuring bassists from Foo Fighters, Metallica, David Grey Band, Bloc Party, Madonna, The Beastie Boys, and more.

[Shuie]

Originally posted by Sonic dB


While on the topic of gear....another important question for Guitarists / Porsche fanatics is whether to spend $24,000 in an attempt to sound like Brian Setzer...
or buy a nice 87-89 G50 911...

hmmm...decisions decisions.

This:



Or This:

FWIW, here is a real '50s Orange Gretsch 6120 that will probably end at less than $15k. The $24k asking price for that Brian Setzer reissue is laughable, IMO.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230150197760

[Victor]

Well folks, it just keeps getting better. EVH now has a "custom" Celestion speaker. (Think same old-same old with his red stripes on a sticker slapped on the magnet).

Celestion EVH Announcement

[Rick Lee]

Yeah, but I believe they only come in his new amp and can't be bought separately.

A buddy of mine had a pickup go bad in his EVH Ernie Ball Music Man. EB would only replace it if he sent them the bad pickup first, no matter what he paid. They did not want those stray DiMarzios floating around out there.

[Sonic dB]

and those are the most amazing speakers with a red and white striped
sticker on the back that you are ever going to hear...

(until the next reissue)

[Rick Lee]

EVH or not, Celestions are good speakers and supposedly these were reverse engineered from his famous old Marshall Plexi. You gotta admit, his old Plexi is one of the best sounding amps of all time. He got a good one and he got it when he was 16. He even used it on the fisrt few tours until it got lost for a while, and when he got it back, it didn't leave his house anymore after that.

[Victor]

Originally posted by Rick Lee
EVH or not, Celestions are good speakers and supposedly these were reverse engineered from his famous old Marshall Plexi. You gotta admit, his old Plexi is one of the best sounding amps of all time. He got a good one and he got it when he was 16. He even used it on the fisrt few tours until it got lost for a while, and when he got it back, it didn't leave his house anymore after that.

Indeed.

And above all, Eddie Van Halen deserves respect for borrowing on this very mystique to this day to make a buck. (His amp was nothing different to what anyone else was using back then....or, now for that matter.)

Pity he isn't (seemingly) able to do it by writing music any more though.

[Rick Lee]

You know Ed has literally mountains of unreleased recordings. While there's always drama going on with the VH, the band, Ed is pretty tireless when it comes to making music and building gadgets. We're still seeing late night tv commercials about unreleased Elvis or Beatles stuff. Imagine how long that stuff will go on for once Ed passes on.

[bigchillcar]

i hope to very old before ed passes.. being such a huge, huge fan of his back in my high school/college days of the early-80's, i appreciate all the info you have on ed, rick. i only thought i knew a lot about 'him'. guess what i knew was limited mostly to his playing techniques, which i tried to emulate in those days..

[Rick Lee]

I love the guy too. He's why I started playing, as goes for probably a million other kids in the 80's. But he hasn't been taking good care of himself. I sure wish they'd get their act back together WITH Mike and Dave and hit the road. It wouldn't take much time at all to cobble together an album or two from the stuff he has laying around. And they'd outsell the Police reunion tour.