Virgil.
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LOL... is that a picture of Jennifer Batten? Wow... I totally forgot about her! Quick, run!! Flight of the Bumblebees! Ahhhhhhh!!! That, or it's some feminine looking dude. Scorpions maybe? :Spin:
HELLRAISER, 8 STRING.
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LOL... is that a picture of Jennifer Batten? Wow... I totally forgot about her! Quick, run!! Flight of the Bumblebees! Ahhhhhhh!!! That, or it's some feminine looking dude. Scorpions maybe? :Spin:
cobhc
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Hahahahahaha, I've always fucking loved that guitar Mauri, it's so cheesyAnd man has he recorded some great solos with it!
Definitely man! He's one of the UK's technically best guitar players IMO.
I hope that whole sentence is sarcasm, seeing how both Mao and Marcus' post had "he" in it.
Virgil.
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Actually no sarcasm was there at all. Just because he was talking about a guitar that was designed by someone, doesn't necessarily mean he put a picture of the person that designed it playing it. Whoever is playing that guitar seriously looks like Jennifer Batten. Are you cranky today? Looking for faults in everyone's posts are we?
You're silly.
grywolf627
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Actually no sarcasm was there at all. Just because he was talking about a guitar that was designed by someone, doesn't necessarily mean he put a picture of the person that designed it playing it. Whoever is playing that guitar seriously looks like Jennifer Batten. Are you cranky today? Looking for faults in everyone's posts are we?
Umm...dude...that IS Glenn Tipton. You know...of Judas Priest...and a godly guitarist.
Seriously, Glenn Tipton is my fucking dawg, he's written such incredible solos! (his crowning achievement IMO being the first solo in "Some Heads are Gonna Roll," the second by the adequate but far inferior IMO KK Downing)
cobhc
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Woo triple quote here I come! Look at me ma!
I understand that, and trust me, if I was looking for faults in everyone's posts I'd be here all day.
+1
My favourite Tipton solos are Painkiller, A Touch of Evil and Beyond The Realms Of Death, but both Tipton and Downing's leads in All Guns Blazing just kick serious fucking ass, hands down my favourite lead section at least for Priest, probably of any band come to think about it.
Actually no sarcasm was there at all. Just because he was talking about a guitar that was designed by someone, doesn't necessarily mean he put a picture of the person that designed it playing it. Whoever is playing that guitar seriously looks like Jennifer Batten. Are you cranky today? Looking for faults in everyone's posts are we?
I understand that, and trust me, if I was looking for faults in everyone's posts I'd be here all day.
+1
My favourite Tipton solos are Painkiller, A Touch of Evil and Beyond The Realms Of Death, but both Tipton and Downing's leads in All Guns Blazing just kick serious fucking ass, hands down my favourite lead section at least for Priest, probably of any band come to think about it.
Glenn Fricker
Very Metal &Very Bad News
BAH!!!! K.K. Rules on "The Sinner!"
notworthyPersonally, my favourite Tipton solos are for "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Dreamer Deceiver" and "Painkiller" in that order.
Oh, and for non-worthy Priest critics, like kaomao here's the scoop on the weird Tipton guitar. He designed the shape with the long wing so the guitar balances effortlessly. He also designed it so he can put the wing between his knees and get the guitar in the proper position for stretch playing..... on such solos as "Painkiller." Makes perfect sense, actually.
Check at the 3:00 mark.
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Something tells me that you haven't ever tried to deal with two low guitars and no bassist before...
Jeff
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You talk about it as if 8 strings is a new thing
9 years have been around for a while now dude, 8 strings are not news.
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I really cannot tell if you're kidding or not. I seriously hope you don't think an 8 string guitar is a substitute for bass guitars.
As long as the scale length is within the realms of a guitar, IT'S A GUITAR.
A 27 inch scale guitar tuned one octave below E standard still sounds like a guitar and absolutely nothing like a bass.
The overtones and string gauges make sure it still sounds like a guitar.
cobhc
Amiga Enthusiast
BAH!!!! K.K. Rules on "The Sinner!"
Personally, my favourite Tipton solos are for "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Dreamer Deceiver" and "Painkiller" in that order.
Oh, and for non-worthy Priest critics, like kaomao here's the scoop on the weird Tipton guitar. He designed the shape with the long wing so the guitar balances effortlessly. He also designed it so he can put the wing between his knees and get the guitar in the proper position for stretch playing..... on such solos as "Painkiller." Makes perfect sense, actually.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hpUx05hyHY
Check at the 3:00 mark.
I have to say that wasn't the best live performance of Painkiller I've seen, and the cameraman panned away while Glenn was doing the stretches. And it seems to be getting harder for Rob to hit the high notes now, but at least his awesome vibrato is still intact!
cobhc
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Damn, just watched some live vids and I never realized that Tipton did all the leads on All Guns Blazing!
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVL0bcdJIew&feature=related[/ame]
1:13 onwards........if anyone here can nail those leads, then I'll call you god from now on.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVL0bcdJIew&feature=related[/ame]
1:13 onwards........if anyone here can nail those leads, then I'll call you god from now on.
kaomao
Member
I guess you didn't read my message carefully..... I actually said the very same thing as you about the shape.
Of course I think the shape sucks period.
kaomao
Member
for the record, I own all the entire priest catalogue.
I love Tipton playing more than all the people here do lol
I played in a cover band doing all priest stuff (mostly the 70's stuff, which I love) so I guess I'm really into Priest stuff, not their look though.
I love Tipton playing more than all the people here do lol
I played in a cover band doing all priest stuff (mostly the 70's stuff, which I love) so I guess I'm really into Priest stuff, not their look though.
Glenn Fricker
Very Metal &Very Bad News
Fair enough. Priest was the entire reason I got into music... however, I think they really "Jumped the Shark" with that last record.... 
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Virgil.
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That comment was sarcastic. LOL I have tried to deal with that. It doesn't really work.
Virgil.
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I've never been a big fan of Judas Priest; that's why I had no idea who Glenn Tipton was. And, he (?) looks like a chick in that picture.
lolzgreg
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Soon basses will put out notes comparable to contrabassoons, kick drums will be made of airplane turbine shells and guitars will be tuned to drop f#-23^3.
I'm gonna stick with dropped B!
I'm gonna stick with dropped B!
