EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

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EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by Sean_McFly » Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:05 pm

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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by dirtycooter » Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:16 pm

:rock:
can't wait for the goodies!

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Post by Sean_McFly » Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:44 pm

dirtycooter wrote::rock:
can't wait for the goodies!
Me either! One of you guys has to record it and put it onto youtube. I might actually be on a road trip when it broadcasts :what:
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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by Lbrown3743 » Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:44 pm

Maybe he will have something new to say

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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by rgorke » Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:48 am

I am going to try and get in. I am currently on the wait list.

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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by monkface » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:06 pm

Yeah i can't wait to hear a cool story. Like how he started on drums and his brother Al was playing them while he was on his paper route..... :shock: :? Maybe someone will ask him what his favorite tone is so he can say "the one i'm getting now from my.... (insert plug)" sigh.

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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by matttornado » Mon Feb 02, 2015 9:28 am

All I want to know is what the white knob was on the back of his amp. And, if was a master volume, why did he use or not use it.

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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by Strat78 » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:51 am

I think Ed's seminal innovations are in the quirky details which are not of interest to the mass audiences. I mean common, the Franky that is on display at The Smithsonian is a fake! Most guitar players don't have a clue what swing is, never mind the bulk of the VH fan base. Should be interesting though if Ed can step away from his usual song and dance, I think he will.

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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by echoplexi1974 » Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:24 am

Strat78 wrote
Most guitar players don't have a clue what swing is
Or musical/in key string vibrato... :palm:

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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by rgorke » Mon Feb 02, 2015 9:17 pm

So, just by chance, if I do get in and get an opportunity for a question...what question should I ask?

1) What's the white knob on the back of 12301?
2) What did Franky look like recording VH1...Painted w/stripes? Rose or maple neck? Pickup (he will say PAF)?
3) Ever been on Metro amp? Are you "nitro"?
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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by matttornado » Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:42 am

So, just by chance, if I do get in and get an opportunity for a question...what question should I ask?

1) What's the white knob on the back of 12301?
2) What did Franky look like recording VH1...Painted w/stripes? Rose or maple neck? Pickup (he will say PAF)?
3) Ever been on Metro amp? Are you "nitro"?
perfect! :thumbsup:

You think he's Nitro?

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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by Strat78 » Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:06 am

I guess you really can't ask him questions about gear because he is corporately tethered, but you could ask him about the old fun stuff like what ever happened to his car horn effect board or the WWII bomb rack. Or, would you ever work with Ted and Don again, you know, just hand over the reins to them in the studio and see what happens? You could slip in at the end that his #1 plexi tone is really missed!

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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by echoplexi1974 » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:05 am

I'd ask "Is that a banjo on that last chord of Unchained right at the very end". Seriously, I've often wondered that!

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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by rgorke » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:00 pm

matttornado wrote:
You think he's Nitro?
Ha, not by any stretch of the imagination....
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Re: EVH Smithsonian Live Stream Discussion

Post by dirtycooter » Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:24 pm

I think I would ask
There is a huge mass of the guitar community that wants to know how you got the tone you did through the first five records. Have you ever thought of demonstrating your entire original rig live via video? If not could you show us how you acheived it now?

Then.... he would not need to really even say much at all


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