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by pinto79
Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: My 1st trip to Randy's grave
Replies: 12
Views: 5743

I've been there twice. It's really a must do for any Randy fan.

I didn't cry at my grandmother's funeral, but I had tears for Randy standing there in front of his tomb.
by pinto79
Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:06 am
Forum: Jake E Lee (1983-1987)
Topic: Your favorite Jake E Lee guitar ?!
Replies: 20
Views: 25408

I don't see the ESP Signature one included which is another favorite of mine! Peace. 8) that's because it has been discontinued 8) I understand ESP though ... as much as I love Jakes playing, if I were a guitar producer I would want to endorse active players that's touring and spreading my company ...
by pinto79
Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: Randy's tubes
Replies: 6
Views: 3282

My 1959RR came with Marshall Logo'd JJs

I've replaced V1 with a Groove Tubes GT-12AX7-R which really helped the tone a lot. I'm going to be outfitting it with a full set of Groove Tubes when I can afford to.
by pinto79
Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: Randy's Jmp's Not Handwired???
Replies: 22
Views: 13834

I'd like to shed some light on something. The term "Hand-wired" gets mis-construed quite often. All Marshalls up until the mid-80s were HANDWIRED. Marshall stopped "Point-to-Point" (PTP) wiring them around 1973. So, the early amps had a brown-ish support board for the components ...
by pinto79
Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:02 am
Forum: Bernie Torme (1982), Alex Skolnick (1995), Joe Holmes (1995-2000)
Topic: Joe Holmes demo
Replies: 30
Views: 42302

I enjoyed Joe's work the 3 times I saw him live with Ozzy back in the day.

He can be heard on the Prince of Darkness set.