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  1. 6 hours ago, Hardrockracer said:

    There's no reason to make fun of my comments. I just think a band (be it a real band or solo artist and backing band) should look like a unit on stage. So when I have PT standing there in jeans and shirt and the "mr. Basketball" next to him. That does not appeal to me. btw, except maybe from his early days as a 3-piece I pretty much prefer the Travers, Thrall, Cowling, Aldridge formation or the one including Jerry Riggs.

    For the record I'm not familiar with what he normally wears, but Pastorius didn't wear any sports team apparel at this show; just jeans and a black wife-beater.  Pat looked like does in a thousand pictures I've seen of him: jeans and a vaguely Hawaiian-looking shirt with what I call a "vanity fan" blowing his hair back the entire show.

    I can tell you this lineup absolutely KILLS musically, but I too would have loved to see one of the lineups with Pat Thrall or Jerry Riggs.

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  2. Oh, I just want to add that one of the things he said that really made me like him as a person again...

    He was telling a story about working in London in the early days and how he then started to have some success in the US.  He held up three fingers and said "I had three (takes one finger down)...OK, TWO really great years.  I think they were '78 and '79...there were a lot of substances back then." and then launches into Snortin' Whiskey.  I thought that was hilarious and showed he's not bitter about his success (or lack thereof).

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  3. History first: A friend of mine turned me on to Go For What You Know around 1979 and we listened to it constantly.  Later I went back and got all but his very first album and everything after GFWYK through Hot Shot.  I always LIKED Pat, but felt like something was a little off.  He was never my favorite guitar player, I didn't care for his voice very much, and the production on his albums was a little weak IMHO.  His songwriting could be hit or miss and his lyrics could be a bit "Frehley-esque" as another member here put it.  Nonetheless, he just seemed COOL and that meant a lot back then.  As many of you will remember, album covers and song titles went a long way to influencing purchases in the pre-internet days.

    I saw him for the first time as part a 2-day festival lineup in Richmond, VA in 1998.  Saturday was Pat Travers/Jackyl/BÖC and Sunday was Rick Derringer/Georgia Satellites/Brother Cane/Cheap Trick.  I was really excited that he was still out there doing it even back then, because it seemed like his best days were behind him.  I was not prepared for how bad he sucked.  His voice sucked, his playing sucked, and he was PISSED about his massive pedal board not working to his liking.  He started kicking it all around and yelling at the crew, and his whole part of the show is now just a bad memory for me.  I kept thinking "just stop using all that shit!"  It muddied up his sound so bad you could hardly tell what he was playing anyway.  I think he left the stage early and I remember thinking "well, I never need to see THAT asshole again."  25 years later...

    PT is scheduled to play at a 220-seat "listening room" 15 minutes from my house.  It's been open a few years and has had plenty of artists I'm interested in but I had never gone to a show there.  The drummer in my Cheap Trick tribute is a big PT fan so we decided to go to this one.  We were seated literally 10 feet from the stage and the sound was amazing.  His bass player was David Pastorius (yes, of THAT Pastorius family - apparently a nephew.) and he was just the most humble guy for a person with monster talent you could ever meet.  He was standing around out front when we got there and walking around in the crowd for an hour before they played.  I don't think anyone in the room knew who he was other than me and my friend.  I don't recall the drummer's name but he looked he could be your accountant; he was a great player though.  And that was it - trio format.

    Pat could not have kicked more ass if he'd had an extra leg!  His voice was better than on any album I've ever heard, he played great, and his guitar tone was perfect.  He was playing a Helix into a Blackstar head and a Marshall cab.  Nice selection of songs from throughout his career along with a couple from his new album (which I'm streaming as I type this) and a couple of covers that I think he has released on his albums including Green-Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf.  Of course his regular set ended with Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights) and then he came back out for two more songs.  He seemed very happy and did nice little song introductions occasionally, and also cracked a few jokes.  It was a very engaging and inspiring performance from him and the other two guys in his band.  I would highly recommend you go see him if he comes to your area.  I will definitely go again if I get the chance.

    I'm not a "hold the phone up the entire show" kinda guy so here's the only shot I got:

     

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  4. On 6/12/2023 at 11:15 AM, Disturber said:

    So, I found this guy selling old NOS Hama casters for 1970's Marshall cabs. Bought two quads, for both my 74 and 76 cabs. I was super happy.

    Then I just now sent him a text message, thanking him for a good deal. He replied: I got them in 1979 after AC/DC's Stockholm gig. The band forgot them. So, I just got casters that was Angus and Malcoms spare parts. This is kinda cool.

    Talk about mojo. The cabs actually sound a lot better, when I think about it.

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    I play Malcolm in an AC/DC tribute band and my tone is just a smidge off.  Now I know why.  Let me know if you can ever part with them.  Or you could kindly donate them to me for the sake of authenticity.😎

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  5. 1 hour ago, Hbom said:

    Thanks!  That's pretty old though.  I hope Ted or someone else will chime in to say whether that is still the best way to do it, or to advise of any other options that might be available now.

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  6. I've contributed in the past to the support/maintenance/upgrade or upkeep costs of the HFC but I don't remember how.  I think I just PayPal'd Ted?  Anyway, it seems like a long time since anyone made a post saying "don't forget this site isn't free to run" so I guess that's what I'm doing now.  If someone could refresh my memory on how to contribute to the operating costs, I would appreciate it.

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  7. On 5/5/2023 at 11:31 AM, GuitarJ said:

    Yes, I said I’d go $2200 On that one due to the condition. There’s another on reverb with a Korina body I offered $3200 for. 

    Did you see the price had dropped to $2300?  I'd be surprised if he wouldn't take $2200 now, or that you wouldn't just pay the extra $100.  A stalemate over $100 on a $2000+ guitar seems a little ridiculous.

  8. "Gibson Brands, Inc., the world’s most iconic guitar brand, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Cesar Gueikian, Gibson’s brand president, as president and interim chief executive officer, effective immediately."

    This reminds me of Alex Lifeson't R&R HoF speech.  "Brand brand brand, brandy brand.  Brand brand BRAND brand brand!  Brand?  Brand!"  They might as well be making f'ing peanut butter or weed whackers.  How about getting back to making great quality instruments that people can afford?

    They should keep all that "brand" talk amongst the executives; their public communication should be "we sell the great guitars that you're heard on thousands of your favorite recordings, played by hundreds of your favorite artists."  All that "brand" shit turns my stomach.

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  9. It's beautiful as so many PRS's are, sounds great, plays great, in excellent condition with hard case but I'll never play it in either of my bands (an AC/DC tribute and a Cheap Trick tribute) and I am overrun with guitars right now.   I had never even played on before in all the time that they've been around, so I finally tried it and I guess I'm just not a PRS guy.  I tried to post some other pics but they were rejected for size.  I'll reduce them later and come back and post a few more.

    $3000 shipped CONUS, Zelle or PP F&F

     

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  10. 1 hour ago, RobB said:

    If there is a local college in your area with a broadcast program, consider donating them. I'm sure the school could help with establishing a dollar amount for the gear and the family may get a whopping tax write-off.

    That is the plan after I sell all I can.  They wanted to make back some of the money they spent for funeral and legal expenses.  The standard deduction is now so high they wouldn't be itemizing though, so no tax savings.

  11. I have a shload of pro-level video and audio production gear that I'm selling for the family of a close friend who died in Dec 2022.  They've had this mountain of gear sitting in their dining room ever since and contacted me a couple of months ago to help them sell it.  Since I never worked in the film industry or anything close, I don't have local contacts for that.  Some of the stuff is too large to ship but there is plenty that isn't.  If you work in that field and would like a list, send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you a spreadsheet of the gear.  It's things like location mixers with bags, harnesses, and headphones, light banks, specialty mics, carbon fiber booms, LED floods, light/camera stands, etc.

    There is some music gear too, but I know more about that and have a lot of local contacts for that kind of stuff so that's moving fairly well locally.  I'm sure I will be listing some here as well in the next few weeks.  I listed some guitar processors before but they were kind of dusty and still had tape and labels on them so that might have been a turnoff - they didn't look great.  I've cleaned them up since.

    Mods, I hope this is OK.  You can delete it if not.

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  12. I watched every one of those Jimmy Kimmel performances, and I've listened to every Metallica album as they were released.  I'll listen to this one too but what I've heard so far is so generic (or as Lars says "stock") I don't think it's going to appeal to me.  My collection ends with the Black Album, and my favorite is still Ride the Lightning.  Remember when people used to describe bands like Boston as "corporate rock"?  Except for the first few albums, Metallica sounds like "corporate thrash" to me.  It just lost its edge.  I'm glad they can still play like that at 60-ish though.

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  13. On 4/8/2023 at 2:08 PM, Ua D said:

    It’s really hard to get a photo of the actual color.  It’s sort of a surf green but it goes to sonic blue depending on the light.  

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    I can see the color.  It's like it's barely there, but I can see it.  It actually looks great that way.

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