Yngwie Einstein wrote:

Claytron wrote:I used to shoot pool with you over at Phyllis'.

Phyllis' had a pool table?

I thought the same thing.

G-thagoras wrote: I honestly think many of you would really enjoy the store.

Hey greg?

Do you have any suggestions/expirience on removing crusty splooge from the 1/4" input jack of a Bellari compressor (don't ask how he fit it in there)?

tmidgett wrote:Yeah, well, don't forget: the only reason it made it past two posts is b/c your friend totally went off on someone who was giving him free publicity.

Actually, after Fred went off, it still didn't need to go much farther at all. I think in the fourth post on this thread, I pretty much summed up where it's at now, on page 10. "Wow, bummer, your attitude makes me rethink my wanting to go into your store."

But then honestly, it was Steve going off on Fred (I presume for Fred's unprofessional tactic of shitting on a customer) and Claytron going off on Steve (I presume because he's SHOCK AND AWE guy, and maybe he's also a little mad at the world for caring more about Steve than it does about him, who knows), that stuff really gave this thread the juice to make it to 10 pages.

It was fun. We got to see some great name-calling. We got to see some guitars that make weird ones like mine look normal and/or boring. We got to see a bunch of pics of Josh Homme. We laughed, we cried, most of us shit ourselves as far as I know. What a world.

scott wrote:It was fun. We got to see some great name-calling. We got to see some guitars that make weird ones like mine look normal and/or boring. We got to see a bunch of pics of Josh Homme. We laughed, we cried, most of us shit ourselves as far as I know. What a world.

I agree. What I also find funny about it is that most people aren't going to see it because it's in the Tech Room! Actually, now that I think about it, this is probably the longest Tech Room thread of all time! Ha!

scott wrote:It was fun. We got to see some great name-calling. We got to see some guitars that make weird ones like mine look normal and/or boring. We got to see a bunch of pics of Josh Homme. We laughed, we cried, most of us shit ourselves as far as I know. What a world.

totally sigged

GrossOldWig wrote:Now, we just need someone to register and defend the previously-mentioned "art cars" and the trifecta will be complete.

Les Blank's son, Harrod Blank, made a fascinating, hilarious and oddly touching documentary about art cars titled Wild Wheels. You can see a clip of it here.

I'm a little bummed that Claytron turned out to be just some douche with a laptop and a blog. I was hoping that at least a little bit of what he said about himself was true. Why? Because it would be cool if Fred had someone with actual success sticking up for him so vociferously and making such an ass of himself.

I think it's obvious Fred is a genuine guy and dedicated to what he does. Maybe a little too thin-skinned to be making novelty instruments, but whatever. If any of us stumbled across them in some other context, it's pretty obvious we would all be saying "that's a pretty fucked-up alligator/pottychair/organpipe/clockface guitar. I wonder what it sounds like." and we might even be singing their praises later.

I'll have to admit to being curious now.

steve wrote:...I'll have to admit to being curious now.

Coming soon: Steve Albini Signature Fred Mangan Aluminum Garbage Canocaster.

well i'm confused
regular prick = genuine guy?

SchmutZ wrote:

G-thagoras wrote: I honestly think many of you would really enjoy the store.

Hey greg?

Do you have any suggestions/expirience on removing crusty splooge from the 1/4" input jack of a Bellari compressor (don't ask how he fit it in there)?

Greg me? I don't use aliases.
Saliva works fine.