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Thank you!

That sounds like a serious rabbit hole haha 😅

I absolutely agree! And yes I love that Sterling quote too 🤣

Sterling also loved Steve Cropper! And thanks man...hope you enjoy the three-part documentary film! I just saw that you've already seen part one. You're in for a rollercoaster ride with parts two and three!

Thanks so much for your comment - you're quite right, there is a great deal of work that goes into these videos. I had a lot of fun making them though, and am really pleased with the results...but most of all, that people like yourself appreciate them, so thanks again for your support! If you're a fan of Sterling Morrison, might I also suggest my three-part documentary about him, which I'm sure you will enjoy: th-cam.com/play/PLXFuVjTBILlgbL7vPV_j8aZiZ2njZTpoY.html

Yes; I understand they were made by Danelectro and sold exclusively by Sears under the Silvertone brand name. Sterling also used a Danelectro DC model guitar in the early days of TVU.

@@richardc9325 Just seen your videos - nice job! Keep at it man, and get yourself in a band if you aren't already 🎹

@@CAMFORRESTERThanks, Im currently in a band but I use the new Korg Vox continental its very good playing live you should review it

@@richardc9325 Your cover of 'Light My Fire' was awesome! What type of music does your band play? I haven't played the new Continental, but I imagine it's very similar to the Nord Electro? Are you into The Velvet Underground? I did a cover of 'Sister Ray' with my Continental which you might like - John Cale's organ solo in the middle is like Manzarek, but on amphetamines! 🤣 th-cam.com/video/-L78zhtG1ow/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sEouBFT0L30wxslD 😉

@@CAMFORRESTERYeah our band is heavily influenced by the doors, we are in Los Angeles and grew up with it being passed down to us. The new continental is very lightweight and easy to setup i recommend you play one if you can access it, i'll definitely check out your other videos

Thanks so much, Tim! Nice to hear from you again...glad to hear you've found an AD412. I think I mentioned to you previously that the only place I could find one was in Bulgaria...well, last month I bought it, and had it shipped over! So now I have two awesome looking Vox stacks for the VU tribute band project - which is progressing well indeed, you'll be glad to hear - but a couple of weeks ago, the left channel on one of the AD120VTH heads stopped working - the one I've had over four years! I've had it apart and am trying to fix it, but I've replaced several components and still, no dice. I've considered trying to build my own custom AC100/2's from scratch if I can't fix it, only I can't seem to find any clear information on the RMS power rating when paired with a 4/16ohm cab like the AD412 (I think the original AC100 cabs were 8ohm - the amps had 8/16 outputs, but I think with the latter the output is halved unless I'm mistaken)...otherwise I might opt for another (more reliable!) solid-state option, such as the Marshall Lead Mosfet 3210 (which is 100W at 4ohm - perfect for the AD412). I'd be interested to hear your thoughts! Here's the forum thread with repair progress: music-electronics-forum.com/forum/amplification/guitar-amps/maintenance-troubleshooting-repair/1006999-vox-ad120vth-amplifier-head-issue-left-channel-silent-dead-no-sound

Thanks for your comment - I'm glad you've found me and am enjoying the content! Have you seen my three-part documentary on Sterling Morrison? th-cam.com/play/PLXFuVjTBILlgbL7vPV_j8aZiZ2njZTpoY.html

Thanks so much - I'm really glad you've enjoyed the series so far, and hope you enjoy the final instalment!

Gretsch G6122 Country Gentleman and Alden (Alan Entwistle) Phantasia [Vox Phantom copy]

The drum is actually tuned to sing D#/Eb (pay particular attention in the chorus - it's perfectly in tune with the bass note of the first chord), but it has overtones that make it sound like it sings a C# at times (possibly related to an interval relationship between the batter/resonant heads if both sides aren't tuned the same, or just the acoustics of the shell itself, and type of drum head used). I just checked with headphones, and it is tuned the same way in the earlier take (although the entire recording is a semitone lower - in the key of C - so the drum is tuned to D), so you are right in that it's not a coincidence (probably a judgement on Cale's part). I deliberately tuned my bass drum to sing D# in my cover version, but it has a strong overtone of B (which results in an Augmented 5th interval) which means that either my tuning/interval method was not quite the same, or my shell and/or choice of drum heads do not interact the same way as Moe's did...interesting! 😉

@@CAMFORRESTER Thanks for the reply - much appreciated. I agree it's probably the hand of Cale ; - ). I love your last point about drum dimensions as well. On the rare occasion that I've messed around with "tuning" a drum to a definite, explicit pitch, I did find that they're far more willing to accept some "notes" more than another. Not surprising, but definitely something to bear in mind early on in proceedings - cos it could end up being easier to change the key of the song rather than to force a drum to resonate at a more or less specific frequency!

@@Unfunny_Username_389 Yes indeed, I've encountered the same thing myself a number of times while tuning the various drum kits I've had over the years!

@@Unfunny_Username_389 I believe certain kinds of shops still play the song frequently...

That's precisely the point ;)

It's currently having some edits done as there were faults in the original mix which needed correcting - it will be re-uploaded soon, just as WLWH already has been, and RAR will also be! ;)

The song is played in the key of A♭minor / B

Glad you enjoyed this - thanks for your comment! And I do recall reading that a lot of the Italian organs were incorrectly given serial plates that suggest they were built in England. I think the reason was something like using up old stock of plates before creating new ones, but I'm not certain!

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@@rjsaidTry this video: th-cam.com/video/rNG5TCFgLAQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=POpDMR-4LfX50l0R 😉

You nailed it. Well, half of it, maybe -- what exactly is going on with Lou's guitar in the other channel (in the non-closet stereo mix) that makes it so I just absolutely cannot replicate the sound that results from the interplay of both of them, no matter how or who I attempt it with?? And I have attempted more failed covers of that song than I'd like to admit. I think it's the fact that I don't generally play guitars built for that kinda tune down/play high stuff, so I never get the sound perfect. Don't ask me why I would want it to be so exact, either... no other song have I ever been so tone-OCD about.... It's just because of how long this has been a thing. (I'd have bought a big hollowbody and strung it up with 14s in an attempt to replicate that groove/sound/tone and finally put this chapter to bed, if the Jonestown hadn't gone and made that combination uncool again for at least the rest of my lifetime.)

I'd feel the need to tell you I was just joking around with the "uncool hollowbody" thing, but you know as well as I the difference between a country gentleman and an astoundingly overpriced vox super lynx.

@@rjsaidIt's interesting that you ask, as I've never intentionally focused on Lou's guitar in that track too much before. Upon listening, it sounds like he's in standard EADGBE tuning (unlike Sterling, who is in DGCFAD), and his chord voicings are very much like Sterling's in Heroin, but rhythmically strummed. If you check out my demonstration video again, for Some Kind Of Love, Lou starts with the second chord voicing Sterling plays during Heroin (G - as shown in the demonstration), then moves back down to the previous one (D), and then alternates between that and the second voicing again, but in this case moved up to the 10th fret (creating a higher voicing of D). I hope that makes sense?! And no worries, yes the Gretsch and Vox are very different axes indeed!

It's having some edits done, it will be back soon!

@@ksmileywaisnor9925 Thank you!