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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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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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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.

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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 

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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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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.
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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

 

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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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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.

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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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