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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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HA! You gave up your guitar in a divorce?
Now you all know why I keep my gear in storage..
This is you for giving your guitar to a bitch. Everyone knows it now!Comment
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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Well, shit, if Hendrix had a locking tremolo system, he would have had less problems staying in tune live...but seeing as how that hadn't even been invented when Hendrix was still alive, what the fuck does Eddie expect? Let Ed grab a Strat off the rack, jack off the whammy bar for an hour and see if HE is still in tune.
In terms of rock guitar playing, to me, much of what came before Hendrix was in black and white, and Hendrix propelled it into technicolor.
Even when I listen to Hendrix today, I am still floored by the excellence and inventive nature of his stuff, both live and in the studio. Not just a case of the context re: when it was done, either. "Oh, Hendrix was good, considering it was the late 1960s / early 1970s..." Bullshit. His stuff is timeless.
Hendrix also wrote the bulk of his lyrics and sang his own tunes. We all sadly remember what happened when Ed gave THAT a shot (How Many Say I? Just once, thank fucking god!).
Hendrix also was the most visible person to use things like the fuzz tone, the octave divider, the wah-wah pedal, feedback, intense tremolo bar work, phase shifters and couple them with high-speed blazing blues rock runs. No, Hendrix wasn't the first to use those things, but then Eddie wasn't the first person to use two-handed tapping, either.
Hendrix was a great all-around musician: great ear for record production, incredible showman, superb tunesmith, compelling lyricist.
Ed was an exceptional and innovative player. Incredible with an axe in his hands. Far as writing lyrics, Ed can't come up with any worth a damn, and Ed has shit in his ears when it comes to producing and engineering his own music (no coincidence that his best sounding stuff was done with Ted behind the mixing board and his worst sounding stuff was done when Ed was running the show).
Easiest thing for Eddie to have said when hearing the Hendrix comparison would have been something along the lines of "Hey, thanks. That's an honor to be compared to a musician as great as him." By trying to qualify his response, he just comes across like an ass.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Hendrix probably would have a recording company if he would have lived.
Ed can't get signed right now.Comment
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There's been a helluva lot of good stuff come out of Electric Lady Studios..
Can't say that about 5150, can you?
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Cool, do you have any pictures up here of your guitars? I love Strats but I build my own model too.Comment
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I don't get the comparison between Hendrix and EVH...apples and oranges in my opinion. The two are so different. Nobody can deny that they are both pioneers of their time, but very different ones! One thing they both have in common is that they have each successfully tapped into that magical river of great music thing that we are all so lucky if we get the chance to experience as musicians. I could understand why EVH would get sick of people comparing him to Hendrix, because Hendrix is that sterotypical "genious guitarist" that every Joe Blow thinks of when they think of great guitarists, but I do think saying Hendrix didn't create is a bit stupid. I don't get that?? That's a bit of the arrogant Eddie if you ask me.
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After reading your post I thought I bet some lunatic has done something like that.
The world is indeed a fucking crazy place...
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Playing Guitar Makes Lightsaber Thing Vibrate - Geekologie
Take a guitar, plug in a VOX AmPlug, and then attach an OhMiBod vibrator to that and what do you get? A vibrator that responds to what you play on the guitar! Cool. The Vox AmPlug is really just a little amp you can plug headphones into, it's the OhMiBod vibrator that makes all the magic happen (it will also plug into the headphone jack of an MP3 player, etc. and respond to that music as well). Talk about becoming a true Guitar Hero. Yeah buddy. Hook it all up, start jamming out on some Stairway To Heaven, and soon you're lucky lady will be in heaven. Or she'll break up with you and start dating a Stratocaster, which is what happened to me. Stupid vibrator-guitar combo, I hate you.Comment
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I wonder how many people Ed has around actually telling him that this is right.
They guys believing his own hype nowRoth Army MilitiaComment
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