Gibson Nonreverese reissuie a reality

[uwe]

Always liked the pronounciation of A-rabs (Ay-rabs) in Tom Sawyer!   It drove our English teacher mad when we started pronouncing it that way all the time. Problem is that I inadvertently sometimes still use it today.  

So if there are rules, why is volute not pronounced like tribute, but rather like dilute? Explain the differentiation to me, I'm eager to learn that most confounding secret of the English language.

[Denis]

We put the accent on "lute" not "vol".

[uwe]

The GC NAMM video shows off an NR.  Not a lot of real info, but nice to see some basses...

Did anybody notice how he says about the SG Standard bass: "We've got it in long scale, we've got in short scale ..."?   At 2:40. Is that just a gaffe or is he maybe referring to the Epi EB-3 or is there something out there we don't yet know of?

[saltymonkey]

Did anybody notice how he says about the SG Standard bass: "We've got it in long scale, we've got in short scale ..."?   At 2:40. Is that just a gaffe or is he maybe referring to the Epi EB-3 or is there something out there we don't yet know of?

I noticed that too but I think he's just referring to their bass line in general not the SG in particular.

[the mojo hobo]

So if there are rules, why is volute not pronounced like tribute, but rather like dilute? Explain the differentiation to me, I'm eager to learn that most confounding secret of the English language.

Rules are meant to be broken. The rules say tribute should be pronounced like dilute. I don't know why we pronounce tri-bunal and trib-ute the way we do.

[Pilgrim]

there are rules but no one pays attention to them.

I be's resemblin' that RE-mark!

[Denis]

Rules are meant to be broken. The rules say tribute should be pronounced like dilute. I don't know why we pronounce tri-bunal and trib-ute the way we do.

Some people in Minnesota pronounce "Duluth" as "Dilute".

[Dave W]

The farmer was tending his plough,
when he suddenly swallowed some dough.
He started to cough
and then to hiccough,
which left him feeling quite rough!

-----

I wonder what would help my cough?
A cup of coughey should.
At least it wouldn't bump me ough,
and it might do me gould

Some people in Minnesota pronounce "Duluth" as "Dilute".

old Uno and Toivo joke:

Hey Uno, does this bus go to Dulut'?

No Toivo, she goes beep beep like all the others.

[uwe]

May I take from this discussion that you are unable/unwilling to help me with any stressing-the-right-syllable advice?  

Never mind, there are still enough people in Germany that say Tshibson rather than Gibson. And I-an Tshillan of Deep Purple of course. Speaking of him, he pronounces Duluth nicely here at 3:06, probably world's only fusion (health warning to Dave!) song that name-checks Duluth:

[Highlander]

Saw that live...

[uwe]

How I envy you.

[gweimer]

How I envy you.

I opened a show for Gillan.  Got to speak to him briefly, too.   

[Highlander]

I had a pint with him in St Albans (well, he was a few tables over with the rest of the band before the gig - Randy California was the support act that night) and sold a set of Marquee pics (still not scanned them) to John McCoy via management - had to drop them into Kingsway - biggest surprise for me that evening was seeing IG's gold disc for JCST on the wall - never even knew he'd got one for it... the manager I saw told me Lloyd Webber wanted him to do the stage show...

Uwe... I just got lucky - right place right time - in the space of a few months I saw him five times at the Marquee with 4 different lineups - IGB, Gillan with Byrd, Gillan with Byrd AND that other guitarist, and Gillan with Torme... I'm disgusted with myself for missing PAL though...
... and then theres the lot over the other side of the pond, seeing the likes of GFR and Foghat, and Mark for seeing the original Alice Cooper Band - oh so envyous... I am a monster Duane Allman fan, not to mention Berry Oakley, so imagine me listening to someone telling me about seeing them at the Fillmore, and SRV and Tommy Shannon telling me how much they rated ABB after they saw them play...
Everyone of us has seen some band that someone else on this forum would love to have seen... I missed seeing Free but saw Bad Co; I gave away a ticket for the first Blizzard of Oz tour as I was playing; Sabbs cancelled a gig with VH as support so never got to see them...
How can I call myself a Quo fan living in the UK and never seeing them in their heyday...
You have an instrument collection that is the envy of any Gibson bass player anywhere in the world, Sir... fact...

[uwe]

I'm seeing the original Quo-oho-ho-ho at Wembley Arena on March 17!!!!!!

Will Francis recognize me from 1976 in Wiesbaden?  

I saw Randy with Ozzy. I was unimpressed. It must have been due to his youth and relative inexperience but compared to then already old hands like Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody (Ozzy opened for Whitesnake), he was outright sloppy. As was John Sykes when I saw him with Lizzy and Whitesnake. Should have worked more on his timing and less on his hair.

[planetgaffnet]

I'm seeing the original Quo-oho-ho-ho at Wembley Arena on March 17!!!!!!

Will Francis recognize me from 1976 in Wiesbaden? 

Uwe
I remember seeing Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley being interviewed on MTV Europe years ago and this German lady phoned in.  It became apparent she may have had few minutes/seconds of horizontal integration with one of them (probably Mr Simmons) and he clearly had no recollection of her.   It was a joy to see them squirming in their middle-aged leather pants.   Francis?  I'd reckon not.

Where are you staying?  I'm happy to offer up my spare room for a night. 
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