DD:

 

I usually use 12's or 13's with a wound G. I love the feel and sound of flatwound strings for more jazzy and smooth stuff but I'm a treble pickup twang guy first and foremost so round-wound does that best. I've got 12's on the Hallmark right now and haven't had any trouble, although I think I might need a wider set of rollers for the bridge- I've definitely knocked strings off a couple of times. 

 

In the end, it's all about what you like and what you're looking for, and cool factor just doesn't matter if it doesn't play and perform well for you. I can vouch for the Hallmarks. I don't really have experience with the other models you listed above so I won't talk about of my ass about them. Let us know what your findings are.

 

Cheers,

 

Slim

DammitDave said:

Slim - It's beautiful.  Good information, too.  I've been entertaining the idea of a twangy type guitar;

 

Bison 62
http://www.burnsguitars.com/bison62.php

Shadow
http://www.burnsguitars.com/shadow.php
 
Shadow Special
http://www.burnsguitars.com/shadowspecial.php
 
I'm curious about a couple of the features that are different.  The Shadow and Shadow Special both have Knife Edge tremelo like the Cobra and the Bison 62 has the Burns deluxe tremelo unit.  I wonder what's the dif?  I'm concerned about knocking the thing out of tune constantly if I get all Hank Marvin with it.
 
I'm comparing these with a Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special and the sunburst would match my Fender Bass VI perfectly. 
 
http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0141700309
 
Musician's Friend has these for $799.00.

 

DiPinto has a couple that have my attention; Galaxie 4 and MachIV (with added twang bar option).

 

http://www.dipintoguitars.com/category.php?id=1

 

What size strings do you use?  Flats or roundwounds?

Oh, yeah, Dipinto guitars are totally cool, I forgot to mention them as a possible company to look into for groovy retro stylings.

 

Here's another: Italia Guitars http://www.italiaguitars.com/new/main.html

 

If you are looking for good-yet-dirt-cheap guitars, check out Rondo Music or Guitar Fetish. There are some really cool instruments there that they sell for peanuts (sure, you may need to spend a few bucks to get tweak it to high standards, but it is worth it).

Last year I did Mary Shelly and this year, next week I'm doing Steve (30 days of night) Niles. Stay tuned!

 

Here's my all-new 20011 BIG ENCHILADA Spooktacular, right here:   http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/big-enchilada-41-2011-spo...

 

Some Halloween favorites like The Cramps, The Fleshtones, Roky Erikson & The Nervebreakers; lots of tunes from our Hideout compilations and other bands I met in here; plus a weird little song by ME!

I see You Got Good Taste has a new Halloween show one too, but I'll let Mr. A give you those details.

This makes me sad and reminds me of a breaking up exchange:

Woman (to Man): There's an old saying: "When God closes a door..."
Man (to woman): When God closes a door, sometimes He breaks your heart.

 

I got that from an episode of "Monk."

 

Armitage Shanks; rest in piss.

 

Saw these guys in St. Louis a year ago(?). They were incredible.

 

Chart-topping act Ameritage Shanks are to split "amicably" after 20 years and 26 top ten hits, they have announced.

The Snodland group will bow out following a farewell tour next month and said they are looking forward to "new ventures".

Over the course of their career the group has achieved 14 number one hits.

In a statement the group said: "Over the years Omitege Shank has become so much more to us than just a band. Harmitage Hank are a dysfunctional family."

The group - for many years managed by Willy Biledish - survived the departure of one of its founding members Mark Hallet, and continue shamelessly as a four-piece.

Bassist Serge Dirtbox also won admiration for announcing he was gay when the boy band were at the peak of their success.

They produced hit after hit, with singles such as Swear It Again You Cunt and Macca Without Wings among their number ones.

Many of their big hits over the years were cover versions and they capitalised on a swing revival by recording a Brat Pack-style album Allow Us To Be Molly Ringwald.

Members Scum, Shite, Flange and Vomit are due to release a greatest bits album shortly as usual limited to 50 copies and only available at the last 2 gigs.

They said they had "countless memories that we will forever cherish" from their years together.

Hey guys,

I just have ONE huge request for those of you who post about your radio shows, podcasts, or 'zines that have new episodes/volumes/issues that come out from time to time and need updating here and on other group forums on the Hideout, and that is to ask you each to just create ONE discussion topic for your show or 'zine. After you create that ONE topic, then each time you want to post about a new episode or issue, just go back to that topic and post an update in the form of a reply. That way the topic will get bumped back to the top of the discussion list and fans or anyone else wishing to comment on it can still do that, but this way it's all kept neatly in one place instead of spread out throughout the forum. It also keeps the group forums from getting too overloaded with "show spam." Make sense? This goes for ANYONE on this site posting about new episodes of your shows, by the way, not just the GaragePunk Pirate Radio team (who should be using the GPPR Fans group for this, anyway).

Thanks!

kopper

The Stiffs - Fuck You

The Subhumans - Fuck You

 

"The Eater Chronicles" is highly recommend!

The Dogs - Slash your face.  Savage.

 

Skrewdriver - "I Don't Like You"

I'm always hesitant in bringing up their name due to all that ugly racist crap Ian Stuart's later incarnation of the band was responsible for. But, this is a hell of an album/ep with a very snotty, raw, almost folkiness quality to it at times. They may be gods amongst the white power types, but that Nazi stuff has kept their name from rarely being uttered or their songs included on any punk retrospectives.

 

Deadbolt is pretty spooky.

Nekromantix

The Tombstones

And our Hideout pals from Brazil, Horror Deluxe

 

and all the musicians you here on The Big Enchilada Spooktaculars

 

'Spook Rock' wise check out the 3D-Invisibles and Forbidden Dimension. It doesn't get any better. Tons of Psychobilly bands sing bout Horror stuff but the best imo are 80s Meteors and Demented Are Go(esp. the first 2 albums 'In Sickness and In Health' & 'Kicked Out Of Hell'). There are some nice 50s Rock'n'Roll 'Horror' compilations out on LP and CD like 'Monster Bop' and 'Rockin' Nightmares'. Great stuff worth tracking down!

Thanks! These are great! Keep em' coming!

Yeah, the Zombeatles E.P is very cool... Dick Dale (of Kamikaze etc fame) gave me a copy... my favourite is the take on 'Rain', called of course 'Brains'... ha ha!

Also...

"The Go Go Haunters" from Queensland, Australia are wild! We play them regularly on our shows on 3D Radio here in Adelaide.... and they've played down here in South Australia a few times to ecstatic response... they've got a couple of singles/E.P.'s (plus groovy T-shirts!) and these are available from their site... check 'em out!

Good ol' Aussie weirdness!!!

I was gonna post a vid of The Fang by Nervous Norvus... and then I stumbled on this!

I was just about to say!


Mr Tea said:

Thee Gravemen

We're not looking for a "point of view," just simply redoing the page so it's accurate. As it is right now, it's not. It's incorrect.

mark young said:

It is a main philosophy of the wikipedia to maintain a "neutral point of view", which none of us have.  It's difficult to construct a neutral article from a non-neutral point of view, without raising the eyebrowels of the wikinazis.

 

It is a main philosophy of the wikipedia to maintain a "neutral point of view", which none of us have.  It's difficult to construct a neutral article from a non-neutral point of view, without raising the eyebrowels of the wikinazis.

 

Nasty- The Damned
Halloween (Misfits cover)- Crimson Ghosts

To stick with the off-topicness:

Just don't break the fuckin record, fucker.

+ It's that kind of comedy that's supposed to be annoying, no?

It's one thing to be annoying in character and another being annoying as a character ;) hehe.

Yep, I like that.

John Battles said:

 I would'nt take it that far. My friends , Randy and Donna Reeves (Of The Uncalled 4 ) were together since the 1970's , and would still be together , now , had it not been for Donna's untimely demise. Lux and Ivy were together some 35 years . They would have lived to be 100 together , if that was whatever power decreed.....I can only imagine being as big a band as they were , and wanting to live a normal life with a child , brings with it greater pressures and difficulties than "Normal " people go through.  But , no , for many of us , true love does not exist. For others , I'd say it does. For whatever reason.

It's too bad , though. I met Kim in '86 . She was very cool , but , I would'nt have even taken them for a couple the two times I saw them in the '80's.

I thought I WAS going to die w/o seeing them. It only took me 9 years of being a fan , before I lived in a city that they'd play in ( They would'nt play in Dallas for years , presumably because a bunch of Metal chicks started a mini - riot , beating up on The Cramps' female fans , the previous time they'd played there. That was in 1980. I did'nt see them til 1990 , but , fortunately , several times after that , so , I was lucky.)

Nicholas Hennig said:

Funny you mention it because I'm wearing a Cramps shirt as we speak. I'd of died to see them live. 

 

Very impressive, the first track totally feels like the child of the 13th floor elevators & the move... beautiful mellotron sample by the way!

Axel Björnsson said:

well wow.. these are just MY lo fi demos. not my band.. but thanks for checking it out lol.

 

This is my band. We're going to a studio in Berlin in next month and record our first real album :)

These are our best recordings so far but it will be so much better..

The Dandelion Seeds - Beautiful Stranger [Mono] by Alex Nehru

 

The Dandelion Seeds - Love and Sweet Dreams by Alex Nehru

"Is This It" is a really good album, and I'll defend the other three for you. Their debut was their best, the other three are merely some of the best records to have been released in the last 20 years.

Kyle Shantz said:

I loved the Strokes, but then they were my intro to "garage" in 2001.  I wouldn't have gone to see The Sonics two years ago in Toronto if it werent for them.  "Is This It" was a really good album (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOypSnKFHrE), I wont defend the other three. 

Ty Segal is amazing too in terms of new garage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK64JbKdNPM) and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj7oo_iLp9Q). 

Someone mentioned VICE, which I assume is hate for The Black Lips (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrNSjItTfes). 

Also good on the scene are Thee Oh Sees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEtI5EZ4em4&feature=related). 

I hope I don't get banned for this post, there seems to be a lot of hate for new stuff...