frankthomson

i'm very sorry for your loss.

i like the albums #1 and 2 the best ....but i'm old.

+ prayers sent

NICE STUFF

until now, i was unaware.... but i agree w/ Bobby Hill. ...and you guys hate *Blackie*? (Think General Hospital) shit,. now that we're going there, who remembers *Dark Shadows*? Barnabas Collins, or Angelique.....<<<<OUCH!

even tho it was Kiss that got me going guitar-wise, MY first time was when i was 15-ish, and my buddy had a *triple-padded* Kustom amp, LIKE 4' HIGH and i hit that first power chord.. OMG! to steal a homer (quasi)quote; *i feel like God would feel, if He knew how to play guitar* it was THAT cool like the first time you actually GO to a Nascar race and park in the feild! It stirs your very essence.

kiss

yea, but who got to do the the *First Act/VW* commercial? people listen to music w/ their eyes. edited to say: of course, people don't actually listen w/ their eyes....duh. hopefully my point was understood, notwithstanding, ....i am saying that good/better looking people often get more breaks/opportunities/chances in the COMMERCIAL arena than average looking people. And because of that, more exposure, and more fame and money...even tho there are often many, many, many people who can do their job better. that's a sad fact in the world in which we live. imo, there are at least, AT LEAST, 30 better players than JM just in thge last decade....maybe even 50 better players. ....but who do you more often see on TV, and getting the sweet gigs? i didn't say it was fair, i'm just pointing out that that's the reality of it in the yr 2007 in America. but there r exceptions to every rule.

man.........there are sooooooooooooooooooooooo many variables here...and it all depends on who you ask b/c everything is relative. everything. think; if identical pups are installed, you still have the location of the pups that are a factor...the bridge will ALWAYS get a diff sound, as will the neck pup....ALWAYS IMO, that's THE REASON they did it in first place was to get a more 'even' sound between the pups.....like, lets say a 19' boat.....it will be subject to waaaaaaaaay diff circumstances if it was in a lake vs. being in the open ocean location-location-location .....and AFA 'joe blo's' *sound*, this too has many variables. most was recorded on TAPE..remember TAPE?....AND TAPE HAS IT'S OWN SET OF VARIABLES....it stretches and shrinks, even tho microscopic in many instances, it still does, and WILL affect the final sound today w/ DIGITAL, all those variables are taken out of the equation and in many ways, that 'sound' will never be gotten again b/c of the fact that everything today is recorded in such a sterile environment back then, some stuff was recorded in varying *studios*...and i use the term lightly....who was drunk? or high? or whatever while taping...and do you think all studios were *hermetically* sealed like today. You had moisture, or humidity...some recorded in a hall, or basement, or truck, or trailer, ....w/ sound baffels, and w/o, w/ crappy mics of varying quality..then there's location, and bastard amps...and the list goes on...how about if the artist *just* changed his strings?...or *never* changed his strings?....then you got the whole *quality* of strings back then. You think that was the same?..FO REAL!....and, hey, how about the connections made w/ *leaded* solder compared to *unleaded* solder....hahahah....the list of variables goes on and on and on..... trying to copy a *sound* from 1962, IMO, is like trying to find a needle in a haystack., ......and a really, really, really BIG haystack, at that well, enuf of my rant. i'd just like to add that my 57 Classics in my 61 SG ri are prob THE BEST sounding HB pups i have but know what i say to the newbies?...>>>> just go buy a goddam Squire and a modeling amp!

[RE; DT]...His only problem is that he doesn't sing lead and thus doesn't appeal as much to chicks and non-guitar people BINGO. and RS??!!??..... <<