Tonights Cocktail

[Red James Cash]

I still have my Dean bass,I use to have a washburn 5 string.I have my peavey 400 watt bass amp and i still have my peavy bass cab with 2 15" subwoofers:I use to have a crackhead for a neighbor,she start cranking her music at 3 or 4 in the morning.I'd just power up the amp and hit some low notes and her cd player would start skipping.evil6:

 

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[Red James Cash]

As for tonight's cocktail: I just finished a whiskey and cola; thinking about another one before I hobble off to bed. 'Nite, all!

Have another one buddy,life is short,the night is shorter.

 

[Oregon Viking]

Well, as I said on another thread, I chord a little on the guitar. But, I'm just not into the (pardon this expression, guys, it's not meant to be bad/a put-down, just my age) kinda music/crap that you like. I like some of it, yes, but not just a lot of it. I'm more into the country/western, oldies rock and roll, SRV, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, etc. As I said, I 'chord' just a little. I used to be able to sit-in with two of my cousins when they had a band down in Houston; but that was years ago. Now it's just 'off and on' that I even practice. I'm just now getting my fingers callused enough to play for about 30 minutes.
But if we could get together at Limitool's place, I could bring my 2, 3, or even all 4 acoustics and the little 15 watt Marshall amp! I've 'electrified' a couple of the guitars. One 'permanent' and the other with a 'portable' pickup. It's been a long time since I've 'sat in' with someone playing. After my cousins broke up I haven't been able to find anyone to play with. I'm not really all that good; but really love to mess around with a guitar.

I too like SRV, Clapton Jeff beck...Gary Moore.But i like Zepplin. hendrix, def leppard. AC/DC, pink floyd, ZZ top, Robert Cray, Kiss...yeh..
Tom petty, Rush, Fleetwood Mac. etc. I have a sweet Epiphone 12 string I can bring to the party!

 

[jamey]

i just made me a gin and cherry 7 up,do not know how it is going to turn out but it was left over from dinner tonight and i have a cold so im going to down it.it tastes kinda fruity and is the first drink i have had in a year.i was reading about how gin and raisins help with the old bones on here so im hoping for the best.time to get some white stripes out too

 

[Oregon Viking]

I still have my Dean bass,I use to have a washburn 5 string.I have my peavey 400 watt bass amp and i still have my peavy bass cab with 2 15" subwoofers:I use to have a crackhead for a neighbor,she start cranking her music at 3 or 4 in the morning.I'd just power up the amp and hit some low notes and her cd player would start skipping.evil6:

Vintage... made in the USA dean?

 

[Red James Cash]

Vintage... made in the USA dean?

Yup I bought it about 25 years ago.I used it so much one of the corners on the pickup where i rested my thumb is quite worn away

 

[Oregon Viking]

Sailor jerrys and bud light

 

[Oregon Viking]

Yup I bought it about 25 years ago.I used it so much one of the corners on the pickup where i rested my thumb is quite worn away

That bass might be the Shiznet!!

 

[Red James Cash]

I liked it,always took care of it when i use to play.I'd say its still about 90% new condition.

 

[Oregon Viking]

Dean Guitars are a well-known company specialising in making electric guitars, primarily versions of Gibson’s classic Modernistic series of guitars. As well as this Dean make high quality acoustic guitars and mandolins and banjos.
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The company was founded in 1977 by Dean Zelinsky, after whom the company is named. He wanted to make better guitars for rock and metal musicians than existed when the company started. When the company first started the main models in the range were the V, a copy of Gibson’s 1950s Flying V design, and the Z, a copy of the Gibson Explorer, the other guitar from the Gibson Modernistic series that was actually made and sold (there was a third guitar in the series, the Moderne, of which none were made, not even in prototype stage, until 1982). There was also a third guitar in Dean’s range, the ML, which was a very well-executed blend of both the aforementioned Dean guitars - it consisted of the bottom half of a V and the top half of a Z. The guitars differed from Gibson’s designs by having no scratchplate and Dean’s trademark headstock, a larger-than-normal model with a V shape.

Early adopters of Dean guitars were Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top, who could often be seen onstage in the eighties with matching Dean bass and 6 string guitars.

The 1980s saw several new models added to the range to accompany the V, Z and ML models. These included the Cadillac from 1980, a Gibson Les Paul bottom half and a Dean Z top half that works better than may be expected, and the 1983 Bel Aire, a pointier and smaller-bodied version of the Fender Stratocaster with one humbucker and two single coil pickups, which means it could be a prototype for the up-and-coming superstrat movement of the 1980s, which favoured pointy Strat-shape guitars with a better choice of pickups and more playing options than Fender’s original design.

Also introduced in the 1980s was the Baby series, consisting of downsized versions of the V, Z and ML models. These guitars had ¾-sized bodies, but full-sized 22-fret necks. The ordinary Dean models, particularly the ML, had very large bodies which made it harder for younger players to use.

Dean have also exclusively designed some guitars for shred guitarist Michael Angelo Batio, who for a time held the record for fastest guitar player. He has also been voted the fastest guitarist in the world by Guitar World magazine. One such Dean custom guitar was a “quad guitar”, with four necks arranged in an X shape. Dean also made a double guitar for Batio, which looks much like the top half of this quad guitar. As of 2008 Batio has a new signature model, the MAB-1 Armorflame, a superstrat-shaped guitar with a silver flame paint scheme.

Dean is perhaps best known for its work with the late Pantera guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott. Abbott was a huge fan of Dean’s ML model, which was the only guitar he used when playing with Pantera and his last band, Damageplan. He had a signature ML made, with a dark blue paint job and lightning graphic. In 2003/4 Abbott worked with Dean to make a new model based on the ML. It was called the Razorback and resembled an ML with a much pointier body. A Razorback V model was also designed, a V-shaped guitar with these points on the body. Tragically, Abbott was shot dead in December 2004 while performing with his post-Pantera band Damageplan. He was killed by a mentally disturbed member of the audience, at the age of 38. The Razorback and Razorback V models were released in 2005 as a tribute to Abbott.

Dean now has a large range, including the ever-present V, Z and ML models, the Razorbacks, which are available in a wide variety of custom finishes, the Cadillac, the Hardtail double cutaway, the Les Paul-style Soltero, the SplitTail and the Vendetta. Dean also have a very wide range of artist signature models, including the MAB-1, the CBV and MKH for Corey Beaulieu and Matt Heafy of Trivium, the Dave Mustaine VMNT signature series of Vs including a twin-neck V, the Michael Schenker series of Vs and the Leslie West Soltero.

 

[Red James Cash]

I think I bought it around the mid 80s,it cost roughly 150 bucks new from Mr Cs music store,I still have the receipt but finding it is another story

 

[Limitool]

Holy cow boys.... Wouldn't take much to put together an oldies band. Now it may take a few beers and a couple hours of practice. But, I figure after 3 hrs. we'd be good to go for a road trip. We'll have to steal your name Viking. Let's see... we now have 2 guitarist, 1 bass, 1 drums. We need a hotter than hell female keyboardist who can sing also. This would open up some options on the song list along with some eye candy. Being a drummer always sucked.... I shouldn't be able to recognize my band mates walking away from me in a mall. I may have to switch with somebody... I'll just fake it...

 

[Red James Cash]

I picked up a bottle of evan Williams honey reserve Kentucky 70 proof liqueur to try out.Hmmm an oldies band,some oldies are all right.I think the oldest songs i ever played was BaBa o'riley and the Underture on the Tommy album by the who.

 

[Red James Cash]

evan Williams honey reserve Kentucky 70 proof liqueur

This stuff isnt to bad,a little on the sweet side,but tasty.I recommend it.

 

[GMD52]

Tonight at the annual fish fry, I passed around a jar of my mint vodka, just like moonshiners.....went down real smooth...and still have a little left....bunch of light-weights.......Gary

 

[Red James Cash]

I'll take your left oversPlease send overnight delivery.

 

[Oregon Viking]

Sapporo, and Makers mark.

 

[Red James Cash]

Makers mark,good stuff

 

[texasred777]

Hey, Jamie, you mentioned the gin and raisins. I started eating the 9 gin-soaked raisins about a week ago. I'm not sure yet if they are helping anything yet, but I'm still eating 'em!! I've never tried the drink you're experiencing. I've never drank a lot of different mixed drinks. I got to drinking vodka, Collins mix, orange juice, with a little maraschino cherry juice and cherries occasionally back in the 80s; maybe 3 or 4 times a year. These last 4 or 5 years, I've drank those and whiskey/cola. Last year, just the whiskey/cola. (Yeah, I know I shouldn't; but I like it!)

 

[Red James Cash]

Now thats tasty,a glass of that maple soda with a shot or so of the honey liqueur in it.