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  1. On 7/27/2023 at 10:52 AM, Celery Man said:

    I generally don't like "guitar dudes". Like, I've never been to a G3 show and have no interest in going to one, I appreciate strong instrumentalists but I don't appreciate instrumental acrobats, or at least I don't appreciate viewing feats of instrumental acrobatics outside of the context of songs where it adds to it. Something like Eruption gets a pass because fucking Van Halen rocks outside of just shredding and even then I'm not going to play it all the time.

    For a long time I have perceived Billy Strings as a "guitar dude" of that type. But, I think I'm at least partially wrong and have started to nibble at his music. His name is part of what gave me that perception.

    Just watched his Rig Rundown.  He has an old 1945 Martin that belonged to Jody Payne.  He showed it to Mickey at Willie's 90th and Mickey pulled out a container from his harmonica case and sprinkled some of Jody's ashes in the guitar.  

    https://www.jambase.com/article/billy-strings-guitar-rig-rundown-video-2023

     

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  2. 8 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

    My bride bought me a Martin and a Strat in the late 80's for Anniversary presents from McCarty's on Kemp St.  Family managed IIRC, nice people... spent a good bit of time there drooling. 

     

    Do you mean Sam Gibbs? 

    Hayley's Music on North Kemp has a pretty good inventory & the manager is savvy...good luthier also. His personal guitar and amp collection is damned impressive. 

     

     

    Yep.  Sam Gibbs.  I bought my first 'real' guitar and a Super Reverb there in 1978.  

    I'll have to go check out Hayley's.  I just saw that on the www but the pictures were old.  Thanks for the input.  At least P2 is still open.  

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  3. I grew near Wichita Falls and am back in the area dealing with elderly parents so I went to the only guitar shop still open in WF.  They used to carry a lot of great guitars.  Now, all bottom of the line PRS and Squires for electrics and Seagulls and lower Taylors.  They had one Princeton Tone Master for $1,100.  It appears they mostly cater to high school orchestras and bands.  

    In the late 70/early 80s, there was another shop called McCarty's.  It was fantastic.  In fact, Bill Welker who owns South Austin Music used to work there before he moved to Austin and bought that shop.  It closed a long time ago.  

    I drove to Ft. Worth, looking to play a J45 and some various electrics.  I refuse to step foot into a GC, so the best store I found was a Music Go Round.  I went to Zoo Music...holy fuck...what a warehouse of shit.   Not a price on anything.  No amps were plugged in. NOTHING has a price on it.  You had to go talk to the surly fucker to drag any information out of him.  I know these places have taken a beating from the on-line stuff and GC.  Makes me sad that the small shops don't exist any longer.  

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  4. 5 minutes ago, Budkudzu said:

     

    Follow up:

    She :   Why it the thermostat set at 78? 

    Me:      It’s set at 73.  You're looking at the temp.  It 78 because of the oven and the outside temp.

    She:     I’ll turn down the thermostat

    Has she put the fan on HIGH as well?  

  5. 13 minutes ago, Budkudzu said:

    Yesterday was the hottest day of the year and the AC was chugging away to keep the menopausal one comfortable.  it was the perfect setting for her to put the oven on self-clean at 2pm.  FML

    There we go!  

  6. I had a Japanese 72 Tele Thinline reissue in the mid 90s.  It was okay, but it didn't feel like it did the tele or the 335 thing all that well.
    I played a Squire P90 today and it was horrible. Played a Gretsch with P90 in neck and humbucker in bridge that was a LOT more fun and 5 times better quality for the same price. Staying away from my previous thought.
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  7. 1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

    That guitar.... I want to say is a 2000, which would be about right because I played it at my very first non talent show gig which was when I was 15. And I think 2000 was the first year they reissued the 72 thinlines, or at least the first year of that version (Made in Mexico Fender). Now I'm curious and maybe will look it up.

    I always liked that guitar, it has been half out of commission for a while and honestly I couldn't give you a good description of the tone. It was kinda rusty for a while and I cleaned it up, but it got dropped at some point while serving as a backup guitar and the jack has needed to be repaired for several years.

    So, obviously not one of the guitars I go to all the time, but I think it's maybe bright in comparison to a Les Paul, and aggressive sounding in comparison to a more traditional Fender. These are "wide range humbuckers", which are a different design than PAFs. I recall enjoying how easy it was to get great musical feedback on a loud stage with this guitar. I know... Franz Ferdinand used either one of these or maybe the 72 special (strat headstock, solid body, belly cut, LP style control layout). My old band did a demo in 2005ish that was one of our more garage rock-ish sounding songs and we used that guitar and a 72 special that was at the studio we used because it fit that kind of sound well.

    I have that guitar out because I've been meaning to take actual steps to bring it back to life. It is a cool guitar. Neck is thick af.

    Thanks @Celery Man  .  I thought you had one.  The one I posted is a Squire but that gives me an idea.  I'm out in Texas again for an unknown stretch and only brought an acoustic.  I'm thinking about buying this to keep me company.   $500 is a small price for what seems like a decent guitar, and something different once I get back home.   Always loved the look, but outside of Rhett Miller's Deluxe, I've never really paid attention to the humbucker teles.  

  8. Look in to Jules Shear tunings.   

    Cronin is playing in open D tuning DADF#AD and just letting the E and B ring.  But Jules apparently tunes his different than anyone and he played all of his songs this way.  

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  9. 21 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Jason Isbell is the man-est man in modern country music.  I don't think there's a close second.  Being a man isn't swagger, or jacked up trucks, or being a fucking bully.  It's just standing up and standing tall, over and over, doing the right thing, damn the blowback.  Jason doesn't bitch about conservative pussies hating him -- he just keeps on being Jason Isbell.

    But still, Amanda Shires should leave him and run away with me.

    I think Amanda is the closest second you are thinking about.  She holds nothing back.  And my favorite quote of hers is, "I can hold my breath longer than I can listen to country radio."

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  10. On 12/26/2022 at 2:12 PM, jimmyjazz said:

    Best part of that band (besides the backing vox chick) is the drummer.  That guy has a great groove.  You can hear just a bit of an eastern Euro accent in the lead vocals, it's kinda funny.

    I'm not a big fan of tribute bands -- I'd prefer to see people put their own stamp on a cover -- but there's no doubt they're good at what they do.

     

     

     

    They do several GREAT EW&F covers as well. 

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