Music: GAS, Debate, Exclamation, Exhalation ...
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Always wanted a Rik bass, so probably would go with Rutherford or Geddy's set-up.Never strapped on a 2B. Must weigh a ton and I don't even like picking up LP's in my later years
So what do you get, a 12 and a 6 like Jimmy, a 6 and a bass like Rutherford?
I'd want McLaughlin's with two 6's but one scallopped but all my friends will say, "yeah, figures"
Back in college, that cover was one of my nitpicks. The spaceship/guitar has four strings. So, should be a bass, uke or tenor guitar. Yet, we see one side of the headstock with with three tuners, which indicates that it's a six string guitar. Now you see why I made nothing of my life.
Now we understand. I hated myself for contributing to/ prolonging the guitar
Later
@Fudbutter Just read this article with Buzzo from the Melvins explaining how Robin Trower was the loudest guitar player he'd ever heard. That's saying a lot from a guy like Buzzo. Seems Trower had a bunch of "hot rodded" Fender twins which he'd routinely fry every week on tour. Also, surprisingly, that Trower only had two pedals on stage, a chorus and wah.
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“He had two Twins, and he smoked both by the end of the night… the guy was on another planet”: Buzz Osborne of the Melvins reveals the loudest guitarist he has ever seen live
King Buzzo has shared the stage with Sunn O))) and Napalm Death, but the loudest player? It’s Robin Trower, a man you might not want to lend your modded Fender Twin to
@Fudbutter Just read this article with Buzzo from the Melvins explaining how Robin Trower was the loudest guitar player he'd ever heard. That's saying a lot from a guy like Buzzo. Seems Trower had a bunch of "hot rodded" Fender twins which he'd routinely fry every week on tour. Also, surprisingly, that Trower only had two pedals on stage, a chorus and wah.
“He had two Twins, and he smoked both by the end of the night… the guy was on another planet”: Buzz Osborne of the Melvins reveals the loudest guitarist he has ever seen live
King Buzzo has shared the stage with Sunn O))) and Napalm Death, but the loudest player? It’s Robin Trower, a man you might not want to lend your modded Fender Twin to
Great find ! 1,000 King Korn stamps for The Prof
The tone Trower got on the Home album (by far his best PH work, no?) was amazing. Been chasing that tone all these years. I thought it was a LP Custom because that's what the album cover shows and well, it just sounds like it.
Twins were really loud and expensive. Everyone wanted one until eveyone wanted Marshall until everyone wanted M-B' s, until everyone wanted boutiques like Dumble, REVV and Soldano's. Now you can just about have 'em all in one box with the high end modelers
By Bridge of Sighs he was all Hi-Watt, at least on stage ... I think
Just added "cook some amps" to my lottery win list
speaking of cooking gear ...
I am a murderer. Not 1st degree mind you but I should at least be charged with Pedalslaughter
Found a Fulldrive 2 in the back of one of the "Shelves of Fun". Couldn't get it to work because it's a 2.5" plug, not the standard 3.5" of today's power supply thingees. It was next to an also forgotten Digitech whammy that I haven't used in 20 years and also needed 2.5".
So I brought the proper supply. Tried the XP-100 first and it worked fine, but then I also remembered why it was in the back of the shelf for all this time.
Then the Fulldrive. It immediatley made some noises that sounded ruder than any encounter with young people today and then started screaching like my sister-in-law. Using the 3% of my brain that I haven't burnt out yet, I immediately pulled it out. Smoke started drifting out of the 1/4" jacks and a smell eminated that I have never smelled before and hope to never again. The case never got hot but the smoke came out for quite some time. I used that 3% again and made the expert determination that this was not good.
Shame is that these things started to tick up in value after Mike Fuller "retired".
So what does one do with this? I want to bury it in the backyard with a nice headstone, but the wife came up with a better idea: Leave it in the middle of the music room for all the other pedals to see as an example of what will happen if they don't tweak properly.
Maybe I'll just put it on Ebay
For Sale: 1997 Fulltone Fulldrive 2 (Nonmosfet). Never gigged, only used once in 20 years. Slight defect. As is.
I am a murderer. Not 1st degree mind you but I should at least be charged with Pedalslaughter
Found a Fulldrive 2 in the back of one of the "Shelves of Fun". Couldn't get it to work because it's a 2.5" plug, not the standard 3.5" of today's power supply thingees. It was next to an also forgotten Digitech whammy that I haven't used in 20 years and also needed 2.5".
So I brought the proper supply. Tried the XP-100 first and it worked fine, but then I also remembered why it was in the back of the shelf for all this time.
Then the Fulldrive. It immediatley made some noises that sounded ruder than any encounter with young people today and then started screaching like my sister-in-law. Using the 3% of my brain that I haven't burnt out yet, I immediately pulled it out. Smoke started drifting out of the 1/4" jacks and a smell eminated that I have never smelled before and hope to never again. The case never got hot but the smoke came out for quite some time. I used that 3% again and made the expert determination that this was not good.
Shame is that these things started to tick up in value after Mike Fuller "retired".
So what does one do with this? I want to bury it in the backyard with a nice headstone, but the wife came up with a better idea: Leave it in the middle of the music room for all the other pedals to see as an example of what will happen if they don't tweak properly.
Maybe I'll just put it on Ebay
For Sale: 1997 Fulltone Fulldrive 2 (Nonmosfet). Never gigged, only used once in 20 years. Slight defect. As is.
I always assumed Trower was going through Marshalls. Had no idea he was such a nut about Fender Twins.
I grew up with a bunch of guys who were 100% Fender amps. For whatever reason, they never connected (no pun) with me. I had a bunch of cheap knock off amps until i found the right tone with Sunn.
Wow. Your wife sounds awesome. Her comment/suggestion got a real laugh out of me.
"It had started out selling sheet music and violins long before it stocked electric guitars, bass, and drums. In the ‘50s it was only the second retailer in NY State to sell Gibson guitars."
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Iconic gear retailer Sam Ash Music reportedly set to close 18 branches nationwide – including its flagship New York store
The 100-year-old family-run business is reportedly closing 18 stores as it battles the online gear boom
"It had started out selling sheet music and violins long before it stocked electric guitars, bass, and drums. In the ‘50s it was only the second retailer in NY State to sell Gibson guitars."
Iconic gear retailer Sam Ash Music reportedly set to close 18 branches nationwide – including its flagship New York store
The 100-year-old family-run business is reportedly closing 18 stores as it battles the online gear boom
When I shuffle off this mortal coil and head to the next level, Shea Stadium and a Sam Ash store will be waiting for me.
I spent more time over at Manny's and that smaller shop across the street which had tons of older vintage stuff. Can't recall the name.
I spent more time over at Manny's and that smaller shop across the street which had tons of older vintage stuff. Can't recall the name.
great picture !
That has to be back in the late 1700's before they put up buildings in midtown and 48th St was still dirt. It just stood there all alone. Manny built it originally to sell Les Pauls to the local Native American population.
That shot is a reproduction from the original heliography. Manny commissioned Joseph Nicéphore Niépce once he read about the new imaging process while scouting new lute "technology" in France. Although he thought the better of it, Manny's original intent was for his burgeoning shop to focus solely on Renaissance instruments.
Mike said the early one weighed a tonAlways wanted a Rik bass, so probably would go with Rutherford or Geddy's set-up.
