Ended up returning them to Classic and going to rebuild the old. They worked and we know they fit and given the cost of new harness, we have a lot of denaro to work with to fix the old!
...(although tough to think of another on this day) the greatest hard rock/metal intro to a song EVER. A soundscape into outer space. Hopefully he's playing with one of the other guitar heroes of my youth, Dimebag Darrell this evening.
One love Eddie, you inspired generations and changed the game.
I remember taking my first guitar, a harmony strat knock off and masking it up and trying to paint it like that with some Rustoleum my dad had left over in the garage... I was always embarrassed by it cuz surely Van Halen did something more magical on Frankenstein. But my father was like “don’t...
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The original FrankenStrat which was black and seen on the back of Van Halen first album was buried with Dimebag.Eddy put it in his casket during the funeral.
Heathkit, Lafayette...there was one more, can't remember the name.
My first guitar amp was a Heathkit. It wasn't very tonal, but loud as hell. I put Radio Shack replacement JBL style speakers in it. Best sounding tremolo of any amp I've owned.
Jim Stafford is on a rerun of a Johnny Carson show with Jackie Gleason tonight. What a coincidence. Jim started his set with a synthesized guitar he said was a cross between a M-16 and guitar.
I can't remember if I posted this band before, scrolled through pages & pages, and I guess this titled song is fitting. shoegaze guitar music, new one on me, I remember that.
definitely different eras for them, pre Buckingham/Stevie Nicks and post. I dug both eras,
Peter was the "guitar guy" my buddies aspired to emulate in the earlier days
I didnt think about the two eras for group .. a lotta folks probably never heard of Peter Green. But...