Rickenbaker Inspired Guitar

[jingle_jangle]

(Spits coffee on keyboard...)

[kiramdear]

good one Rob!

[scotty]

im thinking post of the year

[windchimp]

After spending the last month at a vendor's site cooped up with a bloke from Hull, "knob" has now been drilled into my vernacular.

The conference calls will never be the same...."what a knobhead"....

[brian_l]

Yeah--the Floyd Rose, the headstock, the...

...knob playing it.

The guy playing the Rick-inspired Kramer is Donnie Vie from Enuff Z' Nuff. He is hardly a knob. In fact, Mr. Vie is no stranger to using real Ricks. Go on YouTube and pull up the videos for "Mother's Eyes" (where he is playing a black/red 360) and "Right By Yor Side,"(where is he playing a 650). I saw EZN back in 1991 and he used several Ricks during the band's set that night. Given the catchy, melodic, power pop nature of the band's music, I am surprised they don't have more fans on here.

[fireglo67]

I am surprised they don't have more fans on here.

Errrr...
I'm not.

[scotty]

Im really surprised at you Rob.You just cant help but love this.

[kiramdear]

(urp)

[fireglo67]

Im really surprised at you Rob.You just cant help but love this.

I used to think that anyone who played a Rickenbacker must have at least a small amount of taste and style.
How wrong could I be?
I'm sticking with the knob comment on this one, though I may put it to a vote.

[jingle_jangle]

I vote KNOB.

An '80s hair band pretending to '60s clothing psychedelia, a lead guitarist playing Van Halen cliché riffs, with a split-second shot of the drummer flipping his stick (another cliché with Howard Hughes toenails...). I don't know what to think, as "eclectic" is usually a positive word when it comes from me. I'm just glad I never went to any of their shows.

Oh, and they should wear safety glasses with all those grinders so close to them on the stage...

[scotty]

You know i was trying to be civil for a change and all of a sudden everyone's got their guitar knobs in a twist!

[jimk]

Have you noticed my absence on this particular thread? No? Well, it's because I usually try to adhere to the dictum "If you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all." They really aren't my cup of tea, either.

JimK

[brian_l]

Don't let the band's early image fool you. Even they are embarrased by it now. Also, they have a different guitarist and drummer now, and they sound a lot more like a power pop band than a hair metal band, especially on the material released after 1993. The only thing I can say about them is to listen to some of their later material and give them a chance.

[scotty]

Brian L dont be offended mate the guys are just having a little fun.We all like and love rickenbackers thats the main reason we are here but everyone`s different and rightfully so, if we all liked the same bands this forum would be bland.Keep jangling

[kiramdear]

I think it's fine to discuss what we like and don't like about the music if we stay away from value judgments about the artists personally, or their fans. I believe the old saw about walking a mile in someone's shoes, but at the same time my inner artiste will have her way with esthetic critique ... I mean, it's just what we do as creators. And if I don't like Mr. Vie's music I still respect him professionally. I'm a little uneasy with calling names outside of a sense of artistic playfulness .