01GT eibach
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Was that a 1984 SG "Driftwood" model?
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7 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
The keyboard era makes me vomit. Um Geddy your a bass player.
LOL -- I know ... Most Rush fans especially dislike Hold Your Fire ,Grace Under Pressure, and Signals. I love those albums to death, with Presto and Power Windows close behind. Most Rush fans also love Counterparts. Not me, I think it is their worst album.
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That's right ... FM opened. You have a good memory ... My recollection is a bit different from yours at that first Moving Pictures show. I was crushed when they ended 2112 (which they opened with) after Temples. Uhhh, guys, that's not all of it ... there is a lot more. I recollect them playing lots of other stuff short, too, including Cygnus, Xanadu, etc., etc. At one point, Alex plays the riff to Working Man and stops. In that respect, I left very frustrated with their set from the show ... I was probably just too big of a fan expecting too much. I did not see them again until the Presto tour -- front row right in front of Geddy (I was also in the Navy like you, and was able to get Ticketron tickets on a military base with nobody in line). HOWEVER, at that show, all I could hear was Geddy's bass... no guitar, no drums, no keyboards, no vocals ... as in NONE. It was difficult to even know what songs they were playing. Front row, and just a HORRIBLE concert experience. At that point, I just relegated Rush to being an awesome studio band and not to be seen live. I was still buying and loving their albums, but passing on live shows. Then in 1997, I eventually caved in and saw them on the Test For Echo tour. Completely unknown to me, this was their first tour in the 3-hour "An Evening With Rush Format" with an intermission, no opening act, a theme to their video, no shortened songs, etc. And guess what?? The sound was amazing, and they played 2112 in its entirety (first time since the Permanent Waves tour that opened this thread). They were awesome. They played the Shoreline Amphitheater (I know you know were that is) twice, months apart on on two different legs. I went to both of the shows and became hooked on their live shows. After that, I saw them on every subsequent tour, sometimes multiple times on the same tour in different cities. Every time I saw them, they were awesome with the only issue being that Geddy was maybe not having his best night vocally on a few of those shows.
As far as their albums, I love all of their studio albums ... except Counter Parts, and I find Roll The Bones to be a little iffy, and I don't like the covers album. The only live Rush I listen to is All The World's A Stage. I love the "keyboard era" albums ... from Signals all the way through to Presto. In particular, I love Hold Your Fire and Grace Under Pressure from that era.
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On 2/24/2020 at 6:32 PM, Sgt. Pepper said:
My first Rush show was Moving Pictures the last was the last tour and 5 or 6 others in between. Great band, great album, sad ending.
Me too, but with more than "5 or 6 in between". Rush is my favorite band (with Yes not far behind ... I think you already guessed that, though) . Was that Moving Pictures show you saw the one in Oakland?
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You mentioned Fly from Here -- that album had yet another singer, Benoit David, and is actually very good album. The real clunker is the Heaven and Earth album made with the current singer, Jon Davison ... a very bad album. As I said before, I only saw Yes once without Jon Anderson, and I was not sure what to expect. Davison pulled it off pretty well though ... I was pleasantly surprised. The biggest difference, honestly, was the between-song patter, where Jon Anderson is so personable, funny ,and super talkative to the crowd. Jon Davison said nothing to the crowd the whole night with Howe and Squire talking to the crowd. It was so nice to hear them rip on Tempus Fugit from Drama ... it ended up being a very good show . And, yes, Close To The Edge is my favorite Yes album, too.
You mentioned seeing Asia ... were you at their premier San Francisco gig at the Warfield theater? I was ...
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9 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
Remember right now Yes is a band with 0 original members ...
LOL ... Oh, come on, bro ... They got Steve Howe, Alan White, and Geoff Downes. And the singer sings the stuff REALLY well. That is a very respectable lineup. To me, I will likely not see them again unless they come to Colorado Springs because I have seen them so many times. I will severely miss the great Chris Squire, though.
If you want to throw stones, look at Kansas ... they got the original drummer and the secondary guitar player, and a bunch of fill-ins. No Livgren. No Steve Walsh. No Steinhardt (I will probably get ripped a little for that "secondary" comment, but Kerry Livgren was the primary Kansas guitar player to me and the key to their late 70s/early 80s greatness).
Not arguing ... just an opinion ...
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I have seen Steve with Asia once and with Yes many times, starting with the Union tour in the round, and may times in the 1990s and 2000s. Yes was always good. Their "theater tour" in the late 1990s was particularly awesome with the 20-minute "The Revealing Science of God" (side 1 of TFTO) in the setlist being a near religious experience. The last time I saw them was 2013 in Scottsdale with Chris Squire still there, along with the new singer (Jon Davison) -- without Jon Anderson, I was not sure what to expect, but they were surprisingly excellent. Jon Davison can faithfully sing Yes music like Anderson, so you kinda forget for a second that Jon Anderson is not even there. Of course, my attention is almost always on Steve and Chris, anyway. The one nice thing about Jon Davison is you get those awesome songs from the Drama album which Jon Anderson would never sing. I love Yes ... I am a huge fan. I think we should just be happy that we still have the opportunity to see Howe, Wakeman, John Anderson, and others in a live setting ... albeit, not the same live setting (LOL).
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Sounds like a great guitar. I love Firebirds. Any chance of posting a pic?
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Permanent Waves was a VERY welcome lightening up from their previous heavy-concept-album methodology that ended in their previous album Hemispheres. The "Permanent Waves" tour was their last tour tour to play the entire 2112 Suite (they opened with it) until 1997's "Test For Echo" tour. My older brother went to that show (I was too young at having just turned 13, but did catch the following year on the "Moving Pictures" tour sans the full 2112, though ). Permanent Waves is a truly great album with Different Strings and Natural Science amazing standout tracks.
Rush on the "permanent Waves" tour:
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I had a friend with an early 1980s Hondo II Les-Paul-Custom copy. I know a lot of people really like those Hondo guitars. My friend's guitar was absolutely beautiful but played and sounded horribly. Just not good at all ... It sounds like yours is much better than that, so I am happy for you.
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8 minutes ago, badbluesplayer said:
That would be worth at least a few thousand dollars ... take it to a good luthier - or guitar shop - and have them clean it up and give you an assessment of the value ...
Yes, agreed to the above. Also, stress on the "at least" for the valuation. That guitar, assuming nothing wrong with it is worth a lot of money. The case, too, so take care of that also. I would be careful who you take it too, as well -- you need someone who knows what they are doing, and not a 17-year-old working at Guitar Center who is likely just fine with an Ibanez Artcore, but not this ...
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History Channel a bit ... Anyone else see the "Washington" mini-series?? Amazing ... but I was already a fan of the dude.
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Yeah, if you are going to do it, then get '67 SG pickups in it. Yes, it will be pricey, but the money you spend will be value of the '67 SG that you are raising. Thanks for posing pics. Super cool guitar.
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Habitat For Humanity does a lot of good things to help people.
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The logo just looks a little off ... the placement of it, and the "s" and "G" especially. That is either a $5000 Gibson -- or a $500 Chinese Gibson (and still probably a nice playing guitar once set up correctly). And I would put my money on the latter.
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I went to GC on Dec 26 to return a red Ibanez my wife brought me for Christmas, but I did not want. While there, I went in their little "reserve room" and played this great Les Paul. Uncovered pickups, coil taps, plain gloss top with satin back, fast neck, Grover locking tuners. "What is this Les Paul? " Answer: "It is a Trad Pro. No one has even played it yet. We just put it out". It was awesome and a thing of absolute beauty (still is, actually), and -- oh yeah -- it is $400 less than a Standard. Really? I knew I was not leaving without it, and they knocked another $100 off of the price.
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Not exactly the same but I have a 2010 Gibson Les Paul Trad Pro (the first run of the Gibson Trad Pro Line was 09-11). It seems this is a similar spec to those guitars. Gloss top w/ satin back/sides/neck, uncovered Classic57&BB3 pickups w/ coil taps, 60s neck. It is a great player configuration.
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4 hours ago, Big Bill said:
... Stevie. She is the only blonde to ever melt my butter ...
Yeah, but she seemed to be passed around more than Grace Slick ...
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1 hour ago, Navy Vet. said:
... looking for pawn shop gems. Mostly struck out everyplace I go ...
Me too -- all of the nice guitars I have ever seen in a pawn shop are always either fairly or over priced. I have seen some nicely priced higher-end Squiers, but that is about it ...
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Shouldn't the binding be over the frets?
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1 hour ago, Terrytoons said:
I own a1975 Les Paul Standard although I have no original bill of sale ... I walked into Minns music store in London and bought the Tobacco brown brand new and still have it ...
Oh, come on. A statement like that and no picture??? I am dying here ...
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I liked Christine McVie ... Her songs and voice always appealed to me.
She has the classic English woman look, too.
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His 13-year-old daughter died with him. RIP, sir ...
2002 gibson sg faded with crescent moon inlay's
in Gibson USA
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We are not talking about the guitar in the picture, right? Clearly, those in the pic are uncovered humbuckers, right? (I have a feeling I am about to be educated on something ...)