Mike Matthews Dirt Road Special

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Re: Mike Matthews Dirt Road Special/Props for EH Man

Ron picked up the Small Stone and my buddy's Hot Tubes from the PO on Saturday and I got them back today. :shock:

Thanks Ron!

 

[The EH Man]

Re: Mike Matthews Dirt Road Special/Props for EH Man

Ron picked up the Small Stone and my buddy's Hot Tubes from the PO on Saturday and I got them back today. :shock:

Thanks Ron!

My pleasure. I've stopped accepting repair work for the most part because I'm backed up on pedal orders but I'm always glad to help a forum member out.
Enjoy that amp. It's great!

 

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Sure is! I'm going to have to replace the opamp on the bite control, it's starting to squeal a bit, but the Hot Tubes and the DRS?
That's a nice sounding rig. I'm going to be sorry to give the Hot Tubes back to Dave. :lol: I gave the amp to my oldest, and he gets a goofy grin on his face when he plays through it.

 

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Youtube video- skip to halfway through.

 

[capnjuan]

Is that the Stone thing doing the foamy/swirling thing? Pretty cool!

 

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Yes, it's surprising good sounding.

 

[capnjuan]

Agree!

 

[BluesDan]

Is that the Stone thing doing the foamy/swirling thing? Pretty cool!

C'mon Cap! In the late 70's it was MANDATORY that if ya owned an electric guitar, you had to have an EH Small Stone phase shifter, an EH Big Muff or Little Muff distortion, and some sort of Morley wah pedal (Cuz Morley Men did it with their feet!) When the salesman was trying to sell ya that Hondo II LP copy, he immediately put it through the effects chain to make it sound almost decent through that real wood Crate amp......... :wink: :lol:

With that said....I still miss all my old EH stuff............things were simpler then!

 

[jp]

Is that the Stone thing doing the foamy/swirling thing? Pretty cool!

C'mon Cap! In the late 70's it was MANDATORY that if ya owned an electric guitar, you had to have an EH Small Stone phase shifter, an EH Big Muff or Little Muff distortion, and some sort of Morley wah pedal (Cuz Morley Men did it with their feet!) When the salesman was trying to sell ya that Hondo II LP copy, he immediately put it through the effects chain to make it sound almost decent through that real wood Crate amp......... :wink: :lol:

With that said....I still miss all my old EH stuff............things were simpler then!

OMG! :lol: :lol: :lol:
My first electric setup:
-- Guitar: Honda II black Les Paul copy
-- Amp: Crate Amp the one that looked like a wooden crate!
-- First effect boxes: MXR Distortion Plus, EH Electric Mistress

This is a revelation for me Dan. I didn't know so many others shared the same upbringing. It's like finding out you went to the same high school as someone you meet half way across the country. Oh the things that unite us Americans--consumer products and TV.

@ Steve,
That's a cool amp! I never knew such a thing existed. Perfect for basement recordings on a 4-track!

 

[capnjuan]

Is that the Stone thing doing the foamy/swirling thing? Pretty cool!

C'mon Cap! In the late 70's it was MANDATORY that if ya owned an electric guitar, you had to have an EH Small Stone phase shifter, an EH Big Muff or Little Muff distortion ....

Hi Dan; the late 70s was my bluegrass period .... if you had asked me then what a flanger was, I'd a guessed it was a machine tool for bending an edge onto a piece of sheetmetal ... :wink:

 

[jp]

Hi Dan; the late 70s was my bluegrass period .... if you had asked me then what a flanger was, I'd a guessed it was a machine tool for bending an edge onto a piece of sheetmetal ... :wink:

Capn,
As a teen I met another aspriring guitarist who was just getting into gear. I told him I had an EH Electric Mistress (still have it). He knew what it was, but called it a "flanger" as in "clothes hanger." Being a snotty little punk, I used to think that was hilarious and never corrected him.

 

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@ Steve,
That's a cool amp! I never knew such a thing existed. Perfect for basement recordings on a 4-track!

Actually, my buddy has it over in his basement where he used it on his amateur cd "Whackbirds".

 

[BluesDan]

Is that the Stone thing doing the foamy/swirling thing? Pretty cool!

C'mon Cap! In the late 70's it was MANDATORY that if ya owned an electric guitar, you had to have an EH Small Stone phase shifter, an EH Big Muff or Little Muff distortion, and some sort of Morley wah pedal (Cuz Morley Men did it with their feet!) When the salesman was trying to sell ya that Hondo II LP copy, he immediately put it through the effects chain to make it sound almost decent through that real wood Crate amp......... :wink: :lol:

With that said....I still miss all my old EH stuff............things were simpler then!

OMG! :lol: :lol: :lol:
My first electric setup:
-- Guitar: Honda II black Les Paul copy
-- Amp: Crate Amp the one that looked like a wooden crate!
-- First effect boxes: MXR Distortion Plus, EH Electric Mistress

This is a revelation for me Dan. I didn't know so many others shared the same upbringing. It's like finding out you went to the same high school as someone you meet half way across the country. Oh the things that unite us Americans--consumer products and TV.

Ha! That is pretty funny!! I actually had the Hondo II SG copy in cherry red, but I did have the wooden Crate amp with the footlocker handles and a couple of EH & MXR fx. Back then that was pretty much the only two choices!! Bought the Hondo II while saving up for an Ibanez LP copy, eventually getting my first real Gibson much later, a used L6-S "Santana" guitar. Also had one of those fine Unicord "Stage" amps, solid state with the 2 10's.

 

[BluesDan]

Is that the Stone thing doing the foamy/swirling thing? Pretty cool!

C'mon Cap! In the late 70's it was MANDATORY that if ya owned an electric guitar, you had to have an EH Small Stone phase shifter, an EH Big Muff or Little Muff distortion ....

Hi Dan; the late 70s was my bluegrass period .... if you had asked me then what a flanger was, I'd a guessed it was a machine tool for bending an edge onto a piece of sheetmetal ... :wink:

:lol: Yeah the late 70's was my Bluegrass period too........minus the "Blue"..... :lol: :lol:

 

[capnjuan]

Yes; it's no fun if it's blue ... :wink:

 

[jp]

Ha! That is pretty funny!! I actually had the Hondo II SG copy in cherry red, but I did have the wooden Crate amp with the footlocker handles and a couple of EH & MXR fx. Back then that was pretty much the only two choices!! Bought the Hondo II while saving up for an Ibanez LP copy, eventually getting my first real Gibson much later, a used L6-S "Santana" guitar. Also had one of those fine Unicord "Stage" amps, solid state with the 2 10's.

Funny how lots of young'uns are trying to pawn Hondo IIs off as great "lawsuit" copies. Mine played like butt. The HondoII/Crate setup was perfect for my brother and I to play rock star. With the guitar plugged into the Crate via a crappy coiled phone cord-type cable, we would nail a power chord and then kick the Crate down our carpeted basement stairway. It would resonate with nasty transistor bite and tunble down until it was far enough to unplug, amazingly never breaking the input jack or cable end. Oh how we'd laugh! Thank god we didn't have a Fender Tweed! I eventually traded for an Eko 290 Barracuda hollow body which far surpassed the Hondo II in playability. :mrgreen:

Yes; it's no fun if it's blue ... :wink:

Well, I do recall a memorable strain called Kentucky Blue. . . it was pretty fun.

Actually, my buddy has it over in his basement where he used it on his amateur cd "Whackbirds".

Would this happen to be Kathleen Hanna from Bikini Kill?

 

[capnjuan]

Yes; it's no fun if it's blue ... :wink:

Well, I do recall a memorable strain called Kentucky Blue. . . it was pretty fun.

Not much gets by country boys ... even gardening :wink:

 

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Actually, my buddy has it over in his basement where he used it on his amateur cd "Whackbirds".

Would this happen to be Kathleen Hanna from Bikini Kill?

Um, not to my knowledge. It's his theme album about mental health.

Link seems to be borked. I'll talk to him and find out what's wrong. :?

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