PT5150(6282) | Nice pics above thanks…
EDDIE’S fingers aren’t fingers they are muscle-powered pistons that hammer guitar strings to the fretboard with the force of a rivet gun”.
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wjamflan(1089) | PT5150: Nice pics above thanks…
Thanks. You’ve posted way more pics than I have, so thank you.
“This hamburger don’t need no helper.” – DLR 5/17/15
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thismusicsux(578) | VAiN: 
1979 was a strange period for Franky. Must’ve been freshly painted w red. But here it has the 2 single coils. No pickguard at all? and the old school tremelo.
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VAiN(2777) | wjamflan: There’s been ALOT of speculation about that over the years.
Indeed.. I also heard Eddie has 6 fingers on his left hand… hmmmmmmmm
Resident dickhead. I will hurt your delicate feelings.
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Decatone(1438) | wjamflan:
As far as what amp is visible in the second pic, I’m not sure it’s a Super Tremolo b/c I don’t see the speed and intensity knobs. In other words, I can barely see 6 knobs that would probably make it a normal Super Lead. Maybe even this one he still used in ’78:
It was the proportion of the black areas left and right of the front panels grabbed my attention to it could be wrong but that’s a wide control panel in the second pic. What really get’s me with the club shots and even more the high school pics is the amount of marshall gear Ed had at such a young age, they always commanded a good price used in the UK back then, so you guys would of noticed it even more. Wasn’t he about 15 or 16 when he got the gold top gibson LP? new! then in 73 if reports are right got the magic marshall 12301 from the Rose Theater… they must pay well your side of the pond to deliver newspapers and paint house numbers on the sidewalk
This pics from 72 I think…
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ga5150(511) | There’s a post on 12/30 #31758 that has quite a few pics of Al’s drum kit from ’81. Does anyone know anything about the photo that shows a nice fairly close up shot of the kit that appears set up in someone’s house? What’s the story there? Thanks, Rodney
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ron(11523) | ga5150: There’s a post on 12/30 #31758 that has quite a few pics of Al’s drum kit from ’81.Does anyone know anything about the photo that shows a nice fairly close up shot of the kit that appears set up in someone’s house?What’s the story there?
Thanks,
Rodney
The kit that was in the Petersen Auto Museum for a while?  http://gretschpages.com/forum/drums/drum-primer-for-newbie-please/40338/page2/
Echosonic 2 years ago Every once in awhile I’ll go to Guitar Center in Hollywood just to look around. I go in there to admire the vintage guitar room. Well I was there yesterday and if any of you have been to GC in Hollywood you know they have the rock walk where musicians put their hand print in the ground in recognition to great work. Well they also have on display famous musicians equipment. I have not been there in awhile so this time I noticed they had something on display new. They had the Van Halen equipment. They had the famous EVH red with stipes guitar. They had his Music Man or is it Ernie Ball guitar. They had a bass which must have been Michael Anthony’s. They also had Alex Van Halen’s drum kit. It’s monstrous. He has four bass drums. Two of them are connected with a tube. I suppose he kicks one and the force travels thru the tube to the other kick drum. Don’t know how effective that is but to Van Halen fans it must seem cool. What I noticed also is he didn’t have the front heads on the drums. I thought this was weird. I did read Billy Zoom’s post about how some people remove them and this is the first time I noticed this. If I had not read that Billy said that some people remove their front heads on their kicks I would have thought it was a mistake, that they took it off just to show the inside of the large kick drums he had. But after reading what Billy wrote I realize some people do this on purpose. I like some of the early VH music but by no means am I gonna set out to play that stuff. No interest. I’m interested in playing the stuff I mentioned earlier. You know the ’50s rockabilly stuff and the early ’60s surf. By no means am I claiming I’ll be great at this, it’s just for fun and when friends come over who play guitar and bass maybe we can try to play whole songs. Check out AVH drums without the front heads on - 
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wjamflan(1089) | VAiN: Indeed.. I also heard Eddie has 6 fingers on his left hand… hmmmmmmmm
I don’t know how to take you sometimes. Don’t you play too? There’s a shitload of speculation on gear-related sites about what you posted. I didn’t think I needed to go into specifics on a rare pic thread, but it did seem like you wanted some response. If you’d like some links to these discussions, I can provide them, but not if you’re going to be a friggin’ dink about it. You come across as late to the party and a clown to anyone who knows anything about Ed’s gear with the above post. Whatever. Back to the pics…
“This hamburger don’t need no helper.” – DLR 5/17/15
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wjamflan(1089) | Decatone:
I see what you mean about the width of the panel, and you’re probably right.
“This hamburger don’t need no helper.” – DLR 5/17/15
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ga5150(511) | Thank you Ron! That’s what I was after. Rodney ron: The kit that was in the Petersen Auto Museum for a while? http://gretschpages.com/forum/drums/drum-primer-for-newbie-please/40338/page2/ Echosonic 2 years ago Every once in awhile I’ll go to Guitar Center in Hollywood just to look around. I go in there to admire the vintage guitar room. Well I was there yesterday and if any of you have been to GC in Hollywood you know they have the rock walk where musicians put their hand print in the ground in recognition to great work. Well they also have on display famous musicians equipment. I have not been there in awhile so this time I noticed they had something on display new. They had the Van Halen equipment. They had the famous EVH red with stipes guitar. They had his Music Man or is it Ernie Ball guitar. They had a bass which must have been Michael Anthony’s. They also had Alex Van Halen’s drum kit. It’s monstrous. He has four bass drums. Two of them are connected with a tube. I suppose he kicks one and the force travels thru the tube to the other kick drum. Don’t know how effective that is but to Van Halen fans it must seem cool. What I noticed also is he didn’t have the front heads on the drums. I thought this was weird. I did read Billy Zoom’s post about how some people remove them and this is the first time I noticed this. If I had not read that Billy said that some people remove their front heads on their kicks I would have thought it was a mistake, that they took it off just to show the inside of the large kick drums he had. But after reading what Billy wrote I realize some people do this on purpose. I like some of the early VH music but by no means am I gonna set out to play that stuff. No interest. I’m interested in playing the stuff I mentioned earlier. You know the ’50s rockabilly stuff and the early ’60s surf. By no means am I claiming I’ll be great at this, it’s just for fun and when friends come over who play guitar and bass maybe we can try to play whole songs. Check out AVH drums without the front heads on -
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wjamflan(1089) | Detroit – March 10, 1978 – opening for Journey and Montrose     
“This hamburger don’t need no helper.” – DLR 5/17/15
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PT5150(6282) | Awesome pics wjamflan….  Opening for Sammy…… 
EDDIE’S fingers aren’t fingers they are muscle-powered pistons that hammer guitar strings to the fretboard with the force of a rivet gun”.
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wjamflan(1089) | PT5150: Awesome pics wjamflan…. Opening for Sammy……
Thanks. They weren’t with him for long….
“This hamburger don’t need no helper.” – DLR 5/17/15
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wjamflan(1089) | 
“This hamburger don’t need no helper.” – DLR 5/17/15
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“This hamburger don’t need no helper.” – DLR 5/17/15
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