JC said: can remember seeing them for the first time thinking "what a twat,"for writing all over that beautiful guitar!
Who can forget this one? 
AHHH!! Haircut 100 Baldwin Gretsch Sighting (beware, 80's)
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Jul 24, 2008 6:50 p.m. Beatles6120:
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Jul 24, 2008 9:19 p.m. seppi65:
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Jul 24, 2008 9:22 p.m. seppi65:
JC said: I'd never even seen a Gretsch guitar in real life until i got my first one in 1988!
1988?!?! But being from NI yourself, how could you have ever missed NI's greatest, with Damian O'Neill on his 6120 double cutaway? (notice, another '80s warning)
Gretsches and 80s bands, my formative years
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Jul 24, 2008 9:34 p.m. crowbone:
Shuie,
What a cool degree of separation to have!
How does the Moon acoustic sound?
For my next acoustic I was looking at a vintage Lowden,'cause I'm a Richard Thompson freak, but I hear Avalon guitars are being done in the old Lowden style.
They're even made at the old Lowden factory.
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Jul 25, 2008 1:36 p.m. JC:
Shuie, I remember seeing those Rick copies that Moon made ,Charlie's and ,i forget the guys name ,but he plays for Wet Wet Wet,had one too.
I also remember seeing that 55 6120 that Altered Images had ,it was in a video or maybe a tv Performance?
seppi, Oh, I saw Damian alot on tv but never seen him live ,tragic i know, but there ya go. But my first Gretsch was a 64/65 6120 so.. And my cousin sold one of his Rick 4003 basses to Michael about 2 or 3 years ago.
I did see my first Rickenbacker back in 1980/81 or there abouts,ruby red 360/12 beautiful guitar and the only one i had seen in all the Belfast shops! Didn't see another one until 1989.
Thank god its all a lot better now.
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Jul 25, 2008 10:17 p.m. seppi65:
JC, you mean Michael as in Michael Bradley? I'm starstruck, I idolized those guys!
I did finally get to see the O'Neill brothers play, but it wasn't until about '89 or '90 when they were with That Petrol Emotion. Still, it's those old Undertones riffs I find myself practicing over and over. My all time fave band
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Jul 25, 2008 10:42 p.m. crowbone:
I Loved That Petrol Emotion.
Saw them a couple times in the States and still have a couple of their cds. Pop with a knife edge in it.
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Jul 26, 2008 7:37 a.m. seppi65:
crowbone said: I Loved That Petrol Emotion.
I heard a rumor That Petrol Emotion are reforming to play at Ireland's The Electric Picnic in August '08. Will be an awesome show (provided you're in Ireland or the UK, which unfortunately I am not).
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Jul 26, 2008 9:52 a.m. crowbone:
Neither am I but that's a great band to see live.
Any of you Irish boys into Stiff Little Fingers?
I saw them a few years back when they toured the States, and I couldn't believe that Bruce Foxton of the Jam had been a member for a long time. Small world eh?
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Jul 26, 2008 2:02 p.m. JC:
"JC, you mean Michael as in Michael Bradley? "
The very same seppi.
I didn't get to meet him though. The cousin had his 4003 for sale at the local geet place here in Belfast,and Michael just happen to walk in ! The two of them had a chin wag for a while,and he ended up buying it! My cousin isn't starstruck by anyone though,he didn't even get his autograph or a pic with him !
On the Stiff's, i used to see Henry on and off pretty regularly at weekends before Carol and him went to the States,this would have been back in the early 90's. He used to call at Harry Bairds shop (Bairds Sound Systems Belfast) as they had a good freelance luthier ,Dennis Curry, the same luthier that i've being using myself for the last 20 years! He also works with George Lowden.
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Jul 31, 2008 9:23 a.m. DeArmond:
That Haircut 100 video brings back memories. I remember when that came out I was 14 years old almost 15. I went to Music Plus and bought that album. I still have it in my vinyl collection. Used to listen to it all the time. I didn't know what Gretsch was back then even tho I just started to play guitar about then. Even tho I liked X back then too and Haircut 100 I was not into Gretsch even by the site of seeing Nick Heyward's Gretsch or Billy Zoom's Gretsch but one did stand out. A couple of peoople here mentioned Matthew Ashman of Bow Wow Wow. I was a fan of theirs back then too and I saw that guitar and loved it. I didn't know what a Gretsch was but it looked great. I noticed in a photo that it said Gretsch on the headstock but never heard of Gretsch before, only heard of Kramer, Fender, Ibanez, Gibson and the like. I thought Gretsch must be a guitar from either Germany because the name is obviously German (I know my names) or from England since Matthew Ashman was playing such an "unknown" guitar and he was English. I also noticed about that time the White Falcon that Marco Pirroni was playing and also Brian Setzer. Well I never got a WF even tho I'd love one but I have two Gretsch Country Clubs, one vintage and one newer and also had a 6120 onces. Because of Billy Zoom's influence and also my love for the SilverJet with Dynas I think one day when money is flowing I'll get a SilverJet.
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Jul 31, 2008 9:27 a.m. DeArmond:
I know a lot of people might not like Haircut 100 but I think those songs are great. Great pop songs even in the same vein as some of the great pop of the Brit Invasion. I'm talking early Beatles (Not the later hippie/psychadelic version of the Beatles) and Herman's Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers and so forth. That might bother some that I put Haircut 100 up there with them and maybe they sound diff but if Heywood was around 20 years earlier I bet he would have been a major figure in the Brit Invasion pop music movement. I really think he would. Wish he hadn't left Haircut 100 tho they could have done another great album. Also the drummer Blair Cunningham was quite good he went on to play drums for The Pretenders about the "Learning to Crawl" album era and left The Pretenders with Robbie McIntosh to go to play for Paul McCartney.
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Jul 31, 2008 11:33 a.m. dignan:
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Jul 31, 2008 5:01 p.m. DeArmond:
dignan, you are right the '80s wasn't bad at all and may I add it was great. Here check out the Gretsch he has, mine is like his almost but mine is a deeper body and his thin so his is either early '64 before it transitioned back to deep or it's pre '64 -
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Jul 31, 2008 5:30 p.m. Proteus:
What in godsname is wrong with that Smith guy? Is that supposed to be dancing? The way the clip started, I didn't want to see the end of it.
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Jul 31, 2008 5:39 p.m. Timthom62:
Always wondered what Morrissey was like when he was in a good mood. Now I know, (and I wish I didn't.)
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Jul 31, 2008 5:42 p.m. dignan:
Morrissey is certainly better heard and not seen, I'll give you that.
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Jul 31, 2008 5:48 p.m. DeArmond:
I used to be a major Smiths fan. Almost obsessed. As I get older I don't obsess over bands. I realize that's dumb. Enjoy the music but don't get too into it. But when I start hearing The Smiths again I just listen over and over again. Moz aka Steven Patrick Morrissey of Manchester, England, UK, aka Morrissey had some good early solo material. He had a great rockabilly band backing him too. Moz has stated way back then that his solo band are neither young or rockabilly and this was about 15 years ago. They were young, not ultra young but young so he was wrong and with the exception of the drummer Spence, well they were rockabilly so he's wrong. Gaz, or Gary Day is a great upright bass player. Boz and Alain on guitars are very accomplished rockabilly players.
Back to the Smiths, Moz was much better with the Smiths any day but the solo work was pretty good up to a point. Now I pay no matter to him. He's seen better days.
As John Lydon said Morrissey likes to play the wounded puppy but that was about almost 20 years ago when Lydon made that statement, not sure what he would say now.
Moz is a strange guy that's for sure. He's the anti rock star. I hear he kicked Gary Day out of his band once because he hated that typical rock n roll life style that Day used to love to indulge in. I heard it he might have been canned also because he pulled a knife on Boz the guitarist not sure if that's true. Well Gary Day has his band the Gazman. Played with many other. I met Boz also and he was cool, a true UK rockabilly fan and player. Johnny Marr likes rockabilly, it's true but he's not a "rockabilly" player or persona.
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Jul 31, 2008 5:51 p.m. DeArmond:
Notice that Country Club is as big as Johnny Marr, or almost? Marr must be a really small guy. As far as Moz goes he hated the typical rock n roll lifestyle and such that's why he is as he is altho he's a big Billy Furry fan but that's the '50s before all the rock and roll decadence I guess altho he is a major New York Dolls fan and loves The Ramones. He once kicked out Andy Rourke, bassist for The Smiths, for being a drug user. Moz was puritanistic in that sense being against the indulgences of rock n roll.
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Aug 1, 2008 5:32 a.m. dignan:
"He once kicked out Andy Rourke, bassist for The Smiths, for being a drug user."
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Aug 1, 2008 12:46 p.m. DeArmond:
dig, I agree and disagree. Disagree about Moz's vocals and Marr's guitar playing. I like their abilities and style but I agree with Rourke's bass. He is one of my fave bass players. My ears are hooked on his bass playing. Moz is weird that's true, anyone obsessed with Oscar Wilde has to be weird. At least Marr, Rourke and Joyce are normal.
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Aug 1, 2008 12:49 p.m. DeArmond:
Here is a cool version of the video of "Ask" by The Smiths. The song is the same version but I like the video for it. I think it's Thomas The Train but not sure.
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Aug 1, 2008 1:37 p.m. Otter:
God I can't stand Morrissey. What a waste of pomade
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Aug 1, 2008 2:25 p.m. DeArmond:
Otter this one (two) is for you (sorry)! -
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Aug 2, 2008 1:13 p.m. JC:
I've always liked Everyday is like Sunday.
It must be the major seventh,my fav chord.
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