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  1. Wordle 489 5/6* [emoji834][emoji834][emoji834][emoji834]🟩 🟨[emoji834][emoji834]🟩🟩 [emoji834]🟩🟩🟩🟩 [emoji834]🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  2. I've read that as a true story, it was the 2nd one. Eddie's words were something like, "an original for an original!"
  3. Outside this GC, there is a mini-music hall of fame where a lot of bands and industry folks have handprints. Some of them got more creative than others, these are the stand outs for me. This is the one i remember from my previous visit. Of course the Reverend stuck a slide on his middle finger before the cement dried. And of course Lemmy flipped us off. Nice touch by Iron Maiden to include Eddie, he probably sold more records for them than the music did - and I say that as a huge iron Maiden fan. Oh, Joey Ramone!
  4. I went to Guitar Center Hollywood yesterday and was pretty disappointed to find that what used to be an incredible vintage room in the back is now just a run of the mill high end and used room. When I was there a decade ago they had Les Paul's, Tele's, etc lined up and grouped by year, '53, '54, '55,etc. This one caught my eye. Kauer, he said they are a boutique builder in Sacramento. Kind of Firebird meets Grestch with the Filtertrons and orange finish. A sparkly bound Telecaster The original Frankenstrat. Not a replica. This is the 1st one EVH built when he was teenager, even waxed his own pickups. This was used on the early VH records. According the plaque, he first just painted it White with the black stripes, and later taped off more and painted it red, so it wound up Red with white and black stripes. This is a later Frankenstrat built for Eddie by somebody using Kramer parts. it was used to record the 5150 album. '51 Les Paul signed by the man himself, and an early '70's Les Paul previously owned by The Edge and used on some early U2 records. and finally, Blackie. I saw it once before when GC 1st bought it and displayed it at NAMM. If I recall, it was the most a guitar ever went for at auction, nearly a million bucks they paid for it.
  5. Wordle 488 3/6* [emoji834][emoji834][emoji834][emoji834]🟨 [emoji834][emoji834]🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  6. I like binding on Tele's if there's a good color contrast, like green w cream binding, or any sparkle color. Any natural, butterscotch or pastels look better without it. I dont much care for Tele Deluxes or Thin Lines.
  7. Wordle 487 3/6* [emoji834][emoji834]🟨[emoji834][emoji834] 🟩🟩🟩[emoji834][emoji834] 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  8. Wordle 486 3/6* 🟨[emoji834][emoji834][emoji834]🟨 [emoji834]🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  9. Being out of town, it took me a minute to dig up a photo of my green guitar. 1958, 1st year of production and original, PAF Filtertron. The one that turned me on to them.
  10. I just rode a loud ass Super Glide 450 miles down coast on HWY 1 from San Francisco to Los Angeles with Rock and Roll blasting into my in-helmet unit. Pretty sure I'm a little more deaf now. I think ill need to leave the music off on the return and get a quieter bike if I ever do it again.
  11. Also, if you're ever passing through Corsicana there's a small Lefty Frizzell museum and some of his Nudie suits and boots are on display inside. I drove out there with my Dad not long before he got sick. Blind Lemon Jefferson is buried in an overgrown graveyard nearby in Wortham too, we cleaned it up.
  12. If you are ever in Bakersfield, there is a Nudie designed Buick that Buck Owens bought from Elvis above the bar at Buck Owen's Chrystal Palace. Gram Parsons had a nudie suit that foretold his death. He was close with Nudie.
  13. It was actually my 2nd guess but was rejected cause I'd misspelled. Instead of reentering it correctly, I went a different direction. Wordle 485 5/6* 🟩[emoji834][emoji834][emoji834]🟨 🟩[emoji834][emoji834]🟨[emoji834] 🟩[emoji834]🟩[emoji834][emoji834] 🟩[emoji834]🟩🟨[emoji834] 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  14. Almost got me again Wordle 484 5/6* 🟩🟨[emoji834][emoji834]🟩 🟩[emoji834]🟩[emoji834]🟩 🟩[emoji834]🟩[emoji834]🟩 🟩[emoji834]🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  15. Mother fuckers. Even before entering the 2nd guess I knew it could be eagle or nothing. Wordle 483 X/6* [emoji834]🟩[emoji834]🟩[emoji834] [emoji834]🟩🟩🟩🟩 [emoji834]🟩🟩🟩🟩 [emoji834]🟩🟩🟩🟩 [emoji834]🟩🟩🟩🟩 [emoji834]🟩🟩🟩🟩
  16. Rough start and nice recovery. Quick one. Wordle 482 4/6* [emoji834][emoji834][emoji834][emoji834][emoji834] [emoji834]🟨[emoji834][emoji834][emoji834] [emoji834]🟨🟩🟩[emoji834] 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  17. Lemmy w a Gretsch Single Anniversary very similar to the original 1959 model I own, mines green though. This is the guitar that got me hooked on Filtertrons.
  18. Wordle 481 2/6* [emoji834]🟨🟩[emoji834]🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  19. Surprisingly quick after a few rough days thanks to the 2nd guess. Wordle 480 3/6* [emoji834][emoji834][emoji834]🟨[emoji834] [emoji834]🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  20. My Les Paul is the best guitar I own from a playability standpoint. Custombuckers or not, it would be the last of my electrics I'd ever part with. That one, my 000-18, and the 68 Deluxe Reverb.
  21. These are the 2 I'm A/B-ing. Also notice that the Les Paul's neck position sounds closer to the Gretsch's bridge position than its bridge does - so the closest they sound is as they are pictured. The 5150 has a knob on the back called "Resonance", thats hard to describe what it does, but its very useful. Kind of like to opposite of whatever a Presence knob does. Instead of more bite its more gutteral. Its exactly the knob the LP needs to sound like the Gretsch. In fact, I dimed it and get pretty close. The LP is louder, ive always said that guitar sounds like Thor's hammer.
  22. Now you made me pull out the R8. 1st time I plugged it into the 5150. It sounds great and I'm still super high on that amp, but the Gretsch's still sound better. Its close enough that noone but me would notice, but boy do I notice. I wish I had the word to describe the element that's missing, maybe throatiness - or more organic.
  23. They make a set that's a drop in for a Gibson route. I have them in my V. Which also begs the question, how many guitars do I need that sound like a Gretsch? Then again, i like playing them all and I have a sound im after.
  24. The CustomBuckers in my R8 are hands down the best sounding of all my Gibson's and its not close. That said, im still tempted to replace them with Filtertrons and already would have by now if it weren't a custom shop guitar. I love the way that guitar plays and wish it sounded like a Gretsch.
  25. This is like 3 in a row ive struggled with. I think I need to have another cup of coffee before starting on these. Wordle 479 5/6* [emoji834]🟩[emoji834][emoji834][emoji834] [emoji834]🟩[emoji834][emoji834][emoji834] [emoji834]🟩[emoji834]🟩[emoji834] 🟩🟩[emoji834]🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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