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Location: Flahdaw | Ok, I always thought these things were about as mickey mouse as you could get, but now I kinda think they might come in handy and be pretty comfortable for playing. Who's ever tried one?
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Junior Brown uses one. It would detract from my stage antics. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | I think Tom Sholtz (sp?) used one (for an Ovation 12 string no less) on the Boston tours back when they were making the rounds but I wouls have to agree with the Professor. It would just get in the way of windmills and it'd be almost impossible to throw one through a drum kit so the show would definitely suffer in the end. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Well, I'm about as wild on stage as Stephen Hawking, so that wouldn't be as issue. |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | Stephen Hawking?! :D C'mon, Bob - can't be that bad!
I don't know what to think of it. Maybe yes, maybe no. I do the "folkie-sitting-on-the-stool" gig, so I don't know... |
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Location: Flahdaw | Well, okay....he smiles more than I do, but I do tap my foot. |
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| In 1927 when I first saw Yes, and Steve Howe and me were both only middle-aged, he used one to hold his acoustic while he played The Clap or whatever it was called.
Personally I liked the bass player and the drummer and I thought the rest of 'em were just noodling around being prats.
100 million albums later I guess they were right and I was mistaken. I don't like the word wrong. |
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Location: nashville | Stanley Jordan uses one so he can play two guitars at the same time. Robby Steinhardt used one for Dust in the wind in the late 70's |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | David Gilmore and Carlos Santana uses them. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I have seen several artists use them. It strikes me that at high volume, an acoustic makes all sorts of not so entertaining noises, and a turn in the wrong direction could render an audience deaf. The idea of having the guitar, on a spot, where you can just walk up and play it, sounds rather appealing. |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | These 'guitar-on-a-stick' things (in one form or another...) were a standard in prog and fusion for years.
I remember seeing Michael Dunford (Renaissance) using one live to hold up his Adamas 1688 while playing his slung 1687. I thought that was the definition of prog-chic.
Also saw Pat Metheny using one to keep his 12 string acoustic handy while he played electric.
How could you not like them? They are very utile and allow you to do things that would be pretty hard otherwise...
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Location: Marlton, NJ | When I saw Yes last year, Steve Howe was still using one... though I think it was holding him up. |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | :) :) :) |
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Location: Jet City | Alex Lifeson from Rush came up with the idea on the Hemispheres tour. I think he made the first one from either a mic or cymbal stand. He patented it and mass-produced it as the 'Omega Guitar Stand'
The best part... He built it for his Ovation!
He still uses them today, Ovations too. I snapped this pic at the 2008 show at the Gorge...
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Dunfords were actually fabricated out of ovation bowls |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ....isn't this all just a re-hash of the old "Gracie" stands?
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Tim in Yucaipa:
....isn't this all just a re-hash of the old "Gracie" stands? Pretty much, Yeah.
The M-Brace connects by the strap buttons, which is a good idea.
But otherwise it is about the same thing.
The M-Brace basically hold a strap, hook it in the buttons, tighten the strap, viola!
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | It would be really neat to have if you were playing in a coffee shop or small place and one of the songs you were playing had a 12 string and a six string guitar parts. You just walk up and play the part then back off. It's a great idea, How much do they cost again? |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...these have better mojo....
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Tim I want one of those so bad I can taste it, and smell it. Maybe someday. :D |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by kitmann:
Tim I want one of those so bad I can taste it, and smell it. Maybe someday. :D Deal o\' da Week!
And this is a CSE225 with a Solid Top! :eek:
Got a nice little audio clip of "Wagon Wheel" in that listing too. |
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Anyone use one of these?