Thunderbird shootout.

uwe · August 04, 2015, 09:47:12 AM

Quote from: Alanko on August 04, 2015, 03:13:14 AM
Speaking of Ritchie Blackmore, I have to vent a little. Great player who definitely brought a lot of speed into the hard rock world, paving the way for shredders, but he smashed guitars in the weakest most pathetic manner. Most smasher guitarists used the thing like a pickaxe, but Blackers always limply threw the thing around by the neck then bounced the headstock off the stage until it broke. Pretty boring. I watched that Rainbow live video once, where he has Taurus bass pedals onstage and slowly, and tediously, smashes a black Strat.

Did anybody mention the one who may not be named? The rumors that all threads end in him here are greatly exaggerated though I try to do my best of course. But I can't be everywhere at once. Yet, mortal folly, you have called me ...

Ritchie not so much smashed guitars as he executed them. And he did it with style and elegance - only matched by Jimi Hendrix' voodoo cultish burnings. Pete Townshend was always too quick/uncontrolled (a premature ejaculator if I have ever seen one) and Paul Stanley hamfisted (in line with much of Kiss' music), but Ritchie ...

Talk~~wot?~~Bass? Come on, that is kiddie stuff. We're the forum here that separates the men from the boys. In more ways than one.

TBird1958 · August 04, 2015, 10:23:34 AM

Since Ritchie has visited......Can we now discuss the love that dare not speak it's name?

It's that or model trains

Pilgrim · August 04, 2015, 10:34:20 AM

Pete Townsend was much more springy than the other guitar destroyers! I like his style. Great shoulder shimmy at about 2:00, too...

uwe · August 04, 2015, 10:46:45 AM

Quote from: TBird1958 on August 04, 2015, 10:23:34 AM

Since Ritchie has visited......Can we now discuss the love that dare not speak it's name?

It's that or model trains

Before we rush into tunnels here, couldn't you be a little more gentle with your initiation rites, Mark?! I mean you were the guy to say that lubing up is a must.

That said, I'm still waiting for a thread that combines Ritchie, negative things about Led Zep, Ayn Rand, badly spotted WW II planes, tanks, Gene Simmons, model trains, Gwyneth Paltrow and anal sex (consecutive order of subjects not mandatory). Plus learned elucidations on how finish doesn't influence sound. That would be true nirvana, one thread to rule them all.

Pilgrim · August 04, 2015, 10:53:53 AM

We'll just call you Uwe Sauronson.

slinkp · August 04, 2015, 11:00:59 AM

via Imgflip Meme Maker

uwe · August 04, 2015, 11:14:17 AM

I somehow feel pigeon-holed here!!!

But since you started it, here is the nicest imaginable combination of both:

TBird1958 · August 04, 2015, 11:29:19 AM

Quote from: uwe on August 04, 2015, 10:46:45 AM

Before we rush into tunnels here, couldn't you be a little more gentle with your initiation rites, Mark?! I mean you were the guy to say that lubing up is a must.

That said, I'm still waiting for a thread that combines Ritchie, negative things about Led Zep, Ayn Rand, badly spotted WW II planes, tanks, Gene Simmons, model trains, Gwyneth Paltrow and anal sex (consecutive order of subjects not mandatory). Plus learned elucidations on how finish doesn't influence sound. That would be true nirvana, one thread to rule them all.

My Hindquarters is quivering in anticipation

Don't forget images of eerrrmmmmm appendages reflecting in CHROME pickups either.

Alanko · August 04, 2015, 11:53:28 AM

WW2 aircraft I can do!

uwe · August 04, 2015, 03:43:27 PM

Favorite types? My favorite fighters are P-47 Thunderbolt (Razorback), Hellcat, Corsair, Focke-Wulf 190, La-7 (yup, I like air-cooled engines mostly) and Me 262 (I like the shark look of its body).

Brits? I never dug the looks of either the Spit (those elliptical wings look too playful to me) or the Hurricane (hunchback!), if pressed I'd choose Hawker Tempest/Typhoon.

Ken can't really tell them apart too well.

slinkp · August 04, 2015, 04:22:34 PM

FW190 is a good choice... I really like those curvy Spitfire wings though.

I don't know if I have a favorite, but there's something really cool and iconic about the P-38. Like a doubleneck???

nofi · August 04, 2015, 04:37:39 PM

nikki sissi sixx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTEDoCShl-I&list=PL74E03C13A76A13F9&index=8

you will note that he is smashing a cheapo fender affinity he had waiting in the wings. i saw the whole concert video and it took him forever to bust that thing

uwe · August 04, 2015, 04:52:09 PM

He had a hard time smashing those Epi TBirds too, they are - in contrast to the frail original - quite durable.

TBird1958 · August 04, 2015, 04:58:25 PM

Quote from: uwe on August 04, 2015, 03:43:27 PM
Favorite types? My favorite fighters are P-47 Thunderbolt (Razorback), Hellcat, Corsair, Focke-Wulf 190, La-7 (yup, I like air-cooled engines mostly) and Me 262 (I like the shark look of its body).

Brits? I never dug the looks of either the Spit (those elliptical wings look too playful to me) or the Hurricane (hunchback!), if pressed I'd choose Hawker Tempest/Typhoon.

Ken can't really tell them apart too well.

P-47's do have their fans here, if you were gonna get shot at or needed to do some shooting it was a pretty good Bird to be in.
I like Corsairs a lot too.

uwe · August 04, 2015, 04:59:14 PM

Quote from: slinkp on August 04, 2015, 04:22:34 PM
FW190 is a good choice... I really like those curvy Spitfire wings though.

I don't know if I have a favorite, but there's something really cool and iconic about the P-38. Like a doubleneck???

Like a doubleneck indeed, good comparison. It's an elegant design, but two engine piston fighters have their inherent limits. It was better than those lumbering Me 110s though. Looks better than the Mosquito too. Luftwaffe never rated it high (it was used as a bomber escort in Europe initially - for lack of anything better with comparable range and decent high altitude performance), but it did well in the Pacific (as long as it fought a Zero on its own terms and didn't try to dog-fight it).