ED New interview for Hustler

[Antman]

Fuck the interview. I want to see the lesbian action twat shots in the mag.

[GAR]

It's called ,eating solid food again,Dude....



And WTF kinda tailpiece does he have on there ? Looks like one of those shitty old Rockinger's from the 80's.....

Correct!

[chefcraig]

...And WTF kinda tailpiece does he have on there ? Looks like one of those shitty old Rockinger's from the 80's.....

Correct!

I'm a bit confused on this whole "Drop To Hell" tail-piece thing. Initially, I'd believed it was to go beyond merely the two step drop to D (hence the name). Does it now drop the entire bridge, or merely the E string? And why does it look like some ghastly Bigsby set-up that might have fallen off of one of Neil Young's Les Pauls?

[GAR]

The Rockinger was designed for Les Pauls. It works on the hingepin-valvespring concept familliar to Bigsby trems, so it doesn't float back to a center point properly.

But it's a fast install and to date the only nondestructible, reversible trem mod you can do for a stud-styled stock tailpiece upgrade.

Machining's shitty though - the hinge gap is sloppy and goes side to side very slightly but enough to dink you out of tune just from that alone.

[chefcraig]

The Rockinger was designed for Les Pauls. It works on the hingepin-valvespring concept familliar to Bigsby trems, so it doesn't float back to a center point properly.

But it's a fast install and to date the only nondestructible, reversible trem mod you can do for a stud-styled stock tailpiece upgrade.

Machining's shitty though - the hinge gap is sloppy and goes side to side very slightly but enough to dink you out of tune just from that alone.

Ah, so it is for a fixed bridge set up. I've never understood why a drop-d tuner could not be installed at the machine-head level, above the nut. All we are talking about is roughly a quarter turn in tension, so why wouldn't a "slipping" machine-head style tuner work? I mean it would be just as effective as turning the head, so why not automate/articulate it directly into the head itself?

[GAR]

Ah, so it is I've never understood why a drop-d tuner could not be installed at the machine-head level, above the nut.

It can! Hipshot's always had that.. also a luthier named Phil Kubaki before he was bought out by Fender, had this drop-D thing first with his basses.

So if anyone wanted to invalidate EVH's patent on the Dtuna, that's the precedent right there.

[Diamondjimi]

But it's a fast install and to date the only nondestructible, reversible trem mod you can do for a stud-styled stock tailpiece upgrade.

Not the only one ,I'm afraid...

Stetsbar make a good sturdy, no routing required aftermarket trem.

http://stetsbar.com/

[GreenBayLA]

Spin making me dizzy.

MAJOR revisionist history alert:

EVH "Dave had slightly different ideas than Alex and I did. That led him to pursue a solo career. You know how the press can be. They turned it into a mudslinging thing that really never occurred. At least not to the extent that was reported. Where it actually started, nobody knows. Probably some journalist who took something out of context."

But point is past was put aside, tour was completed with only a few bad shows (ahem) and they have loose plans for the future.

[GreenBayLA]

Spin making me dizzy.

MAJOR revisionist history alert:

EVH "Dave had slightly different ideas than Alex and I did. That led him to pursue a solo career. You know how the press can be. They turned it into a mudslinging thing that really never occurred. At least not to the extent that was reported. Where it actually started, nobody knows. Probably some journalist who took something out of context."

But point is past was put aside, tour was completed with only a few bad shows (ahem) and they have loose plans for the future.


Is there an ECHO in here?

[scottydabodi]

Really? What's Steve Vai's excuse then?

Vai needs an excuse for what? He never went to Julliard. He's a Berklee guy.

Wolf performed great in an intimidating setting -SERIOUSLY intimidating, but Julliard is primarily a classical school, so I hope he'll get in at the drop of a hat...

[scottydabodi]

It's called ,eating solid food again,Dude....



And WTF kinda tailpiece does he have on there ? Looks like one of those shitty old Rockinger's from the 80's.....

Rockingers?!? UGH!!

[GAR]

Vai needs an excuse for what? He never went to Julliard. He's a Berklee guy.

Wolf performed great in an intimidating setting -SERIOUSLY intimidating, but Julliard is primarily a classical school, so I hope he'll get in at the drop of a hat...

Oh well then there's hope for him at Berklee!

[GAR]

Rockingers?!? UGH!!

The Rockingers were cheap, like $75.

the Stetsbar cost is over $200

[scottydabodi]

The Rockingers were cheap, like $75.

the Stetsbar cost is over $200

I recently played an old Kramer with a Rockinger on it... ain't seen one in a bazillion years, and needless to say, it was wack! Stetsbars were super cool, but I still rock out with Floyds today.

[scottydabodi]

Oh well then there's hope for him at Berklee!

Wolf already plays better than most of the guys I've seen from Berklee!! He'd crush them.