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May 6th, 2017, 02:17 PM
#1
Brian Krashpad - any news?
I was wondering if anyone's heard from Brian lately - hoping that he is doing OK.
"GAS never sleeps" - Gil Janus
"Now you got to pay your dues. Get that axe and play the blues." - Spudman
Gear: Epiphone Sheraton II, Epiphone Wildkat, Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass, Fender MIM Strat, Tacoma DR-14, Johnson JR-200 resonator; Fender Super Champ XD amp
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May 6th, 2017, 05:53 PM
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Krash is doing well. I am Facebook friends with Krash and so I see a lot of his posts. Healthwise, careerwise and most importantly, git-wise he is doing well. If you are on FB, you can friend him.
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May 6th, 2017, 08:33 PM
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Thanks, Pie - I'm not a facebooker, so I appreciate your update!
"GAS never sleeps" - Gil Janus
"Now you got to pay your dues. Get that axe and play the blues." - Spudman
Gear: Epiphone Sheraton II, Epiphone Wildkat, Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass, Fender MIM Strat, Tacoma DR-14, Johnson JR-200 resonator; Fender Super Champ XD amp
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May 7th, 2017, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by
tjcurtin1
Thanks, Pie - I'm not a facebooker, so I appreciate your update!
I'm good thanks! Managed to gig Crash Pad a couple times in between operations (had jaw rebuilt, then complications) last year. We had a bandmember move unexpectedly, and between that and work have had a tough time getting the main band back on the boards.
Recently (about 3 weeks ago now) I played a reunion gig with the band I was in in 1989-90!
Here's a viddy (not sure if you can see it if you're not on fb), I don't really do anything but play rhythm on this song, but you can see I'm still alive. Also, fast forward through the first half of it, it's a long spoken intro:
https://www.facebook.com/millerworks...4254521886150/
I've been playing banjo and mandolin with an Irish band too:
Also in process of firing up my old friend's performance art collective, which has been on hiatus for about a year after he got married.
I'll be up in Jacksonville tomorrow for pre-op stuff at Mayo Clinic, have one more operation at the end of this month, supposed to make my neck look slightly less grotesque. We'll see how successful that is.
And I'm doing fine gear-wise. Ended up buying 3 Epi LPs last year, a Special, a Junior, and a Deluxe. Am considering an old Hagstrom Swede, but if I go for that I'll probably sell something I currently have. Also I've gotten a total of 3 of the old Marshall JCM 800 Series solid state combos, in the above video I'm playing a mini-stack of 2 of them (the Les Paul is the Deluxe).
Here's the current guitar stable:
Short version: I'm doing OK! Thanks.
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May 7th, 2017, 08:01 PM
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Hey, Krash - good to hear from you and to know that you are doing well. Good luck with the final surgery!
Ted
"GAS never sleeps" - Gil Janus
"Now you got to pay your dues. Get that axe and play the blues." - Spudman
Gear: Epiphone Sheraton II, Epiphone Wildkat, Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass, Fender MIM Strat, Tacoma DR-14, Johnson JR-200 resonator; Fender Super Champ XD amp
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May 8th, 2017, 01:27 PM
#6
Good to hear from you Brian!
You still have more than twice as many guitars as me. Keep on rocking!
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May 8th, 2017, 02:11 PM
#7
Nice to see your face in the place, Brian! And I can still tell my wife that there are TWO guys on TheFret (you & Spud) that have more guitars than me!! Not that that gets me much slack....
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May 8th, 2017, 03:03 PM
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Nice collection, Brian. Best of luck and fond wishes,
helliott in Hamilton
Guitars -- 2 PRS CE 24s 85/15 pups, PRS semi-hollow CE 22, Fender Baja Telecaster; Gibson Les Paul Standard; 80s Strat updated with custom 69 pups, Anniversary Strat with Fat 50s, Epiphone Sheraton re-issue; Yamaha 5-string bass; Yamaha TBS 6 and 12 string acoustics,Takamine acoustic, Fender nylon string acoustic
Amps -- Mesa Boogie Lone Star; Boss Katana 100, Peavey Blueamaster 2x10, Line 6 Helix
Pedals etc: Mosfet Full Drive 2; Ibanez Tube Screamer; Fairfield Barbershop OD, Diamond Compressor; Voodo Sparkledrive, Boss Digital Delay DD7; Boss TU2 Chromatic Tuner; Cry Baby wah
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May 8th, 2017, 08:17 PM
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Nice to hear things are going well.
Do you still have the Sovtek Mig?
"Always go heavy on the effects and try to blind the audience with expensive gear." - hubberjub
I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.
Dweezil Zappa
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May 8th, 2017, 10:16 PM
#10
Great to hear from you, Brian! Is the latest surgery mainly cosmetic or is there more to it?
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Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
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May 9th, 2017, 03:56 AM
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Great to see that you're back in good shape, wish you all the best and tons of great times ! I love your Guild guitar is it a Muddy Waters early bird model or a Reissue ?
Guitars:
1978 Fender Telecaster Thinline Custom USA, New Nash TL-72 Thinline Telecaster, 1965 Harmony Meteor, H71, 1986 Fender Telecaster Esquire MIJ, New Martin J-41 Special, 1933 National Duolian, 1941, New Eastwood Mandocaster 12 strings
Amps:
Tweed Vibrolux Custom Denis Manlay, 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb Silverface
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May 9th, 2017, 05:56 AM
#12
Thanks for the update, Brian. It's nice to see you're doing well and still playing! If you remove all bass guitars from your picture I have now as many guitars as you
Take care.
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June 9th, 2017, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by
Zip
Nice to hear things are going well.
Do you still have the Sovtek Mig?
I still have the Tube Midget, yes. It needs a re-tube though. That's why I played that reunion gig with the Marshall mini-stack.
Originally Posted by
marnold
Great to hear from you, Brian! Is the latest surgery mainly cosmetic or is there more to it?
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It's technically cosmetic, I could go home at the end of the day and wasn't in-patient. They removed part of the pectoral muscle in my neck. Unfortunately it's still kinda grotesquely large, they couldn't take any more without risking killing the transplant. Meaning I'll probably have them do another debulking in 6 months.
Originally Posted by
Jipes
Great to see that you're back in good shape, wish you all the best and tons of great times ! I love your Guild guitar is it a Muddy Waters early bird model or a Reissue ?
It's the DeArmond re-issue called the Jet Star.
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June 9th, 2017, 10:06 PM
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Glad to hear from you, Krash. Praying for good health in the future.
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Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
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June 10th, 2017, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by
marnold
Glad to hear from you, Krash. Praying for good health in the future.
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Ta Rev. Hope you, and all here, are doing well!