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by raz
Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:27 pm
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: Vibramate B7 Les Paul
Replies: 51
Views: 7226

Re: Vibramate B7 Les Paul

*UNIQUE* wrote:No dissin' going on there man...Astro's are cool as. I'd love an old single HiLo one and then convert to a SuperTron for RnR heaven!

Yep - never seen a hilo tron equipped one - mine's got powertrons (do do do do) .

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by raz
Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:53 pm
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: Vibramate B7 Les Paul
Replies: 51
Views: 7226

Re: Vibramate B7 Les Paul

Almost everything...Gretsch didn't really solid bodies apart from the Astro Jet and later with the Beast. Duo Jets are hollow (apart from a small run in the 50's). Gretsch's twang while Gibsons rock...to put it in muso speak. Don't diss the astro jet, mine is rapidly becoming my main player. He can...
by raz
Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:49 pm
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: Your colour, Esquire?
Replies: 64
Views: 6065

Re: Your colour, Esquire?

Similar to the celtic pattern but more patikitiki pseudo-Maori patterns might rock a boat for the international nature of Gtaranaki

I'm also partial to a nice silverburst
by raz
Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:03 pm
Forum: Artists
Topic: Are The Shadows Cooler than Duane Eddy?
Replies: 31
Views: 5864

Re: Are The Shadows Cooler than Duane Eddy?

Wow ~ I've never seen Hank play a POS like that one before. WTS is it? '57/58 ish Guyatone LG50 branded as an Antoria. Made in Japan and some in Japan were amongst some of the first guitars with the Ibanez brand. Actually have a reputation as a bit of a screamer and were popular wiith the first gen...
by raz
Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:06 pm
Forum: Artists
Topic: Are The Shadows Cooler than Duane Eddy?
Replies: 31
Views: 5864

Re: Are The Shadows Cooler than Duane Eddy?

but neither are as cool as dick dale and link wray. I would put Dick Dale, Eddie Cochran and Link Wray all on pedestals. The Shadows, all of them must be burnt at the stake and the ground sprinkled with salt simply for giving cliff richard a vehicle. http://sebastian.virtuozzo.co.nz/gitbox/wiki/ima...
by raz
Mon Jun 14, 2010 5:49 pm
Forum: Artists
Topic: Thom Yorke says major record labels are dying....
Replies: 41
Views: 7505

Re: Thom Yorke says major record labels are dying....

raz wishes Thom Yorke was dying.....[in a painless way, or at least having his lips sewn up or fingers gently broken]
by raz
Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:35 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: check Out This One...What Do You Think Of It?
Replies: 7
Views: 1510

Re: check Out This One...What Do You Think Of It?

$490 would be a good price. $1490 is ridiculous
by raz
Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:46 am
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Art Guitars
Replies: 110
Views: 8984

Re: Art Guitars

I like the body designs a lot myself. They are refreshing. I share most of the same reservations on the headstocks but gotta admire him for trying.
by raz
Fri May 28, 2010 3:28 pm
Forum: Gig Guide
Topic: ANYONE KNOW WHERE?
Replies: 12
Views: 2430

Re: ANYONE KNOW WHERE?

Anvil Amps Alan wrote: Do you know what happened to Harvey Mann?
According to this website, running a recording studio in NSW.
by raz
Fri May 28, 2010 1:43 pm
Forum: Gig Guide
Topic: ANYONE KNOW WHERE?
Replies: 12
Views: 2430

Re: ANYONE KNOW WHERE?

never heard jnr - how does he compare to his old man?
by raz
Fri May 28, 2010 10:56 am
Forum: Gig Guide
Topic: Paul Weller @ Power Station
Replies: 4
Views: 1138

Re: Paul Weller @ Power Station

another one I'd love to see...
by raz
Fri May 28, 2010 10:55 am
Forum: Gig Guide
Topic: ANYONE KNOW WHERE?
Replies: 12
Views: 2430

Re: ANYONE KNOW WHERE?

Also playing in AK town on Friday night at Tabac Friday28 May Doug Jerebine, Billy TK at Tabac, 6 Mills Lane, CBD http://www.mukuna.co.nz/auckland/central/gig32991.htm If you don't know the history, Billy TK has been around forever, and has had all sorts of accolades thrown at him including NZs answ...
by raz
Fri May 28, 2010 10:40 am
Forum: Gig Guide
Topic: ANYONE KNOW WHERE?
Replies: 12
Views: 2430

Re: ANYONE KNOW WHERE?

http://www.mukuna.co.nz/auckland/central/gig33006.htm

8pm - If I was in AK I'd be there myself
by raz
Fri May 28, 2010 10:31 am
Forum: Gig Guide
Topic: ANYONE KNOW WHERE?
Replies: 12
Views: 2430

Re: ANYONE KNOW WHERE?

Saturday29 May
Doug Jerebine, Billy TK
at The Lucha Lounge, 1 York Street, Newmarket

That will be one hell of a old school noise fest by a couple of NZ's finest gatslingers.
by raz
Fri May 28, 2010 8:13 am
Forum: Guitars
Topic: What Songs Can You Play From Eric Clapton Unplugged?
Replies: 9
Views: 1911

Re: What Songs Can You Play From Eric Clapton Unplugged?

Its been around a while ;) Read the Wikipedia entry K1w1 pointed out Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" is a blues standard, written by Jimmy Cox in 1923. Its lyric, told from the point of view of a on...