Monday, December 20, 2010

Hammer of the Gods

I've had an obsession with the Gibson SG since the day one enter my boyhood home. "You know who" brought one home, I think the first words out of his mouth were don't touch the guitar or I'll kick your ass! Anyway as soon as he was gone I was on that thing like a fly on shit! I opened the case like a bomb disposal expert, real hurt locker like and as I slowly lifted the case there it was...Cherry Red, I think it had the black pick guard and dark fretboard, I can't recall but the Cherry was like a candied apple from the St. Joseph's Bizarre. I ran my fingers across her and thought this is what make all that great music! Angus Young, Tony Iommi! Page's had 2 necks! Oh my god it was beautiful!! I stared for awhile, came back to earth and closed the case as carefully as I opened it, I don't know what happened to that guitar, I don't even know if it was my brothers, but everyday it was in our house I'd open the case and it was mine!


Angus! Angus! Angus! 


No one else could pull off the cross inlays!


Double neck, not just for show!


Clapton,Allman,Harrison,Hendrix, Kath




Zappa of course
and Buck too! 

And one for the girls, Liz Buckingham of Electric Wizard!


Me and Chris Montoya went to see Black and Blue (the movie) at the midnight movies when we were... what 13/14, parents would never let their kids do that nowadays we were lucky! As soon as the lights when down everyone started lighting up joints and cracking beers open it was like a real concert! And when Dio came on stage it was like a tiny giant invading your mind and stealing your soul and we loved every second of it! 



Electric Wizard...their sound is beyond the capture of any man-made instrumentation our only hope is to see them live...

2 comments:

  1. SOME BAD MO-FO'S played em!! and awsome you inkluded Terry Kath!!! Mojorly overlooked! one badass axeman/soul singer/songwriter!! too bad that total "rod" peter cetera killed him and turned the band into fags!!! and dont forget the SG kame in bass form!!! Jack Bruce FOREVER!!!!!!!!! see you soon brother!!!

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  2. Very astute per usual, I think we both agree that Kath's legacy is tainted by the direction Chicago took after his untimely death, his solo on 25of6to4 alone earns him a spot in ESG hall-o-fame and although most of his kicking ass was with a Tele he was an SG man too. More here...

    http://www.timmwood.com/kathgear.html

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