[Heeplist] (no subject)

Thu Sep 18 12:51:33 EDT 2014

Bernard Shakey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU5B53b9ntQ

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Shawn Mctopy <shawn.mctopy at selu.edu> wrote:

> *Larrivee* makes some nice guitars as well.
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> I own & play one of their little acoustic parlor guitars - Love it!
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> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Shaun Roberge <roberge_rocket at yahoo.ca>
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>> Excellent, I'm Canadian and it's nice to hear our guitars are getting
>> noticed.  Mick loves his Carparelli. SR
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Igor Shveitser <zlenko_iv at mail.ru>
>> Date:09/15/2014  12:15 PM  (GMT-08:00)
>> To: Shaun Roberge <roberge_rocket at yahoo.ca>
>> Subject: Re[2]: : Re[2]: [Heeplist] (no subject)
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>> Well, I agree, but each instrument has its limitations and the most
>> skilled ones are just able to make it least noticeable. Still, I have my
>> favourites: if I play at high gain it is Peavey Tracer Custom'89, if the
>> stuff is more classical hard'n'heavy kind, than they are either G&L Tribute
>> Legacy or Godin Session - both are strats basically, but the Canadian
>> guitar has a humbucker in the bridge and ceramic pickups while Legacy is
>> just like your regular Fender (due to the same constructor), albeit
>> heavier, because it was made of Swamp Ash.
>> Cheers, Igor
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>> Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:57:07 -0700 от Shaun Roberge <roberge_rocket at yahoo.ca
>> >:
>> I think it was Mick Ronson that said it's not the guitar, it's what you
>> can do with the guitar. He never had a guitar that he really cherished.
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Igor Shveitser
>> Date:09/15/2014 8:45 AM (GMT-08:00)
>> To: Shaun Roberge
>> Subject: Re[2]: Re[2]: Re[2]: Re[2]: Re[2]: [Heeplist] (no subject)
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>> Cool. I've seen the likes of your "Rosie" when my daughter was looking
>> for a new guitar (she ended up buying a Canadian-made Godin with active
>> picups as well), but I have no idea about the rest of your lot.  As for me,
>>  I play various guitars, mostly strats (although got no real Fender yet),
>> but the funny thing is the more I learned, the more I understood that the
>> make and model are very inferior  to your hands and head :))) Yes, there is
>> a difference - but not worth hundreds and thousands, it's more like the
>> more you learn, the less it matters (if you respective axe isn't a complete
>> garbage, of course). However, my experience tells me that you can improve a
>> lot on it yourself.
>> Cheers, Igor
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>> Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:53:54 -0700 от Shaun Roberge <roberge_rocket at yahoo.ca
>> >:
>> Ya I can distinguish the solos.  For an electric I have a Hohner arch top
>> and acoustic I have a Madera, cheap guitar with great tone.  I also play
>> alot of bass, I have an epiphone Beatle bass and an active ibanez sr500
>> that I call rosie.  I would have more but lack of funds keep getting in the
>> way. My next purchase will probably be a fender mustang or jaguar.
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Igor Shveitser
>> Date:09/15/2014 7:39 AM (GMT-08:00)
>> To: Shaun Roberge
>> Subject: Re[2]: Re[2]: Re[2]: Re[2]: [Heeplist] (no subject)
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>> Great! Have you already learnt how to distinguish where's Mr.Box and
>> where's Mr. Hensley playing the solos? By the way, what is your guitar?
>> Cheers, Igor
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>> Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:32:16 -0700 от Shaun Roberge <roberge_rocket at yahoo.ca
>> >:
>> Your right Igor,  I was listening to those albums last night.
>> Unbelievable musicianship.   Byron sure was something special. I'll
>> definitely start learning those tracks. SR
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Igor Shveitser
>> Date:09/15/2014 3:34 AM (GMT-08:00)
>> To: Shaun Roberge
>> Subject: Re[2]: Re[2]: Re[2]: [Heeplist] (no subject)
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>> Shaun, if you play a guitar, try playing Dreamer off the 1973 Heep's
>> release Sweet Freedom - I believe you will soon find out that Mick Box was
>> not that humble at times. :) Both He and Ken had terrific solos on I won't
>> Mind (off Wonderworld) and Free'n'Easy (Innocent Victim).
>> Cheers, Igor
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>> Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:50:48 -0700 от Shaun Roberge <roberge_rocket at yahoo.ca
>> >:
>> If you really listen to those doom and gloomers they play three chords
>> with verse, chorus and bridge.  Basic rock n roll with distortion.  But I
>> agree, Heep was right to stay away. SR
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Igor Shveitser
>> Date:09/14/2014 8:46 AM  (GMT-08:00)
>> To: Shaun Roberge
>> Subject: Re[2]: Re[2]: [Heeplist] (no subject)
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>> Synth? :))) Originally rock (rock'n'roll) was a piano-driven music (along
>> with guitars), then hammond organ joined in, as for the modern synths -
>> they add colours here and there but are not typical as leading instruments.
>> The major difference between the 80-s heavy and what emerged later is that
>> guitarists of the 80-s were virtuosos (no matter like 'em or not) and
>> direct heirs to the classics like Blackmore, Iommi or anyone else I value.
>> And the 90-s... there was nothing rock'n'rolling, more punk/doom as I call
>> it. Classic Heep luckily never had any relation to that. And even not
>> classic neither had - apart from some Bolder-penned items (Fear Of Falling,
>> smth. off ITW)  which I do not fancy really. Classic Heep is a special and
>> extremely kind music, without that doomy-gloomy component, with certain
>> dynamics. And it was rock'n'roll and still is to some extent, luckily.
>> Cheers, Igor
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>> Sun, 14 Sep 2014 08:09:50 -0700 от Shaun Roberge <roberge_rocket at yahoo.ca
>> >:
>> You hit the nail right on the head once again Igor. I'm a guitarist and I
>> really appreciate some of the 90s guitarists like Tom Morello, John
>> Frusciante , Jerry Cantrell and Mike Mcreedy.  I find the music was more
>> guitar driven than synth.
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Igor Shveitser
>> Date:09/14/2014 2:54 AM  (GMT-08:00)
>> To: Shaun Roberge ,"Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)"
>> Subject: Re[2]: [Heeplist] (no subject)
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>> Hey Shaun,
>> I think I get the general idea, and the obvious difference for me is the
>> times we grew up in, mine were the 80-s, and, while liking some of the
>> stuff (late McCartney, Queen, Deep Purple or Black Sabbath) and loving
>> heavy metal (too many to mention) I strongly disliked the likes of Nirvana,
>> Alice In Chains etc. - to me they are simply merchants of depression and
>> bore. But hey, as you say, that's only me. :))))))))))
>> Cheers, Igor
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>> Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:47:00 -0700 от Shaun Roberge <roberge_rocket at yahoo.ca
>> >:
>> I'll agree with you there Igor.  I mostly listen to Byron and Bernie. I
>> find that most music from the eighties, whether it be Heep, ZZ top or Paul
>> McCartney doesn't have the same feelings and passion as the sixties and
>> seventies. I feel that it was alternative rock or "grunge" that music
>> started having meaning again. But hey, That's me! SR.
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Igor Shveitser
>> Date:09/13/2014  2:34 AM (GMT-08:00)
>> To: "Heepsters Mailing List \(Travellers in Time\)"
>> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] (no subject)
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>> Shaun,
>> I'd rather not confuse 80-s with and without Hensley, for they are very
>> different 80-s :))) But I get the point, and in that case you hardly should
>> listen anything after 1974. :))) As for me, I regard all stuff recorded
>> with Byron as great (without Heep as well), and the rest... there are highs
>> and lows, of course, but musically they were still reminiscent of THAT band
>> only with Hensley.
>> Cheers, Igor
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>> Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:08:04 -0700 от Shaun R <roberge_rocket at yahoo.ca>:
>> >I'm with you Don. I've only been on the list for a few weeks and its
>> been nothing but firefly and conquest.  I wanna hear about the glory days
>> like demons or magicians or even outsider.  The eighties in general really
>> let me down. SR
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