Gringo Starr said:

Check your band's email. I sent you contact information for Thee Vox guitar expert here in Switzerland. Let me know how it pans out.
Gring.

Hi Gringo I got the email! Thanks so much for going out of your way. I sent the Vox guy a friend request, and will send him a proper message once he approves. Kind regards Chris

Check your band's email. I sent you contact information for Thee Vox guitar expert here in Switzerland. Let me know how it pans out.
Gring.

Ratfink66 said:

That's a tough one. It might be worth checking with Jack Charles at Phantom guitar works in case you haven't already. Good luck. Post back if you locate them!

~michael

Thanks Michael. I thnk I spoke to Jack about this before, and had no joy. There must be someone somewhere in the world that knows how these effects work, and how to repair them. I just gotta find that person! I put a notice on my homepage with tons of keywords, so hopefully I should get some good search engine hits, and someone in the know will find me. I'll let you know if I have any luck. Fingers and toes crossed...

That's a tough one. It might be worth checking with Jack Charles at Phantom guitar works in case you haven't already. Good luck. Post back if you locate them!

~michael

HEEEELLLLLP! I have a real Vox problem.

I'm looking for schematics of the ACTUAL effects modules of the Starstream, and Grand Prix guitars (not the regular guitar wiring diagram). Do you think anyone actually made their own schematics? Apparently Vox didn't make schematics for the modules themselves, as they were just to be entirely replaced in the case anything went wrong.
Alternatively if anyone knows the individual V number for each individual effect, it would be very helpful!
Kind Regards
Chris Jack

Well, I do -- sort of

the Inclusions were from Minneapolis, and as far as I know only released the one self-released 7 inch with Un-American Activity and a song called Russian Youth on the B-side. It's a pretty uncelebrated record, and I don't know how rare exactly, but pretty damn rare.

Does anyone have info on the Inclusions from Killed by Porn #41 (?)?

Open discussion time: How do you actually "promote" your blog? Or, do you "promote" your blog? Or... Do you wait around like a crocodile with yer mouth open hoping something walks in? Discuss.

Sorry, I need to check this forum more often. Somehow missed this. The "notes" area is a place where we can add HTML pages... like an "About the Hideout" page, a FAQ page, a contact page, community guidelines, articles, recipes, a page of external links, etc. You can do a lot with it, I just haven't yet... mainly because of a lack of free time, and the fact that we already have a lot of informational stuff available on the GaragePunk.com blog. But if any of you have an idea of some notes we can add, please feel free to suggest them here or shoot me a DM.

One of my all time favorite songs...

I'd also recommend the first 2 records. Both have been reissued on LP and shouldn't be too expensive. They also feature guitarist Cliff Galup who's often credited for being one of the best rockabilly guitarists in history. I think he left the group before they recorded their second record, but came back to play on it.

Playlist August 3rd

Los Kikes : Explo
Motörhead : Rock Out
Syndicats : Crawdaddy Simone
Thomas Function : Can't Say No
Los Kikes : Paint Away
The City Kill : Your Fucking Memory Goes Out The Window
D.I. : Johnny's Got A Problem
Montrose : Rock The Nation
Violent Femmes : Add It Up
Florida's Dying : Dub Devoid
Simply Saucer : Instant Pleasure
Incontrollados : Det Er OK At Være Grim
The Dils : I Hate The Rich
Baby Woodrose : I Feel High
The Dust Bugs : No Bassplayer (Came Out Of Memphis)
Monarch : Swan Song

Jyly 27th 2008 :

Exodus : A Lesson In Violence
Destruction Unit : I Dare You
Digital Leather : White
The Intelligence : Our Solar System
Factums : Roman Soldier
Lost Sounds : There's Nothing
Psychedelic Horseshit : New Wave Hippies
Tubeway Army : Zero Bars (Mr. Smith)
Wire : Two People In A Room
White Hills : Potter's Field (w/Dan McGuire)
Mammatus : Sire (w/Dan McGuire)
Dust Bugs : Drunk As A Dane
Functional Blackouts : Living Like Jesus Christ
Juanita Y Los Feos : Dame Un Cuchillo
Bills Bondsmen : Something's Died
Motorama : Tell Me I What?!?
Kim & The Cinders : Hippie Hippie Hourra

I've got a Guyatone TZ-2 The Fuzz and an Fuzzbrite by Ashbass (Mosrite Fuzzrite® clone). Both can get down right nasty but I kind of dig the Guyatone a little better for all around fuzzed out frenzies.

I have found that the Fuzzbrite has a pretty short decay when played with my set-up for surf Jazzmaster w/13 flatwounds through a '68 Bassman. I think some people desire that, but I dig my fuzz with a little more sustain and the Guyatone dials that in nicely. I've also got a Russian Pi Big Muff which offers up a real nice buzz saw sound as well, albeit a little more on the distortion side of the coin. After reading the replies on here, I really want to try a Rat but you know how the pedal thing goes...they seem to be quite addictive and I already have more than I can use right now!! I did see Davie Allan live last year absolutely killing it and he was using an old Rat and a modded out Jazzmaster.

Two in the USA:

THE BLOW OUT in Los Angeles & BUDGET ROCK SHOWCASE in Oakland/San Francisco!

Gutter Island! Vordingborg, Denmark, every other summer in the end of august. This year 22-23 aug. Can´t beat it... THE best one Hosted in an old fort, excellent lineup every time and the best of crowds. The funniest thing to attend since Rotterdam Rumble closed down

don't forget the vulcan days in rimini in september!!!! www.mods.it

anything in the states? what about GonerFest? always a cool lineup of bands you didn't know you needed to hear...

does anyone know if Cavestomp happening again this year?

.....And we cant forget the fabulous Festival Beat in Italy! This Festival has been going strong for 15 years or so around the Piacenza and Parma area. For the last few years the festival has been held in a small town called Salsomaggiore in Emilia Romagna, Parma. Nearly every touring European garage-type band has eventually played there as well as many American bands new and old (or should I say legendary). The Festival Beat is 4 days (Thursday-Sunday) of non-stop stimulation with a pool party in the afternoon with DJ's and drinking then at six o'clock or so it's off to the pub for a few live bands and DJ's and more drinking. The main acts play on Friday and Saturday nights (4 or 5 bands a night with only 10 Euro entrance charge!!!) at a large open air park with food, drinks, and record and vintage clothing stalls. After the bands there is of course dancing until the pool party starts up again. I have been to the Festival Beat three times. Twice playing in a band and once as a party-goer and unlike a lot of 'scene' oriented festivals people are totally open and mixed and extremely sociable and up for having a great party and not criticizing you for not wearing the right kind of Beatle boots. The organization is flawless (for Italy that is really saying something) and the festival crew is partying right along with all the rest of the bands and the public. If you haven't been there start making your arrangements for next year. FESTIVAL BEAT http://www.myspace.com/festivalbeat

Missed this show to to go Johnny Rad Fest! I regret it!

Thanks for the pix!!

This was real fun time in a pretty sweltering packed house! The Trashwomen were a little rusty as could be expected but nonetheless totally rockin'. They ended their set with a wild rendition of Surfin' Bird with Russell Quan taking over on vocals. It was a great line-up and all the bands really bashed it out. Thee Cormans ruled it with their insult surf trash fuzz fueled destructo rock...they are one of my favorite bands and it was cool to finally get to see them live.

Tonight, DJ Grrtch's podcast "Hanging On For Mercy," features a garage barrage from Mike & The Ravens! She lines up unreleased live Rollerland performances from 1962 as well as 1962 studio recordings and a slew of cuts from the upcoming Ravens album, 'Noisy Boys! The Saxony Sessions"... so tune into her podcast at http://www.myspace.com/grrtch or access the podcasts through this site...

Since we seem to be moving forward in time with this discussion, here is my list of best albums from the '80s garage revival. In no particular order: The Miracle Workers - Inside Out The Gravedigger V - All Black And Hairy The Untold Fables - Every Mothers Nightmare The Morlocks - Emerge The Fuzztones - Leave Your Mind At Home The Chesterfield Kings - Here Are The Thee Milkshakes - We Came We Saw We Conqured The Tell-Tale Hearts - The Tell-Tale Hearts The Unclaimed - Primordial Ooze Flavored Unclaimed The Pandoras - It's About Time The Crawdaddys - Crawdaddy Express The Creeps - Enjoy The Creeps The Beguiled - Gone Away The Outta Place - We're Outta Place The Fleshtones - Roman Gods The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us Thee Fourgiven - It Aint Pretty Down There note: for further reference check out Sonic Nightmares Podcast #3 & #4 special '80s garage revival shows (http://www.garagepunk.com/2008/01/11/sonic-nightmares-3/)

Gravedigger V - All Black & Hairy.

No wait.... Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us

no no... Count V - Psychotic Reaction

Supercharger Goes Way Out... definitely.

um... can I change that... Sonics - Boom.

Waitaminnit... Thee Milkshakes - We Came We Saw We Conqured.

on second thought...
aw, fuckit.