Re: Gear talk! No loops! (If Kim can do it...)

[DENNIS PISKO <pisko@ix.netcom.com>]

Kim Flint wrote:
> 
> Michael said:
> >Kim said:
> >
> >>>Do I hear the phrase "second morgage"?  These things cost $2-3000 
>don't
> >they?
> >>
> >>I wish... mine was quite a bit more with all of my customizing. The
> >>translucent purple sunburst was worth every cent, though!
> >
> >I can see myself explaining _that_ to my wife!  "But honey, it's 
>_purple_!"
> 
> Actually, my girlfriend had creative control over that aspect of it. 
>She's
> far more visually artistic than I am, and it came out great. She got a
> piece of scrap swamp ash from Lorenzo and painted it the way she wanted.
> Then Lorenzo had to go trucking all over Northern California to find
> someone who could duplicate it on the guitar. He found a guy who did it
> perfectly, and subsequently had some sort of emotional breakdown and 
>hasn't
> been available for painting guitars since. (Guitar painters seem to be a
> rather unstable lot, must be the fumes.) So mine is quite unique.
> 
> Anyway, this approach seemed to greatly ease the relationship issues of
> spending large quantities of cash on toys for me. Plus, Lorenzo let's my
> girlfriend feed the llamas when we go up there, which seems to help. 
>Still,
> I'm definitely in a weakened position when it comes time to complain 
>about
> excess household expenditures....
> 
> I'm not sure how you might do this with a looper. Maybe you say, "gee
> Honey, you could bitch at me so much more easily if you just sampled
> yourself and let it loop for a while. Think how much time you could 
>save!"
> heh, no actually that probably wouldn't work....
> 
> >>of course, I cough up blood when the credit card bill arrives each
> >>month....but what the hell, you're supposed to suffer for art right?
> >
> >Hey, why don't you just send the bill back with "You have to suffer for 
>my
> >art" written on it!  (After all, most people suffer for mine just by
> >listening to it...)
> 
> "well golly, Michael said it was ok...."
> 
> >>I had the same thing happen to me with the mesa triaxis. Stay away from
> >>those, too. I won't even go near the home studio areas of the music 
>store.
> >>Way too dangerous.....
> >
> >I won't, trust me.  At the moment I'm desperate for their Subway Blues
> >"budget" combo (ie about $800 over here - must be getting that darn 
>CE...),
> >and I can't afford _that_!
> 
> No, that has nothing to do with CE. Mesa amps cost a fortune here, too.
> 
> kim
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Kim Flint                   | Looper's Delight
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I like the klien sound I have heard. I live in ct. Does anyone have any
suggestions about how I could sit down and play one?