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  1. and the rear cavity route was made using a really old Rockwell router whilst under the influence of some really expensive scotch, so that's gotta count for something.
  2. fwiw, i do not like the stock SD p90 pick-ups - they are too hot, inarticulate, and they don't clean-up well - and changing them (maybe a coupla times) thru the f-holes is a supreme bitch.. the guitar would have had bullet holes by now instead of a rear plate. i think the MIII is a brilliant platform and maybe my favorite design by Jol - long-scale, 3 pick-ups, Bigsby, semi-hollow, spruce top, etc. but a few things got in the way of being a truly functional gigging guitar for me... so i fixed 'em and played it hard for years. that is why i bought it and i'm glad i did. i would have loved to order a custom job to my specs but that wasn't going to happen.
  3. Gonna make it this time....... even tho you boys scare me with your loud rock and roll musics. mike
  4. from what i've read, the solo from TBK was originally recorded using his strat in some "silo" studio in Il and later flown in to the elsewhere-recorded track.
  5. ahh. replace shouting "Elephant Talk" with shouting "Twang Bar King" (or "Big Electric Cat", etc.) at recent KC-type Belew things and we're practically twins. and fwiw (prolly nothing), those 3 80s KC discs are (to me) a Holy Triad. mike
  6. sounds like we have much in common my friend.. mike
  7. thanks... always great to hang with you Brooks. you're an awesome player and all-round good dood.. hope you have a great NYE!! i picked up a used Koll Superior Fullerton which has replaced my M3 as my main guitar. also found a VHT Deliverance 60 that is really incredible. lots of gear purging (my M/B Mark 1 is gone after 30 years ), but the recording biz has picked up and so have the gigs.. mike
  8. i'm looking forward to seeing you again B, and meeting Beth too. the SCXD is a fine amp. of course, mine has the added mojo that only comes from being on-stage with our fabulous singer/siren Ms. Margaret D (hubba-hubba). mike
  9. now that's how to use delay..... gotta take some kinda balls to be doin' that outside a mall.
  10. ya know... there are some of us for which this kind of "music/art" feels very familiar and comfortable. there are some of us that can appreciate Hendrix, Django and Derek Bailey simultaneously. though i would never nominate Bailey or H. Kaiser for the Top-Ten-Most-Awesome-Guitarist list, it's not because i don't understand and appreciate what they have to say, it's because such lists are stupid. both guitarists are thoughtful people that believe that there is something musical to be be discovered beyond the current boundaries of guitar. that's a good thing to me. (if you're interested, there is a fantastic documentary on Bailey (BBC i think) available that speaks to this.) yeah, it's not very popular and certainly does not appeal to those that value "technique". and i'm definitely not interested in converting anyone to the cause: if you don't like it, you don't like it. but to me, in some (not all) of this music, lies the same kind of punk ethic that i dig in Cash, Jaco, Beck, Page, Stravinsky, Einstein, Coltrane, Lennon, Partridge, Fripp, Evans, etc. and lest you think somehow i deem myself more sophisticated: i'm into my 2nd twelve-pack (on a Sunday), staring down divorce #2, figuring ways to skip work tomorrow, and i really need to go downstairs and practice this new funky version of Margeritaville (sp?) for my latest project. so, fwiw, ymmv, etc. mike
  11. wow.... great to hear from you Brooks!! and so sorry you have to deal with this. glad to hear the hand damage is not severe (but the other stuff sux). let me know if you need anything (legal, that is ). mike
  12. wow, that is very cool info. Thanks Paul, and welcome!! mike
  13. d'oh! Austin beat me to it!!!!!!!!! Faves: Skylarking, English Settlement albums in entirety Oranges and Lemons: Scarecrow People Mummer: Castaway (kind of a hit) Also dig: Dukes of Stratosphear (the entire album - obscure and completely brilliant imo) Wasp Star, Colin and Andy's latest (last?????) - Church of Women, Maypole i love the mighty XTC mike
  14. nice review Mark! now how about a pic of all those guitars? T Pro, Teuffel, Koll, ..... oh yeah, mike
  15. long-time Mogami Gold user. imo, Mogami is superior to the Monsters i have tried, but i prefer a shorter Vovox for my gtr > board line. the Mogami is the board > amp cable *after the buffer*. mike
  16. Brooks, thanks for your impressions on the AxeFx. answers a lot of my questions about these things. mike
  17. here's my meager board. i have a couple "satellite" boards for the crazy fx, but this one's got the basics. btw, just got the Timmy. great pedal!!! mike
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