#67473 February 21, 2006
Posted by baddogtoo in music.1 comment so far
I’m a strat man. But, I also have a ‘57 Gibson ES 125 – and I love the arch top. If you want to learn about Gibson guitars, visit Billy Beck every once in a while. He can write about making music and appreciating an instrument a lot better than I.
But, in the mean time, this is a fantastic documentary about the reproduction of one of the most famous rock & roll guitars ever to have rung out a chord.
Eric Clapton auctioned a pile of his most famous guitars through Christies on June 24, 2004 with proceeds going to his Crossroads Foundation Charity. Among the treasures on the block was the first guitar that EC ever bought new – his 1964 Gibson ES 335. He made unbelievable music for forty years with this guitar.
It’s funny, the estimate on the original Christies gallery had the going price for the guitar at $60,000 to $80,000. It was ultimately purchased by Guitar Center for $847,000!
Together, Guitar Center and Gibson worked to recreate this classic instrument in every detail. Everything from the case to the Hari Krishna sticker on the back of the head were faithfully reproduced.
I can dig the fact that you need to nail the neck profile, the hardware, and pickups to reproduce a guitar. But, I can’t imagine sitting around with your guitar buds comparing specific nicks, nooks, and crannies. But, that’s just me.
This video is a great insight into a world where art and technology meet in true harmony.
the anticlimax February 21, 2006
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Canada beat Sweden 4-1 for the Women’s Hockey gold medal. I watched most of the second half of the game. It was a pretty good game. One of those where the dominant team had many chances to make really pretty plays and of course, score on several of them.
I didn’t know that the Swedes almost didn’t field a team this time round because of the higher skill level of the Americans and Canadians in this sport. Well, thankfully they did. I hope that it stirs some interest in women’s hockey in Europer. Otherwise, we won’t see it around next time.
more women’s hockey February 16, 2006
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It seems that Don Cherry, quoted in a Toronto Star article, agrees with me on the potentiel for women’s hockey getting the hook from the Olympics – based upon the lack of competition.
Ben Smith, Team USA Women’s coach disagrees, but for the wrong reasons. He feels that the International Olympic Committee would not eliminate a women’s sport for politically correct reasons.
rout February 13, 2006
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Update to my post on Women’s Hockey in the Olympics the other day.
The Canada women beat the host Italians – 16 – 0!!!!!
Hurray for competition.
what’s the deal? February 11, 2006
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Turin? Torino?
Hockey Night in Turin February 11, 2006
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One minute and 24 seconds into the second period of the Canada vs. Italy women’s hockey game and the Italian defence player just lobbed a marshmellow at the Canadian goalie from the blue line. The commentator called it “another shot on goal for the Italians.” That was a shot?
That shot was not a problem for the goalie and would not have been a problem for a Novice goalie. It’s just sad to have the Canadian commentators pretending that there’s an actual competition going on.
Women’s hockey should not be an Olympic sport until there are more than two teams who have a chance of scoring a goal – let alone winning the bloody thing.
Don’t get me wrong. The US vs. Canada gold medal game in Salt Lake City was a fantastic representation of the sport. The officiating was horrible – due to the fact that male refs were excluded. There we’re very few female referees with enough international experience to take the game, so an American women got the nod by default. She was definitely the extra skater for the Americans and the Canadian women battled against the odds to a real gutsy victory for gold.
The problem is that there are only two countries in the world who can compete at the highest level in women’s hockey. The sport should be left out of the Olympic schedule until they can scratch up a tournament’s worth of competition.
