Problem: I'm struggling to spend money...

How did the audition go, Robert?

It went good, Man...it felt good. I was up against some really crazy dudes with designer equipment, but I am good at what I do...maybe not the best, but good. The band will announce their decision this week....
 
You wear them black leather pants LOL I'm just kidding well you took a Gibson to a audition :dood:

LOL!!!!

No, but I still have them....

Does my Gibson still qualify as a "Gibson" with aftermarket pickups and vintage harness??? There is nothing Gibson left in it...maybe that's why it sounded so good!!!!
 
Country rock or pop ? what kind of music did you play at the audition?
I knew it ya wore them pants cmon we know it!

LOL!

Nope, I wore (no joke) a dark blue long sleeve, jeans and blue suede shoes...

Here's the audition setlist:


1) Rock You Like a Hurricane
2) There's Only One Way To Rock
3) You've Got Another Thing Comin'
4) Rock and Roll Band
5) Immigrant Song
6) Breakin' The Law
7) Summer of 69
8) Animal
9) Run To The Hills
10) Plush

Every audition is a 4-5 song mini performance with all the smoke/lasers/videos, etc., so I guess they are also grading you on your ability to perform as well....
 
HEy Grump---- I can fix your problem...use the store credit---SEND ME the Marshall lol PROBLEM solved ......your welcome
 
Since the first I ever heard of Def Leppard, I loved the High n Dry album and that song, Let it Go.
Something about the Pete Willis days brought out the more raw times of Leppard that hooked me at 17 yrs old.

Another of my favorite cuts from that album was High N Dry Saturday Night.

Hope you killed it at the audition Robert
 
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I'm kinda ambidextrous but that was from my early start in sports and hunting shooting .
My step dad used to make me do a basketball routine which included shooting ball left and passing left.
and I'm left eye dominate so I shoot left and when I boxed as a kid I switched to left often
I loved Marvin haggler because he switched back and forth in fights and it is a good advantage.
but switching stance in boxing is as much about the footwork as it is the hands .
Watching Hagler at regular speed he often loked like a unorthodox brawler but when when you slow
it down its just fighting genius.

Frank, you are like me, Left eye dominant. Had same issue shooting. Glad I am ambi naturally.
Thanks a billion for the Hagler footage. I loved that guy growin up and since I grew up from 64-early 80's we definitely had the best times to be a boxing fan.

 
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What's that Goldtop thingy; can we have a looksee, please.
 
I don't like the big guitars, I like the little dinky ones, so the 339 is out.

I have thought about that honeryburst although I'm not fond of the thin photo/picture tops they use on the plustops - I prefer the plain tops. &, I buy and sell so much that when I can get a Gibaon SG faded NOS for $620 there really isn't much money to lose there when/if I sell it. Also, I just love the 60s slim taper neck on the Gibsons - by far the nicest neck I've ever played.
Here is a 336 (same size as the 339) next to 2 LPs and an SG. Pretty close in size and a whole new sound
 
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Hmmm, I see what you're saying. But, I don't know it still looks kinda unwieldy. I will make an effort to hold/play one next time I visit a guitar shop.
 
Since the first I ever heard of Def Leppard, I loved the High n Dry album and that song, Let it Go.
Something about the Pete Willis days brought out the more raw times of Leppard that hooked me at 17 yrs old.

Another of my favorite cuts from that album was High N Dry Saturday Night.

Hope you killed it at the audition Robert

Trivia....Almost ALL of the rhythm guitar on Pyromania was cut by Pete Willis before his exit from the band....
 
yeah thats a trip smoke and lasers in audition. I would have killed it on Huuricane and immigrant song I do plush but that one verse when he goes in the wiierd
B chord picking always flubs me. the rest of the set yeah I been fooked I been like summer of 69 nah lets do fits ya good.
animal ut uhh no way imma play me some
letting go Id been like you see boys you got the right bands just the wrong songs hell no wonder yall need a new picker LOL

You would do fine, Bro....

If you like the tone on "Let It Go," then you are enjoying a Hamer Standard with Seymour Duncan's....
 
Not knocking them, but I've never liked them. My amp taste is: VOX AC30, Fender Princeton, Fender Bassman or Messa Boogie. Sadly, I cannot afford any of them!

Personally, I wouldn't consider performing without a Marshall...but a Blackstar ID260TVP would make a GREAT practice amp!!! The nice thing about my DSL40C is I can easily move it in my Mustang... :-)
 
More Pete Willis stuff:

Quote from Willis "I stuck an electrolytic capacitor (.0047uf-.0068uf) between the middle volume and tone controls, which sort of compresses the sound. It's like using a Wah-Wah pedal, where you have the pedal set at a certain point in it's range that creates a rich tone".
 
the photo

Goldtop P90; why would you do that to me???

The 336/339 is obviously a nice guitar, but the looks do nothing for me. The fire beast scares me. The ebony LP is nice. But, that P90 goldtop is the one!
 
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