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Whoah! Glad to hear you’re on top of things - this could have been SO much worse. Great timing…

Not been on here a while. I dunno why but my subscription emails stopped coming to my inbox! Anyways, I had a couple of heart scares at work in January then a heart attack at the end of February. On my third visit to tyhe local hospital (Winchestrer, ON) after for checks they decided to keep me overnight then shipped me over to the Ottawa Heart Institute. Good job they did: here's me expecting a stent or 2 and the surgeon comes to see me and says well mister: you ain't going home just yet! We gotta cut you open and fix them pipes (I'm paraphrasing). Turns out, my coronary arteries were between 50% and 95% blocked in 9 areas! I was one big heart attack away from dying. Anyways, I had a triple heart bypass on March 4th 2026. Everything went well. I started back at work at FedEx last week. I'm easily lifting 75-100 pounds and I never felt better in 30 years. Get your blood pressure checked regularly and keep a tight rein on your cholesterol! Also, my heart disease was hereditary and I never even knew I was ill so bear that in mind too. Get checked!!!

Titebond if it's wood to wood!

This is not my first album but the most memorable from back in the day.

Now, we're talkin'...

Plays like Butters?

Birds of a feather, different genres I may have bought Jones' greatest hits first. It was released in 1960 (when I was 10) but Homer & Jethro's anthology was a 1958 release.

Ben and Matt were the Kings of The Dark Pocket, a groove so heavy, it moved the ground! Their pits were FUN!

I think a new album is coming out, I very recently happened to see the Trace Elliot bass amp that was loaned to them, and used on much of the new 'record'. I remember (if it's correct...) walking around downtown Seattle way back in the 90s and they were playing in small club near Pioneer square, too packed to get in, but you could hear some of the muffled/garbled on the street

I had both Vol 1 and Vol 2 of those. Sold them when I collected the Sab catalogue.

SoundGarden put on a show in Sioux Falls at a brand new Washington Pavillion. They had the crowd bouncing so hard the Balcony started to give way. Now that a Rocking Band!!!

When I hear "plays like Butter" I interpret that to be very low action fast and easy to play. I've also heard "smooth as Butter" same meaning. As does "tuned by Angel's" which has nothing to do with Butter. But means the same as the butter statements. Then there's the gotta fight it a little. Which has nothing to do with fighting! So expressions about how a guitar plays really are not very good, but for some reason all guitar players understand them. So that brings to question "do guitar players have their own language" I dare say "Yes...Yes they do! So Crank It and Melt some faces!!!

I can tell you what butter plays like. It plays like a 1980 Gibson "The Paul."

So, it never used to bother me when someone writes or states that a guitar "plays like butter". Then, I noticed that my buddy Mike (Kizanski) was really aggravated by it. After mentioning it a thousand times or more, it started to bother me too. It's gotten to the point that I want to reply, "What does butter play like". I prefer beef tallow, but that's for a different conversation entirely! Hopefully, nobody will start a new, and no less problematic statement, "It plays like beef tallow"... 😎

I know it's nothing new, but I'm 100% convinced that Jolene was recorded at 15 IPS and then Dolly did the vocals at 30. The instruments sound much more genuine at the slowed down playback. I remember seeing Dolly on some TV show doing an Alvin and the Chipmunks style singing over a song being played back at double time. : ) So this is right in line with that. I also find it incredible that her voice is able to lock at double time. Amazing voice at any speed.

Awesome band. First saw them supporting G‘n‘R. in 1992, I believe. „Badmotorfinger“ is their opus magnum as far as I‘m concerned!

Greatest talent of our generation IMFO

Yeah. He's kinda been phoning it In since Billy embraced the drum machine, but he did some killer stuff in the 70s. I particularly love the Tejas album, he does this paradiddle rhythm (RLRRLRLL) on the ride and snare that grooves like crazy, its all over Tejas, here at ~2:11

Awesome

I had a bunch a 8 tracks from Columbia House (Kiss, Frampton, BTO, etc) but the 1st album I actually paid for myself was this comp I found in the cut out bin, probably 5th or 6th grade;

One of the advantages of building my own is the ability to mix and match different speakers and speaker cabs. And relatively smaller rigs keep up nicely with the bigger ones, for when those still pop up.....Not often in my limited venues any more. God forbid I come up with something to remind someone of C-3PO! 🤔 BTW, I did find this interesting comparison done by Robbie Hall hisownself to show added versatility of his Clean Fusion Deluxe pedal. Although pretty much a 2 channel pedal (Fender Blackface and Dumble style), incorporation of the HRM settings and some tweaking can sure get it into M territory, with plenty of gain on tap. Sounds pretty close to the Plexi to me. But what do I know? BTW, the CFD (no tubes) does compare nicely with the Fuchs ODH, actually giving a bit more "on the fly" options. All things considered, not a bad option at a fair price (IMO) even if it is pretty pricey for a pedal.