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Started by spookstrickland, October 24, 2011, 06:09:06 PM

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Discö Rice

Quote from: Chovie D on October 25, 2011, 12:05:43 PM
Id just buy a 70's gibson. The SGII's are still fairly cheap. Like this one that i got for $375 (ten years ago). ive seen em recently for 5-6 bills tho...absouletly wonderful guitar great neck, shittiest pickup ever (gibson minibuckers), but you replace those wiht the lollar minibuckers and your golden.

El Corazon/Graceland/The Off Ramp?
Somebody's gonna eat my pussy or I'm gonna cut your fucking throat.

Chovie D

yeah for a while they were having shows in the front room. I am guessing that photo was the last time I set foot in that joint and thats was probably I dunno 5 years ago? i think its changed names about 5 times since then too.

i remember when i visited seattle a long time before moving here and the place was called the offramp, saw a show there and thought it was a pretty good club

Discö Rice

I've seen a number of shows in their front room. Botch (under the name Everyone Gets Laid) and Thrones come to mind. Dead Low Tide, too.
Somebody's gonna eat my pussy or I'm gonna cut your fucking throat.

justinhedrick

Quote from: Chovie D on October 25, 2011, 02:22:15 PM
yeah for a while they were having shows in the front room. I am guessing that photo was the last time I set foot in that joint and thats was probably I dunno 5 years ago? i think its changed names about 5 times since then too.

i remember when i visited seattle a long time before moving here and the place was called the offramp, saw a show there and thought it was a pretty good club

i think that place is mentioned in the TAD documentary. the singer from ZEKE recounts some story, i want to say.

Chovie D

its a fairly well know seattle club. Is it the club in the movie Singles when Alice in CHains is playing? I cant remember.
i think that front room was a new deal? they were serving food too i remember...grilled cheeses , tatertots??, fries. That photo was from a sorta lo fi punk band I was in called Master Blaster with Adrian from Valis. fun band, drummer moved to portland about 6 months into it tho.

I shared a practice space with Dead Low Tide breifly when I was playing in a band called the Bronze. Think I was in that band about 3 months . that space was right off Pike and i wanna say 12th but I have no sense of seattle downtown streets. Its fairly near the Vomet.

Discö Rice

Crybaby Studios, or the Chophouse? I used to practice at the Chophouse. Everyone else I knew was like 150 feet away at Crybaby.
Somebody's gonna eat my pussy or I'm gonna cut your fucking throat.

Chovie D

i think it was/is called the chophouse. (totally awesome name  ::))
Had horrible bleed thru the walls, you could really hear your neighbors...which in our case was a losing battle for them as we were stupidly loud. i think Coady and Jarred started up BB about year after I was in there with DLT.

I wish Big Business had never joined the melvins...I didnt really know them all that well but I was really glad they were seattle-ites and playing in local bands.

justinhedrick

chovie, what group were you in again?

RacerX

I believe he was in Soundhoney or Mudgarden, or maybe Green Lovebone? Mother River? Gottdam heroin.

Nevetheless, ChovieD's most renowned outfit was Kung Pao.
Livin' The Life.

Chovie D

Kung Pao in NYC for 5? years, In Seattle for 3 months it was the Bronze, then after that Master Blaster, then Musk Ox , then All Time High..and since then about  a half dozen country-americana-ish bands that arent worth mentioning. supposedly in a doom band called Brutus now, but we havent had  practiced #1 yet.

justinhedrick

Quote from: Chovie D on October 25, 2011, 06:14:34 PM
Kung Pao in NYC for 5? years, In Seattle for 3 months it was the Bronze, then after that Master Blaster, then Musk Ox , then All Time High..and since then about  a half dozen country-americana-ish bands that arent worth mentioning. supposedly in a doom band called Brutus now, but we havent had  practiced #1 yet.

did one of your bands play emissions?

Lumpy

Quote from: Chovie D on October 25, 2011, 06:14:34 PM
supposedly in a doom band called Brutus now, but we havent had  practiced #1 yet.

That sounds ideal...

Also, there's a different band called Musk Ox playing NYC soon :(
Rock & Roll is background music for teenagers to fuck to.

Metal and Beer

Quote from: justinhedrick on October 25, 2011, 07:55:21 PM
Quote from: Chovie D on October 25, 2011, 06:14:34 PM
Kung Pao in NYC for 5? years, In Seattle for 3 months it was the Bronze, then after that Master Blaster, then Musk Ox , then All Time High..and since then about  a half dozen country-americana-ish bands that arent worth mentioning. supposedly in a doom band called Brutus now, but we havent had  practiced #1 yet.

did one of your bands play emissions?

Yep, I saw Kung Pao in 2004 at Emissions...they were crowd pleasers, cool rock
"Would it kill you fellas to play some Foghat?"

Mr. Foxen

I just got this, its actually pretty well made, pickup is a little microphonic if you abuse it on purpose. Probably not a keeper for some reason:


Chovie D

Quote from: Metal and Beer on October 25, 2011, 09:42:40 PM
Quote from: justinhedrick on October 25, 2011, 07:55:21 PM
Quote from: Chovie D on October 25, 2011, 06:14:34 PM
Kung Pao in NYC for 5? years, In Seattle for 3 months it was the Bronze, then after that Master Blaster, then Musk Ox , then All Time High..and since then about  a half dozen country-americana-ish bands that arent worth mentioning. supposedly in a doom band called Brutus now, but we havent had  practiced #1 yet.

did one of your bands play emissions?

Yep, I saw Kung Pao in 2004 at Emissions...they were crowd pleasers, cool rock

hey thanks M&B! Kung Pao played the first 4-5 emissions fests, including the very first year and the one in chicago a year or so later. missed a couple years then reunited for 2004?  so what was the first emissions fest like? No patio, no food vendors, much smaller crowds..but still a blast.

The Shocker

Quote from: Mr. Foxen on October 26, 2011, 05:59:57 PM
I just got this, its actually pretty well made, pickup is a little microphonic if you abuse it on purpose. Probably not a keeper for some reason:



What is the brand?  It's the same guitar as my Arbor I posted.

Mr. Foxen

Branded Gould. Set neck. All this shit comes out the same factory. you just tack on your logo and headstock shape to order.

Lumpy

Rock & Roll is background music for teenagers to fuck to.

hashbrowns

I know that I'll have to run and hide as soon as I post this but...... I got an epiphone sg from a good friend of mine for 80 bucks. This thing is awesome to me. I really like the way it plays and holds a tune. Doesn't sound tooooo great but I'm pretty sure thats the shitty electronics. The thing is this is an older model and I had to play probably 50 different epiphones before I found one I liked.
I am not going to lose another fucking child and another fucking woman, because of cocaine and killing dogs!!! - Ricky

The Shocker

Quote from: hashbrowns on October 26, 2011, 10:07:48 PM
I know that I'll have to run and hide as soon as I post this but...... I got an epiphone sg from a good friend of mine for 80 bucks. This thing is awesome to me. I really like the way it plays and holds a tune. Doesn't sound tooooo great but I'm pretty sure thats the shitty electronics. The thing is this is an older model and I had to play probably 50 different epiphones before I found one I liked.

Dude, if you like it that's all that counts.

hashbrowns

Yeah haha I was just joking about the bad rep epiphones get.
I am not going to lose another fucking child and another fucking woman, because of cocaine and killing dogs!!! - Ricky

Mr. Foxen

Quote from: Lumpy on October 26, 2011, 09:43:30 PM
How much?


Asking what I paid, or what I'll let it go for? I've stuck it in local shop asking £75 for it, worth my while flipping it for that. It was a bargain. Wouldn't surprise if it is the same factory as epiphones. Feels a lot like my G400 but less beat to shit.

Ranbat

Quote from: hashbrowns on October 26, 2011, 10:07:48 PM
I know that I'll have to run and hide as soon as I post this but...... I got an epiphone sg from a good friend of mine for 80 bucks. This thing is awesome to me. I really like the way it plays and holds a tune. Doesn't sound tooooo great but I'm pretty sure thats the shitty electronics. The thing is this is an older model and I had to play probably 50 different epiphones before I found one I liked.

Bolt-on or set neck? If it's a set neck you did pretty good for $80. I've owned a couple of the Korean made ones and they were solid. Nothing wrong with an Epi at the right price.
Meh :/

Chovie D

I've played some really nice epi's and the old ones are amazing.

I like some squiers too, both companies did a great job with their low budget brands.

Metal and Beer

*Broken Record Alert *

There are different quality levels across the different Epiphones, all the way from better-than-newer/many-Gibsons down to the 79 dollar bolt-neck cheapies with pre-warped necks...also, what Choves said (some of the Squires are excellent)

I like those pink/pastel-blue one p/u copies in this thread....especially the pink one <3
"Would it kill you fellas to play some Foghat?"