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The first album I bought with my own money. That was after amassing a good pile of 45s which I still have and spin from time to time. The first album my parents bought me was Red Rose Speedway from Paul McCartney and Wings (later usually called Wings). If any of you ever saw the multi-page full size booklet within then you'll know that it was quite stimulating for a young kid to see.

Yep, saw so many shows there, a few at SF civic center (Kiss with Motley Crue opening etc) and who could forget the awesome Day on the Greens?!!! But, I never saw Journey. But did see a ton of Y&T shows!

Journey was a big part of my high school days. We were 2 hours south of the Bay area. I would often come home after school, put on my Koss headphones through a Marantz receiver and listen to that whole album! My wife and I are heading on a 5 week cross country road trip to see Journey in Sacramento, CA and visit friends and family along the way. Will see Tommy Emmanuel 2 nights after that.

Prayers your way man, for you and your family. So amazing what they can do medically today. And, I think you look better without your glasses! Keep us updated

I will follow this. I bought a D-tuna for my Chap Custom years ago but never installed it as I've always used the Floyd in full floating mode. I sometimes add vibrato to chords even with my palm. I know I can install it and go back but just haven't done that yet. Wish I had another Floyd equipped guitar so I could have one in each way.

Haven't heard Paia in a long time! I made a Paia Sustainor pedal back in high school. Fun to make and sounded good too! I don't know where that thing ended up. https://paia.com/ Their site says closed due to health reasons. Anyone know what's going on? I didn't even know they were around in any capacity.

My first rock show was BOC as well. My first concert was when I went with my parents to see Lawrence Welk. Hey Cissy was there and the elementary school boy I was at the time had it bad for her! Haha! Plus, it was at the Monterey Fairgrounds on the same stage Jimi set things on fire, but I don't think that was the same night. I mean, who would want to play after the Welkster? He had dancing girls on stage before Motley Crue ever thought about it!

I put in a DImarzio Fast Track II in the bridge of my ash Daytona and loved it, YMMV. I might try a single Tone Zone if I had to do that today.

My wife and I went to Europe for 3 weeks last year. Slovenia was our favorite place! Enjoy! I'll message ya.

Do these Japanese LPs have any weight relief or is it just the type of wood that's selected for construction? Do they use a different type of mahogany?

Yes, not liking the pickguard. Otherwise it looks a lot like a Sunburst, especially the one Bruce posted above (which I like the finish of). But, it also looks somewhat like a 70 - 80s Washburn series they had named after birds; Falcon etc. if I remember correctly. I had one of those briefly until I traded it in towards a Peavey Classic VT series 2*12. When I traded it in the shop said it's not worth much because of a twisted neck. They said if you've only had it less than a year inside your bedroom then whoever sold you this thing sold it to you that way and you got ripped! I said, you guys sold it to me!!!! Uh, well, er, you must have left it in your car overnight, no? Well, er, stammer, stammer... Anyway, slightly off track but that's how I roll (hey, squirrel!!) I sold that amp to another guitarist in a band I was in when I upgraded? to the VTX series of the same amp. Last year we met up again and I played through that original amp after over 40 years!! It actually sounded pretty good and it still had its original power tubes!! They made some tough stuff!

Wow, that's a classic. Great deal!! I have a Dual CS 627 Q direct drive. It's a newer model than yours but has good specs. I use an old Empire 2000E/III from the 70s but with a NOS stylus a friend had. Wish I had that old style with the wood. Mine is more plastic.

Haha, I have an old Dual! The new ones look cool but these old ones just don't die!!

Thank you!! 😊 It kept taking forever then I'd get a 503 error screen or whatever number it was!!

The first of many? Who knows? Damn, guess I'm too old to operate this thing! I had a link to a cool pic but tried to add an image from URL and it just wouldn't work!

I still remember and have the pics, setlist and backstage pass that Rob sent me from that tour from decades ago. What an awesome HFC thing to do!!! The fact that it was from Cow Palace was icing on the cake as I had been to many shows there when I lived two hours south back then, and had seen Scorpions there with Iron Maiden and Girlschool opening.

If you don't know Jacob, well, he's an incredible musician / instructor that often blows people's minds with his inventive take on things... I thought this short vid was really cool...

Carondelet world tour. You're rockin' it man!! Good to hear!

Great interview! Been a King's X fan for decades. I think I've seen them live more than any other band. I have a lot of their solo music as well from all 3 great players. He discloses for the first time publicly, basically, about his terrible car accident and fight for full recovery. I saw this link in the comments. It's a guy playing the gear that Ty talks about as being his core tone from the first few albums; Lab Series amp (watch out, non tube sound incoming) and a Fender Elite Strat. Really sounds like the tone! Such a unique tone and Tys unique playing style!!

Mine was almost identical to that one and it was routed for 3 singles. I put in a DImarzio Fast Track II in the bridge and loved it, YMMV. I might try a single Tone Zone if I had to do that today. I can't recall if I've seen a stock Daytona with a full size HB in the bridge. Have you guys?

Mathias Jabs playing The Zoo in Vegas a few months back...he's got two mics in use...

55000 guitars in stock?

Actually, I guess it was 4 stripes. And I call myself a fan! 😄 But yeah, one pic... A few months back at their 60th Anniversary residency in Vegas he played a series of Dommenget explorers each painted as the album covers of what they were playing as they went through the years of their career; the Blackout cover was really cool.

That's right Dave! At least to me, the explorer shape is one of the coolest. I'm a big fan of Mathias Jabs from Scorpions. I really liked his smaller ( I think 90%) version of the Gibson Explorer he used. I don't believe he had an actual signature model from them, either they customized or he had customized his with usually the three stripes on one end of the points, like black stripes on white. I liked the slightly smaller size of a fairly large guitar. I couldn't afford a Gibson or a Hamer Standard so I bought an Ibanez destroyer II in the early 80s. The slightly different cut, especially at the end of the lower horn and near the rear end pin were cool, and of course they had the best knurled rubber knobs! My Hamer infliction started when I traded a soul album for Cheap Trick Heaven Tonight in high school. Plus, Def Lep and ... well name an act back then, everyone played Hamer! All over guitar and rock fanzine mags etc. How they lost that ... is for another thread.