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I don’t remember VV doing anything for Varney.

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They’re making them again. I like them without the locking nut and find them to be my fav modern trem. Def the best sounding imho.

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What’s his problem with Bobby? I can understand not wanting Mark, Dana and Herschel.

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Oak dale Theatre 95 S Turnpike Rd Wallingford, Connecticut 06492 https://www.oakdale.com/ Once a year the Northeast Guitar Show is there. It’s 30 mins north of Bridgeport close to a few major airports (Green in Providence, RI, Bradley in CT) it’s right near a train station that runs to NYC as well. ...

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I couldn’t listen to the dr fuk shows. Lisa seems to be there just for brandvold to make sexual comments to, which if she’s ok with it that’s cool. I just thought Mitch would be off limits,

I do like the show when it’s mike mark and Tommy

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I have never liked Mitch LaFon but I do listen to Three Sides on occasion. I like Mark Chiccini and find Tommy and Mike kind of harmless. I don't agree with their VV stance at all - espeically now since VV did the interview with them. That being said, wasn't Mitch on there before Mark? I was surpris...

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There is a fairly large guitar show a few times a year in CT. It’s in a concert venue’s adjoining expo space. One year they had a concert in there as well. Maybe tie in with that? It’s the southeast guitar show iirc.

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Genebaby wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:22 am That looks like the guitar Vinnie was using with Dan Hartman.

I believe EdRoman sold that to him in CT. I think it says that on the er site.

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25:20 approx.

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I have a couple of Ed’s guitars. A Quicksilver that blows away my Lawsuit 10 top PRS Singlecut and a Thinline Tele. Knew him from CT and a character for sure.

Very sad that Lyndsay was found dead alone in the desert less than a year after Ed passed. He was a proud single dad who really lived her.

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I recently watched Hirsh Gardner’s interview with Three Sides of the Coin. After buying the Warrior demos without knowing they’re bootlegs I have to say this guy is a complete clown. First off, the drumming on those demos is the weak point. Gary Shea and Jimmy Waldo are competent musicians. Vinnie i...

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He can obviously still play, he did the acoustic thing at the first convention and honestly I enjoyed that more than I would a shred fest. The guy is a brilliant songwriter/composer. Even if he did the Marshall Crenshaw type of thing he did at that I would be happy. I wish him the best and hope he d...

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I am a fan of VV but I have to say the Warrior stuff sounds like a killer guitarist, singer, songwriter with a mediocre band. I know Hirsh Gardner from his days at Daddy's Music in Boston and now I believe he works at Guitar Center. I never knew about New England so I checked them out and didn't rea...

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The video is still on his website. Not really worth watchin g.

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I agree with a solo acoustic tour. It could be like Ray Davies did before the book X-Ray came out. Vinnie could talk about a few stories that would tease the book, play some songs written from around the time of the story (example, play a Laura Nyro song or something he wrote around that time) and r...

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I thought the interview was great in that it covered some of the time Vinnie spent with Dan Hartman, Laura Nyro and the like. It would have been cool to see him comment on GE Smith as well. I don't know a lot about Mitch, but I would have liked to hear Mark Chiccini do the interview. Mike and fruity...

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How far is Lavonia from Farmington Hills?

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Yeah, I would think so. In Bobby's book he sounds like he was pretty down to Earth. He's also mentioned in ASG (and maybe the first record) as modding Vinnie's amps. He would be a great person for someone to do a Q&A with, as he was def in the studio for the recording as well as out on tour working ...

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This article may mention him recently.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/1997/nov/1 ... -for-maho/

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According to a lot of people (from Milanio to the liner notes, to Bobby Rock's book) there was a guy named Chuck Onkst who modified VV's amps and also was on tour throughout ASG. Bobby also notes that the amps on stage were not what was actually being used. I was wondering if anyone has ever spoken ...

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I still have my 1989 Carvin Catalog, which IMHO is one of the coolest ones they ever made. That was the year the carpet covered X-100B came out and a bunch of new guitars were launched, and they offered the OFR. Does anyone know what happened to VV's black double neck? I know a silver one was sold a...

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The Duncan Convertible amps look like what he's using. Jeff Beck endorsed these around the time he was playing the orange and white Jackson that kind of looked like the much less expensive Charvel Spectrum. I always assumed JB was a big influence on VV so maybe that's why the Convertible showed up t...

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Cool. That’s a lot of gitboxes! Funny that with all the amps surrounding Michael, the closest one to him is the Kemper amp sim!ulator!!! :lol: Not surprising. A lot of the great tones he got in the 80s/90s were direct. IIRC he got all the Skid Row tones (the black and red record) with MP-1 version ...

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Last time I saw him Ritchie Scarlet (aka the duke of rock and roll, yes he calls himself that) was with him. I would have rather he left Ed Roman's butt boy at home. YMMV.

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So how many Carvins were there? There's this white one from the Hot Licks video and the black one from the '89 Carvin catalog.

Any news on the signature guitars he had talked about a few months ago?

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He seems to like the non-fine tuner Floyd Rose trems. I remember a black Charvel being sold at the auction with one and it looks like the Carvin has been retrofitted with one, as I'm pretty certain that the Carvin models he's played in the past have (IIRC) had the more modern type. If you look close...

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Cool. Where is it for sale?

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I read it in one sitting (didn't intend to) it was very good and it seemed to be fair as well. I would urge everyone interested to get a copy.

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Anyone else read Bobby's book 'The Boy is Gonna Rock' yet? I read it in one sitting yesterday and most of it deals with the VVI years. Being a Berklee alum I was hoping more would deal with Bobby's time there, but it was a great read. Highly suggest everyone check it out.

I got mine on Amazon.

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I like TSOTC and think it's entertaining. I like Tommy even though he does seem like a fruity grandma, just my observation. I just can't believe he or Mike would want to sit down with Vinnie. Mark I can see wanting to do the interview because he's always been a fan.

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Today Vinnie announced an acoustic tour followed by an all out shred tour.

Very exciting!

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It's funny to see Tommy "Fruity Grandma" Sommers sitting next to Vinnie. Hopefully the full interview will be a little more informative about news.

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I think that's a Student Model (dots) Jackson. Those didn't have the fretboard binding or inlays but were high quality USA guitars.

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One thing I respect about him is that he doesn't try to guess what Vin was thinking and always gives him the benefit of the doubt about being crazy. Like he said, the man is a perfectionist. Also cool he says he's a master and he would work with him again - even if it's not something he's looking to...

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He needs an iTunes store. I would still order CDs but if he did iTunes or Amazon it would mean we could get the music fast and he could get paid fast. He needs and deserves to make some money. Once he has the seed money he could do physical releases or something. As much as I've never thought he int...

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Yeah I've known Hirsh for years. He's older than me but he worked at a guitar store in Boston - Daddy's Junky Music. He's the stereotypical Guitar Center employee - "Hey Guy, you need a service plan with that?" type. Just a total douche who walks around like it's 1986 on the Sunset Strip. I remember...

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If Vin were some rich rockstar it wouldn't bother me. He's so talented and I think the Expo did so much to heal him that seeing people profit off of that just bothers me. At the next expo I'm going to bring my Warrior CD and give it to him so he can toss it in the trash because I feel like a jerk fo...

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I would have loved a cd of all the songs with him on acoustic and singing. Maybe Rob doing backgrounds but he could record that at home and it would be awesome.

I feel guilty about buying the Warrior CD and lining Hirsh's bootleging pockets.

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Vinnie is going to show up and kick Mike's ass in the parking lot then get onstage and jam with Mark while fruity grandma Tommy tries on Vinnie's clothes.

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So is it safe to say Branvold isn't getting the interview? I still think Mark Chicini would be a great choice!

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Amazon has delayed my order. Hopefully I'll get it as some point but I'm not holding my breath.

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I think it's Hirsch that provided the tapes not vv. But who knows Not true at all. I asked Hirsh yesterday and had to listen to him babble on and on while he tried to sell me a Guitar Center Extended Warranty. He works at Guitar Center Mass Ave. Boston. If you want to ask him anything call and leav...

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These are the types of questions that I want to see asked at the convention.

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Personally, if I had my choice, Chuck Klosterman would be the perfect guy to interview him. I'm not really a Kiss fan, but I've always been a fan of VVI. I first heard of him when he was in the 1988 Carvin catalog and read an interview with him in Guitar World around 1988 (Sheehan and Via ala Roth c...

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Did Derek Christopher voice Zero in GYA San Andreas?

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Chances are Vinnie wants to do music that's different from what he did in the hair metal 1980s. I like the VVI records, but I also really like the music he did with Treasure and GE Smith (from SNL) before that. Going back to being Vinnie Cusano isn't a bad career move because in a lot of what will l...

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I'm not sure if they will. I'm just saying that around Boston Hirsh is known as the 80s guy who works at Guitar Center. Kind of a blowhard in leather pants. Someone at GC told me he was going to the Expo and was all excited about it. Maybe he's just attending, but the Warrior record is coming out (V...

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That's my guess for the "special guests". Easy to get - Hirsh still wandering around Boston with his 80s hairdoo and leather pants looking for his glory.

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That's my guess. I was in Guitar Center Boston where Hirsh worked and that's what I heard. He may still work there, but I haven't seen him in a while. Not a bad guy but kind of a douchebag in a Guitar Center employee kind of way. Hey Guy, you need strings with that????

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