Knights & Knaves Alehouse

DungeonDork wrote:Cool stuff for sure. I'm familiar with most of those. Awesome Color keeps coming up, I'm going to have to check them out.

Probably because I keep running up to people, grabbing them by their lapels, and screaming, "Awesome Color is the greatest band since Lou Reed left the Underground!!! Do you know what this means!?!?!?!? Lester Bands was right! Lester Bangs was right!"

The judges at the local courthouse are getting really annoyed.

Oh, and the MC5

First Impression of Awesome Color is that it reminds me of something in between Iron Butterfly and Sonic Youth. I like Sonic Youth ALOT.

DungeonDork wrote:First Impression of Awesome Color is that it reminds me of something in between Iron Butterfly and Sonic Youth. I like Sonic Youth ALOT.

No coincidence. They're on Thurston Moore's label.

rogatny wrote:

DungeonDork wrote:First Impression of Awesome Color is that it reminds me of something in between Iron Butterfly and Sonic Youth. I like Sonic Youth ALOT.

No coincidence. They're on Thurston Moore's label.

Excellent. The only thing I like more than Sonic Youth is Dinosaur Jr.

Mascis just blows my mind every time.

Hey PJ, I jacked your thread

DungeonDork wrote:Hey PJ, I jacked your thread

Yeah, well, I'm not Ringo, but I've got blisters on my fingers, too…

Philotomy Jurament wrote:

DungeonDork wrote:Hey PJ, I jacked your thread

Yeah, well, I'm not Ringo, but I've got blisters on my fingers, too…

???
Ringo was the drummer... did he try guitar at some point?

{not really a Beatles trivia maniac}

Philotomy wrote:

Clean 1 - Dumble Clean
Clean 2 - Fender Blackface Twin Reverb
Blues 1 - '59 Fender Bassman
Blues 2 - '62 VOX AC15
Blues 3 - VOX AC30TB
Crunch 1 - '69 Marshall Plexi
Crunch 2 - '83 Marshall JCM 800
Hi Gain 1 - Marshall JCM2000 DSL100
Hi Gain 2 - Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
Hi Gain 3 - '91 Soldano SLO100
Drive - Dumble Overdrive Special

Wow, that's quite a combination. I must confess, I remain a wanton devotee and to the tube amp - Mesa Triple Rectifier. Nonetheless, this vox has some bells and whistles. Congratulations - what are you running through it, or maybe I didn't catch that?

BlackBat242 wrote:

Philotomy Jurament wrote:

DungeonDork wrote:Hey PJ, I jacked your thread

Yeah, well, I'm not Ringo, but I've got blisters on my fingers, too…

???
Ringo was the drummer... did he try guitar at some point?

{not really a Beatles trivia maniac}

At the end of "Helter Skelter," he shouts, "I got blisters on me fingers!"

rogatny wrote:

BlackBat242 wrote:???
Ringo was the drummer... did he try guitar at some point?

At the end of "Helter Skelter," he shouts, "I got blisters on me fingers!"

Right. While recording the song they played a lot of takes. I've been playing my guitar enough in the past few days that I've developed blisters on my fingers, too. (It's been a while since I've played, so my finger tips are just like a beginners. Couple those soft finger tips with even a little bit of real playing, and the blisters pop up pretty damn quickly. I've had to limit myself so I don't overdo it.)

sepulchre wrote:Wow, that's quite a combination.

Yeah, it's a list of some classic amps. While the models are not the same as having all those amps, they're still surprisingly good (especially the clean/blues/crunch models). I've been spending a lot of time on those Crunch settings, which respond great to changes in picking and to changing the volume pot on the guitar.

I must confess, I remain a wanton devotee and to the tube amp - Mesa Triple Rectifier.

Damn, that's a serious amp. Where do you play it?

Nonetheless, this vox has some bells and whistles.

It's a lot more than I expected in a practice amp, so I'm happy.

Congratulations - what are you running through it, or maybe I didn't catch that?

A 1989 Ibanez 540S (bought it while I was in Japan). I've also got one of those Epiphone strat copies they put out in the 80s; it's got a bridge humbucker and a floating trem, but the guitar is definitely on the "starter/low-end" scale of things.

Just watched the film It Might Get Loud. All guitar enthusiasts must watch this. If you don't go pick up your axe after watching you might as well go put that thing up on craigslist right now.

- Jeff

rogatny wrote:

BlackBat242 wrote: ???
Ringo was the drummer... did he try guitar at some point?

{not really a Beatles trivia maniac}

At the end of "Helter Skelter," he shouts, "I got blisters on me fingers!"

Ok... I don't think I've ever listened to that song.

BlackBat242 wrote:

rogatny wrote:

BlackBat242 wrote: ???
Ringo was the drummer... did he try guitar at some point?

{not really a Beatles trivia maniac}

At the end of "Helter Skelter," he shouts, "I got blisters on me fingers!"

Ok... I don't think I've ever listened to that song.

Dude!!! Stay calm. It's cool. We'll work through this. Just click right here.