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Location: south east Michigan | BrickGlass - 2015-03-03 7:19 AM
Oh no no, we cannot be waiting months for threads to "go off" as you put it. I feel like there is a huge untapped realm of fascinating, riveting, enthralling, intriguing, hilarious discussion to be had here now. I've been a member since 2011 .....
Fun is fun and good conversation is just that.
But if feel you need to be the ***-hat who just likes to rile things up, personally, I'd say no thanks.
We've had a number of that ilk come & go over the years.
Yeah it's a little fun at first but gets predictable and old pretty quick. |
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Location: Flahdaw | amosmoses - 2015-03-03 8:21 AM
All of those pieces flying off of the train remind me of Tommy playing his Maton in concert.
THAT was funny! |
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Location: Texas | "***-hat who just likes to rile things up" Hmmm. Bob, you might want to check that tag in your hat to see what it is made from... |
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Location: Flahdaw | "certified hind end", whatever that means.. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | darkbarguitar - 2015-03-03 12:50 PM
"certified hind end", whatever that means..
I might be able to help you define that. It's been explained to me SEVERAL times...but yet I'm also told that I still don't get it so maybe it'd be better left to someone else. Just let me know what you hear on that. |
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Location: Utah | Brad Durasa - 2015-03-03 8:24 AM
BrickGlass - 2015-03-03 7:19 AM
Oh no no, we cannot be waiting months for threads to "go off" as you put it. I feel like there is a huge untapped realm of fascinating, riveting, enthralling, intriguing, hilarious discussion to be had here now. I've been a member since 2011 .....
Fun is fun and good conversation is just that.
But if feel you need to be the ***-hat who just likes to rile things up, personally, I'd say no thanks.
We've had a number of that ilk come & go over the years.
Yeah it's a little fun at first but gets predictable and old pretty quick.
Thanks for sharing. I joined here because I love Ovation guitars, and clearly there are some very interesting people here so I plan on coming around more often, whether you say "no thanks" or not. I have no intention of riling things up, but if I'm told I'll be made a corpse, or someone thinks a person is low class because of their playing style, well...I can't leave now, not when there are people here who say such fascinating things. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I'm Sorry... 
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Location: Flahdaw | Uh oh...the challenge in ON |
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Location: Utah | arthurseery - 2015-03-03 4:11 PM
I'm Sorry...
Awesome! Looks like I've been doing things right for the most part. I'll need to work on improving my insults towards some of the bullshit posts though.
And seriously, Old Man, you are amazing. Favorite poster here by far. |
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Location: Texas | I guess it's time to check out the "Insomniac Pop Quiz" - even that seems to be heading in a better direction than this one…
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Location: Michigan | just when this thread really got going it just died ? someone put some gas on the fire and get it going again. GWB |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Maybe we ran out of bullshit and insults. |
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Location: Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire | Everybody's got an opinion but sometimes.......... it's not a benefit to anyone unless constructive! Good, bad or indifferent, a debate on any topic is only beneficial if at the end, we agree that we disagree on some aspect of the topic as at least have some mutual respect for the other point of view! |
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Location: Utah | We can get things going again if necessary. Someone just say something ridiculous, preferably about TE since that would keep the thread on topic, and things could get rolling again. Would depend on what gets said. |
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Location: Michigan | what is the story behind your name brickglass ? GWB |
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Location: Utah | guitarwannabee - 2015-03-09 4:40 PM
what is the story behind your name brickglass ? GWB
My name is Brick. I play in a band that includes the name Glass. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Mark in Boise - 2015-03-08 12:19 PM
Maybe we ran out of bullshit and insults.
Hey! Speak for yourself! I'm still FULL of bullshit, and have notice NO reduction in the number of insults thrown my way... |
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Location: Yokohama, Japan | ...boy, this post has made an interesting turn...felt like I was reading the archives from 2005 or so...heart rate is racing...
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Location: Michigan | hey brick give us a little info on yourself and your band , you have been a member for 4 years and have not posted very much. you would of loved to of been here in 2006 7-8-9 when the posts flew off topic just about on a daily basis . heck you haven't been broken in until bobg plays his banjo music for you and talks about his fling with one of the allman brothers. GWB |
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Location: SF Bay area, California | I'm coming late to this conversation. This tour, Tommy was traveling with 3 Maton's. Most of the percussion/scratching is carried out with one of them. I couldn't tell you if there are tuning differences that determine his choice of instruments for a givern tune.
Clive Carroll borrowed one for the show in Santa Cruz, as his main guitar had an electronics failure a day or 2 before the show.
Tommy commented on retiring a guitar about 2 years ago, that flew apart on stage. He implied that they're lasting years.
The finish scratches are obvious, and fingernails must be alot of it. Probably thumbpicks, too. He uses drummers (plastic bristle) brushes on the guitar, the microphone, and his forehead.
Tommy routinely uses a soundhole cover/plug, for feedback control. I think the Maton pickup system includes an internal mic.
8 days later, I went to their show in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts. Clive's own guitar had been fixed by Richard Hoover at Santa Cruz Guitar Co.
Both were in fine form, and I was able to introduce another virgin to Tommy's music.
I've spoken to Tommy at the Strawberry Music Festival, and observed his interactions with a luthier who was displaying his creations. Tommy was complimentary to the luthier, and a real gentleman to me and his fans who were buying merchandise.
He gave a preliminary announcement for a Guitar Workshop he'll be presenting this September?, in Cambria, on the Calfornia Coast. Be there, or be square! :-)
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Location: NW Indiana | Wow. Each of my guitars is a sacred friend, and anyone who would deliberately smash one, in my thinking, leaves the realm of musical artist and slips into the realm of how-can-I-shock-the-world-and-sell-more-tickets. On the other hand, TE is living and playing in sacred space, and the damage he does to his guitars is a by-product of his genius. Two totally different things. My final vote is 5-stars to Old Man Arthur. |
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Location: Flahdaw | rhansen - 2015-05-05 9:48 PM
My final vote is 5-stars to Old Man Arthur.
He should get some kind of an award or something! |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | I've loved Tommy Emmanuel for years since seeing him on public TV. I had the privilege of seeing/hearing him in Omaha a few months ago for his first show in Nebraska. We had great seats, perhaps 25 feet away.
He used his percussion, but I saw no chips flying off the guitar. I do think he loves his guitars, as he is also able to coax amazing tone and expression from them. As to being a showoff, I'd call him a showman. He is one of the finest and engaging entertainers I've heard, and he is a master of his instrument who uses it to give an audience a good time.
All of us in the world of music know that one size never fits all, and not everyone likes the same thing. I happen to love TE and will be a fan for life, and I could care less if other people don't like him. And I probably dislike some of the music y'all like, so there!! ;-)
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I've had a few jams with Tommy's brother, Phil. You couldn't find somebody more different than Tommy. Very approachable and real, loves electric guitars and LOUD. He calls acoustic guitars firewood. By the way, isn't that old saying supposed to go like "I COULDN'T care less"? As in, my level of caring is so low, it couldn't get lower. I have noticed many Americans using "could" instead. Doesn't really make sense. If you COULD care less, that means you DO care, even if it's just a little.
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