Members GAS Man Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 I heard about this on NPR today - I believe the radio said they'd be broadcasting the story about this tomorrow.Quote:On Oct 20, 2010, Nick Didkovsky and Chuck O'Meara (that's us) bought a $100 electric guitar from Elderly Instruments. We did not know what it sounded like or if it even worked, but we were charmed by its no-name vibe and single bridge pickup that looks like an old radio.A bunch of our guitar playing friends were instantly charmed, too, including (take your time reading this, it's an awesome list): Alex Skolnick, David Starobin, Elliott Sharp, Mike Keneally, Barry Cleveland, Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser, Mark Hitt, Keith Rowe, Nels Cline, Andy Aledort, Hillary Fielding, John Shiurba, Karl Evangelista, Phil Burk, Ray Kallas, Janet Feder, Thomas Dimuzio, Julia Miller, Chris Murphy, Chuck O'Meara, Marty Carlson, Shawn Persinger, Kai Niggemann, Steve MacLean, Ken Field, Roger Miller, Michael Bierylo, Bill Brovold, Larry Polansky, Biota Bill Sharp, Ava Mendoza, Amy Denio, Bruce Eisenbeil, Caroline Feldmeier, Colin Marston, David Linaburg, Hans Tammen, James Moore, Jesse Krakow, Jesse Kranzler, Joe Bouchard, Jon Diaz, Josh Lopes, Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, Marco Cappelli, Marco Oppedissano, Joe Berger, Mark Solomon, Mark Stewart, Mike Lerner, Nick Didkovsky, Rhys Chatham, Ron Anderson, Taylor Levine, Tom Marsan, Greg Anderson, Han-earl Park, Del Rey, Teisco Del Rey, Matt Wilson, Bruce Zeines, Toon Callier/Zwerm, Juan Parra, and Wiek Hijmanns.The $100 Guitar passed through the hands of over 65 players, each of which recorded a piece with it (anywhere from a few seconds to 3 minutes long), and then passed it on to the next player. We got enough pieces for Bridge Records to release a double CD (see below!).The enthusiasm is kind of staggering; we started this idea and 48 hours later we were overwhelmed by the positive response!READ/SEE MORE HERE (Including Vids)http://www.100dollarguitar.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Teisco Del Ray is a person??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JRicoC Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 I've never heard of ANY of those people. People take such liberties with the term "awesome" these days ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by JRicoC I've never heard of ANY of those people. People take such liberties with the term "awesome" these days ... I didn't wanna be the first to say it...but +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 4, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by JRicoC I've never heard of ANY of those people. People take such liberties with the term "awesome" these days ... Originally Posted by bjcarl I didn't wanna be the first to say it...but +1 ^^ I don't think that's the point. I heard a brief blurb on NPR on my drive home about this story. It's not as much about "who" plays the guitar, it's more about what they do with it. They've recorded a wide variety of music and basic sounds that all these musicians have done with this guitar.I know I've had my worst guitar in the hands of a very pro classically trained musician and I was amazed to hear the tones he could coax out of it. Me, I use it to slice hard boiled eggs.In this case they took a cheap guitar and have recorded where 68 (now) musicians have taken the instrument and it's still on the move.I think that's a cool project for electric guitar fans.Maybe I should have posted a "show me your green guitars" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gergbee Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 I enjoyed the post and the music. It was a really cool project! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lz4005 Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Each of the dozen or so of those names I recognize is a total badass player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 4, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by gergbee I enjoyed the post and the music. It was a really cool project!Thanks No, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajympt Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Looks pretty cool to me - thanks for posting - and you guys should at least know who Nels Cline is ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NewRiggins Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by lz4005 Each of the dozen or so of those names I recognize is a total badass player. no doubt, I don't know all of them but, Alex Skolnick (Testament/TSO) Mike Keneally (Zappa) just to name a couple of ass-kickers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Didn't mean to come off like a troll...and yeah, I know who Nels Cline is...I'll check out the link when I'm on a computer with volume (still didn't realize there's a guy named "Teisco Del Ray" lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Alex Skolnick is unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GodBlessTexas Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by JRicoC I've never heard of ANY of those people. People take such liberties with the term "awesome" these days ... You've never heard of Alex Skolnick? How about Testament or maybe Trans-Siberian Orchestra given the time of year when their songs are commonly heard with the rest of the holiday music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Seems like some kind of publicity stunt that judging from the videos is pretty hit or miss in terms of performance standards. Still, it does say something about bargains available on the used market and, or the preeminence of creativity over abject consumerism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gdsmithtx Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 And no one knows who Andy Aledort is? Andy Aledort has been a significant figure in the international music scene over the last 20 years. As a senior editor for the top guitar-oriented music magazines Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician, Guitar Extra, Guitar Legends, and Guitar World Acoustic, among others, his work is unsurpassed as a music transcriber, instructional columnist and journalist.He has authored over 200 books of guitar transcriptions as well as a series of guitar-related instructional guitar courses and books, all of which are distributed worldwide, for the leading music publishers Hal Leonard Corp., Warner Brothers Publishing and Cherry Lane Music.Aledort is a performing musician as well: along with leading his own ensembles in the New York/tri-state area, he is often tapped for high-profile appearances with artists such as Buddy Guy, Dickey Betts, and the Allman Brothers band.As a session player, Andy Aledort was called upon to recreate the Band Of Gypsys-era playing of Hendrix for recording sessions with the original Gypsys themselves, Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles, where Aledort was required to recreate note-for-note renditions of Hendrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 I'm not the least bit interested in metal (and have only passing interest in jazz) and I know who Alex Skolnick is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gdsmithtx Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by harold heckuba Alex Skolnick is unbelievable. As both a metal and a jazz artist: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 I wish my pinky moved like Alex's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 I wish my pinky moved like Alex's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by JRicoC I've never heard of ANY of those people. You've literally never heard of any of them? Or are you using hyperbole to display your opinion of all of them as C-list celebrities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Awesome idea! And maybe instead of dismissing the list because you've never heard of anybody on it, you should educate yourselves. There are some serious monster players on there. I like that they did this with a cheapo guitar. I know when I play on guitars like that, I end up approaching things way differently (you're usually forced to). Thanks for posting GAS Man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pilon Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by bjcarl Teisco Del Ray is a person??? Teisco Del Ray is/was the psuedonym of columnist Dan Forte. Back in the 80's he wrote a column in Guitar Player about odd ball guitars like...Tiesco Del Rays. Dan currently writes for Vintage Guitar, and is a killer Surf guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d_dave_c Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 we should do this here.there's a place near here that always has some old japanese guitars like that. i could pick one up, and start things off.I also have this fake Phantom that won't intonate that I would throw out there. It was less than $100:It's my office guitar right now, but it's hard to play sitting down, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JRicoC Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by cratz2 You've literally never heard of any of them? Or are you using hyperbole to display your opinion of all of them as C-list celebrities? ... I have not heard of ANY of them, so I could not express an opinion about them. I was not trying to slog on the music, or even the intent. I did as the writer asked and took my time reading the entire list. I was shocked to not see any recognizable names given that it was referred to as an "awesome" list. It's not as if I'm in some form of over-the-top denial here; I've never seen anyone post a Ray Kallas, Marco Oppedissano, or Bruce Eisenbeil Appreciation thread here ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Canadian Jeff Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by JRicoC I've never heard of ANY of those people. People take such liberties with the term "awesome" these days ... Language is a living thing dude. Awesome and rad (and words of the sort) have been misused for the past 30 years - it's to the point where they aren't even being misused anymore; the words just don't mean what they used to.If you want to complain about a more recent abuse of the English language (and one I'd sell a toe to rid the world of) then have a look at the way some people are using the word "anymore" these days. It's disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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