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  1. 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.  

  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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. 

  5. I know it's not a contest, but Isbell and Felker gets a lot of love for their lyric writing but Rhett is just as strong in my book.   And they continue to put on full-bore rock and roll parties at their shows.  Wouldn't attempt to guess how many times I've seen them, but never a bad show.  

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  6. 16 hours ago, msucolt45 said:

    I’ve been married for 31 years, but roughly the last two decades, my wife started saying “you know what I’m saying” for every F’ng thing! I really don’t know where she picked that up, but “You know what I’m saying?”

    Hook’em!!!

    In about the past 10 years, my wife started saying, "My question is......blah, blah, blah"   Drives me fucking NUTS. 

    I tried interrupting her by saying, "What is your question?" but it wasn't as funny to her as it was to me.  

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  7. Great SERIES.  I've never been a huge Rush fan.  Don't own any of their recordings but have multiple friends who LOVE them.  But I've always appreciated them.  I've never really watched an interview with Alex.  Comes off as a really great dude...and the balls on Shifty to try to do this.  Wow.  

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  8. On 8/30/2022 at 12:14 PM, Brisketexan said:

    You missed the 4th spot:  somewhere in the Red River, where it can relentlessly shell Oklahoma.

    I like this idea.  Put it on the Red River by I35, or in Wilbarger County where those bastards are still pushing BLM to take that stretch of land south of the Red River.  Fucking thieves.  

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