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  1. NorCal_Val

    How far you willing to travel for a CL or Marketplace deal ?

    I’ve driven over to the Bay Area a couple of times for gear/guitars.
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    The JCM900slx is the best Marshall ??

    I’m not going to disagree. I had an el-34/100w SLX. It was the hot rodded Marshall I’d always wanted. The coolest tone I ever got out of it, was Blackmore’s “Made In Japan” tone. Holy crap. It sounded fantastic. But, that was the SLX completely dimed, and the preamp and sensitivity rolled back...
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    Van Halen - Live in Fresno 1979 [watermark removed & upscaled to HD]

    So Much Attitude
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    Yngwie shreds on his new MXR sig OD pedal

    Lose all that reverb. Jeez. Shockingly, it still sounds just like him.
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    If a Genie gave you $1,000,000 bucks to buy gear what would it be ?

    “Two chicks at the same time.”
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    Fight For Your Right - Motley Crue (It's utter CRAP!)

    I had fun playing that song in my first cover band, back in 1987. I won’t tarnish my memory of a cool song by listening to that crap.
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    Your all time favorite axe?

    I believe the story goes, that George made a guitar, in his garage, like this, and ESP asked if they could make a duplicate model to bring to market. George said “yes”, under the conditions that it was a small run, and it would be affordable. I recall it being ~330 units, and about $800 when...
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    Your all time favorite axe?

    Probably have to go with my LTD/Lynch “Burnt Tiger”. @Fiesta Red owned it, and he let me play it one day. I almost immediately told him that if he ever was going to sell it, let me have the first crack at it. There’s just something about it that works for me.
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    What is the weight of the ESP Full Thickness?

    My ESP Lynch Sunburst Tiger” weighs 10 pounds 10oz.(maple body) None of my LTDs weigh nearly as much.
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    Esp versus Esp Ltd?

    The LTD guitars I have, the Lynch Kami 4, the Lynch Desert Eagle, and the Lynch Burnt Tiger, are all fantastic guitars. I have zero complaints about them in comparison to my ESP Lynch Sunburst Tiger. I have swapped out the anemic single coil neck pickup in the Kami 4, and put in a Duncan 1/4...
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    Why the "F" is everything backordered? Is alder and mahogany on the endangered species list??

    I was going to order a white Charvel “Frenchy”(USA model) last year, from Sweatwater. They told me it would be a minimum of a year wait time. Fuuuuuuuuuck that.
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    Is Randall Smith no longer with Mesa?

    wow. Adios Boogie.
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    Peavey 5150 / 6505 you can use up to 5 pedals. What would you use and how would you run them.

    J.Rockett “Holdsworth” OD out front. Boss/EVH delay in the effects loop. Some kind of noise gate in the loop.
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    tried that Sykes/Bob Rock thing... clip

    Speaking of the Mimiq, this setup worked well for me.
  15. NorCal_Val

    Jose tone in a pedal.

    This one claims to get the Sykes ‘87 tone. However, I have one, and to my ears, it doesn’t. It’s a really nice sounding pedal though.
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    Live albums that you grew up with

    UFO-“Strangers In The Night” “Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush Live” Rush-“All The World’s A Stage” Rush-“Exit Stage Left” MSG-“One Night At Budokan” Aerosmith-“Live Bootleg” Blue Oyster Cult-“Some Enchanted Evening” Blue Oyster Cult-“On Your Feet Or On Your Knees” Blue Oyster...
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    Scorpion's Love At First Sting .. turns 40

    The first album I bought that was such a disappointment, that I considered throwing it away. What a letdown after the awesomeness of “Blackout”.
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    Guest appearance guitar solos

    Mr.Vai on Devin’s tune, from the “Empath” album.
  19. NorCal_Val

    The Pinnacle of Marshall Guitar tone

    AC/DC live in Paris 1979, has to be in the running.
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    Randall RG80-112SC

    THE amp I used for all our party gigs back in the late 80s.(ran it through an ancient Carvin 4x12) It never failed.
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