Gibson is a nostalgia, high end brand. In a way, so is Fender. Those companies are about selling the old designs of the 50's and 60's. They may innovate those designs but it's still Les Paul's, SG's, Flying V's, Explorers, Stratocasters, Telecasters, Jazz Basses, Precision basses ect... They sell nostalgia. Harley Davidson did the same thing in their marketing. Take old technology and put a modern spin on it. It's basically selling childhood dreams and memories more than technology.
Yes Ed was there...Originally Posted by indeedido
Unless this is from last year, I'd say he was there.
Gar made a special guest appearance in his imagination...
"If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”
no shit, my '02 ultra came with a fuckin' cassette player.
Another one of those classic genius posts, sure to generate responses. You log on the next day to see what your witty gem has produced to find no one gets it and 2 knotheads want to stick their dicks in it... Well played, sir!!
....and told Eddie all the things he did wrong on his new guitar
E- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first place
Very cool thread, J. Thanks for all the pictures!
ROTH ARMY MILITIA
Originally posted by EAT MY ASSHOLE
Sharky sometimes needs things spelled out for him in explicit, specific detail. I used to think it was a lawyer thing, but over time it became more and more evident that he's merely someone's idiot twin.
GAR STFU You know you'd kill to bang those women.
Hell, I know I would... :tongue0011:
Reading Crazy From the Heat in four hours flat, in a cramped RV, on the return trip of a 3,000+ mile family outing to New Jersey is an enlightening experience you'll never forget.
....dude Gar's a repressed pedo homo.....thank God you're 14 and too old for him to go hitting on you
Same booth as last year, but he didn't look like that then. And I don't think Scott Ian was there last year either so he musta been there!Unless this is from last year, I'd say he was there.
Phew.....glad you cleared that up, Clay.....cause we all know your word here is good
Fame, women, fortune.. let me tell you something I've had all that and the only thing that escapes me that I'd really really wanted is peace and quiet anymore - mainly because I can't have that.
Then move your home......you don't have to live under the overpass you know
So famous and rich that you like to wipe your ass with matchbox cars, throwing them to children, pissing on young boys at the Y, and harassing mothers of soldiers and prodding would be suicide victims into killing themselves?
Where'd you make your money? Jackass???
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Sorry J.....
I'll allow it, but yeah - order in the court!
Meh, if I move it all at this point there goes half the thread...
Here is some cool stuff for you Rhoads fans.OK, they put up a pic of the Rhoads...
A Family Affair: Jackson Randy Rhoads Tribute Model
One of the most exciting moments yet at NAMM 2010 for us was the unveiling of the Jackson Randy Rhoads Relic Tribute Model. Randy’s bother Kelle and sister Kathy (pictured above, along with the Tribute prototype) as well as guitarist Scott Ian were on hand to talk about Randy’s legacy and his impact on music. It got a bit emotional with the family there clearly feeling Randy’s presence in the room. Kathy and Kelle are great people and it was a pleasure to meet them and talk about Randy with his family. After the jump, let’s talk about the guitar.
Randy’s Tribute Model is a direct replica of his original 1980 Jackson asymmetrical V-shaped guitar that he personally designed. He intended to call this body style the “Concorde” and it is widely regarded as the “first pointy guitar”. The original guitar had been kept at the Rhoads’ family music school since his death, and they say it had not been out of the case in over 20 years when Chip Ellis and Mike Shannon arrived to inspect and measure every aspect of it. The neck was straight, and it was still in tune, amazingly. Seeing the guitar in person revealed details that were only previously seen in photos, such as the real ebony and sterling steel truss rod cover. Randy’s original guitar was built in 1980 by Tim Wilson and Mike Shannon. Mike Shannon is still with Jackson today and he’ll personally build the extremely limited run of 60 guitars.
One of the most noticeable “customizations” that Randy did to his guitar is the black tape all over the back. We were puzzled by that and had to ask, and we were told that when Randy was on tour with Ozzy during the Diary of a Madman Tour, Sharon Osbourne insisted that no one be visible on stage until the lights came up. So, Randy covered the back of the guitar with non-reflective tape (he did this to his black guitar also) and would flip it up so the white was not visible until the lights came on. Of course, the Tribute Model replicates the tape.
Randy was one of the most influential rock guitar players in history, and this is the defining Randy guitar. The Music Zoo will be a dealer of the Tribute model, so please let us know if you have any questions. The guitar comes in a stenciled Anvil case, and the whole project has the Rhoads family blessing. The price? Retail pricing is based on Randy’s birthday, which is December 6, 1956. Retail is set at $12,619.56.
I could do without the tape on the back
Intersting way to price something....... Retail pricing is based on Randy’s birthday, which is December 6, 1956. Retail is set at $12,619.56.
Charvel Jackson had no rights to the white one.. now with doing this "tribute limited edition" it can be made in China and the world will now proliferate with overpriced Asian concordes.
First in the 80s there were like only 4 really accurate ones ever made for Strings n Things in Texas which had the correct toggle on the side. Then when Akai bought Jackson, they made a limited run of about 20 inaccurate ones in the early 90s with the wrong head, and wrong logo, goofed body, bevels and pinstripes all WRONG.
All done without license.
I think the Rhoads siblings got all weepy-eyed over remembering Randy that they failed to foresee FMIC making several hundred-thousand dollars in offshore-made pieces, now that FMIC got the offical approval.
I recall meeting Delores in 1983, holding the original Concorde.. it was pretty fucking heavy. I believe the body was solid maple, so when the second one was done they tried poplar glueon wings to a maple neckthru rail.. the "black" one, #2 which became "the" Jackson V.
Grover initially had Delores' blessing to start production of the RR guitars, but if she knew she could have licensed the Concorde to Gibson or ANYBODY in todays market with the associated recognition that guitar now has, and what has become of the other RR and what kind of company bought Jackson she would and should reconsider.
Best Newcomer: some kid from Turkey making.. cymbals!
I'll dig in the swag-bag and post the relevant site and name info.. handmade cymbals in the old B20 alloy tradition of Paiste and K Zildjian. Didn't speak ten words in English, but has cut his chops doing custom-shop stuff FOR K Zildjian and Paiste.
There are some good craftsmen in Turkey. Many of them got their training in Germany and can machine and build things to Germany quality levels. I lived in Stuttgart working for my cousins company that rebuilds airplane engines and does restoration work on old airplanes. Most the machinists were from Turkey. They did some work on the BF 109 Black 6 when I was there. One of the few original still flying until it got ground looped.
This guys' hammering wasn't so great, and when I asked if he could do the Mastersound edge which is a whiffled lower hihat edge rippled like a Ruffles potato chip.. and he said no he couldn't do it.
But his forging and pie-shaping.. and his lathework was most xlnt
More Charvel Snakeskin shred...this makes me interested in the Duncan RTM pickup this baby comes with more so than the guitar itself...
Was this before or after you asked him if he'd like to Super-Size his value meal?
Your FAIL is stinking up this thread!
Trolls take heed...LOG OUT & FUCK OFF!!!
Why the fuck is Scott "NOT" in this picture? Why not have a longtime RR Jackson user like Kirk Hamster or someone who can actually play something more than bar chords do the unveiling?!
No kidding. I never got why this Scott dude was perceived as being a great guitarist. The only thing creative he's ever done is stripe dye his beard to look like a raccoon tail.
Also interesting, wasn't Danny Spitz the member of Anthrax that had all the Rhoads' with the cool graphics(Ninja Turtles, Captain America, stuff like that)? I remember Scott Ian playing a black Jackson Soloist with the Yankees logo on it back in the day...
You had to google for several hours before you could come up with this lie, so once again, you can pretend to know something about something.
gary was in tears all the way home when he was refusd entry this year.
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