Ultimate Rhoads

I thought this newspaper ad would be of general interest to all. Don't know anything about it, except that it was in the Burbank Leader yesterday (Aug 14, 2010). Not something you see everyday, that's for sure.

Cool poster, and cool story. So I take it you got to meet Randy and talk about the Zeus? Tell you the truth, while our designer and salesman were out schmoozing with local biggies, I was usually back at the shop doing artwork, testing mini-amps (i.e. playing new ones at full volume) or practicing w...

Last year the topic of RR's custom ZEUS Mini-Amp practice pedal board was ever-present on both this site as well as my emails. As the artist/amp-tester for Zeus in those days (cir. 1979-1983), it is both gratifying and bittersweet to recall the excitement of those days, including the busy schedule o...

Hey Bob, Im back from Jersey and we can meet up. Do you still have my cell no. Give me a call/email/rosetta stone transcription/whatever. have been thnking it might be cool to get the 'mini-amp' designer in on it. he now works for QBC. truth be told, RR did not have to be sold too much on the littl...

Not being one to let sleeping dogs....sleep, I wanted to update you all on what I currently know regarding the Great Zeus Pedal Board story. I have spoken to a fellow who apparently purchased it, the details of which I know nothing. However, I have verified via a YouTube video that it is the real th...

John Petrucci, yes - good, chunky yet clear tone...but also a clever chameleon. If you've ever heard DT's live cover of Purple's 'Perfect Strangers', his dead-on imitation of Blackmore's solo (both notes and tone) makes me wonder why he doesn't vary his basic sound more often. He is clearly a tech-h...

interesting debate....and it's been going on probably since Link Wray - I think that was his name - 'invented' the power chord in the early 50's (you r'n'r historians back me up on this). a famous (and now dead) fusion bass player named Jaco Pastorius was once asked about his unique tone. his reply:...

I don't have a problem with RR's belonings being held in private hands as longs as those who hold them will share them with those who wish to see them. In the future RR will be seen as much more than a guitarist, he will be viewed alonside other great composers of music and if his tools are left hi...

[youtube][/youtube] Ok, I know this is an old post that I'm replying to, but I'm still trying find my way around this forum thing. Reaon I'm replying to this quote is to be on record about the "information" this fellow Jody has about Zeus and the Practice/Pedal Board issue: 'Domenic' was ...

[youtube][/youtube] I am the person who's been chiming in since this weekend re: my involvemnet in building the original practice board built for RR by Zeus, and I am only now looking at this picture. (haven't quite got the hang of these topic 'forums') As far as I can tell from here (sitting at my...

No offense intended CyranoBob, but I find it interesting that you've come out of the woodwork after all these years to comment on this hot topic. In the past we've had hot topics about people such as Dre Forsyth and then, miraculously, he appears on our board... only to be proven a fake that someon...

no offense taken. we went for sound, not looks - the 8401 wasn't as 'cute' as the 'Pignose' - but we could always make it sound like one by throwing a pillow on it. As posted elsewhere, the 8401 Mini-Amp was literally just a small guitar amplifier that was designed and built by Jon Graves and Irvin ...

Just a picky little detail: the model number of the mini amp keeps getting posted here as the '840'. it was of course the '8401'. did some of my silkscreened art get rubbed off over the years? - Cyranobob

hey, i was one of the guys who helped make that 'cheesy' thing, i.e. the practice board for Randy. i'm sure it's been thru hell since then. it may have been less than top-drawer for all I remember, but we (Jon Graves, Doc and me) put a lot of work into it and it was much appreciated at the time. I r...