Guitars and BEER!
- Thread starter Gahr
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As a child (18-20) I didn't like beer. Did the Boones Farm thing for awhile (it was early 70s after all) and graduated to Canadian Club pretty quickly. By the time I turned 20 I was pretty much over all of it. Many years later when I did get back into it, it was more like glass of wine with dinner. A single cocktail while waiting on appetizer. Today if I have a beer, it's one. Might have a couple glasses of wine with dinner. The obligatory margarita with Mexican. And I have it at home. Almost never in a restaurant anymore. Especially if I'm driving.
Fiesta Red
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You want to talk about drinking cheap?I have posted this photo before in different threads.
Back story...... When my eldest was in college.... graduated 2001.... the Frat he was in threw a party. Imagine that. Theme of the party was to bring a six pack of the cheapest beer you could find. There was the usual Schlitz, PBR, Red White & Blue.... etc. But the guy that won came in with this stuff. Not sure he spent 3 bucks on it. Guess it was really bad but was all gone before the night was over. Also.... imagine that.
I know a dude who regularly drank Thunderbird wine (the original formula, not the new reissue)…ON PURPOSE!
That crap would give you a hangover before you even stopped drinking.
Fiesta Red
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I drank it a couple of times…because, y’know, we were blues players…gotta try stuff, y’know…
The next morning, you understand surrealistic art a lot better than previously.
Funny story. As my boys got older.... like HS and college age, told them when you're someplace like say a Bowling Alley, when you go use the restroom, you can always tell where the guy next to you is. If he walks up and just does his job and leaves, he's sober. If he walks up and puts a hand on the wall to steady himself, he's had a few. If he walks in and his feet stop but his head doesn't till it hits the wall. Call him a cab. Both boys would tell me later they'd seen all three types in action.
There is yet another example of this phenomenon, the one who falls asleep on the throne..Funny story. As my boys got older.... like HS and college age, told them when you're someplace like say a Bowling Alley, when you go use the restroom, you can always tell where the guy next to you is. If he walks up and just does his job and leaves, he's sober. If he walks up and puts a hand on the wall to steady himself, he's had a few. If he walks in and his feet stop but his head doesn't till it hits the wall. Call him a cab. Both boys would tell me later they'd seen all three types in action.
I only came across this specimen once , while driving truck, it was in Georgia, or Florida, I can’t recall anymore.
Brian Krashpad
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ENough talk of parking lots and other derailme
Enough silly talk of parking lots and other derailments.
Feck car parks, I give you the driveway of death!
Grimms Brothers Farmer’s Daughter Oktoberfest Golden Lager (Loveland CO).
Sunn 200S (1960s 60W bass head, USA), Marshall Model 1510 (1980s 4x10 bass cab, UK), Gibson Les Paul Special (US 2012).
Sovtek MiG 50H (1990s Russia), Risson Cab (rebadged as "Krashall," late 1970s or early 1980s USA 4x12), Gibson Les Paul Special Doublecut (US 2012).
Drink up, me hearties.
Enough silly talk of parking lots and other derailments.
Feck car parks, I give you the driveway of death!
Grimms Brothers Farmer’s Daughter Oktoberfest Golden Lager (Loveland CO).
Sunn 200S (1960s 60W bass head, USA), Marshall Model 1510 (1980s 4x10 bass cab, UK), Gibson Les Paul Special (US 2012).
Sovtek MiG 50H (1990s Russia), Risson Cab (rebadged as "Krashall," late 1970s or early 1980s USA 4x12), Gibson Les Paul Special Doublecut (US 2012).
Drink up, me hearties.
SG John
Ambassador of Cool Guitars and Amps.
SG John
Ambassador of Cool Guitars and Amps.
Nice! I love my cellar of aural assault.
This is an old photo. They've somehow managed to multiply since then.
GrumpySquatch
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December 1978. The crew and I got together and displayed all our toys and such. The amp I had before the Boogie atop a Traynor 2-12".
I did not drink the Miller!
I did not drink the Miller!
Brian Krashpad
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NOM!
Also, WHAT?
Sorry, I think I lost some hearing just looking at that.
To keep on point, here is an out of date 2020 shot of the same driveway, mais avec du biere, as they say in France:
It's a little fuzzy, but I think that's a 12-pack of "Newkie Brown" (Newcastle Brown Ale, a/k/a "Broon" and "the Dog", 4.7 abv), albeit in a modernised export formula that's rather shameful compared its original recipe.
Here's an updated 2022 shot sans beer and guitars, which, again has been outdated by various and sundry subsequent sales and purchases (the baby Vox (Valvetronix), MosValve, and Laney have been sold, and several other purchased):
Brian Krashpad
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The fact that this is ever so slightly out of focus just adds to its charm. What amp head is that? It looks vaguely Ampeg-ish but not.
Brian Krashpad
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Fender Tex-Mex Telecaster Special (1997, MIM); Founder's Porter (Grand Rapids, MI; ABV: 6.5%)
Brian Krashpad
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Goldtop Gretsch Electromatic Pro Jet G5438 (MIC 2017), Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale (Founders Brewing Company, Grand Rapids, MI, abv 8.5)
Bonus amps: Marshall DSL40C (Viet Nam 2018) 40W tube 1x12 2-channel combo with Celestion Creamback G12H75 speaker upgrade; Ampeg Reverberocket R212R (USA) 50W tube 2x12 combo, 2 channels and reverb.
Happy Christmas!
Brian Krashpad
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Ja, das ist ein Nürnberger Brauspetzialitat! Sehr gut!
Brian Krashpad
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That beer beer made a memorable cameo in the film "Repo Man."
The film took the idea one step further as well:
"Put it on a plate, you'll enjoy it more!"
Brian Krashpad
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Foto del garaje!
Epiphone Les Paul Special, Vox AC30 (covered), Peavey Triple XXX 40W 1x12 combo, Night Swim Porter (Coppertail Brewing, Tampa, FL; 6.2% ABV).
Epiphone Les Paul Special, Vox AC30 (covered), Peavey Triple XXX 40W 1x12 combo, Night Swim Porter (Coppertail Brewing, Tampa, FL; 6.2% ABV).