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Yessongs Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Went and picked up the Guitar that I bought for my Son yesterday, will give it to him for his b-day Sunday. Bought it online and got a great deal, took it over to a Guitar "Luthier" here in San Jose, who did a few things, a complete set up, had him put locking tuners on it and lowered the bridge a bit as my Son likes the strings a bit closer to the frets. He said this Guitar is well built and made with great materials out of Korea. This guy is a genius, this is what he lives for, been doing this since High School. 2003-2008 worked for Neal Schon from Journey and was his Guitar man. Showed me a bunch of pictures of the band and stuff. Went on tour with them for 5 years and all and had to give that up, as being on the road was not good for his marriage he said. Cool guy.... This is a Paul Reed Smith, Custom 24....Carlos Santana has a similiar signature Guitar with PRS. Can't wait to hear him play it as he bought another Gibson Les Paul recently and this should be a good addition too. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 The calm of the evening. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumper63 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 One of the benefits of the virus and associated lockdowns has been the extra time I have on my hands. One thing I've been doing is weeding through and consolidating boxes of " stuff " that's been accumulating over the last 30, 40 , 50 years. One thing that has surprised me is that I now have actual " collections " of stuff that I never knew that I had a collection of. As a kid I started buying these little thumb pump oil cans. Not sure actually how many it takes to officially constitute a collection, but here are some. And let it be known that no 2 are the same. No duplicates. Thought you guys might get a kick out of them. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 10:36 PM, Yessongs said: Went and picked up the Guitar that I bought for my Son yesterday, will give it to him for his b-day Sunday. Bought it online and got a great deal, took it over to a Guitar "Luthier" here in San Jose, who did a few things, a complete set up, had him put locking tuners on it and lowered the bridge a bit as my Son likes the strings a bit closer to the frets. He said this Guitar is well built and made with great materials out of Korea. This guy is a genius, this is what he lives for, been doing this since High School. 2003-2008 worked for Neal Schon from Journey and was his Guitar man. Showed me a bunch of pictures of the band and stuff. Went on tour with them for 5 years and all and had to give that up, as being on the road was not good for his marriage he said. Cool guy.... This is a Paul Reed Smith, Custom 24....Carlos Santana has a similiar signature Guitar with PRS. Can't wait to hear him play it as he bought another Gibson Les Paul recently and this should be a good addition too. Looks a real beauty Mike, hope it plays as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lazarus Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Out doing a little hawk spotting yesterday... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, lazarus said: Out doing a little hawk spotting yesterday... Does this bird have feathers missing or is that a normal distribution? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 57 minutes ago, boydeste said: Does this bird have feathers missing or is that a normal distribution? Normal... It was quite windy and the birds were using the updraft to glide with very few wing stokes. That's one reason for the wing presentation in these shots. The "primary hands" (end feathers) are fully extended. Additionally, a seasonal molt is underway. The summer winds are colder here. Finally, the hawks are in constant territorial battles with the ravens & crows. They are "nipped" a lot as they fly around hunting. This raven appears to be also extending its wings to catch the updraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 1 hour ago, lazarus said: Normal... It was quite windy and the birds were using the updraft to glide with very few wing stokes. That's one reason for the wing presentation in these shots. The "primary hands" (end feathers) are fully extended. Additionally, a seasonal molt is underway. The summer winds are colder here. Finally, the hawks are in constant territorial battles with the ravens & crows. They are "nipped" a lot as they fly around hunting. This raven appears to be also extending its wings to catch the updraft. Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yessongs Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 15 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said: Looks a real beauty Mike, hope it plays as well Thanks Cliff, forgot to point out one thing, he told me when he was working for Neal Schon, he could be a real ass-hole at times. What a shocker huh? A rock star acting that way. Who would have thought? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thumper63 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Started to go out into the back yard of the house in town and was stopped cold. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phantom51red Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Summit of LIATHACH mountain. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Yessongs said: Thanks Cliff, forgot to point out one thing, he told me when he was working for Neal Schon, he could be a real ass-hole at times. What a shocker huh? A rock star acting that way. Who would have thought? Probably not surprising when you consider that he was basically a child prodigy who dropped out of school as an adolescent with his parents' consent to play music, and toured the world with Santana when he was 16 years old; indeed, a lot of the guitar work on Santana III and Caravansarai that I always thought was Carlos' work was actually Schon instead - a brilliant player at such a young age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 7 hours ago, Phantom51red said: Summit of LIATHACH mountain. Good to have you posting again Phantom, hope your well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 20 hours ago, maipenrai said: Probably not surprising when you consider that he was basically a child prodigy who dropped out of school as an adolescent with his parents' consent to play music, and toured the world with Santana when he was 16 years old; indeed, a lot of the guitar work on Santana III and Caravansarai that I always thought was Carlos' work was actually Schon instead - a brilliant player at such a young age. Well said Gord, Rex also told me that there were times when he was very generous ( bonus money) for high grossing tours for himself and other people that worked for him, but he was moody alot too. The guy is a great player though and my Son knows a few Journey tunes. Will be giving him his Guitar later this afternoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phantom51red Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said: Good to have you posting again Phantom, hope your well. Thanks pumpuy,im fine,just waiting to get back to thailand ...or anywhere in asia,whoever opens first,im not going to jump through all these ridiculous hoops and pay through the nose to be stuck in some hotel in bkk for 15 days,jeez some of the food looks like its from 7/11 ! ,1 guy currently giving updates from his hotel in bkk on fb page thai expats stuck in uk.Still have my place in hua hin,as its empty they reduced the rate 1500bht a month just a big storage apartment at moment lol. Meanwhile im enjoying some of the scottish mountains,been up all the big ones in torridon, liathach twice ! ,beinn eighe 3 times,beinn allighn horns of alligin twice,glencoe,cairngorms ben macdui yesterday,heading to isle of sky next and the black cullin ridge should be fun,furloughed so have ton o time just pity not in asia.but really enjoying these hikes and superb views! Hope everything ok for ye and wifie,just pop in here now and then,glad its still going strong with many familiar names lol.cheers. Edited July 19, 2020 by Phantom51red 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk at the beach 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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