Steve Haynie

I saw Mel Torme in the mid 90's when he was in his late 60's. His voice was great-- no problems from age. I knew someone from the orchestra that backed him up. Torme's ego was well noticed by those musicians.

Earl Scruggs (85) still plays a few shows. Doc Watson (86) is another getting up in age, but still playing a little.

The description says "near mint" which it is definitely NOT. It is extremely nice, perhaps the best example out there, but it is not "near mint."

Happy Birthday!

For the right price that guitar could be restored to a point. The bridge could be replaced with a sustain block and the middle pickup could stay. Somebody needs to get it and play the crap out of it! The seller refuses to accept information about the Chaparral that he has for sale.

Usually the difference between 60's Gibsons and Epiphones is in hardware and electronics. Gibson bought Epiphone in 1957. Epiphone made upright basses, and those basses were/are considered excellent. Gibson made nearly every stringed instrument at some point, but never upright basses. The original plan was for Gibson to buy Epiphone's upright bass manufacturing, and they ended up getting the entire company for $20,000. In 1958 Gibson assembled what was left of the in-production guitars and after that they used the Epiphone name on their "budget" guitars. Some Gibson upright basses were made, but they are rare. I think there were as many as 300 or less. By the early 60's the electic bass was pushing out the acoustic bass.

That looks like a good idea, but what are you going to mount that on?

HBD again!

The most I have paid for a box set has been over $200. That would be one of those Bear Family box sets with 8 - 12 CD's covering an old country artist's entire catalog. Those have been given as Christmas gifts to my father. After reading about what you guys have paid for individual CD's I do not feel so bad about paying $25 for a Munetaka Higuchi solo album import CD.

You are making a joke, right?

The midrange shift may vary, or it may not. In general, you notice a difference between mahogany and korina just like everyone has said. Boogies have enough tone controls to dial in a good sound no matter what you play through them. The real question here is whether or not the Brazillian rosewood fretboard is going to make a difference.

We need to kill some serious elephant. There is no need to kill more elephants. Poachers already do that. When the poachers are caught (and executed) the ivory is confiscated by some of the African governments and sold legally at a price that that devalues the illegal ivory trade.

Nathan wants to buy another Hamer? Wasn't there a thread saying just the opposite a couple of weeks ago...?

I bought a Studio .22 with a graphic EQ back in 1986 and still have it. It is a nice amp to practice with. IT EATS TUBES! There will be something whistling or microphonic more often than in my other tube amps.

The amp looks like an archery target. Maybe Ted Nugent should be the one endorsing this amp.

$300 for a Chaparral bass would be good if you can swing it.

Listen carefully and you will discover that some songs have harmony guitar parts from beginning to end. Boston would not be an easy "tribute act" to cover.

Do a search of this message board and you will see that the Stetsbar has popped up in a few threads. It is tempting to buy one just to see what it is like for myself. One is on eBay right now.

The Crucified Barbara videos are good metal!

Sometimes there are riffs that are "in the ballpark" with something else I have heard. The worst examples are those built around a natural progression.

A friend loaned me the new Saxon album, Into The Labyrinth, that came out this year. While not thrash, it is solid metal with melodic vocals. Nigel Glockler had to leave the band due to back problems, but Saxon has always had great drummers. If you listen closely the drums will impress you.

Get the Ripper Owens era Judas Priest albums, Jugulator and Demolition.

Someone told me that's what did B C Rich in in the 80's. Pretty boys in hair bands started endorsing them and the serious rockers didn't buy them anymore. Paul Stanley used B.C. Rich in the 80's. It was possibly a Gunslinger. There was a B.C. Rich ad in the KISS tour books one year. Class Axe folded about the time Gene Simmons first unveiled the Punisher bass. The stereotype of B.C. Rich in my mind is death metal. All the European death metal bands seem to play B.C. Rich guitars and basses.

How about offering a "natural relic process" that requires keeping the guitar for a year at a time. Someone drops off his new guitar and you play the crap out of it for a year, maybe lending it to some teenagers or putting it on consignment in a poorly monitored guitar shop for a while.