Are these yellow Ozzy picks from the Randy Ozzy Era?

GUITARIDOL5682 · Post by **GUITARIDOL5682** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:41 pm

Trigger wrote:You caught me out!! I am trying to trace this chap, we haven't spoken in many years and back in the early 1980's we were rivals and were sought after by many bands. We swapped around from band to band even ending up with one of those bands ending up supporting Ozzy for a few shows back in the late 1980's
The gent concerned was about 10 years older than me and I believed got a phone call about the auditions

So which band are you talking about that supported Ozzy. Would we know this guys name if you name dropped it ?.

edvice · Post by **edvice** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:41 pm

oth wrote:Well that pick was designed/used for brad gillis....i think it was specific to the speak of the devil tour...and people have sold them as brad gillis picks on ebay for 20$ or so plenty of times so whoever bought this didnt do any homework and paid about 700 too much.....

Thank you Oth...this was what I was getting at in my posts about the picks being from the Bernie Torme Brad Gillis time period...I was emailed this info by two other people yesterday and your claim is identical, I did not know they had been sold online for around 20$, thank you all for your info, especially Guitar Idol and Oth! The mystery is solved, albeit a small one

edvice · Post by **edvice** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:24 pm

Cpt Matt Sparrow wrote:not another UR exclusive

Matt

Matt I know your just kidding...you silly goose

Here is my last post over at TK so you guys can see it...much respect!

Post: ed vice @ .tk
"This is a copy of my last post at Ultimate Rhoads, with the answer, Cableguyxx and Tkenn were on the trail right with me, thanks guys...someone emailed me that got one of these picks thrown from the stage by Brad Gillis. Here is the quote from Oth over at Ultimate Rhoads.
Post: Oth
"Well that pick was designed/used for brad gillis....i think it was specific to the speak of the devil tour...and people have sold them as brad gillis picks on ebay for 20$ or so plenty of times so whoever bought this didnt do any homework and paid about 700 too much.....'

Post: Ed Vice
Thank you Oth...this was what I was getting at in my posts about the picks being from the Bernie Torme/ Brad Gillis time period...I was emailed this info by two other people yesterday and your claim is identical, I did not know they had been sold online for around 20$, thank you all for your info, especially Guitar Idol and Oth! The mystery is solved, albeit a small one Wink

QUICK_EDIT

So they are being misrepresented by the seller as Randy era picks...they are not! They were Brad Gillis picks even though I have no evidence that Brad ever used them onstage, there are pics with Brad using Brown picks onstage, however they are not fakes. They were probably used by Brad to just throw from the stage or as stock picks in rehearsal studio.They probably were given to this guy and he is saying SECOND HAND where they were Randy OZZ era pick to cover his Arse!

Thanks for your help guys
Ed

edvice · Post by **edvice** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:28 pm

When I say no evidence Brad used them onstage, I mean to play his guitar with...I do have evidence as I said in the post that he threw them from the stage as souveniers'

just wanted to state that to clear any confusion before it happened, not that that would happen...hehe,

cheers Ed

Post by **Trigger** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:23 am

GUITARIDOL5682 wrote:
Trigger wrote:You caught me out!! I am trying to trace this chap, we haven't spoken in many years and back in the early 1980's we were rivals and were sought after by many bands. We swapped around from band to band even ending up with one of those bands ending up supporting Ozzy for a few shows back in the late 1980's
The gent concerned was about 10 years older than me and I believed got a phone call about the auditions
So which band are you talking about that supported Ozzy. Would we know this guys name if you name dropped it ?.

Myself and the other drummer played in different early formations of the band that went on to support Ozzy, they only supported Ozzy for about 4 shows and went on to play the USA under there own steam! They did less well that we all believed they would.
I am at present tracing the drummer (my rival & the guitarist I know had the pick) I have located old friends of both of them and I am waiting for them to sign up here. We do have a family member of one of them reading UR so its only a matter of time. we might then have the first interview with an auditionee from the early pre-Lee days.