Diesel
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Sorry' date=' I should have said, Les is the one on the right.
[/quote']He looks like Hans Moleman
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*adapts french accent* i already got one
AVT50's are pretty decent. I have a tele squier purple but its signed by the phonics and it hangs on the wall
Don't sell it! - It'll be worth a fortune in a few years time.
I bought one of Tony Iommi's old 100w Laney Head units for 30 off a friend of a friend and sold it for a Klondike on eBay
Don't want to say how much for, but my Les Paul Standard was NOT delivered by Santa!!!!!!!!!
There was absolutely no proof whatsoever that it was indeed one of The Reffmeisters old kit, but the word "allegedly" was enough for the rabid eBayers - and it was a stonking, classic early '70's amp.
Appreciate this isn't getting you any nearer to your Tele - but it's a good story
DZL
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The Blues of Moodiness
The Seventh Sojurn is pretty good too - great cover as well (in vinyl gatefold format).
The Moodies have great harmony and the production is peerless, but it all sounds dated now (IMHO).
Still, nowt wrong with that I suppose in the era of digital production-line noise.
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New CD's
Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell
Court & Spark - also Joni
Fused - Iommi & Hughes
Headhunters - Herbie Hancock
Hope Your Wounds Heal - Tells
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The sales of Persil & Bold will drop dramatically as an effect, because we'll no longer have to put ALL the gear we've been wearing and the sheets (unless you shower at 2am) into the washer the next day to get rid of the disgusting bastards reek
I'd advocate hanging for smoking in public places
C**ts
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One Album
Oasis only made 1 album...then released it in stages over several years
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It's also not that accurate either to quote:
"How could someone do that? I couldn't. I did not do that. "
I believe the story wasthat he had told her before that he wanted a divorce and she had agreed' date=' she then refused to take any calls or see him, hanging up etc, so he faxed her to tell he was starting divorce proceedings after trying to contact her for about 3 months.
And if you're trusting that article you have to delete the nanny post as he says: "We don't have a nanny."
Cheers
Stuart[/quote']
Anyway who really cares about his boring divorce who he may or may be popping???
He's a repugnant, wee, money-grubbing corporate sell-out who hasn't been reponsible for any worthwhile musical input/project for 25 years
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i always have arguments with other gtrists about this' date=' being able to play really fast complex solos doesnt make u a gd gtrist just makes you good at that technical part. Not being able to play slow melodic and syncopated stuff aswell as keep rythmn but hmm im trying to say u could be the greatest fuckin musician and still not be able to write a decent piece of music/song. that make any sense??[/quote']
Spot on!
Having said that, being a great technician does not preclude you from being a good composer either, but I think like some of the other replies have pointed out, the ability to listen is much more important.
Take the examples of Jimmy Page and Steve Vai. Pagey's live stuff is full of mistakes (so's some of the studio work), but is loaded with groove and heart - whilst Vai, a brilliant technician, produces (IMHO) calculated and souless music that leaves the listener respectful of his abilities, but cold (again IMHO).
I know who I'd rather listen to
Peter Green said it - LESS IS MORE
- and no-one better exemplifies that than my guitar role model and hero, SAHB's Zal Cleminson, who can say more in three notes than most of the shredders out there can in hours of complex legato.DZL
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Yawn. 7 and 8 are untrue. The fax story was invented by the Sun' date=' it was Chris de Burgh who shagged his nanny, and he has no associartions with Mull, that's a different bandmember.[/quote']
Wow! Chris de Burgh shagged Phil Collin's nanny? - superb
Collins - aye, the fat, baldy, tank-top wearing wee spunkstain is definitely a complete vagina. How could soemone who played drums in an influential, major prog-rock band end up covering "You Can't Hurry Love" (complete with embarassing video) and writing soapy-tit-wank love songs?
Speaking of that other wee dripping minge, Chris de Burgh, does anyone remember the gawdawful "talent" show where one guy won it as de Burgh and when they did a duet, the looky-likely was a far better singer than the man he was copying?
What a kick up the erse that must have been
DZL
"Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. After that?...who gives a f***! he's a mile away and you've got his shoes!"
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Money No Object
Good choice. I've got one of those (USA of course) and it's a luvverly instrument.
Me ?
1960 Les Paul, Sunburst
Mesa/Boogie Road King Head + 4/12 Recto Cab
Sustain City
DZL
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Prince
A genius to be sure - pity he's such an egotistical nonce, with the WORST- bar none - outfits ever!
Good guitrist tho'
DZL
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Back Street Luv - Curved Air
Next - Sensational Alex Harvey Band
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Worst Album
"Young Gods" by Little Angels.
Utter bobbins.
A lead singer with baws-in-a-vice vocals, curly hair, a cloth hat, a totally kick-able face called Toby?...what was I thinking about. ?(
Sh1te.
DZL
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I'm sure I read somewhere that "back door man" in a blues context does not refer to anal sex' date=' but instead the concept that as a husband comes in the front door, the back door man is leaving via the back door.
"open my front door, hear my back door slam
Reckon I must have one of them new fangled back door men"
(Since I've been loving you)
Regards
Flossie[/quote']
Nah! - it's deffo "up the pooper"
DZL
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Anyone know of this band and in particular their (self titled) debut album?
They were a jazz/blues trio comprising of Saxophone' date=' Bass and Drums who used to jam at an old pub located out on the moors in North Yorkshire. The album was made in the early 70's and intended for regulars of the pub but eventually made its way into the public eye.
It is a truely unique and awesome album filled with stunning musicianship and amazing interplay.
Let me know your thoughts...[/quote']
Here's what www.allmusic.com has on them...
Back when giant carnivorous bass players ruled the earth, Back Door was the hungriest of them all. It formed in 1971 as a jazz-rock trio, with Colin Hodgkinson (bass, vocals), Ron Aspery (keyboards, sax), and Tony Hicks (drums). Later Adrian Tilbrook took over on drums. What sets Back Door apart is the bass playing. While a few bassists-such as Chris Squire, John Entwistle, and Jack Bruce have tried exploiting the bass's potential as a lead instrument, they were confined by bands where the guitar or keyboards were the usual lead. Not Colin Hodgkinson; he dispenses with these instruments altogether, allowing the bass to be the sole lead instrument. He strums chords on it the way you'd expect someone to with a six-string. Later bands like Ruins and Sadhappy have taken up this challenge, but many of Back Door's achievements remain unsurpassed.
After releasing 4 albums on Warner between 1973 and 1976, and touring with Emerson Lake and Palmer drummer Carl Palmer produced their last album, Activate (1976) they broke up in 1977. Hodgkinson went on to play with Jan Hammer, Alexis Korner, and the Spenser Davis Group. He even had his moment of crotch-grabbing fame as the bassist on the UK version of Whitesnake's massive-selling album Slide It In. These days he's living in Germany, where he records for the In-Akustik label, with the Electric Blues Duo and with the Spenser Davis Group.
...I'd love to hear some of their suff if anyone has any MP3's etc.
DZL
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Nice lester... but get it off that finish eating stand right away!
You should have got a piece of paper with the guitar warning you that guitar stands can permanantly damage the nitro finish on Gibsons.
If you look carefully at the stand in my picture you can see that I have wrapped the handlebar grip tape you get from bike shops around the parts that come into contact with the guitar to prevent damage.
The Fender should be fine as it has a poly finish' date=' the only Fenders with a nitro finish these days are the US vintage reissues and the Mark Knopfler signature model.[/quote']
Thanks for the tip, but I was aware of the issue with the finish. It was on the stand for only a few minutes tonight and usually lives Dracula-style in it's case.
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are they in the new 'invisible' range? i've heard they're mint!
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Try this...
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are they in the new 'invisible' range? i've heard they're mint!
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Erm...not sure what you mean?
Can you not see the picture?
It's showing up my browser and it's located in the "Public" section of my website host.
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Let's see some pics!QUOTE]
Here' s my two babies...
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I don't think they started making Tobacco Burst LPs until the 70s - and we all know how crap 70s gear is' date=' so yours probably is better.[/quote']
Result !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(it's certainly prettier)
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Cool' date=' is he based in Aberdeen? And is he a good tutor?[/quote']
Awesome - a great guitar player and extremely strong on theory.
No - he's out in the sticks - it's a 60-mile round trip from Fintray for me, but it's been well worth the thousands of miles I've ran up to date. I've tried quite a few tutors over the years, but he's the best by far. He really pushes me and encourages me to stretch, coz I can get lazy and only play the things I'm capable of playing - which leaves you in a rut.
Ps - I was half joking about his his 'Paul. It is old and it's a Tobacco Burst - but I've no idea how old exactly (I'm sure it's '60's), but he did think mine sounded "warmer". He was probably being kind!!!
DZL
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hey guys i was only looking for a resonably priced bass lol so maybe if we can get back on topic it would be very much appreciated thanks
timson
Sorry man - I'm usually minced when I write these posts. I can also be found barking at the moon whenever it makes it through the clouds:swearing:
Good luck with the search:up:
DZL
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Surely he doesn't own an "early 60s Standard"?
Maybe I'm being pedantic' date=' but the only Les Paul "Standards" produced in the 1960s were the infamous "bursts", produced between 1958 and 1960 and widely acknowledged as being the greatest guitars ever made, and commanding prices of around $300,000 as a result.
If it is really a 60 "Standard" (they weren't actually called Standards then), it will look something like this:
[img']http://www.lespaulforum.com/registry/D30_photos/medium/curlywitt1.jpg
Note the "reflector" knobs, the easiest way to differentiate it from a 58 or 59, apart from the serial number, which should start with a "0" to indicate 1960.
More info here:
http://www.vintageguitar.com/brands/details.asp?ID=50
After 1960 Gibson dropped the Les Pauls as we know them, to be replaced by "Les Paul SGs", which later became known simply as SGs.
The Les Pauls did make a comeback in 1968, but only as a Goldtop.
So if your tutor really does have an early 60s Les Paul Standard it is one of the most coveted and valuable instruments in the world, and unquestionably superior to your new Les Paul!
That said, 70s gear is still pretty crappy.
I surrender - you are the greatest guy in history. How could I compete with that?
Unfortunately my sensei's Les Paul didn't come with a birth certificate, so I couldn't possibly verify it's age - he could be telling any old pish for all I know.
Anyway, I wouldn't pay 300 large for any guitar - even if Page, Beck, Hendrix, Iommi et al shot their collective loads over it - coz what would happen then is I would say "Hey guys! I've got a 300,000 Les Paul"..and they'd say..."well, play it like a 300,000 guitarist ya c*nt!". Then I'd be well and truly f*cked.
I suppose, given my last statement, I could dazzle them with "Play That Spunky Music, White Boy"
God, I need help
DZL
Ps - THAT'S exactly what his 'Paul looks like, Dusty.
Marshall AVT50 trade for Squire guitar.
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Yes, he's an extremely underrated guitar player.