Ultimate Rhoads

Shockwave wrote:Dropped it off and the guy was like wtf is in that case (case is huge)

I played Gibsons for years so I am really used to the shorter scale length. And going to that longer scale length with 10's is a world of difference. My Blue Jackson has 9's tuned to standard to compensate for the longer scale length and I really like how that plays. I never realized how much of a ...

Oh, okay, if Ed told, that's cool

Is it me or does Randy look like he just wants to do something besides play with Ozzy here?

skezza wrote:If that's him in his display picture, he looks about 40 years old. Sad boring bastard.

So good to know you are alive and well, Joey!!

That's just as I remembered it, thanks Shaun.

I get what you are saying about immediately taking stuff and reposting it. However, in this day and age anyone who isn't ready for that to happen is very naive. It's just the way the game is played these days.

Shaun, do you have pic of that postcard? I used to have one, but I'll be damned if I can find it.

I remember buying that first Alcatrazz record and thinking, "The songs are derivative of Rainbow and the solos just don't fit the songs." That was back in '83 before Yngwie was well known. I always felt he was taking average songs and playing fast showoff stuff to get attention... as a res...

I think that's the best pinstriping I've seen on an RR... personally I never cared for the look on Randy's original.

Nick Hughes wrote:The dragon snake use to be a old strat edd had laying around and edds friend cut it up and painted it. If I remember right the guy was some sort or painter/artist.

Where'd you get "old strat" out of the picture you linked?

This is just a cool little story:

OK here s some more stuff that was improved in 2010...not the same as the most recent batch http://www.vhnd.com/2010/04/09/video-van-halen-unleashed-in-fresno-1978/ Do you get the impression that the guy with the footage is enough of a BS artist to survive on and RR forum? :lol: :roll: :wink: In 20...

sytharnia wrote:so is this a different one to the one you posted in February ??

No, this is the same one... finally getting used to the 'medium jumbo' frets! They're frickin' HUGE compared to what I'm used to...

The dragon was an destroyer body from Charvel that he had a buddy carve into the dragon biting the snake. From Guitar Player April 1980: dragon snake.JPG Here's a good sot of the guitar... http://www.guitarworld.com/files/imagecache/futureus_imagegallery_fullsize/gallery/Screen%20Shot%202013-09-12%2...