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blue330 wrote:Hello! I missed this one... that's a Fender Electric XII on South Central Rain.

so here it goes: "all you know is wrong" .. to quote some U2 :-0

i am shocked, Mitch :-[

my favourite Rick-sound comes from a Fender.. ouch

i know of a small shop in the heart of Berlin (Checkpoint Music) that usually has two or three Ricks hanging on the wall...
Mark

rob_u wrote:The number one RIC 12 re-stringing tip is to jam a polishing cloth under the "R" tailpiece, to keep the new string from falling out until it's tight.

Rob

or: use a Capo

Mark

does anyone know, how Peter got his 12-string-sound on "So. Central Rain"?
Double-tracked, okay, but what else? And what model?

I always LOVED that particular sound!

Mark

what an insughtful post, thanks for those fabulous pictures!!

sad news about Microwave he was such a friendly guy (

i might add that i once asked Microwave, who has been Peter Buck´s guitar tech for ages up until 2002 or 2003, about the sounds/recording techniques for Peter´s guitars. he obviously hadn´t been around while recording the very early stuff, so he couldnt help ....

Mr. Buck played a 360 on Murmur, not a 330. And I recall it was the Jetglo one, not the Mapleglo one he had on their first session here in NC. On Murmur, the amps were a little Kasino solid state thing (Pilgrimage only), and an Ampeg Gemini II. No AC30s! They came much later, and the last couple of...

I didnt really consider that line "icky"...the tune is the plot of a grade B western....its a humorous nod to the TV-Movie cowboy of the 30s-40s-50s....the guy who loved his horse more than anything else...Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, etc....that image was parodied up and down, back and forth ...

firstbassman wrote:
But the part about a horse "being just like a wife" has always been a real icky factor for me and turned me off to the song.

EXACTLY what i feel about the song

just read this thread and want to wish you all the best, too, Björn!

Mark

rkbsound wrote:As I recall, the "Let's Active" sticker was on a Jetglo 330.

no, i have pics of a black 360 with the Lets Active sticker on it....

rkbsound wrote:Ok, Corey. Put my order in! But I'm not a big fan of the mudflap. I like the earlier "Let's Active" button he had on it (top of the upper pickguard).

was it the same guitar?

what a fantastic thread

rick_ovic wrote:We found this really cool van to travel around in......

Graham and Darren with Van.jpg

LOL look at those kids!!