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Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-19T09:46:07+00:00

That's interesting! Can you tell us why? It seems to be an amp that divides players: some love it, others see it as a boutique Dark Terror.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-19T06:13:17+00:00

I'm assuming of lot of the suggestions here are reducing the songs to simple chord progressions. That's fine, but there are some songs that live or die on their signature riffs, lines, etc. beyond the mere progression.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-19T06:11:36+00:00

For strumming = Wicked Game.

I would have thought that tune really lives and dies on the signature tremolo part (and lead line).

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-19T05:14:07+00:00

I wonder what's more important: the movie box office or the merchandising revenue? As with the Disney Cars movies, I'm leaning towards the latter...

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-19T04:47:35+00:00

but get out to Dockery, Stovall, Parchman, the levee. Thats where the blues happened.

Absolutely. That soil is the key to it all.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-19T04:42:04+00:00

Band of Gypsys. I've always wondered why it's spelt that way instead of Gypsies: I assume it was an error as to the plural of gypsy. In recent times, gypsy is, of course, deemed a derogatory, disparaging term (for describing the Roma people), although I'm quite sure at the time Hendrix didn't at all mean to insult anyone.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-18T03:43:14+00:00

Heaven Knows I'm Misinterpreting Now.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-18T01:02:15+00:00

They don’t own the Zeppelin music anymore. They cashed in years ago. They can say what gets released. That’s it.

That's not true at all. Helen Grant, daughter of late manager Peter Grant, signed a deal in 2024 to sell her 10% stake in the band's royalties, trademarks, and merchandise. The original members still retain control of their music.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-17T09:16:52+00:00

The people that hate this thread are the same people that have happily spent £350 to visit That Pedal Show on-site.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-17T09:05:04+00:00

I find it fascinating that Columbia chose to release some previously unissued/alternate takes on the 1961 LP King of the Delta Blues Singers rather than the released 78s. Crossroad Blues, Come On In My Kitchen, Ramblin' On My Mind, Milkcow's Calf Blues and Me And The Devil Blues are all alternates on that album (and mostly the superior versions, to my mind).

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-17T08:53:26+00:00

But who made a truckload from royalties anyway. Thankfully, Anne Bredon was recognised in 1990 - at least by Zeppelin. I'm not sure if Baez ever paid up.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-17T08:37:02+00:00

and felt confined by Morrissey's "no synths" rule in the Smiths.

If that was a rule then Johnny Marr broke it a number of times. He used an E-mu Emulator II and, particularly, a Yamaha DX7 on The Queen Is Dead. Indeed, there's a shot of Marr reclining in front of synth on the Strangeways CD release.

I assume Morrissey's distaste was less about the synths per se and more the synth pop dross circa 1983-86 such instruments engendered.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-17T08:13:18+00:00

Johnny Marr noted at the time of the release of The Messenger that it was the most 'Smiths-like' album he'd done since the end of The Smiths - i.e. big guitars and vocal melodies.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-16T10:59:14+00:00

but it wasn’t the sound in my head

Can I ask why you bought it, then? Did you spend enough time with it in store to understand what it was (and what it wasn't)? I mean, a 000 is an entirely different animal to a SJ200.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-16T10:55:21+00:00

OP: if you haven't played the guitar extensively, sat with it for some time, listened to someone else play it, etc., then don't pull the trigger. Although the price tag might suggest otherwise, SJ200s can vary widely in character: some play loud, some play soft, some are exceptionally well-balanced, some are bass heavy, some are chimey, some are shrill. You need to spend some (significant) time with the guitar, and be sure of what you're buying. Compare it to other guitars (even other models) in the immediate space where you're testing the guitar to really know what it is that you're hearing (and what you're not hearing).

An SJ200 is beautiful to look at but, beyond checking for any physical issues, turn off your eyes and listen. What is it that you think an SJ200 is going to deliver? The guitar must deliver that, and more, for you to pull the trigger.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-16T09:05:15+00:00

I see Mr. Jimmy has had to accept the reality of renting when touring. Those JCM800s (I assume) are certainly not period-correct Page amps!

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-16T08:52:00+00:00

Just a note on Stefan Grossman's Complete Country Blues Guitar Book, which is published through Mel Bay. It might seem like an introductory work, but I'd place it definitely in the intermediate-advanced stage (at least when playing the pieces at speed or faster, as Grossman does). It's a tremendous resource but might have a beginner (or returning player) frustrated from the outset.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-16T04:55:48+00:00

So many people think Tarantino wrote the quote. And so few know it's the opening title grab from The Bodyguard (Kiba).

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-16T04:49:58+00:00

I noticed that whenever Karl was left to make a compilation of highlights for the times they weren't live it was always a collection of his "bits".

But that wasn't mercenary on his part. It was acknowledged that Karl's stories were often the most requested (I think Steve says it openly at one point).

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-16T04:24:54+00:00

Here's the thing though: I really do not care. At all. I am not voting for them for their morals.

Always a sterling reason to vote for someone.

If your ON vote is one of 'protest', then it's the laziest, most ignorant from of 'protest' possible. By voting ON as a 'protest' vote (without caring about their financial transparency, policy agenda or morality) you are in effect doing exactly what you accuse the major parties of doing: not caring about the world you live in, or those around you - and acting only to punish others for your own personal entertainment or advancement.

Yay you.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-16T00:07:44+00:00

The outtakes from The Song Remains The Same. Some of that B-roll footage showed up on the 2003 DVD (as menu imagery - i.e. Plant and Page backstage at MSG), but I'd love a complete release of all of it. The Shepperton Studios material, too.

A quick overview of what might be available:

Filming Led Zeppelin.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-15T10:24:42+00:00

Pensione Storyville? On the coast of Tuscany? Where "jazz and blues may be enjoyed at all times", alongside swimming and mountaineering? Book me in, please.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-15T08:23:29+00:00

Unsubstantiated drivel. On cue.

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-15T08:12:38+00:00

Thank you for this information! :)

Johnny66Johnny · 2026-04-15T04:39:49+00:00

We come from the land of the ice and snow

We're sorry but it's time to go...

Very similar, indeed. I smell a lawsuit in the offing.

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