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    Virginia

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  • Number of Rush Concerts Attended
    5??
  • Last Rush Concert Attended
    Bristow 2010
  • Favorite Rush Song
    La Villa Strangiato
  • Favorite Rush Album
    2112
  • Best Rush Experience
    '75 Rush/Nugent Akron Civic Theater
  • Musical Instruments You Play
    Guitar
  1. That 335 looks a lot like his original '67, that would be amazing, it dont think it has been on the road in a long time. Nice to see the double necks make an appearance again, that looks like a new Ric for Ged. I havent seen any pics with the Hentor though. Freddy you out there?
  2. QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Sep 16 2010, 09:24 AM) See, if that had been me up there playing guitar, I would have done a Pete Townshend and smashed the guitar in frustration. OMG! Alex smashing *that* guitar.... I was thinking that too looking at how frustrated he was, but surely not the 355!!! The horror.
  3. QUOTE (FootballYouBet @ Sep 15 2010, 09:32 AM) I was there 13th row center. Alex had guitar problems throughout much of the 2nd set, intermittently not being able to hear himself, going back and forth from the stage to side stage, despite his guitar being present in the FOH mix. And yes at one point then there was no guitar in FOH for almost an entire song. Then when they went into the La Villa intro, Geddy and Neil played the intro repeatedly while the techs worked to try to get Alex's guitar working again, trying 3 different cables. It was actually very funny at this point as they played the intro over and over for several minutes. After a while Alex started making up his own lyrics that went along with the La Villa intro, "Still no guitar"...eventually the crowd joined in too. Funny as hell. I also thought I heard him singing "I wish my guitar would work" too. I don't know who these techs were but these kids looked like dopey 18 year old kids who didn't know a guitar cable from from an Xbox cable. Alex actually introduced one of them saying "this is my new tech". I thought the way Alex handled it was awesome. It actually added some spontaneity to the show. I'm with you on all this- I was also 13th row Alex's side. He was clearly having problems with his mix in the earphone monitors for a couple of songs prior to Far Cry- he kept looking stage right at the guys doing monitor mix and gesturing to say "turn it up" for a while. As for those who think it was part of the act, I dont think so. Alex was so happy through the whole show, goofing, making faces at his boys and people in the audience, but when this started that all changed. He was visibly disturbed and angry, and it lasted all the way through La Villa. Those glares and arrows from his eyes to the tech were genuine...
  4. Ha! Here is a link to somone that got the video! Part of it anyway, he missed the audience chanting "still no guitar" with him. It went on for a bit longer than this video, but still its gets the gist...
  5. I hear ya Supersyl, but I was really hoping they wouldn't take the 355 away... Something about that guitar, especially for La Villa... As frustrating as it clearly was for Lerxst, it was cool to watch them deal with it like the pros that they are, they made the best of it, and I do hope somebody got video of the "still no guitar, stupid guitar" rant for our viewing pleasure.
  6. Yeah, it cut out during Far Cry. He tried to wave off Neil and Dirk before they started La Villa- he knew he was still having problems, but he couldnt get their attention, and they started anyway. Alex was trying to make light of it and started a rant of "still no guitar", but he was clearly pissed. I hope somebody got the rant on video, it was pretty funny, and the audience joined right in. The problem was with the ES-355, the tech came out and even tried a couple of cables instead of the wireless, but no sound at all. He gave a lot of really angry looks and gestures at the tech, and seemed unsatisfied with the guitar and distracted through La Villa, but he recovered well for Working Man and was smokin. Too bad, cuz for most of the show he was clearly enjoying himself, lots of goofy faces and hamming it up. They were amazing, cant wait for Bristow this weekend.
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