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It's cool..I have black friends who have David Duke Dicks also.You know Tiger Woods?:poke: Pretty much what John Mayer said went over my head, I guess you have to be high to understand it. But I'm sure he's going to have some splainin' to do. Like Harry Reid and his "Light-skinned Negro" and "doesn't speak with a Negro dialect (unless he wants to)" Obama references. These are very politically correct times, and it's only a matter of time until your favorite celeb will feel that they put their foot in their mouth. But like Obama said about Harry Reid, I think John Mayer is on the "right side of history," despite his current foot-in-mouth syndrome. Actions speak louder than words, imho.

Not so late according to one source: "Hendrix's father, James "Al" Hendrix, later changed his son's name to James Marshall Hendrix. His mother died when Jimi was 10, about the same time as Jimi began to take a serious interest in music and playing the guitar. When he was 12 he got his first electric guitar - the instrument which shaped the next 16 years of his life. At the age of 16, Jimi was thrown out of school, apparently for holding the hand of a white girl in class. He slung his guitar over his back and left home to enlist in the Army, where he served as a parachute jumper until an injury led to his discharge. Hendrix began working as a session guitarist under the name Jimmy James, supporting such marquee acts as Sam Cooke, Ike and Tina Turner, and the Isley Brothers. After working extensively with Little Richard in 1964, Hendrix became entangled in a contract dispute with the mercurial artist and left to form his own band, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. With the exception of an obscure single, "My Diary," with Arthur Lee (later of the L.A. psych band "Love"), none of the music Hendrix cut with other artists was made more remarkable by his presence. After playing Greenwich Village coffeehouses for the better part of a year (still under the moniker Jimmy James), Hendrix encountered Chas Chandler, of The Animals fame, at a New York club. Impressed with his playing, Chandler, who was then looking to switch gears to management, took Hendrix to London in the fall of 1966 and masterminded the creation of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Backed by Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums, the Experience offered Hendrix the wide-open rock-and-roll format he needed to exercise his dazzling skills as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Chandler unleashed the band on the London pop scene, and in short order Hendrix et al became the talk of the town. " But, there are a number of other accounts.. but regardless it was apparent he started in his very early teens.. 13 or 14 at the latest.. But remember, he was not learning to copy Hendrix.. he had to learn to be Hendrix.. Cool read:cool:

Unfortunately, that's about the only thing Brian and I have in common. Haha:lol:

I read in a Brian Setzer interview in GP that he biases Setzer's amps.

Kewl:phil:

Great video. The whole PG Fleetwood Mac era was a bit before my time so I haven't really gotten into it and some of the clips I've seen in the past didn't really do much for me, but I can see the appeal and here the talent. I guess I'll have to check out some more stuff here and give it a good listen because it does seem like I am missing out on something here. What a frickin interesting documentary though; I mean you've got all kinds of crazy {censored} going on there from the drugs and the fame to the cult to schizoprenia....wow . Yeah, it's fascinating, definitely a must-see if you're into Peter Green. [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE]

Awesome, HNGD!

You're all wrong. Superstrats looked cooler in music videos. :poke::poke::poke: Touche:lol:

Cuz they look kewl:rawk:

I do like that EVH isn't a metalhead, even tho he's probably the one (along with Randy Rhoads) who started the metal/shred/speed playing ethic. VH's songs are still just good rock 'n roll, and not all dark and depressing like most metal is. It's like the pop and hair metal of the '80s, I actually liked that genre of music, especially the guitar playing. As DLR once described VH's music (when he was still with them, the first time around), it's "Big Rock.":idea:

I think he has great, original chops as a lead and rhythm player, but i don't think he's as musically talented or as adventurous as Hendrix or Beck.

Try some Dunlop Stubbies. Takes months to wear one out.Thanks for the tip, maybe I'll try them someday. But right now I'm very much into red Jazz III XL's. I tried regular Jazz III's but they would fly out of my hand when I would speed strum octaves, etc. And I find the red nylon ones to be less slippery than the black stiffo ones.

i was gonna suggest ap-11s as well. what do you mean they chew up your picks?The polepieces are kind of jagged and when I speedpick the tip of the pick hits them sometimes and wears out the tip faster than regular polepieces would. It isn't so much of a problem with regular picks, but I'm using Jazz III XL's and I don't really enjoy wearing the tips out on those too fast. They sound great though, I love the sound of Carvin AP-11s. My Strat with the AP-11s is out of commission now anyways, tho.

Carvin AP-11s have adjustable polepieces, 11 of them in fact. The only thing I don't like about them is they chew up my picks.

I like the easy bends on the higher strings, but the chunk of a .46 on the low strings. So does anyone make these sets ? I looked on D'Addario and they don't. Are you kidding me:confused: I think just about every string manufacturer makes a set of 9-46 gauge strings, including D'Addario. BTW, I use Snake Oil Brand 9-42's on my one Floyded guitar.