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Topic: Question for Mike Neer |
David Cook
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2013 7:34 am |
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| Mike, why do you like your Bigsby better than your frypan. Or do you? |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2013 7:38 am
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He'll be back soon __ he's out for his constitutional run this morning.  |
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Mike Anderson
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 9 Mar 2013 4:55 pm
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I think Mike's Bigsby is really a Clinesmith (but don't tell it that).  |
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2013 5:32 am Re: Question for Mike Neer
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| David Cook wrote: |
| Mike, why do you like your Bigsby better than your frypan. Or do you? |
Isn't that like asking "Have you stopped beating your wife yet"?  |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 10 Mar 2013 1:39 pm
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Just back from Dallas.
I've always been partial to the Rickenbacher sound--I love the bakelite guitars, the fry pans, and even had a replica of a wooden fry pan with a Rick Aiello pickup that was just wonderful.
That said, Clinesmiths have all the qualities that I like about the Rickenbachers and more, including longer scale and a real depth in the sound. You can ask anyone who heard me playing it last night in the atrium of the DFW Sheraton through a Sarno preamp and Furlong cabinet--the sound was simply stunning.
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Jerome Hawkes
From:
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2013 2:47 pm
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Yeah, I was a firsthand witness to that - it was great to see a lobby full of people there to hear pedal steel suddenly stop, Turn in their tracks, and walk over to enjoy that Clinesmith/Sarno V-8 (+Mike) demo...Everybody was asking about that steel.
I'm telling you, brad/mike sold me on one right there. As good as Mike sounded in his sets, that was the most glorious steel sound I'd ever heard - it really almost became a whole new instrument. Just one of those perfect matches of instrument / amp / player.
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John Troutman
From:
Washington, DC
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Posted 11 Mar 2013 6:35 am
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| Wow-- So wish that I could have been there, to hear Mike and also to finally hear a Clinesmith in person! |
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Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2013 10:31 am
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Okay Dave,
Now you know. Take the plunge!
Hope to see you tonight...
Best,
Bob |
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