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Topic: Just a pic of me and my Excel D10 |
Glenn Demichele
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(20mi N of) Chicago Illinois, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2019 7:19 pm |
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Played a fun show with "Davidson County Band" in Highwood IL at their annual "Nashwood" festival. Highwood has lots of restaurants and bars, and every year they have been doing this clever thing where the whole town becomes "Nashville" for three days and every bar has country bands, and there are 5 or 6 street stages too. I'll bet there were more steel players there than in the real Nashville. I really love that guitar. We had a crowd of over 1,000 people - beats my regular gig at the BBQ joint.
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Franklin D10 8&5, Excel D10 8&5. Both amazing guitars! Homemade buffer/overdrive with adjustable 700Hz "Fender" scoop., Moyo pedal, GT-001 effects, 2x TDA7294 80W class AB amps, or 2x BAM200 for stereo. TT12 and BW1501 each in its own closed back wedge. Also NV400 etc. etc... |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2019 4:20 am
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| Live music in the street! Pretty awesome and great pictures. I remember playing at block parties years ago when live music and real garage bands were king. Nice pics and thanks for posting. |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 3 Sep 2019 5:51 am Just a pic of me and my Excel D10
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holy cow how did i miss this  would have love to come to highwood to see you glen. did a lot of drinking in that town in my younger days  
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 3 Sep 2019 5:58 am
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Wow, what a cool event! Had never heard of it, either.
No purple Franklin? |
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Jeremy Threlfall
From:
now in Western Australia
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Glenn Demichele
From:
(20mi N of) Chicago Illinois, USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2019 7:14 pm
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Hi:
Yeah Paul, "Highwood" got its name for a reason.
I love my Franklin, but the Excel is lighter, takes less room and plays and sounds great. I thought the Franklin was more "irreplaceable" than the Excel too, so safer to take out, but now I'm not so sure. The Excel is actually a "Midnight Blue" front with a black top. It looks black in most settings, but when the light hits it right the blue really jumps out. It does look purple in this pic though. I still play the Franklin out, but only on art gigs when there might be steel players in the audience (like driving the Porsche to the High school reunion, like I have one).
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Franklin D10 8&5, Excel D10 8&5. Both amazing guitars! Homemade buffer/overdrive with adjustable 700Hz "Fender" scoop., Moyo pedal, GT-001 effects, 2x TDA7294 80W class AB amps, or 2x BAM200 for stereo. TT12 and BW1501 each in its own closed back wedge. Also NV400 etc. etc... |
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