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Anyone Listen To King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard?
'Scales replied to Sgt. Pepper's topic in The Gibson Lounge
Yeah, definitely - I enjoy when my son (21 yo) shows me stuff his friends are either playing in their bands or listening to. Some of the stuff I loved in the 90's is influencing the musical youth at least, even if you'd think from the media the only band is Taylor Pink or whatever that is. -
Anyone Listen To King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard?
'Scales replied to Sgt. Pepper's topic in The Gibson Lounge
Something for everyone - often in the same song! Talented, interesting and prolific. If rock mattered in the world anymore these guys would be doing very nicely I reckon. -
Correct Answer!!! That they entered the store qualifies them - all the rest (including age, hair colour, perceived motive for visit and/or available cash based on same, and all other prejudices) are just red herrings. Go directly to cashier for $15 an hour. Do not pass Gibson Lounge.
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at GC advanced level training course: "OK now, so an obese, grey-haired, cross-dressed, boomer woman of colour walks in the door, ....how do we assess? Any ideas?"
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Millions excitedly plan to watch something "turn off"
'Scales replied to Sheepdog1969's topic in The Gibson Lounge
...and the weird power of beer goggles... -
Millions excitedly plan to watch something "turn off"
'Scales replied to Sheepdog1969's topic in The Gibson Lounge
Will we be taxed on this? Will there be a Slash commemorative model?? -
New Jimmy Page Eds-1275 Custom Shop. Thoughts?
'Scales replied to Dexcb's topic in The Gibson Lounge
No thanks. I'm kind of surprised if they've sold 50 of them in total in their history. ...then again, what could possibly go wrong? - well, jump ahead to 28 minutes in to see the answer.... -
You'd rather see him in leisurewear or a natty sports jacket? ...be like Lemmy wearing golfing attire Yeah, it was great then and probably had an influence on guitar playing style for the (awesome) early 90's too. ...and, whilst I never really liked his band's stuff, I'd say the same to some extent for Mick Mars - though he was somewhat invisible among his bandmates.
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Thanks for giving it up! - I have found that intellectual mastery is one thing and 'typing-brain' seems to be quite another...regularly I re-read my posts, and only then notice they're/their or bear/bare etc ...not through lack of mastery of language, but though some 'autopilot' part of the brain that seems to infect typing Local vernacular may also play a role - for example, you say "...someone who scored a 96% on their...", whereas where I live we would more likely say "...someone who scored 96% on their..." so, giving it up may indeed provide sanity protection
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Would love some thoughts on my mix of electrics & potential changes
'Scales replied to Mike CT's topic in The Gibson Lounge
Hi Mike - you'll get as many different answers as you get replies, so mine is entirely personal... I'd sell all except the V, pick up a Mexican Strat or Tele so you have something inexpensive and different to amuse yourself with other styles of sound (or for when a friend drops by and wants to play), make your wife happy in the process and explain that you may still want another guitar in the future but are not jumping in until the right one comes along (such prudence and maturity!!)... Then when the magic "one" does come along you can buy it without any mental (or marital) gymnastics. 'swat I'd do. -
you realise you've been on the Gibson Lounge (a term which I now assume has creepy psychiatrist undertones) so long that when you started Rabs was in his thirties!!! (feck, that's a fifth of my life ago...)
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'Scales replied to sparquelito's topic in The Gibson Lounge
see! this is what I'm talking about....🤘 -
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'Scales replied to sparquelito's topic in The Gibson Lounge
A Telecaster is the only guitar that tempts me in recent years...this thread and its pictures isn't helping at all !! -
Great to hear!...as were Dino Jr
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Nice one Saturn - yeah, I spose its time to get 2024 kicked off....last Friday night pub gig. It was ok - not great, not bad. The 2 opening acts were cool and interesting but not particularly high energy...I prefer to come on after some high energy (or even before some) just to get the blood flowing and the crowd up, but hey, our peers would have been home watching some cr@p on tv or checking their finances or whatever they do rather than this, so its all good eh!
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Too right man! Any gigs I've played or attended people tend to be nice, especially other musicians as they know its unlikely everything will always be perfect for their own gigs either. If anything its more likely that if we play a set that we all consider a bit of a clusterf*k, and you come off and some dude goes "man, you guys were so tight!"
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One day its Mark Knopfler, the next day its Dave Gilmour, then its J Mascis, then Malcolm Young...seems to depend more on me than the guitarist.
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Cardio: Outside and downstairs to the laundry, back up stairs to get the key, downstairs to the laundry, upstairs to retrieve basket of washing left while searching for key, downstairs to laundry... x twice weekly. (Its 17 stairs - I know that for damned sure...) Flexibility: Commence playing guitar, drop (mutherf'kn chameleon of a) guitar pick, bend and twist while searching for 3 minutes, reach down into case for another pick, repeat regularly. I retired 2 years ago and said that now I was in my fifties while my peers grow grey/bald and fat I would grow my hair long (done) and get to healthy weight (weights, cardio, swim at gym most days has started this year)... its my "screw you middle age!" bloody-minded fitness program
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always the "doctors and lawyers'' eh Sarge? ...man, those dudes would rarely be making the mega bucks and worrying about guitar collections in this day and age I'd think. Maybe "bitcoin billionaires" or "uber-influencers" or some such idle rich nowadays?
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Yep - Clapton seemed to agree and wanted his third album's title to be longer... "World’s Greatest Guitar Player - There's One in Every Crowd"
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In $US i figure my amp cost $145 for the head plus $75 for the quad box, and then there's my main guitar at say $80...so I'm into the rig for $300. So I guess its all paid for , but if I was starting just now that's be 4 or 5 shows at 45mins per gig. Got one next week so not long to go!!
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Looking forward to this one - Dinosaur Jr tomorrow night at a sold out 1500 capacity quality music venue. Probably my favourite band and favourite guitarist. Earplugs are packed (if that sounds strange, it works superbly with one of the loudest acts on the planet in a theatre gig). Can't wait! Any bands on your horizons?
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Sounds great!
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I don't know about the term 'luxury' - that brings me thoughts of either luxuriousness (which I wouldn't personally attribute to guitars) or something in excess of basic requirements (which I guess a guitar is, but that's unlikely to be what the question refers to). I'd say maybe a Gibson is aspirational for many players - particularly those who play acoustic or semi/hollow electric where it is a producer of quality instruments, and/or those who want to own the same type of guitar as someone they admire where their electrics have a great history among rock guitarists, or...even just to show off. It's not universal though - my band's lead guitarist, for example, is an Ibanez player and their instruments do the things he wants and are quite different to most Gibson's which he might see as old fashioned and low tech... which is just what people like myself might see as being among Gibson's assets ...So I think I'd vote for something like aspirational rather than luxury when it comes to Gibson - but we's all different when it comes to thoughts.