Coffee talk with Auto...

[puckhead]

a very cool 2 minutes: Compressed 02 on Vimeo

 

[SLY]

Mornin' people.

Just had a bangin' dose of everything pumpkin. Coffee, muffin and donut. I feel like I may be gaining some weight this Fall.

Gonna be a blues mornin. Joe Bonamassa blaring right now. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Stevie, Lang and many others queued up.

 

[SLY]

"Little Wing" is such a fuckin awesome tune. SRV's tone is just ridiculous. Time to do some research on his equipment.

 

[SLY]

In the early 1980's, Stevie used a Marshall 4140 2x12 Club and Country 100-watt combo amp for clean tone, and his two Vibroverbs for distortion. The Marshall's test date was February 18, 1980. (I have verified the serial number from a customs/insurance equipment list from 1983). Photos from 1981 show two Celestion G12-80 speakers. It had brown "elephant" cabinet vinyl and tan basketweave grill cloth. In 1983 Stevie was preparing to go on tour with David Bowie, but at the last minute dropped out. Before he did, however, Bowie's crew took the Marshall amp and painted the vinyl black and the grill cloth grey, presumably to approximate the look of other amps which would be on stage. Stevie's road manager, Cutter Brandenburg, recalls that after the paint job the Marshall letters would not stay on and they would catch in the guitar strings when Stevie leaned Number One against it for feedback. Some of the letters broke off, so photos show the amp with "Marshall," "Marsha" and "Marsh" before the remainder of the name was finally removed completely. All three of Stevie's roadies/techs from this era recall this amp. Once Stevie started making some money, he upgraded to larger Marshall and Dumble amps and traded this one in sometime after the spring of 1983, possibly as late as 1984. It was then owned by another Texas guitar player for many years. In May 2003, I purchased the amp. It still has the Bowie paint job and the Celestion speakers. In a 1983 interview, Stevie mistakenly suggested that this was a 200-watt amp that did not perform properly, peaking at 80-watts. It would not produce 200 watts because it was a 100-watt amp, but this amp will still rattle my windows!

 

[ritari330]

Pleeeeeeeeeeese get me a cup of Joe, I need it

 

[Automattic]

Sorry, only have Trix this morning...

 

[Automattic]

Sorry, only have Trix this morning...

...and I ain't talking 'bout Jeff...

 

[ritari330]

I could use a bowl of that too!

 

[SLY]

lol, I'm pumpkined out. Twas a good morning. Now I have a shitstorm raining down on me at work. I hate people that don't do their job correctly.

 

[Disney Plorster]

Sorry, only have Trix this morning...

I did as well, but I know someone who only eats brown M&M's for breakfast. You know what can really ruin your breakfast though, DVR'd episodes of Sesame Street.

 

[SLY]

I did as well, but I know someone who only eats brown M&M's for breakfast. You know what can really ruin your breakfast though, DVR'd episodes of Sesame Street.

And explosive diarrhea. Luckily I didn't deal with neither.

 

[SuperFlyer13]

I could use a bowl of that too!

Jeff or Trix?

 

[SLY]

 

[ritari330]

Jeff or Trix?

Both


j/k I don't even like Trix

 

[SuperFlyer13]

Both


j/k I don't even like Trix

Ha you got me there, I'll leave that one alone, lol.

 

[Automattic]

I think I finally killed my Blazer and my baby (my truck) is across town.


I am currently pissed and jamming to some trasher shit. (18 visions)

 

[Automattic]

Can I get a ride to my shop?

 

[SuperFlyer13]

Can I get a ride to my shop?

Go ask the Children in the Corn..

 

[SLY]

Tyler, what the fuck did you drink last night?

 

[Automattic]

Go ask the Children in the Corn..

Them sunsabitches are hiding in the bean fields because they owe me money.