The joke sort of does work. Stevie Wonder wears ridiculously colourful clothing. This signature Dick Dale guitar is ridiculously colourful. It's fair to assume that it was Dick Dale who decided the colours on this guitar, so a joke can be made about him designing Stevie Wonder's wardrobe, just, it's not a very funny joke.
Unless Stevie Wonder designs his own wardrobe, in which case it doesn't make any sense.
BacchusPaul wrote:The joke sort of does work. Stevie Wonder wears ridiculously colourful clothing. This signature Dick Dale guitar is ridiculously colourful. It's fair to assume that it was Dick Dale who decided the colours on this guitar, so a joke can be made about him designing Stevie Wonder's wardrobe, just, it's not a very funny joke.
Unless Stevie Wonder designs his own wardrobe, in which case it doesn't make any sense.
i think mike's point is a joke needing that much explanation is one that missed the target. know your audience and all that. . .
I dunno, a Stevie Wonder joke to a board of musicians seems pretty reasonable... he was one of the more influential musicians of the past couple decades.
I was just thinking this. My taste in basses has completely changed in the last two years. Then, I would have said that bass was hot, now I think it looks stupid. I don't like all the covers and shit, I like a bass to look like it's for playing, stripped down and ready for action.
I can understand that, but I don't think the covers would really impede my playing style. I don't pick very often, and when I do, it's usually in the areas that aren't covered, and my finger picking would be right between the two covers. Of course, changing strings would be a bitch with the bridge cover, which is a down side.
i'm sure they play great, i'm just never gonna get the appeal of buying something pre-worn to make it look like it has some sorta fake history, when you can buy a regular one and mark it with real history that happens to be your own.
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yea, but japanese and mexican guitars with candy-esque poly finishes will never age that way. My Jag-Stang has chips off that don't look nearly as "vintage and relicy". It looks like someone nibbled on it.
i've never seen a 70s tele deluxe or whatever with that sort of wear on it. they were poly finishes.
tell a lie, i saw a picture of the guy from supergrass with one that had no finish left on the fretboard, but it looked more like it had been removed deliberately.
stewart wrote:i've never seen a 70s tele deluxe or whatever with that sort of wear on it. they were poly finishes.
tell a lie, i saw a picture of the guy from supergrass with one that had no finish left on the fretboard, but it looked more like it had been removed deliberately.
