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Dave with a white 330-12 and a 370RM on recent Eurythmics tours :

Axel: Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This. These are truly great photos. Thanks so much for posting them.

what got me on this is that 'gold' 330 I mentionned on the 'guitars' thread.. when I first saw it I just thought that's an instrument Dave Stewart would get - a little bit tacky and shiny (he's got plenty of those).
So I scouted the fan sites and got.. nix, no golden 330 - but those are allright indeed.

Good evening, guys. I really like the black hardware, pickguard and nameplate on the 330. Very reminiscent of Axel's axe (a beauty for sure!). Now it's got me to thinking what black would look like on a 360 FG? Hmmmmm? Best to all.

Check this one :
fireglo 330 chrome hw/black guards&nameplate

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dl ... 1451075947

A little bit strange, ain't it?
On a 360, you'd have the white bindings on top...
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Well Axel, I'm going to have to re-think this one. You're right, it is strange. Maybe if everthing - the tailpiece, the pick-up covers, the bridge cover etc. were black too? ....Nah! The Fireglo needs white & chrome. Thanks for the ebay tip, I'm glad to have seen that before I did something goofy.

I spoke with Dave Stewart a few months ago. He contacted me when he was looking for a very rare Vox AC30. But, we talked about Rics for most of the conversation. He said "What else can you think of that can do it?...They have got everything, looks, sound and if they were good enough for the Beatles, that should be it."

Another example as to how the Beatles still influence everything. Think about it, some of the world's biggest bands right now have their guitarists using Rics, Vox, Gretsch, etc. all equipment used in the '60s by the Fabs and other big names. U2, REM, Radiohead, etc. are some of the world's biggest right now and have been using this stuff from the get go. I don't think we're too far off the mark when we spend all this time discussing how great these guitars are.

Ahh love to hear that.
But it's always too late... think about the way most recordings did sound c. late 70s and how the soundstage narrowed suddenly when everybody jumped to digital...
Now everybody's trying to get that wide/soft/warmth/soft clipping (or whatever) back...and it rarely does the trick.
It's just the non-perfection of the gear (technically speaking) that makes this special - we're not perfect either : no ears to catch those 182Khz harmonics, for sure.
As recently stated by JH himself, a perfectly intonated 12 might sound not as 'good' as one would expect.

I had a 63 Danelectro which was built like hell - but what a SOUND : full&deep&sharp&etc.

...that doesn't mean we should all get ****** instruments but there's a little food for thought here I believe.
A musician is not a recording engineer.

Many of the edits one can hear on the Beatles recordings were sometimes made the harsh way (euphemism) - so what ? The songs are and will remain in everybodys ears (and hearts) and that is the main thing.
But we're not all on that level (eh, euphemism) and that's when one can be tempted to improve with technicalities...

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... n%26sa%3DX
A Great thread here been dredged up and just to add...

Dredged up is right - You really dug deep for that one!

Sometimes youve got to scrape the barrel to get to the goods!

Is that a White McGuinn model?

sloop_john_b wrote:Is that a White McGuinn model?

Nyahh, I think it's just the flash or the newness of it or something.

Man, Dave sure was rockin' the Dylan look back in the late '80s...look at those pictures of him in the Wayfarers...

kennyhowes wrote:

sloop_john_b wrote:Is that a White McGuinn model?

Nyahh, I think it's just the flash or the newness of it or something.

It sure looks white here....

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