Welcome Harry, from a fellow Beatlemaniac!
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+1, To that!walrus said:
and as Al said, Lots of respect, and even love, for 'The Dark Horse' 'round here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlqDX63vWP4
Thank you all for your kind messages.
Yes, the avatar is George Harrison's "Rocky" psychedelic strat.
In fact I actually replicated the guitar myself, re-painting my black Squier Strat. Looks way better now!
I absolutely love George Harrison's music, sounds etc!
Incidentally, my name is Mark and I'm from the UK.
Yes, the avatar is George Harrison's "Rocky" psychedelic strat.
In fact I actually replicated the guitar myself, re-painting my black Squier Strat. Looks way better now!
I absolutely love George Harrison's music, sounds etc!
Incidentally, my name is Mark and I'm from the UK.
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Ahhhh, He was always my favorite Wilbury. :wink:adorshki said:
This video, to me, just sums up so much of Georges sence of humour....'Cracks' me up!
And Yes, that is his wife Olivia at 2:30. :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8LgEaXo ... re=related
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How did I ever miss this? :shock: :lol:
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taabru45 said:
:wink: Ahhhh Steffan, ..........."We've been expecting you". :lol:
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Talk about a thread veer!
Just to be clear, Olivia is on the left. One wonders what she thought of the woman on the right! And no, it's not Patti!
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Just to be clear, Olivia is on the left. One wonders what she thought of the woman on the right! And no, it's not Patti!
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Who would paint a perfectly good black strat like that!? Man, .....You must be really be the Fool!
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=the+f ... 80&bih=656
:wink: OK, Mark, All gest aside, That is actually a really great job! I like it allot. Takes something from the ordinary into the extraordinary.
It must have been a really fun process, and labor of love to do. You'v got some artistic talent there! Great job.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=the+f ... 80&bih=656
:wink: OK, Mark, All gest aside, That is actually a really great job! I like it allot. Takes something from the ordinary into the extraordinary.
It must have been a really fun process, and labor of love to do. You'v got some artistic talent there! Great job.
The Fool Gibson was a nice guitar too. Eric must have loved that!
I know that to some it's a little too much painting guitars like that, but mine wasn't a special strat (only a Squier) so I'm sure I'm forgiven!
Yeah it was fun, but I don't really use it too much.
I know that to some it's a little too much painting guitars like that, but mine wasn't a special strat (only a Squier) so I'm sure I'm forgiven!
Yeah it was fun, but I don't really use it too much.
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Mate, I think that the Squire is the perfect canvas for such an artistic expression. Seems to me you've increased it's value many fold! :wink: Sure looks great.Harrysong said:
Never played one either, ( I'd love to!) But I love the look of them too, and Hey, if they're good enough for George......Harrysong said:
He had a fantastic collection of quirky guitars and Ukes. He loved that stuff! So good that his son enjoys and appreciates them as well.
I often wonder if someday Dhani will release some music of his own.
Hard, I'd imagine, with so much to 'live up to', many critics would be unfairly severe. He's probably better off just enjoying his music, and doing his own thing.
Thanks for the kind comments on my strat.
I remember buying a guitar mag back in the 1980's and George was featured showing some of his guitar collection. Some wonderful guitars.
Dhani has a number of songs out there. In fact there are a number of his songs on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/results?sear...188.0.219.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1ac.1.
I remember buying a guitar mag back in the 1980's and George was featured showing some of his guitar collection. Some wonderful guitars.
Dhani has a number of songs out there. In fact there are a number of his songs on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/results?sear...188.0.219.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1ac.1.
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Man, Thanks for that. I've just got to climb out from under my rock more often!Harrysong said:
That was so good to see ( and hear). Glad he's out there doing it! On his own terms as well. Cool.
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Lets all just agree to go ahead and blame Yoko! :lol:walrus said:
About the Fool guitar, in case anyone's interested... this matters to me because I'm a 40-year fan of one of my true heroes, Todd Rundgren; I've been lucky enough to hang out and party with him on a number of occasions. Those who say you should never meet your heroes never met Todd; friendly, gracious and a real mensch. I have a video of him mixing a martini for me!
Todd had custody of the Fool for a good long while, but eventually gave it up. He did have a replica made afterwards, which I had the chance to see up close and personal. (No, I didn't play it!) It looked great, but Todd said the original was seriously worse for the wear. By the time he sold it, it was too fragile to actually play.
Here's a quote from the Wikipedia article:
The Fool, a "psychedelic fantasy", according to Clapton, was the brainchild of Marijke Koger who, along with Simon Postuma, was a founding member of The Fool collective. In early 1967, the collective were contacted by Robert Stigwood, then manager of Cream, to work on instruments and costumes for the band, which was about to leave London for a tour of the United States. Koger and Postuma painted Clapton's Gibson SG, a drum kit for Ginger Baker, and a Fender Bass VI for Jack Bruce, which he did not like very much and played only on TV performances.
The guitar made its debut as Cream played their first show in the United States on 25 March 1967 at the RKO theater on 58th Street, Manhattan, where Cream and The Who played a series of shows headlined by Mitch Ryder and promoted by Murray the K. Clapton used the guitar for most of Cream's recordings after Fresh Cream, particularly on Disraeli Gears, until the band broke up in 1968. After Clapton it passed to Jackie Lomax, who may have acquired it from George Harrison. It then passed to Todd Rundgren, who had seen Clapton play it during Cream's show at the RKO Theater and was "mesmerized" by it. Rundgren reportedly paid $500 for the guitar and had various repairs done to it. He had the guitar finished anew and retouched in places, and a portion of the neck and headstock was replaced. Rundgren sold the guitar in 2000 at auction for around $150,000 to pay off a tax debt, donating 10% to Clapton's Crossroads Centre. The Fool was resold to a private collector a few years later for around $500,000.
The Fool has had other work done: some of the control knobs have been replaced and, most notably, the original trapeze-style bridge was replaced with a Tune-o-matic. The guitar now has Grover tuners rather than the original Klusons.
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Just to add to the veer, here's a link to a collection of posters I did for Todd fan gatherings and parties...
http://randywalters.com/posters
Todd had custody of the Fool for a good long while, but eventually gave it up. He did have a replica made afterwards, which I had the chance to see up close and personal. (No, I didn't play it!) It looked great, but Todd said the original was seriously worse for the wear. By the time he sold it, it was too fragile to actually play.
Here's a quote from the Wikipedia article:
The Fool, a "psychedelic fantasy", according to Clapton, was the brainchild of Marijke Koger who, along with Simon Postuma, was a founding member of The Fool collective. In early 1967, the collective were contacted by Robert Stigwood, then manager of Cream, to work on instruments and costumes for the band, which was about to leave London for a tour of the United States. Koger and Postuma painted Clapton's Gibson SG, a drum kit for Ginger Baker, and a Fender Bass VI for Jack Bruce, which he did not like very much and played only on TV performances.
The guitar made its debut as Cream played their first show in the United States on 25 March 1967 at the RKO theater on 58th Street, Manhattan, where Cream and The Who played a series of shows headlined by Mitch Ryder and promoted by Murray the K. Clapton used the guitar for most of Cream's recordings after Fresh Cream, particularly on Disraeli Gears, until the band broke up in 1968. After Clapton it passed to Jackie Lomax, who may have acquired it from George Harrison. It then passed to Todd Rundgren, who had seen Clapton play it during Cream's show at the RKO Theater and was "mesmerized" by it. Rundgren reportedly paid $500 for the guitar and had various repairs done to it. He had the guitar finished anew and retouched in places, and a portion of the neck and headstock was replaced. Rundgren sold the guitar in 2000 at auction for around $150,000 to pay off a tax debt, donating 10% to Clapton's Crossroads Centre. The Fool was resold to a private collector a few years later for around $500,000.
The Fool has had other work done: some of the control knobs have been replaced and, most notably, the original trapeze-style bridge was replaced with a Tune-o-matic. The guitar now has Grover tuners rather than the original Klusons.
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Just to add to the veer, here's a link to a collection of posters I did for Todd fan gatherings and parties...
http://randywalters.com/posters
Very interesting post.
I always liked Marijke and her psychedelic works. She's still working with similar art work designs.
I often wondered what paints were used on that guitar as some close up pics I have seen over the years seemed to show that it was possibly flaking?
Either way, a great looking guitar.
Thanks for the info.
I always liked Marijke and her psychedelic works. She's still working with similar art work designs.
I often wondered what paints were used on that guitar as some close up pics I have seen over the years seemed to show that it was possibly flaking?
Either way, a great looking guitar.
Thanks for the info.
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Even Wonderwall?Harrysong said:
(Just kidding, I still have my vinyl of it. :lol: )
The thing that really irks me is that I'd bet 99% of Oasis fans don't even have a clue about just how old that title really is.
Oh well I always preferred Blur to the brothers Gallagher who also lifted the title "Definitely Maybe" from another English guitar genius by the name of Beck. Jeffery, to be specific....
Ah well they do say plagiarism is the sincerest form of homage..... :roll: