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Catmandue said:
Oh by the way, I like EVH but, I don't do human sacrifices to worship him, the way I do to Hendrix and SRV. Just sayin!!
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I like him fine too but have never understood the slavish adoration either. I remember when the first album came out, we thought it was okay and the band had a good guitar player but it didn't really impact me that hard. Let me put it this way; I have never had the most remote desire to play like EVH. Randy Rhoads, though, that's a different story.
 
gball said:
I like him fine too but have never understood the slavish adoration either. I remember when the first album came out, we thought it was okay and the band had a good guitar player but it didn't really impact me that hard. Let me put it this way; I have never had the most remote desire to play like EVH. Randy Rhoads, though, that's a different story.
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I agree with your comparison 100%. Lots of people liked VH, as a band, but not many guitarists that I met back in the VH heyday thought Ed was anything more than just a good guitarist. Warren DiMartini absolutely killed Ed for fluidity/feel and his tapping was every bit as fast.

For me, I only ever truly admired one guitarist to the point of near idol worship: Gary Moore.
 
Robert Herndon said:
I agree with your comparison 100%. Lots of people liked VH, as a band, but not many guitarists that I met back in the VH heyday thought Ed was anything more than just a good guitarist. Warren DiMartini absolutely killed Ed for fluidity/feel and his tapping was every bit as fast.

For me, I only ever truly admired one guitarist to the point of near idol worship: Gary Moore.
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TBD, I'm really not a fan of the tapping thing so much. A bit here and there? Sure. But that "Eruption" nonsense? Keep it.

My only misty-eyed idol worship guy is Alex Lifeson. I learned more about playing guitar from listening to All The World's A Stage over and over again than from any other source in my life.
 
gball said:
TBD, I'm really not a fan of the tapping thing so much. A bit here and there? Sure. But that "Eruption" nonsense? Keep it.

My only misty-eyed idol worship guy is Alex Lifeson. I learned more about playing guitar from listening to All The World's A Stage over and over again than from any other source in my life.
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I remember guys sporting the "2112" T shirts in high school..
 
Robert Herndon said:
I remember guys sporting the "2112" T shirts in high school..
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I was one of those guys. I listened to a lot of Rush in Jr High/High School and tried to see them every time they came around.
Black Sabbath was my first love, but TBH I never really strove to play like Iommi. Lifeson on the other hand has always been my tone and style reference from my formative years.
 
gball said:
I was one of those guys. I listened to a lot of Rush in Jr High/High School and tried to see them every time they came around.
Black Sabbath was my first love, but TBH I never really strove to play like Iommi. Lifeson on the other hand has always been my tone and style reference from my formative years.
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I am sure I missed out on a lot of Rush because I couldn't get past Lee's voice, but that's just a personal preference thing...
 
Robert Herndon said:
I am sure I missed out on a lot of Rush because I couldn't get past Lee's voice, but that's just a personal preference thing...
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That is a very well documented feeling from many.

But...

When I first heard Rush, I never thought about Geddy's voice being unsual. It was part of the chemistry of Rush. In fact, it wasn't till I heard from critics or other friends complaining about his voice, that I honestly thought to myself: "That Mofo really has a crazy voice". From then on, I liked Rush and Geddy's crazy voice even more... :dood:
 
Robert Herndon said:
I am sure I missed out on a lot of Rush because I couldn't get past Lee's voice, but that's just a personal preference thing...
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My room mate in college loved Rush! I had a very good stereo. KLH speakers, a Crown power amp and a tuner made by out friends at Sony. I ran out of money when I bought the Sony. One rule, no Rush! That voice and that mess. I played and sang rocky raccoon to drive him into liking Dylan.
 
syscokid said:
That is a very well documented feeling from many.

But...

When I first heard Rush, I never thought about Geddy's voice being unsual. It was part of the chemistry of Rush. In fact, it wasn't till I heard from critics or other friends complaining about his voice, that I honestly thought to myself: "That Mofo really has a crazy voice". From then on, I liked Rush and Geddy's crazy voice even more... :dood:
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I never understood people’s criticisms of Geddy’s voice. I’ve always felt he possessed a powerful, unique instrument that complimented the band/material perfectly. Perhaps the uniqueness doesn’t work for a lot of people but that’s exactly what I love most about his voice and the whole band.
 
Geddy's voice is about as pleasant as chewing aluminum foil.
It literally hurts my brain and completely prevented me from
listening to what was probably a very good band.
Nope.
Not ever.
Not even 1 song.
I would rather listen to 5 pounds of silverware in a clothes dryer.
 
Tony M. said:
Geddy's voice is about as pleasant as chewing aluminum foil.
It literally hurts my brain and completely prevented me from
listening to what was probably a very good band.
Nope.
Not ever.
Not even 1 song.
I would rather listen to 5 pounds of silverware in a clothes dryer.
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I respect that. There is a lot of music that other people seem to love that I can't get my head around (like GnR, I think Axl is about the worst singer to ever walk on a stage and I can't listen to that band because of him. Also, I truly cannot stand Janis Joplin, but everybody else seems to cream their jeans over her). Not everything is for everybody!
 
Tony M. said:
Geddy's voice is about as pleasant as chewing aluminum foil.
It literally hurts my brain and completely prevented me from
listening to what was probably a very good band.
Nope.
Not ever.
Not even 1 song.
I would rather listen to 5 pounds of silverware in a clothes dryer.
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You have some strange and unusual habits, Tony... :ROFLMAO:
 
Eddie has a 12000 series Marshall that would make it a 1968 SL-100 the only reason he dropped the input voltage was the old Marshall's had a 100v and 110v input not 125v so 90v on the 100v leg
would drop the secondary PT transformer voltage I doubt you could hear the difference. Eddie will sound like Eddie no matter what ever amp he plays through.
Angus Young likes the 240v input and runs 234v
 
67plexi said:
Eddie has a 12000 series Marshall that would make it a 1968 SL-100 the only reason he dropped the input voltage was the old Marshall's had a 100v and 110v input not 125v so 90v on the 100v leg
would drop the secondary PT transformer voltage I doubt you could hear the difference. Eddie will sound like Eddie no matter what ever amp he plays through.
Angus Young likes the 240v input and runs 234v
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You are exactly right!

I've seen Angus' s rig up close and they have a power supply that will allow them to dial up 234 anywhere on earth...
 
Robert Herndon said:
Angus also uses the Dunlop Plastic Strap Wafers and has for years...
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Those are pretty much the same thing (or at least idea) as what I use

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