MCChris

Actually, the bass is kind of a Mary Kay blonde, and it's lighter where the pickguard used to be. Stained by nicotine, perhaps? I might put the guard pack on. We'll see.

So bruce919 and BadgerDave met at the Guitar Center in Merrillville, IN to do a deal on Matt's Gretsch. I got there after Matt left, but Dave and I went in and saw two 2TEK Cruises on the wall for $400 each. The 5 string was pretty beat with a badly bowed neck and a truss rod that was beyond full adjustment, but the 4 string was in very nice shape, so I bought it. I occasionally have to play bass in my jam band, so this is a nice score for me (my other bass is a Squier PJ bass; not bad but certainly nowhere near the Cruise's level of quality). Another bonus was full EMG active electronics. Anyone know if this was ever a stock array? First knob seems to be a master volume. Second one has a center notch, so I'm guessing a pickup pan? Third is a stacked dual pot; no idea what it does, but with the bottom one rolled fully clockwise the bass has a big fat sound that I love. Can anyone give me some insight into exactly what all the controls do? First thing I did when I got home was pull a Jaco and yank the tortoise pickguard; always wondered what these basses looked like nekkid. Looking forward to playing it live tomorrow night.

Stone-washed jeans, no resonant heads on the rack toms, etc.

It's the unfortunate "pants tucked into the boots" combo. Oh wait. You probably mean the amp. Nevermind.

EVH ain't the only one who's been transformed into a hideous monster by drink and drugs. At least he still has his hair.

No "action shot" thread would be complete without this classic:

Those nip-nips are most definitely his. Trust me on this.

For?

It´s because he´s a dick. Same reason why people bag on Yngwie for being fat and don´t do the same to Warren Haynes. Yngwie is a dick. Warren is not. Such is the downside of being a dick. The fact that Eddie is a dick actually makes me like this incarnation of him as much as, if not more than, any other. Like good-natured drunks a la Dean Martin, the world needs more bizarro eccentrics.

I´ve been in Mexico all week with my shirt off. I´M the one who should put his shirt back on. I´d rather have the physique of EVH or Iggy Pop RIGHT NOW (not to mention when I´m their age) than my own. It´s better to be skinny than fat, 1000 times out of 1000. Don´t worry. Looking at a shirtless dude don´t make you gay. If it did, I wouldn´t have damn near collapsed the four-poster bed this morning [Ace Ventura voice]PORKING MY WIFE[/Ace Ventura voice] after a solid week of looking at shirtless dudes. (Or .... I´d have been fantasizing about a man while doing so).

For some reason, the King Crimson/Talking Heads similarities struck me after seeing that clip when they never did after listening repeatedly to the Discipline album. But I´m pretty sure Belew worked with TH before he joined Crimson, so your comment might be in reverse.

I´ve seen the "Elephant Talk" video on YouTube. Don´t know about the other one but I´d love to see that.

Lou Reed: "Lou Reed Live" and "Rock ´n´ Roll Animal."

I´m surprised none of the resident heavy music fans have mentioned Skid Row doing "Monkey Business." So I will.

All to have the whole process negated by some fuckhead sound guy who will only accept a volume level a notch or two above a silent-but-deadly fart. Which, ironically, is most likely comprised of guys with very small dicks who are looking to compenstate for that fact by trying to one-up others with material possessions.

More tough news. Sorry to hear about this.

He did it out of love. It would have been an honor to have him wave a gun in my face for using the public bathroom in one of his buildings.

Elites also have the downsized bodies, no?

So tempted, and I'm in Chicagoland. But that unpotted Seth would not work through my loud, gainy rig. Hey, however I can justify NOT parting with $1.1K right now LOL! One day I will have me a chambered Monaco Superpro.

So Bruce, how would you say the Mann CD compares to the new Twisted Sister Xmas album?

Good family, good health ... you have those two and the world is your oyster. Congratulations!

Like I said, if I looked like pirateflynn, there wouldn't have been a problem. Just like Clarence Thomas wouldn't have had a problem if he looked like Denzel LOL!

I enjoyed playing rhythm guitar in a Cult tribute band recently, but when they brought in a new singer who steered things in a more generic cock-rock cover band direction complete with visuals like eye liner and leather pants (certainly a better business decision) it was time for me to step out. I just turned 40 and there was no way that was age appropriate for me. Well, maybe it would have been if I looked like pirateflynn instead of Uncle Fester (or Wolfman Jack when I had hair). Easily the saddest thing about leaving that band was losing my opportunity to let rip with my Valvetech 50-watter through a 4x12 at every rehearsal and gig. I'm really loving the jam band thing I'm doing now though. It's come-as-you-are from an "image" standpoint and it's probably the most satisfying music I've ever played. So I'm having a Santana-esque resurgence: surrounding myself with younger players and trying my damndest never to play another chord again LOL!

I moved the speakers from my Jackson 4x12 chipboard monstrosity into a more compact Fender Tone Master formerly owned my Morningstar and AdmiralB. Probably gained (or lost, in this case) about 5 lbs. Does that count? LOL

That was an album that everyone on the block had when I was a kid. Got it loaded on my iPod.