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  1. Sounds like your crew needs to be introduced to Mr. Marshall.
  2. How's that Edwards working out for you?
  3. He absolutely has to self promote.
  4. Did you see the DSL40C Vintage there? I might pick that up tomorrow.
  5. The player piano thing is spot on for me. He doesn't have the soul that I appreciate in most of the slingers I really get into, but I really dig his technicality and that's enough for me to enjoy the few jaunts I've taken into his studio albums. I don't find EJ soulful, but his precision captivates me. Petrucci too, only less so. Bonamassa is the type of gear nerd and historian that I hope gets enough support to keep the fire alive. It's a service to us all. He appears to get that support. His live shows, however, look like guitar worship - I can get behind that.
  6. The Shhh with the Hook'em works for me.
  7. As it should be. That little dude is a gift to Longhorns the world over.
  8. That sequence had a very prequels uselessness vibe to it.
  9. It comes with Meet and Greet access, too. You can talk to him and try to nail down his complicated relationship with pedals. Lewl. Speaking of, anyone want to go check out either his Sugar Land or Austin show next month? Gear junkies should support gear junkies.
  10. I agree. Reading more about it, it might be the one amp to rule them all. It's basically everything Fender knows about making amps covered in a beautifully aged wrapper. At this point Fender's Custom Shop are the preeminent relic artists, absolute witches with that stuff, and by the looks of this amp they've brought that expertise to the amp side. I hope Marshall jumps on board because it's the only thing some of their reissues are missing. A relic'd KT66 based amp would be bonerjams.
  11. We made it 113 posts before someone brought up Avatar in a discussion about great movies on a public forum. That gives me a glimmer of hope for the future.
  12. BoomMF

    One X

    You have a lot to choose from. Check out the "Enhanced for One X" section in the store.
  13. Who wore it better? Layne Staley wore it better.
  14. 70º in the SEC is 108º in the BDF. /aggy
  15. Not guitar pr0n, but had to share. Here's a Cuban guitarist hearing SRV for the first time.
  16. Wreck-it Raph lookin motherfucker.
  17. If you haven't already and you're a fan of the band, check out the book Runnin' With The Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen by then manager Noel Monk. Highly recommended.
  18. That's a strong point, of course. But I will check out of this threadjack by saying that I think photostatic copies of important pieces of art or photographs engender the same emotional reactions as their original handpainted counterparts. It's the art that matters.
  19. Hagar Van Halen never had the swagger as Roth Van Halen. With Hagar they were a good rock band. With Roth they were dangerous. And musically, for entertainment AND import, nothing in the catalog compares to I, II, and 1984. Nothing.
  20. What about a 2018 model 60s era reissue amp with period correct grille cloth and offset nameplate? Does it feel fake as well? Is that too different a scenario? (I'm open to the idea that's it's too different.) It's going to perform as a 2018 amp but LOOK like a cold war battlehorse...
  21. I just don't see the difference - or a distinction without a difference. Whether your roadie is a bumblefuck and can't be careful or you treat your instrument like a precious artifact (which I do), those nicks and bruises are little different than a factory fresh finish - it's arbitrary. For art, it's the end that matters and less-so the journey (you guitar falling off its stand isn't much of a story, or it's a story that holds as much value as that ding getting there by some craftsman skilled at making dings). And you could play 80 years and no amount of "honest work" is going to wear a modern finish. The only thing that holds true is what the guitar looks like, and in the case of a pre-worn neck, how it plays. "Honest work" doesn't contribute a thing where art is concerned. The only "relic'd" guitars that have value for their relic beyond appearance are guitars owned or played by famous or important musicians at famous or important gigs. Joe Blow's 40 years of "honest work" adds little to no value where art is concerned. And where art is concerned, pristine and relic'd are the exact same thing. But, on the other hand, Rat Rods do nothing for me. I'm complicated.
  22. Bonamassa and Fender have a new amp out and it's a beaut: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/27167-fender-releases-the-joe-bonamassa-59-twin-amp
  23. I just visited Kevin DuBrow's grave in Newport Beach so this thread hits close to home. Also, Silent Violence.
  24. How are you going to do that with poly finishes?
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