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Any truth to the rumors of people playing under the stage?
Having worked for the Stones on past tours I can answer this question myself.
No...there is nobody else playing under the stage, or behind the stage!
Blondie did in Boston 2005..I saw it. But I don´t believe it´s done anymore.
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michaelsavage
Any truth to the rumors of people playing under the stage?
Having worked for the Stones on past tours I can answer this question myself.
No...there is nobody else playing under the stage, or behind the stage!
Blondie did in Boston 2005..I saw it. But I don´t believe it´s done anymore.
On the Bigger Bang Tour Bernard, Lisa and/or Blondie had a microphone set up offstage and they would add background vocals (and sometimes acoustic guitar) PPPL for the first 2 or 3 songs before they actually came onstage with the rest of the band. The idea was to give the opening of the show a little more impact by having fewer people on the stage. It's not like they had extra musicians playing surreptitiously backstage to cover parts that the Stones were pretending to be playing onstage which is what the original question seemed to be implying.
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ChrisM
The binding indentifies it as Telecaster Custom but I have never seen one in black before. If I could see the headstock I could see if it isa pre or post CBS model. I'd like to know more about it myself...
Couldn't find good closeups, but these two small photos at least show another angle and the headstock.
i would bet a lot of money that the black custom tele is a vintage one . i also despise this relic craze of taking a new guitar and beating it to crap to make it look vintage .did you know the relic guitars cost more that the NOS ones do? it takes more labor to beat the s!@# of one.Quote
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NOS rules, the "faux-relic wear-and-tear effect" sucks imo. I don't understand why Mr "No BS" Richards fell for it.
this whole relic craze was started by fender back in the ninties for the people that wanted a VINTAGE looking guitar ,but did not have the money for a pre CBS era fender or a gibson (gibson calls them AGED) see fender and gibson were filling a need in the marketplace for someone that did not have $200.000 for a 58-60 sunburst les paul and $ 20.000 and up for a tele or strat .Quote
MingSubu
Cannot wait till the relic phase is over. I find it very tacky if it was relic'ed.
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mr_dja
Re: Relics:
I was working at a music store a few years back when a customer came in and blew all of our minds... Guy comes in and buys a brand new Strat. Can't remember exacltly which model or finish (sunburst/natural?). Pays for the guitar. Asks to borrow a screwdriver to replace the strap pegs with strap-locks before leaving the store. Than he asked for some steel wool. Not sure if the owner of the store would have given it to him if he knew what was about to happen. The guy took the steel wool and proceeded to rub it all over the front, back and sides of the body!!! No serious damage or removal of finish, per se, just scratching it up. All of the employees just gasped and stood there with our mouth's hanging open. It was the owner who first spoke and something to the effect of "Do you realize how much the value of that guitar just went down?" The guy replied, "Yeah, I know. I don't care. I fully plan on keeping the guitar for my personal & professional use and it used to make me sick when a new guitar would get it's first scratch. Now, I just scuff 'em up when I first get 'em and don't care when they get scratched on a gig." All of the sudden his actions made sense. Sort of. At least I could understand his thinking anyway. Not sure that I'd have the guts to do it myself but I can totally relate to "hating the first scratch" on one of my new babies.
Note: I'm in agreement about paying someone else to "relic" a guitar for me. I'll do it myself over the next 1,000 songs, thanks.
Re: Actual thread -> Thanks Mathis for cutting us in on your questions & to Pierre for willing to answer for us. I can't wait for the answers. I just wish I could think of an original question to add!
Peace,
Mr DJA
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happyparis
I would love to know the brand of the powder the stones are using for the guitars.
Thanks !!!!