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I think you're getting a little too comfortable sharing in this group 🤣

Just none of the Facebook shame afterwards!

There were several interesting guitars in the museum at Dollywood when we visited sometime in the '90s, including an original all-chrome Veleno

Wow, this one really makes me sad. Like her music or not, Dolly wrote a lot of great songs and when you heard a song of hers, you knew it was her. And she did so much for others when she didn't have to. I'm sure she did plenty that no one ever heard about.

Could it be related to the foam looking thingy on the Green Meanie? I always took that to be him micro adjusting his hand position (height) relative the strings. Could have just been a more complaint surface.

A lot of bass players will have their thumb look like that.

When wildfires were taking a toll on Eastern Tennessee, Dolly donated a million dollars or two to help people in that area. When Hurricane Helene came along in 2024 she donated a million or two out of her own pocket to help people again.

The problem we the (West TN) rednecks had with R/C was the concert was marketed to us as absolutely the second coming of Lynyrd Skynyrd. The concert announcement (summer of 1980) was the R/C Band would be playing the North Hall Auditorium (Memphis) - that's what the announcement said, but 100% of the music being played in the ad was L/S - and by that, I mean there was not a single note of an R/C Band song in the ad. So, 4,000 rednecks show up expecting Lynyrd Skynyrd (and the LS catalog), but what they got was R/C and (perish the thought) a woman lead singer. 😲 "There must be some mistake! The opening song must be some sort of ruse." Then there was the second song. And a third. "Wait? Where's the LS?" As the concert went on the crowd became more and more agitated and started yelling out names of Skynyrd songs and then Rossington got in a fight with some people on the front row (but continued to play quite adeptly). After the complete set the place went dark and a spot popped up on a single mic stand with a Van Zant hat on top and they played an instrumental version of Freebird as an encore. Angry as the crowd was, they absolutely killed it and everyone knew it. In retrospect, R/S was a killer band, however, the crowd felt duped that night. After reading all the commentary about how the band was trying to distance itself from LS, I lay all the perceived bait-and-switch on the promoter. It was just a bad situation all around.

What's the nasty mummy tape looking stuff between the grip cutout and bridge? eeeuuuw!

Damn...what's with the prices? How long I was in a coma?

TDC... RIP Dolly. She always had a wholesome air about her.

I know she just lost her husband last year and just started declining after that... just goes to show you the strength of depression 😢

Sad to hear that - I know she had been ill over the last few months, but she was always a bright, positive light who gave a lot back. Never really was within my musical tastes, but seemed like one helluva good person and a total icon.

They all look so young lol

Yeah, because other than the barrel jacks, if you had a Switchcraft, you likely didn't need another one.

This was really good. Look at Tony’s right thumb during his “solo”…does it look unnaturally skinny and bent? It does to me. He is such a great bassist.

Not sure, it could be all hearsay... As I haven't purchased any Switchcraft jacks in a while... 🤣

Dolly Parton, country music icon, dies at 80 https://share.google/XWeYC3SwnKCrhTcMI 🙏

That's unfortunate. Have they had management change recently or something?

Same video different link. 🤩👍❤️

I dig those two R/C Band LPs. Great songs and Dale Krantz is a great rock singer.

On drums. Could you imagine Tracii Guns going on tour as Guns 'n' Roses (aside from the fact it can't legally happen)? To the degree there is anything "original", I'd have to go with Pyle. But in all honesty, that band died with the folks who unfortunately died in McComb, MS, as far as I'm concerned. I don't blame the survivors and company for going out there and making a living. Building a brand is hard, and asking them to just never do any of that music again is silly. I ain't mad them for taking what was obviously on the table. But as to why the audience buys it all these years later, I guess nostalgia is a helluva drug.

Agreed and also, the quality of Switchcraft seems to be diminishing

I'd think at minimum it'd last longer the way they build their jacks.

Ooh my head hurts. Thanks, Haynie…