Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 29 2006,13:27    Here are my two babies: funk and disco, baby, funk and disco. I picked up the Tele because she's a one off, from when the custom shop was only building 4 guitars a week. I haven't seen a Moto that predates her. Sadly she was in some pretty heavy country circles before I freed her. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

jujuquisp Posts: 129 Joined: Mar. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 29 2006,21:16    I'll add pix of my guitars when I figure out how to use my camera and upload the pix to this site.  My first is an Eko hollow-body electric from 1968ish that my dad gave to me when I was 13 years old.

Lou FCD Posts: 5452 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 30 2006,13:02    I can't play much anymore because of my neck, so my babies collect a lot of dust, but I can't bear to part with them. Sorry 'bout forgetting to set the date on the camera.  I do that a lot. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Roland Anderson Posts: 51 Joined: Sep. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 30 2006,18:38    Well I used to have a beautiful old 1930s Danemann grand piano - all 6 feet 8 inches of it. I had to sell it when I moved to London so now I play a Yamaha P250 which is about the best impression of a real piano that a reasonably portable keyboard can make. And soon I'm going to take the plunge and spend £3,000 or more on a proper cello, since I'm so tired of my old one, which I've had for 22 years and which outlived its usefulness a long time ago. No guitars though I'm afraid. As a classical musician I think I might be in a bit of a minority on this thread...

Ra-Úl Posts: 93 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 30 2006,20:19    I do play classical guitar, limited to Baroque and Renaissance. I got into it from the finger-pickin' school of counterpoint. I sang in too many early music groups in the 80's, a glorious era we shall not see again. And I found out afdave is a keyboard maven, accompanying choir on piano. Rats. I was ready to believe he had no music in his body. Are there no sax players, harpists, ondes-Martelotists or ondiolinists on theis group? No adepts of the tromba marina? No one who can do a figured bass or continuo on the didgeridoo? I could bring in a cute punk-rock tuba player. Ra-Ul -------------- Beauty is that which makes us desperate. - P Valery

BWE Posts: 1902 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 31 2006,08:00    I'd even upload an mp3 if I knew where I could do that. Anyone? -------------- Who said that ev'ry wish would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it Look what it's done so far The Daily Wingnut

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 02 2007,11:11    Being Custom made for me: Normal S-S-S strat pickup routing.  Top-route. Callaham non-tremolo bridge (2-7/32” string spacing) Contoured Heel Truss rod at the top (near peghead).   Reverse headstock.   US-3 peghead. 6150 Frets 1.650” nut width 21 frets C-shape, 0.875 thickness, 7-1/4" to 9-1/2" compound radius Paua shell inlay on both top and side Gotoh Schaller-style Knob Tuners (10mm pegholes) -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 02 2007,11:23    Quote (Richardthughes @ April 02 2007,11:11) Being Custom made for me: Normal S-S-S strat pickup routing.  Top-route. Callaham non-tremolo bridge (2-7/32” string spacing) Contoured Heel Truss rod at the top (near peghead).   Reverse headstock.   US-3 peghead. 6150 Frets 1.650” nut width 21 frets C-shape, 0.875 thickness, 7-1/4" to 9-1/2" compound radius Paua shell inlay on both top and side Gotoh Schaller-style Knob Tuners (10mm pegholes) ITS JUST LIKE YOU HOMOES TO TALK ABOUT YOU'RE NUT WIDTH. HA! I WIN AGAIN-DT -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

J-Dog Posts: 4402 Joined: Dec. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 03 2007,12:51    Quote (Richardthughes @ April 02 2007,11:11) Truss rod at the top (near peghead).   Reverse headstock.   US-3 peghead. 6150 Frets 1.650” nut width 21 frets C-shape, 0.875 thickness, 7-1/4" to 9-1/2" compound radius Paua shell inlay on both top and side Gotoh Schaller-style Knob Tuners (10mm pegholes) And FTK is just not going to put up with your F%^ing potty mouth!  Why, the very idea of posting and bragging about your "pickup routing" , your "truss-rod",  your "peghead" and your "Knob Tuners"! But seriously, she looks like a sweet machine, and I would love to finger her. The guitar that is. -------------- Come on Tough Guy, do the little dance of ID impotence you do so well. - Louis to Joe G 2/10 Gullibility is not a virtue - Quidam on Dembski's belief in the Bible Code Faith Healers & ID 7/08 UD is an Unnatural Douchemagnet. - richardthughes 7/11

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 03 2007,13:01    PEOPLE TUNE THEY'RE KNOBS IN RITCHARD'S PEG HOLES ALL THE TIME. ROTFLMAO! I CRACK ME UP SOMTIMES! -DT [shakes head vigorously to get out of character.] A bit more seriously, however, my daughter just bought herself her first electric guitar 4 days ago. Imagine my shock when I discovered yesterday that her guitar looks identical to the guitar used in this video. I'm now telling her that if she wants me to buy her a new amp, she has to be able to play 'Voodoo Child'.   -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Mr_Christopher Posts: 1238 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 03 2007,15:57    Richard, that Strat is a Jimi Hendrix sig model, no? And the Tele rocks but it is calling for a pearloid pick guard and pearloid tuners (like my beater tele has).  Oh, and it told me it misses playing country music :-) ps: Do you and Michael Dell hang out? -------------- Uncommon Descent is a moral cesspool, a festering intellectual ghetto that intoxicates and degrades its inhabitants - Stephen Matheson

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 03 2007,16:56    The Strat is a limited edition master-built proto strat: http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=1519001841 The Tele is a one off custom shop MOTO tele, from 95, back when the custom shop made 4 guitars a week. They can't make them (MOTO's) any more for environmental reasons. Arden has a HOMO tele. I don't don't know Micheal Dell, but am familiar with his piece-of-shit computers. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 03 2007,17:13    On the right is the guitar my daughter got. A good inexpensive starter guitar that looks pretty cool on just about anyone: HEAR HOWEVER IS RICHARD'S REAL GUITAR-DT: -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Mr_Christopher Posts: 1238 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 03 2007,17:23    Say hello to my little friend... This is a pic I got off the internet, mine is home snug in it's case. I'll see about taking a pick of my beater tele later -------------- Uncommon Descent is a moral cesspool, a festering intellectual ghetto that intoxicates and degrades its inhabitants - Stephen Matheson

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 15 2007,22:47    Quote (Arden Chatfield @ April 03 2007,17:13) On the right is the guitar my daughter got. A good inexpensive starter guitar that looks pretty cool on just about anyone: HEAR HOWEVER IS RICHARD'S REAL GUITAR-DT: :angry: Phhhh! It's this one really: -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 15 2007,23:51    Quote (Mr_Christopher @ April 03 2007,17:23) Say hello to my little friend... This is a pic I got off the internet, mine is home snug in it's case. I'll see about taking a pick of my beater tele later Very nice, BTW. I'd love one. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Wesley R. Elsberry Posts: 4966 Joined: May 2002 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2007,13:11    I received this Charvel/Jackson electric bass guitar for my birthday in 2005: It's a hand-me-down, but in good shape. All I know is that one of the knobs is tone and the other volume, and where to put the cable. I bought an electronic chromatic tuner since I'm hopeless at the sort of fine matching of pitch that folks who use pitch pipes are so good at. What I do with this is therapy, not music, at least so far. IDC advocates seeking to have me dissipate my time in harmless activities could pitch in to buy me lessons. Well, harmless at least until I publish my first album, "IDC Gives Me the Anti-Science Blues". Edited by Wesley R. Elsberry on Jan. 07 2020,22:53 -------------- "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." - Dorothy Parker

jeannot Posts: 1201 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2007,13:50    I have a charvel/Jackson electric-acoustic guitar. I don't have a picture though.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2007,13:55    It takes time to get your ear tuned, Wes. Starting with an electronic tuner is a good idea. If you get used to *being* in tune, you'll quickly hear when you're not. I know Steve Story wants to form a band doing cake covers. Or I have some great ID lyrics: Quote Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. Each little flow’r that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colors, He made their tiny wings. The purple-headed mountains, The river running by, The sunset and the morning That brightens up the sky. The cold wind in the winter, The pleasant summer sun, The ripe fruits in the garden, He made them every one. The tall trees in the greenwood, The meadows where we play, The rushes by the water, To gather every day. He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well.   Cecil F. Alexander My EF is off the chart with that one. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2007,13:58    Quote (Richardthughes @ April 16 2007,14:55) It takes time to get your ear tuned, Wes. Starting with an electronic tuner is a good idea. If you get used to *being* in tune, you'll quickly hear when you're not. I know Steve Story wants to form a band doing cake covers. Or I have some great ID lyrics: Quote Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. Each little flow’r that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colors, He made their tiny wings. The purple-headed mountains, The river running by, The sunset and the morning That brightens up the sky. The cold wind in the winter, The pleasant summer sun, The ripe fruits in the garden, He made them every one. The tall trees in the greenwood, The meadows where we play, The rushes by the water, To gather every day. He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well.   Cecil F. Alexander My EF is off the chart with that one. A Cake cover band? Dear god. That would be the worst band since...uh...well, since Cake actually.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2007,14:01    Come on Steve. You can do atonal metronomic delivery. And I totally have "Frank Sinatra" down, dude. Didley-widley-waaaaAAAAAAHH!!! Bass solo, Wes-man! -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2007,14:14    I have a plugin to Winamp which saves songs streamed over internet radio. I used to set it up, go to school, and come home to 8 hours of songs freshly downloaded. Did that for months. I have a folder of like 30 gigs of songs most of which I've never listened to. Problem was, this one radio station I recorded, Radio Paradise, the guy would play a couple of cake songs every day. I couldn't stand that. So I actually wrote a little script, NoCake.bat, which runs once a day and deletes any file from that folder with 'cake' in the title, and then notes it in a log file. Code Sample Wed 08/03/2005 03:36 PM       *     *     * Fri 08/05/2005 03:36 PM Deleted file - F:\music\radioparadise\Radio Paradise - DJ-mixed modern & classic rock, world, electronica & more - info- radioparadise-com\Cake - Mahna Mahna.mp3       *     *     * Sat 08/06/2005 03:36 PM       *     *     * Sun 08/07/2005 03:36 PM       *     *     * Mon 08/08/2005 03:36 PM Deleted file - F:\music\radioparadise\Radio Paradise - DJ-mixed modern & classic rock, world, electronica & more - info- radioparadise-com\Cake - Tougher Than It Is.mp3       *     *     * Tue 08/09/2005 03:36 PM       *     *     * Wed 08/10/2005 03:36 PM       *     *     *

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2007,14:22    Come on Steve You can't have your cake and delete it *...tumbleweed...* I'll get me coat. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

"Rev Dr" Lenny Flank Posts: 2560 Joined: Feb. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2007,18:52    Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ April 16 2007,13:11) All I know is that one of the knobs is tone and the other volume, and where to put the cable. Heck, all you gotta do is let your hair grow long, learn three chords that you play in random order, and turn the distortion up REALLY REALLY far, and you could play for any heavy metal band. :) -------------- Editor, Red and Black Publishers www.RedandBlackPublishers.com

clamboy Posts: 299 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 21 2007,21:30    Wrong, Lenny! You mean, "You could be a Ramone." Like I aspire to. And may I say, now that I have wiped the drool from my chin, you all SUCK. Gimme gimme gimme!

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 23 2007,14:03    WeeeeE! Just got a Freddie Taveres Aloha Strat... :) -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 23 2007,17:06    Quote (clamboy @ April 21 2007,21:30) Wrong, Lenny! You mean, "You could be a Ramone." Like I aspire to. You better hurry, there's almost none left.   -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Steviepinhead Posts: 532 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: May 13 2007,18:59    Ultimately stimulated by deadman's posting up of a Garrison electric acoustic, some test-playing of a cheaper Garrison at American Music here in Seattle, some further discussion with my guitar-playing and instrument-building second cousin in the Atlanta area (a big Richard Thompson fan), and some further research-- --and resisting the temptation to go out and blow my entire tax refund on a vintage Martin, which would be way more guitar than my abilities warrant, though darn frickin' tempting!-- I today plunked my hard-earned cash down for this little baby, fresh from the Garrison works in O Canada: I considered a more expensive model with rosewood, but I found I liked the sound, action, and look of this one better. Here's the specs on my Garrison G20 acoustic: body style: dreadnaught top: solid western red cedar - satin finish back & sides: solid canadian birch - satin finish neck: solid mahogany fingerboard: solid rosewood bridge: solid rosewood nut & saddle: TUSQ rosette: herringbone pattern wood inlay inlays: mother of pearl dots tuners: Garrison individual chrome-plated strings: D'Addario lights, extended play   warranty: Limited Lifetime - 5 year transferable intonation: Buzz Feiten Tuning System nut width: 1.7 inches scale length: 25.4 inches I love it so!

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: May 13 2007,19:55    Just got #2 of 20 Hippocaster. (picture is of #9) -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: May 13 2007,19:58    Also, custom guitar "Quiddlecaster" nearly done... -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

JAM Posts: 517 Joined: July 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 13 2007,18:22    The parallels are scary. '73 Gibson SG '76 Mesa Boogie (the knob labels in back are Dymos) Ovation 6 and 12 '74 Fender Jazz Bass

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 13 2007,21:37    My axes 1998 Landola Jumbo dreadnought with curly maple back and sides (teh SEXXXXXI_HAWT) will post pics when I return to her 2004 Goldtone Banjo, heavier than hell.  An old man in Bryson City NC once told me if a banjo don't weigh 19.3 lbs, it ain't worth shit.  I reckon he's right, hell I don't know.  I like this one. 1982 Gibson Epiphone Mandolin, don't know the model.  pretty good little bug, swapped a half pound of ginseng and 100 bucks for it. ca 1850 fiddle, no label, very sweet low tones and screaming high.  wish i could play it as good as it sounds.  My good friend Roger Howell (Madison County, NC, look him up!!! Master old-time fiddler and keeper of the tradition in those parts) fixed it up from where it had been broken before, came in an old timey coffin case.  Bow is 150 years old too. ca 1950 John Juzek fiddle, it's OK.  needs to be fixed up before I can determine if it is worth a damn, those years are hyper variable but this one shows a little promise in the grain of the wood on top.  I swapped a blowed up Ford Bronco to my dad's cousin for that, he got the truck up and running for 30 bucks and I am stuck with one more fiddle (wife loooooved that one).  Ive got four extra bows that go with it, if any of you know anything about fiddle bows PM me and I'll send you some pics.  They could be valuable, hell I don't know. 2003 Crimona stand up bass, pretty good bass for the money.  and even a shitty bass makes it sound that much better anyway. When the shit hits the fan, what are all you electric ladyland boys going to do for fun?  No power, no noise?  Long Live the Neo Luddite Revolution. -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

Nerull Posts: 317 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 10 2008,23:01    Rich pointed me here, so I guess I'll resurrect this thread... The guitar on my blog was a $200 Epi SG. For the money, it was one hell of a guitar, but unfortunatly I had to sell it a few months ago when I needed the money for other things (Standard Issue Broke Uni Student). Now I'm eagerly awaiting my tax returns and pondering a replacement. I'd like to go higher end this time - something that'll last a while and look damn good doing it. This has caught my eye at the moment: Could use better pickups from what I've read, but electronics is one of my many hobbies, and I can replace pickups without much trouble. Hell, I've never even used non-shitty pickups, so its not like I'll be in agony anyway. ;) (Amusing fact - the one post on my blog about the SG draws in more visitors than anything else - I seem to be popular on google) -------------- To rebut creationism you pretty much have to be a biologist, chemist, geologist, philosopher, lawyer and historian all rolled into one. While to advocate creationism, you just have to be an idiot. -- tommorris

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: May 09 2008,00:17    Okay - I want this: All you lurkers can get together and get it for me. OR FEAL MY TRAD RATH! -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

J-Dog Posts: 4402 Joined: Dec. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: May 09 2008,15:29    Quote (Richardthughes @ May 09 2008,00:17) Okay - I want this: All you lurkers can get together and get it for me. OR FEAL MY TRAD RATH! Damn, that is hawt... Maybe DaveScot will get it for you as a bribe present for clearing the way for hisself to get allowed back.  Don't forget he's got those Dell Millions just waiting to do good deeds.  Dave has always struck me as the kind of guy to do random acts of violence kindness. edited after a month - NEW RECORD USA USA!!!! -------------- Come on Tough Guy, do the little dance of ID impotence you do so well. - Louis to Joe G 2/10 Gullibility is not a virtue - Quidam on Dembski's belief in the Bible Code Faith Healers & ID 7/08 UD is an Unnatural Douchemagnet. - richardthughes 7/11

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: June 03 2008,09:48    Quote (Richardthughes @ May 13 2007,19:55) Just got #2 of 20 Hippocaster. (picture is of #9) If you're interested, #8 is on ebay right now... ....for $13,500. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,11:54    New girlfriend: She's 29 years old an called "Jerri". Lovely curves... and a little buckle-rash!  ;) -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

dnmlthr Posts: 565 Joined: Mar. 2008 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,12:27    Richardthughes: Somehow I get the feeling you're fond of stratocasters... ;) Synthesizers, drum machines, analog delays and a rudimentary laptop studio are my weapons of choice. Oh, and a Gibson SG. -------------- Guess what? I don't give a flying f*ck how "science works" - Ftk

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,12:56    Quote (dnmlthr @ July 21 2008,12:27) Richardthughes: Somehow I get the feeling you're fond of stratocasters... ;) Synthesizers, drum machines, analog delays and a rudimentary laptop studio are my weapons of choice. Oh, and a Gibson SG. Cool. I have a Digi 002 and ableton also. Whilst my guitaring is quite disco, my choons are fairly electronic. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,15:18    I can make a five string banjer bray like a donkey. I can make a fiddle mewl like two monkeys trying to fuck a cat. I can make a gi-tar sound like Scott Joplin buckdancing on an old washing machine. I can make my little mandolin bug sound like a god-dam katydid at 87 F. -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

Shirley Knott Posts: 148 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,15:24    Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,July 21 2008,15:18) I can make a five string banjer bray like a donkey. I can make a fiddle mewl like two monkeys trying to fuck a cat. I can make a gi-tar sound like Scott Joplin buckdancing on an old washing machine. I can make my little mandolin bug sound like a god-dam katydid at 87 F. But do you ever play any music? no hugs for thugs, Shirley Knott

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,15:34    Quote (Shirley Knott @ July 21 2008,15:24) Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,July 21 2008,15:18) I can make a five string banjer bray like a donkey. I can make a fiddle mewl like two monkeys trying to fuck a cat. I can make a gi-tar sound like Scott Joplin buckdancing on an old washing machine. I can make my little mandolin bug sound like a god-dam katydid at 87 F. But do you ever play any music? no hugs for thugs, Shirley Knott music is like design and porn... -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,15:36    no just barnyard re-enactments, from the sounds of it. -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

Shirley Knott Posts: 148 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,16:19    Quote (Erasmus, FCD @ July 21 2008,15:36) no just barnyard re-enactments, from the sounds of it. To each their own -- as a synth goddess, I trend more towards industrial accidents and core meltdowns, but barnyard animals doubtlessly have their charms ;-) no hugs for thugs, Shirley Knott

Peter Henderson Posts: 298 Joined: Aug. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,16:41    Quote funk and disco, baby, funk and disco. You want funk Richard ? You got funk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POe70OKEdI8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKtWMqW4ICM

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,20:26    Quote (Peter Henderson @ July 21 2008,16:41) Quote funk and disco, baby, funk and disco. You want funk Richard ? You got funk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POe70OKEdI8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKtWMqW4ICM Nice! I like the other Watson too... http://www.wahwah.com/history.html -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

dnmlthr Posts: 565 Joined: Mar. 2008 (Permalink) Posted: July 22 2008,11:23    Quote (Richardthughes @ July 21 2008,18:56) Quote (dnmlthr @ July 21 2008,12:27) Richardthughes: Somehow I get the feeling you're fond of stratocasters... ;) Synthesizers, drum machines, analog delays and a rudimentary laptop studio are my weapons of choice. Oh, and a Gibson SG. Cool. I have a Digi 002 and ableton also. Whilst my guitaring is quite disco, my choons are fairly electronic. Do you like ableton live? I tried out the demo but kept finding myself cross-fading away pops and crackles all the time. These days I just slave the MIDI gear to cubase, the CV gear to the MIDI gear and use the DAW as an expensive tape deck. -------------- Guess what? I don't give a flying f*ck how "science works" - Ftk

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 22 2008,11:34    Quote (dnmlthr @ July 22 2008,11:23) Quote (Richardthughes @ July 21 2008,18:56) Quote (dnmlthr @ July 21 2008,12:27) Richardthughes: Somehow I get the feeling you're fond of stratocasters... ;) Synthesizers, drum machines, analog delays and a rudimentary laptop studio are my weapons of choice. Oh, and a Gibson SG. Cool. I have a Digi 002 and ableton also. Whilst my guitaring is quite disco, my choons are fairly electronic. Do you like ableton live? I tried out the demo but kept finding myself cross-fading away pops and crackles all the time. These days I just slave the MIDI gear to cubase, the CV gear to the MIDI gear and use the DAW as an expensive tape deck. It depends on the quality of the sample... some vinyl is brutal.  ??? -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

dnmlthr Posts: 565 Joined: Mar. 2008 (Permalink) Posted: July 22 2008,11:38    Quote (Richardthughes @ July 22 2008,17:34) Quote (dnmlthr @ July 22 2008,11:23)   Quote (Richardthughes @ July 21 2008,18:56)   Quote (dnmlthr @ July 21 2008,12:27) Richardthughes: Somehow I get the feeling you're fond of stratocasters... ;) Synthesizers, drum machines, analog delays and a rudimentary laptop studio are my weapons of choice. Oh, and a Gibson SG. Cool. I have a Digi 002 and ableton also. Whilst my guitaring is quite disco, my choons are fairly electronic. Do you like ableton live? I tried out the demo but kept finding myself cross-fading away pops and crackles all the time. These days I just slave the MIDI gear to cubase, the CV gear to the MIDI gear and use the DAW as an expensive tape deck. It depends on the quality of the sample... some vinyl is brutal.  ??? I thought more about non-zero loop crossings. Say you have a 4-bar loop where the end doesn't match up with the start, resulting in a clear "pop" when looped. Something like this, ASCII art style.   *    **      * *** ****   ** ********* **** <-- non-zero loop ending resulting in a pop. <---- loop ----> -------------- Guess what? I don't give a flying f*ck how "science works" - Ftk

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 22 2008,12:39    Quote (dnmlthr @ July 22 2008,11:38) Quote (Richardthughes @ July 22 2008,17:34)   Quote (dnmlthr @ July 22 2008,11:23)   Quote (Richardthughes @ July 21 2008,18:56)     Quote (dnmlthr @ July 21 2008,12:27) Richardthughes: Somehow I get the feeling you're fond of stratocasters... ;) Synthesizers, drum machines, analog delays and a rudimentary laptop studio are my weapons of choice. Oh, and a Gibson SG. Cool. I have a Digi 002 and ableton also. Whilst my guitaring is quite disco, my choons are fairly electronic. Do you like ableton live? I tried out the demo but kept finding myself cross-fading away pops and crackles all the time. These days I just slave the MIDI gear to cubase, the CV gear to the MIDI gear and use the DAW as an expensive tape deck. It depends on the quality of the sample... some vinyl is brutal.  ??? I thought more about non-zero loop crossings. Say you have a 4-bar loop where the end doesn't match up with the start, resulting in a clear "pop" when looped. Something like this, ASCII art style.   *    **      * *** ****   ** ********* **** <-- non-zero loop ending resulting in a pop. <---- loop ----> If you chop it clean to the bar / transients you don't get a clean loop when repeating? Is this why you're cross-fading? -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

dnmlthr Posts: 565 Joined: Mar. 2008 (Permalink) Posted: July 22 2008,12:42    Yeah. I do the same thing in cubase, but the effect is far less noticeable, basically making sure that both the start and end of the loop ends at zero, with a slight fadeout at the end and slight fadein at the start. That was my only gripe with Live though. -------------- Guess what? I don't give a flying f*ck how "science works" - Ftk

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 05 2008,16:50    FAO TARDEN CHATTERBOX: *leans forward* Blues is rubbish. Genre                    Crapness index Blues                     .83 Country                  .91 Country 2*              .97 old R&B                  .21 New R&B                .72 Rap                        .68 Disco                      .13 Funk                       .31 Techno                    .43 Balearic                   .37 let me know if you'd like your personal genre rated. I know all the scores, through divine revelation. * Country 2 is Country - Patsy Cline's "Crazy". -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Assassinator Posts: 479 Joined: Nov. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 05 2008,17:04    Quote (Richardthughes @ Aug. 05 2008,16:50) FAO TARDEN CHATTERBOX: *leans forward* Blues is rubbish. Genre                    Crapness index Blues                     .83 Country                  .91 Country 2*              .97 old R&B                  .21 New R&B                .72 Rap                        .68 Disco                      .13 Funk                       .31 Techno                    .43 Balearic                   .37 let me know if you'd like your personal genre rated. I know all the scores, through divine revelation. * Country 2 is Country - Patsy Cline's "Crazy". No jazz between that? My my, a friend of mine showed me this jazz guitarist, Bill Frisell. Wish I had guitar skills like that, I already fail at Guitar Hero... And it's not even Dragonforce-ish guitar skills, this totally different, amazing.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 05 2008,17:07    Jazz              0.53 Acid Jazz        0.25 -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Assassinator Posts: 479 Joined: Nov. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 05 2008,17:16    Quote (Richardthughes @ Aug. 05 2008,17:07) Jazz              0.53 Acid Jazz        0.25 Agreed about the acid jazz, I'm a huge bebop fan myself. And to keep this a bit more ontopic, there is 1 song in partical from Sonny Rollins (although I should have to look up the title) wich has a great (I think) guitar solo in it. Edit: it's Without a song although I don't really like this version.

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 05 2008,19:00    Quote (Richardthughes @ Aug. 05 2008,14:50) FAO TARDEN CHATTERBOX: *leans forward* Blues is rubbish. Hmmmm...... could you remind me again what exactly your accomplishments are, in this regard? Whoops, sorry about that last one, I'm sure Cream's version must be better. -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 05 2008,20:52    Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Aug. 05 2008,19:00) Quote (Richardthughes @ Aug. 05 2008,14:50) FAO TARDEN CHATTERBOX: *leans forward* Blues is rubbish. Hmmmm...... could you remind me again what exactly your accomplishments are, in this regard? Whoops, sorry about that last one, I'm sure Cream's version must be better. I know E, A and B7 and I've even put an extra note in my pentatonic. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 05 2008,21:16    rich probably likes music made from midi files. yawn. somebody wake me up when you get a fiddler in here.  acid jazz is gay. -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 05 2008,21:51    Quote (Erasmus, FCD @ Aug. 05 2008,21:16) rich probably likes music made from midi files. yawn. somebody wake me up when you get a fiddler in here.  acid jazz is gay. We did. But as you're a "fiddler on the ruphinol", you don't remember. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 05 2008,23:40    Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Aug. 05 2008,19:16) somebody wake me up when you get a fiddler in here. Here's a start. -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 05 2008,23:43    eck.  nice. god youtube is fantastic. i'll fiddle you by god. -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,00:00    Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Aug. 05 2008,21:43) eck.  nice. god youtube is fantastic. i'll fiddle you by god. I have that track on this album. Not as swanky as owning the 78, but they did an excellent mastering job, given that the record is 86 years old. Such a primeval song, sends chills down my spine when I'm in the right mood. -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Ra-Úl Posts: 93 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,00:05    Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Aug. 05 2008,23:40)   Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Aug. 05 2008,19:16) somebody wake me up when you get a fiddler in here. Here's a start. "78's are hard to find You just can't get that shellac since the war . . ." Haven't been to a real old time fiddler's contest since '69, I think, In Central Washington, where a very young Mark O'connor was starting to play. Acid jaz is teh gay. -------------- Beauty is that which makes us desperate. - P Valery

Assassinator Posts: 479 Joined: Nov. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,07:03    Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Aug. 05 2008,23:40) Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Aug. 05 2008,19:16) somebody wake me up when you get a fiddler in here. Here's a start. Well slap me in the face and call me a donkeydick, that's one awesome tune! Yeeehaaawww!!! @Richard: Woops, I missread your reaction about the jazz rating, and actually I do NOT agree with that! I second Ra-Úl. Blasphemy, giving jazz a .53!

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,08:07    bruce molsky one of my favorite contemporary old time fiddlers. -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,08:27    Rich here is you some real git-ar pickin fastforward to 3:00 -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,09:01    Quote (Assassinator @ Aug. 06 2008,07:03) Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Aug. 05 2008,23:40) Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Aug. 05 2008,19:16) somebody wake me up when you get a fiddler in here. Here's a start. Well slap me in the face and call me a donkeydick, that's one awesome tune! Yeeehaaawww!!! @Richard: Woops, I missread your reaction about the jazz rating, and actually I do NOT agree with that! I second Ra-Úl. Blasphemy, giving jazz a .53! Some of it is okay. There's a fine line between 'cool' and 'up its own arse' and it staggers across it  frequently. Plus some of them chords are real finger-stingers! -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

midwifetoad Posts: 4003 Joined: Mar. 2008 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,09:15    I could provide a version of the fiddle tune with the hum removed if someone has a place to upload an MP3. -------------- Any version of ID consistent with all the evidence is indistinguishable from evolution.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,09:20    You bunch of gap-toothed gypsies. *shudders* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etKAzG6UXhI -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,13:32    Copycats: http://www.uncommondescent.com/educati....-293592 Quote 3 William Dembski 08/06/2008 1:21 pm Hi Gil: Did you listen the music that closed out the podcast? — some high-class baroque chamber music! But, of course, I would be delighted to use some of your work. the center for the renewal of science and culture is still doing neither. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,15:24    Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Aug. 06 2008,06:07) bruce molsky one of my favorite contemporary old time fiddlers. Agreed. I have this CD of him and it's splendid. He's also really good with old guitar styles. -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,15:35    i got to hang out with him a few hours at an Old Time Music Week thing I worked at a few years ago.  I dont understand how those guys get two or three strings droning so clear while still playing a melody.  you can't even hear the bow changing direction. my fiddling sounds like the hammonds family compared to that. -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,16:05    Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Aug. 06 2008,15:35) i got to hang out with him a few hours at an Old Time Music Week thing I worked at a few years ago.  I dont understand how those guys get two or three strings droning so clear while still playing a melody.  you can't even hear the bow changing direction. my fiddling sounds like the hammonds family compared to that. If you are ever down here in Sooner Country, a trip to Guthrie to visit Byron Berline is highly recommended.  He and his band play one or two shows a month in a small room above the fiddle shop and they are alot of fun. Interesting Trivia for Arden and Albie:  The guitar player's name is Jim Fish, and he used be the curator of birds at the Oklahoma City Zoo and, for a while, was at the National Aviary in Pittsurgh. -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,21:05    On the subject of funk, this is the best live concert footage of James Brown anywhere, which puts it on the short list of best live concert footage of anyone anywhere. In the CD of this concert, the sound quality is vastly better. Catfish Collins' guitar solo is jaw dropping. -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,21:14    Different direction: Last night my kid rented and we watched Across the Universe, which is a wonderful exploration of the '60s built around covers of Beatles songs. Really great stuff, and many of the covers underscore what brilliant song writers Lennon, McCartney and Harrison could be. Even heretofore corny stuff like "I want to hold your hand" is suddenly exceptionally passionate and beautiful. Brought tears to my eyes. It's gratifying that my 18 year old kid thoroughly appreciates the Beatles. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2008,21:25    Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ Aug. 06 2008,19:14) Different direction: Last night my kid rented and we watched Across the Universe, which is a wonderful exploration of the '60s built around covers of Beatles songs. Really great stuff, and many of the covers underscore what brilliant song writers Lennon, McCartney and Harrison could be. Even heretofore corny stuff like "I want to hold your hand" is suddenly exceptionally passionate and beautiful. Brought tears to my eyes. HA HA THIS IS YOU:   Quote It's gratifying that my 18 year old kid thoroughly appreciates the Beatles. My 13 year old has promised me that she wants to learn the guitar part to 'TV Eye' by the Stooges. *gulp* (see here or here.) -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Ra-Úl Posts: 93 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 07 2008,01:29    Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Aug. 06 2008,15:24)   Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Aug. 06 2008,06:07) bruce molsky one of my favorite contemporary old time fiddlers. Agreed. I have this CD of him and it's splendid. He's also really good with old guitar styles. On the same page of youtube there's a pitifully short 'Cotton Eyed Joe' with Bruce singing: there's one moment where his raspy voice sounds like one of the strings. Can't tell the tuning, but it fit his voice gorgeously. Sent shivers up my spine. Arden, that JB fotage is effing awesome. Love the Godfather. -------------- Beauty is that which makes us desperate. - P Valery

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 07 2008,02:02    Trying to bring it all together - some funk, live, from Abbey Road.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzyj3Wxhjr4 things to look for: Dances like Chatterbox Ostinato baseline. The cheeky slide into into C11 Soaring strings... Horns punctuating the piece. edit to add bonus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKO8rnKg94o&feature=related -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 07 2008,02:29    Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Aug. 06 2008,22:25) HA HA THIS IS YOU:       Quote It's gratifying that my 18 year old kid thoroughly appreciates the Beatles. My 13 year old has promised me that she wants to learn the guitar part to 'TV Eye' by the Stooges. *gulp* (see here or here.) Where'd you get that? I had just described my two heart transplants. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 07 2008,23:31    Best band ever???? http://www.youtube.com/user/sonbhi their covers are spot on, lyrics wise. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 08 2008,05:35    Quote (Richardthughes @ Aug. 07 2008,23:31) Best band ever???? http://www.youtube.com/user/sonbhi their covers are spot on, lyrics wise. OMFG. If James Hetfield ever decides to pack it in, that guy just has to be the new Metallica lead singer.  Not only has Master of Puppets never sounded better, but I suspect this guy could still probably kick Lar's ass and keep him in line. -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

Steviepinhead Posts: 532 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2009,15:09    Surely SOMEONE hear must've heard some good music or acquired a scintillating and irresistable new ax since August of last year...right? Despite the ongoing, er, global contraction (breathe, honey, breathe!). If so, let us know.   ;)

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2009,15:16    I'm not allowed to buy new axes until after my renovation -which is a shame as a nice 'Old Hickory' Les Paul was on eBay a while back. For your amusement: http://www.antievolution.org/cgi-bin....y140215 Oh, and Texas Chainstore Manager© are recording, but it's going very slowly. Have been told we sound like an ocean's 11 12 whatever soundtrack. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

American Saddlebred Posts: 111 Joined: May 2005 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2009,15:46    This guy is amazing.  Just an amazing singer.

dnmlthr Posts: 565 Joined: Mar. 2008 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2009,15:46    Quote (Steviepinhead @ April 16 2009,21:09) Surely SOMEONE hear must've heard some good music or acquired a scintillating and irresistable new ax since August of last year...right? Despite the ongoing, er, global contraction (breathe, honey, breathe!). If so, let us know.   ;) I got myself a Roland RE-201 Space Echo some time ago, albeit away on loan at the moment. -------------- Guess what? I don't give a flying f*ck how "science works" - Ftk

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 16 2009,16:02    Quote (American Saddlebred @ April 16 2009,15:46) This guy is amazing.  Just an amazing singer. Big black guy trapped in a small white guy's body, which I believe has also happened to Louis. The best bit is of course his dancing. He does this 'muppet sway' - I'm looking for the little metal rods guiding his 'hands'. (why does google spell check think 'teh' is a word?) -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

bfish Posts: 267 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 17 2009,00:05    Quote (Richardthughes @ April 16 2009,14:02)   Quote (American Saddlebred @ April 16 2009,15:46) This guy is amazing.  Just an amazing singer. Big black guy trapped in a small white guy's body When I read that comment, I thought, "Oh yeah, well you should see Rick Astley!" And then, doh, I clicked on the link. People who don't sing like they look: Rick Astley, Jim Nabors, Susan Boyle.

Schroedinger's Dog Posts: 1692 Joined: Jan. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: April 17 2009,01:06    Susan Boyle stunned me. Amazing! Incidently, my new album comes out in Japan on Wednesday 21st, in Europe on April 29th and 30th, and in the US on May 19th. Some guy already put the whole promo album on youtube, if anyone wants to take a listen... Just search "score to a new beginning". There's even a playlist... -------------- "Hail is made out of water? Are you really that stupid?" Joe G "I have a better suggestion, Kris. How about a game of hide and go fuck yourself instead." Louis "The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit" Richard Pryor

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 17 2009,09:22    Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ April 17 2009,01:06) Susan Boyle stunned me. Amazing! Incidently, my new album comes out in Japan on Wednesday 21st, in Europe on April 29th and 30th, and in the US on May 19th. Some guy already put the whole promo album on youtube, if anyone wants to take a listen... Just search "score to a new beginning". There's even a playlist... NICE. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

khan Posts: 1554 Joined: May 2007 (Permalink) Posted: April 17 2009,10:13    Quote (Richardthughes @ April 17 2009,10:22) Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ April 17 2009,01:06) Susan Boyle stunned me. Amazing! Incidently, my new album comes out in Japan on Wednesday 21st, in Europe on April 29th and 30th, and in the US on May 19th. Some guy already put the whole promo album on youtube, if anyone wants to take a listen... Just search "score to a new beginning". There's even a playlist... NICE. What he said. -------------- "It's as if all those words, in their hurry to escape from the loony, have fallen over each other, forming scrambled heaps of meaninglessness." -damitall That's so fucking stupid it merits a wing in the museum of stupid. -midwifetoad Frequency is just the plural of wavelength... -JoeG

midwifetoad Posts: 4003 Joined: Mar. 2008 (Permalink) Posted: April 17 2009,12:17    Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ April 17 2009,01:06) Susan Boyle stunned me. Amazing! Incidently, my new album comes out in Japan on Wednesday 21st, in Europe on April 29th and 30th, and in the US on May 19th. Some guy already put the whole promo album on youtube, if anyone wants to take a listen... Just search "score to a new beginning". There's even a playlist... I have to confess being reminded of this classic. http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/ -------------- Any version of ID consistent with all the evidence is indistinguishable from evolution.

Steviepinhead Posts: 532 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 17 2009,13:07    Quote (khan @ April 17 2009,08:13) Quote (Richardthughes @ April 17 2009,10:22) Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ April 17 2009,01:06) Susan Boyle stunned me. Amazing! Incidently, my new album comes out in Japan on Wednesday 21st, in Europe on April 29th and 30th, and in the US on May 19th. Some guy already put the whole promo album on youtube, if anyone wants to take a listen... Just search "score to a new beginning". There's even a playlist... NICE. What he said. Yah!  See, now that was definitely worth a thread bump...! Susan Boyle, fun story. And congrats on the new ax, dnmlthr! Even if it is out on loan -- an ax being played beats the heck out of an ax sitting in a store window like an unwanted puppy...

Steviepinhead Posts: 532 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 30 2010,13:16    All right, let's see if the collective power of the AtBC ax-trust can help out here. Here's an old favorite song of mine, but it's also old and obscure enough that I haven't been able to locate guitar chords on the InterTubes. It's "Don't Cry, My Lady Love," written and sung by Dino Valente (the songwriter, under a psuedonym, of "Get Together," the Youngbloods' hit) when he was a member of one of the later line-ups of Quicksilver Messenger Service. It's a spritely piano waltz, with a little twang in the vocals, but I'm looking for guitar chords, naturally.  I doubt they are very complicated, but I'm still not very good at trying to pick them out myself... Here's links to two YouTube "videos" (the video stream is just a still band photo or album cover shot): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQhHSwj2ALA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayEEcK---b8&feature=related I've got lyrics, if that might help in listening to the thing multiple times! If anyone wants the lyrics, or can whip off the chording in an idle moment, let me know here, and we can do a PM thing. Thanks so much, fellow six-string wranglers!

fnxtr Posts: 3497 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 30 2010,16:47    Never seen this thread before. 'SCUSE ME! GUITAR PLAYER COMIN' THROUGH!!! Me and my '80 Aria Pro II SH-1000 semi-hollow through-neck, the one with the black-box pre-amp: Sorry about the size (I say that a lot). Since changed the machine heads to all-metal 16:1. -------------- "[A] book said there were 5 trillion witnesses. Who am I supposed to believe, 5 trillion witnesses or you? That shit's, like, ironclad. " -- stevestory "Wow, you must be retarded. I said that CO2 does not trap heat. If it did then it would not cool down at night."  Joe G

fnxtr Posts: 3497 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 30 2010,16:51    Quote (dnmlthr @ April 16 2009,13:46) Quote (Steviepinhead @ April 16 2009,21:09) Surely SOMEONE hear must've heard some good music or acquired a scintillating and irresistable new ax since August of last year...right? Despite the ongoing, er, global contraction (breathe, honey, breathe!). If so, let us know.   ;) I got myself a Roland RE-201 Space Echo some time ago, albeit away on loan at the moment. Reeeeeally? I loved futzing with that unit at Offerman's Studio in Nelson. I've still got a DDR-3000 but there's a bad solder joint in it somewhere, I get ground hum and weird swirlies when it warms up. :-( -------------- "[A] book said there were 5 trillion witnesses. Who am I supposed to believe, 5 trillion witnesses or you? That shit's, like, ironclad. " -- stevestory "Wow, you must be retarded. I said that CO2 does not trap heat. If it did then it would not cool down at night."  Joe G

Steviepinhead Posts: 532 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 02 2010,14:07    Glad to help keep this thread going, but -- wah! -- wuddabout my chords? Really, it's a pretty little lilting broken-hearted love song.  Give it a listen and if you don't like, certainly I wouldn't expect anyone to labor over the chords...  But if someone DUZ LIKE, then I'd be exceptionally, eternally, nay, virtually grateful if they'd figger out the chord changes and pass them along. Thanks in advance!

Schroedinger's Dog Posts: 1692 Joined: Jan. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 02 2010,14:23    Quote (Steviepinhead @ Aug. 02 2010,20:07) Glad to help keep this thread going, but -- wah! -- wuddabout my chords? Really, it's a pretty little lilting broken-hearted love song.  Give it a listen and if you don't like, certainly I wouldn't expect anyone to labor over the chords...  But if someone DUZ LIKE, then I'd be exceptionally, eternally, nay, virtually grateful if they'd figger out the chord changes and pass them along. Thanks in advance! Hi Stevie! Ok, I'll get to it tomorrow and give you the basics. EDIT: if you already have the starting chord, I can figure it out right now. Else I'll have to go and get my guitar or keyboard in the attic... -------------- "Hail is made out of water? Are you really that stupid?" Joe G "I have a better suggestion, Kris. How about a game of hide and go fuck yourself instead." Louis "The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit" Richard Pryor

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 02 2010,14:35    Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Aug. 02 2010,14:23) Quote (Steviepinhead @ Aug. 02 2010,20:07) Glad to help keep this thread going, but -- wah! -- wuddabout my chords? Really, it's a pretty little lilting broken-hearted love song.  Give it a listen and if you don't like, certainly I wouldn't expect anyone to labor over the chords...  But if someone DUZ LIKE, then I'd be exceptionally, eternally, nay, virtually grateful if they'd figger out the chord changes and pass them along. Thanks in advance! Hi Stevie! Ok, I'll get to it tomorrow and give you the basics. EDIT: if you already have the starting chord, I can figure it out right now. Else I'll have to go and get my guitar or keyboard in the attic... Do you have perfect pitch / perfect relative pitch? -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Schroedinger's Dog Posts: 1692 Joined: Jan. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 02 2010,14:40    Quote (Richardthughes @ Aug. 02 2010,20:35)   Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Aug. 02 2010,14:23)   Quote (Steviepinhead @ Aug. 02 2010,20:07) Glad to help keep this thread going, but -- wah! -- wuddabout my chords? Really, it's a pretty little lilting broken-hearted love song.  Give it a listen and if you don't like, certainly I wouldn't expect anyone to labor over the chords...  But if someone DUZ LIKE, then I'd be exceptionally, eternally, nay, virtually grateful if they'd figger out the chord changes and pass them along. Thanks in advance! Hi Stevie! Ok, I'll get to it tomorrow and give you the basics. EDIT: if you already have the starting chord, I can figure it out right now. Else I'll have to go and get my guitar or keyboard in the attic... Do you have perfect pitch / perfect relative pitch? perfect relative. But I couldn't sort out a A from a B. if you just pop a note to me without a reference... BTW, it is done. Just work out the final structure, but it's not so hard: (intro): C# minor, B minor Verse: A major, F# minor, A major, B Minor, C# minor Bridge: D major, B minor, C# minor, A major, B minor, A major, B minor, C# major, A major, B minor Chorus (I suppose): D major, E major, A major, F# minor, B minor, C# minor, A major, B minor, C # major Finish: A major -------------- "Hail is made out of water? Are you really that stupid?" Joe G "I have a better suggestion, Kris. How about a game of hide and go fuck yourself instead." Louis "The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit" Richard Pryor

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 02 2010,14:42    Oh, I'm abusing your transcribing. Also, check out FB - looky what I'm getting :-) -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Schroedinger's Dog Posts: 1692 Joined: Jan. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 02 2010,14:46    Quote (Richardthughes @ Aug. 02 2010,20:42) Oh, I'm abusing your transcribing. Also, check out FB - looky what I'm getting :-) Well, to answer the FB question: YES!!! BTW, If you see any mistakes in my transcribe, feel free to correct. That was done in a rush, and I'm more used to french notation (do, re, mi...) -------------- "Hail is made out of water? Are you really that stupid?" Joe G "I have a better suggestion, Kris. How about a game of hide and go fuck yourself instead." Louis "The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit" Richard Pryor

Schroedinger's Dog Posts: 1692 Joined: Jan. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 02 2010,16:05    Just a quick tip to Stevie: If you want to play it for funsies, without the track in the background, just transpose every thing by 3 semi-tones up (verse should then start in C major). It will be a lot easier to play, as it will mainly adress the basic chords with only a few bar-chords. Just sayin' :) EDIT: Damn and blast! I just realised this sounds oh so condescending! Forget that last post... -------------- "Hail is made out of water? Are you really that stupid?" Joe G "I have a better suggestion, Kris. How about a game of hide and go fuck yourself instead." Louis "The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit" Richard Pryor

Steviepinhead Posts: 532 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 03 2010,08:39    First, thanks a bunch!  I REALLY appreciate it! Second, it's impossible to condescend to a pinhead. I do want to play it in the "original" register, and -- despite my utter helplessness at this point in my, heh, "career" at figuring it out for myself -- none of the chords will be a problem to play. Well, none any more than any other, that is! If you or anyone else stumbles across refinements, though, please let me know... I just knew that AtBC was the place to come for this!  Coolness!

Schroedinger's Dog Posts: 1692 Joined: Jan. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 03 2010,08:58    Glad to be of help :) -------------- "Hail is made out of water? Are you really that stupid?" Joe G "I have a better suggestion, Kris. How about a game of hide and go fuck yourself instead." Louis "The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit" Richard Pryor

Schroedinger's Dog Posts: 1692 Joined: Jan. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 04 2010,04:57    Bwahahaha!!! -------------- "Hail is made out of water? Are you really that stupid?" Joe G "I have a better suggestion, Kris. How about a game of hide and go fuck yourself instead." Louis "The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit" Richard Pryor

fnxtr Posts: 3497 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 04 2010,09:43    Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Aug. 04 2010,02:57) Bwahahaha!!! Obviously a retouched photo. The real Al Gore would have the Giger art from Frankenchrist on his wall. -------------- "[A] book said there were 5 trillion witnesses. Who am I supposed to believe, 5 trillion witnesses or you? That shit's, like, ironclad. " -- stevestory "Wow, you must be retarded. I said that CO2 does not trap heat. If it did then it would not cool down at night."  Joe G

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 11 2010,09:00    Mine! Quote "The Golden State" Stratocaster was specially built for California Governor Pete Wilson by master luthier George Amicay with the assistance of Jason Davis at the Fender Custom Shop in early Fall 1998. Unique, the bass side features a gorgeous, finely rendered five inch diameter carving of The Great Seal of the State of California overlaid with gold leaf paint. This handwork, quite labor-intensive, took Amicay 200 hours to complete and is signed "G. Amicay '98." On the treble side are the signatures of former California governors, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian carved in facsimile, and adjacent to the Great Seal is the carved facsimile signature of Dan Lungren, California's Attorney General under Wilson who ran for but lost the 1998 governor's race. What had been planned as very special congratulatory gift from Wilson to Lundgren became, instead, a heartfelt token of consolation. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Schroedinger's Dog Posts: 1692 Joined: Jan. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 11 2010,09:11    Quote (Richardthughes @ Aug. 11 2010,15:00) Mine! Quote "The Golden State" Stratocaster was specially built for California Governor Pete Wilson by master luthier George Amicay with the assistance of Jason Davis at the Fender Custom Shop in early Fall 1998. Unique, the bass side features a gorgeous, finely rendered five inch diameter carving of The Great Seal of the State of California overlaid with gold leaf paint. This handwork, quite labor-intensive, took Amicay 200 hours to complete and is signed "G. Amicay '98." On the treble side are the signatures of former California governors, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian carved in facsimile, and adjacent to the Great Seal is the carved facsimile signature of Dan Lungren, California's Attorney General under Wilson who ran for but lost the 1998 governor's race. What had been planned as very special congratulatory gift from Wilson to Lundgren became, instead, a heartfelt token of consolation. Well done Rich! You made the right decision. She's a beauty. -------------- "Hail is made out of water? Are you really that stupid?" Joe G "I have a better suggestion, Kris. How about a game of hide and go fuck yourself instead." Louis "The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit" Richard Pryor

fnxtr Posts: 3497 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 11 2010,09:36    Quote (Richardthughes @ Aug. 11 2010,07:00) Mine! Quote "The Golden State" Stratocaster was specially built for California Governor Pete Wilson by master luthier George Amicay with the assistance of Jason Davis at the Fender Custom Shop in early Fall 1998. Unique, the bass side features a gorgeous, finely rendered five inch diameter carving of The Great Seal of the State of California overlaid with gold leaf paint. This handwork, quite labor-intensive, took Amicay 200 hours to complete and is signed "G. Amicay '98." On the treble side are the signatures of former California governors, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian carved in facsimile, and adjacent to the Great Seal is the carved facsimile signature of Dan Lungren, California's Attorney General under Wilson who ran for but lost the 1998 governor's race. What had been planned as very special congratulatory gift from Wilson to Lundgren became, instead, a heartfelt token of consolation. Yup, that's real purdy. -------------- "[A] book said there were 5 trillion witnesses. Who am I supposed to believe, 5 trillion witnesses or you? That shit's, like, ironclad. " -- stevestory "Wow, you must be retarded. I said that CO2 does not trap heat. If it did then it would not cool down at night."  Joe G

sledgehammer Posts: 533 Joined: Sep. 2008 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 11 2010,23:59    Any chance we could see some closeups? esp the seal and that feature at fret 12 looks interesting. -------------- The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny is alleviated by their lack of consistency. -A. Einstein  (H/T, JAD) If evolution is true, you could not know that it's true because your brain is nothing but chemicals. ?Think about that. -K. Hovind

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 12 2010,09:11    Quote (sledgehammer @ Aug. 11 2010,23:59) Any chance we could see some closeups? esp the seal and that feature at fret 12 looks interesting. Here's a vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFEg0KVB6ns -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 12 2010,10:07    Quote (Richardthughes @ Aug. 12 2010,09:11)   Quote (sledgehammer @ Aug. 11 2010,23:59) Any chance we could see some closeups? esp the seal and that feature at fret 12 looks interesting. Here's a vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFEg0KVB6ns If you have problems viewing videos, here is the script: Lights raise on stoner standing with a guitar Stoner: Wasssssup! Shaky Camera work......EXTREME CLOSEUP!1!!!!!111!1! Stoner: This one dude had this custom made for another dude as a gift.  Pretty sweet swag..... awkward pause Stoner: .....or not. Stevie Ray Vaughn riff Stoner: Uggh Plays Deep Purple Stoner: My woman from TOW-KAY-OHH!!!1!111!! Stoner:  OwWWW!!! More SRV Stoner: Oh YEAH. Feel it!! Fade to Black. Roll credits -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 12 2010,10:20    UD-style smackdown. "Stoner" is a session guitarist who's played on albums by Tommy Lee, Methods of Mayhem, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Rob Zombie, Chris Daughtry, Alice Cooper, Thousand Foot Krutch and has appeared on The tonight show. He has recorded guitars for a great number of other artists including: Daughtry Kelly Clarkson Chris Cornell Tommy Lee Adam Lambert Allison Iraheta Ryan Star Orianthi Halestorm Nick Lachey Theory of a Deadman Gavin Degraw Apocalyptica Thousand Foot Krutch Melee Cheyenne Kimball Fefe Dobson Day of Fire Avril Lavigne Rob Zombie Andrew W.K. BT Alice Cooper Methods of Mayhem Our Lady Peace Frozen Ghost http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_X owwWW! Oh YEAH. Feel it!! -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine