The history of the Guitar BBC Documentary

[38thBeatle]

Of course-you are a genius Johnny !

[Kilby]

I missed it- bah.

bbc iplayer mr 38th, you could watch it now!  :D

Sadly it's not available as a download (yet)

[38thBeatle]

I managed to watch it last night plus a few other things that looked good.

[Philosoful]

That Rosewood 'wayne hendersons' looked amazing :D*adds to wish/gas list* I wonder how much an average guitar of his costs or if they're all one hundred squillion million dillion dollars.

I asked for pictures of my 8 string Conklin being made a while back (check the display pic!) + took a while to get a reply because Conklin had a film crew filming a documentary apparently which is going to be shown all over the world... COULD THIS BE IT?!?! Electric guitar = next Sunday so :DI just emailed him asking if this is it, I'll let you guys know once he replies, I hope he shows my guitar :lol:

Nope, not Conklin :(this is what Bill said (and supposedly this one's going to be shown world wide):

Hi Sam,

 

The show that we are supposed to be included in is called “The Future of Music”. I can tell you that it has not been finished yet and probably won’t air until at least November or December and perhaps not until next year.

 

Best to you,

Bill

[Matt77]

Some of what I presume is the 2nd part of the series is on musicradar at the moment.

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/u2s-the-edge-and-his-mysterious-guitar-sounds-176647

It features "The Edge" talking about his guitar.
Unless I'm being stupid and missed it in the 1st one when I was making a brew

[Kilby]

Some of what I presume is the 2nd part of the series is on musicradar at the moment.

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/u2s-the-edge-and-his-mysterious-guitar-sounds-176647

It features "The Edge" talking about his guitar.
Unless I'm being stupid and missed it in the 1st one when I was making a brew

Hmmm I wonder if they will tell us at what point Dave Evans is explaining his sounds, so I can make sure I'm making a cup of coffee for the whole time he is on screen.

[Philly Q]

Hmmm I wonder if they will tell us at what point Dave Evans is explaining his sounds, so I can make sure I'm making a cup of coffee for the whole time he is on screen.

 :lol: Not a fan of Mr Edge then Rob?

[Will]

I think The is actually quite a sophisticated first name.
if my first name was The, it would atleast be amusing

[phlip]

If I ever get to the point where I don't know which guitar is which and need a roadie to stomp and swap leads then shoot me!

[Kilby]

Hmmm I wonder if they will tell us at what point Dave Evans is explaining his sounds, so I can make sure I'm making a cup of coffee for the whole time he is on screen.

 :lol: Not a fan of Mr Edge then Rob?

I'm afraid not, it's just a case of having heard it all done before (but much better) by the likes of Robert Quine (or John Martin, Gilmour Duretti Column or many others). Playing to the echo repeats was not original in 81 and sustainers where not original in 86.

It's not a technical thing it's just the inability to credit the people he copied that irks me.

Also when their first couple of albums came out I always found the intros to be pretty OK but as soon as the singing started. However I wont even start on the subject of that prat of a singer (who insists on singing about subjects he has absolutely no knowledge of).

[Philosoful]

To contextualize, I think he's rubbish too :lol:

[Kilby]

To contextualize, I think he's rubbish too :lol:

Well I wanted to put my case in slightly higher levels than saying

I firmly believe that most of the members of U2 are victims of ritual self abuse, and their legions of fans are sadly deluded regarding any member of the band being the messiah.

Oh arse I failed again

[Afghan Dave]

"He's NOT the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!" :lol:

[noodleplugerine]

"He's NOT the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!" :lol:

+1! :D

[gwEm]

Didn't seem to be as good this week. Though it warmed up at the end, when the strat stuff came on. I hope next week will be fierce.