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Gerinski

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Topic: An Illustrated Guide to Prog Rock Instruments
Posted: January 28 2013 at 10:31

This article has been moved here:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=98771

Edited by Gerinski - January 17 2015 at 08:31

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Posted: January 28 2013 at 22:27

Wow. This will tremendously helpful to me (as my knowledge of anything remotely technical is piss).

Many thanks!

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Posted: January 29 2013 at 01:12

Wow!!

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Posted: January 29 2013 at 01:57

Oh, gawd, ... that's a lot of stuff! Quite the affair!

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Posted: January 29 2013 at 02:10

Wow, very interesting! Clap

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Posted: January 29 2013 at 02:16

How long did it take you to compile all this, Gerard?

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Posted: January 29 2013 at 03:31

Amazing, a great piece of work Clap

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Posted: January 29 2013 at 07:07

Dayvenkirq wrote:

How long did it take you to compile all this, Gerard?

Thanks to all for the appreciation.

I had been toying with the idea in my head for quite some time and mentally collecting the information I knew, but before I started writing I thought that it would be quite a short article with just a few basic comments on each instrument. When I started searching for the pictures and a few more details to complement what I already knew I learnt many things I did not know and the thing got longer and longer, it was great fun working on it Tongue

Let's say that from the moment I started writing and collecting pictures until I posted it a few weeks and some sleepless nights have passed LOL

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Posted: January 29 2013 at 07:23

Excellent, fascinating and unique blog. Well done. brilliant job. I look forward to browsing this from time to time.

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Posted: January 29 2013 at 07:35

Holy smokes, well done. I loved the keyboard section which I was at least somewhat familiar with. Once I realized that you went into the other instruments, I realized 'I've got to get back to work'. Let's just say that I know what I'm reading tonight after the family goes to bed.

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Posted: January 29 2013 at 21:16

Man, great article, Gerard. I know what kind of stuff I'm saving up my money for now LOL

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Posted: January 30 2013 at 06:34

Emersom definitely played the organ upside down. Or at least with him underneath it from behind. Whiich is what he says here. (from the floor)

Edited by Snow Dog - January 30 2013 at 06:36

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Posted: January 30 2013 at 07:26

Thanks Jim,

Not being English perhaps the expression 'upside-down' is not really the correct one, I meant this

Should I have said 'from behind', 'flipped over' or something else? or I can add the picture so people will get what I meant, I have this one and i think that also some of his knife-stabbing.

In any case it's a good suggestion to include a reference to Emerson's spinning piano, I'l do an edit in the piano entry, I have pictures already Tongue

And I'm of course open to remarks, corrections or criticisms, during my research I found contradictory information regarding certain subjects and at some point I had to choose for the version which seemed most logical or reliable, but there can certainly be mistakes and if anyone finds one I'm happy to edit.

Edited by Gerinski - January 30 2013 at 13:40

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Posted: January 30 2013 at 08:12

Spinning piano, Emerson's abuse of the L-100 and a new pic in the keytar entry added Tongue

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Posted: January 30 2013 at 08:13

I thought what you wrote was fine.

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Posted: January 30 2013 at 13:47

Good stuff Clap

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Posted: January 31 2013 at 09:21

New entry added for the Octoban drum toms

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Posted: January 31 2013 at 11:21

Snow Dog wrote:

I thought what you wrote was fine.

I think what he wrote was more than fine - now I realise it was a reference to the generalised L100 abuse, as opposed to what I thought he meant, I have removed the post as promised

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Posted: January 31 2013 at 23:15

Just wanted to say this is a great post.

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Posted: February 01 2013 at 11:09

Nice!!!

There are a few things that could be added though: fretless basses, such as Gary Willis' bass, en Percy Jones, and the double necks that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson used in the 70's

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