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and some more today.
– The Lisa’s Cordoba 12 (frets) Maple nylon string classical guitar. as in “Both sides now- Joni Mitchell cover)” played by Mona or in “59th street Bridge Song (feeling groovy)” played by Lisa.
– The Hofner Jumbo 12 strings HA-JC05-12ET alias “Big Bertha” for the MLTs. To be seen only on the wall of the studio in Austria not in any video that I know.
– The Big Jumbo Black Epiphone EJ-200SCE as in “Tonight you belong to me- (cover)”
– The Epiphone Dove Pro Wine Burst as in “Wake up little Susie” (Everly Brothers cover) or “Do you remember” (The Scaffold cover) BBC interview Merseyside.
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I just add on Reverb.com in Angelo’s Bazar
– The Lisa’s Maton EBG808CL and the Mona’s Maton 12 string EM425C/12 that you can see from the ealy “Eight Days a Week- Monalisa Twins (The Beatles cover)” video till the more recent “Africa- Monalisa Twins & Mike Massé (Toto cover)” video.
– The Ukulele LU-21CE that Lisa use from “I don’t know birds that well (original)” video till when they offered it during the advent calendar month- day 22. And it comes with the same Stagg case that Lisa used!
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Finally I changed my mind, in view of the lack of interest in this post, I will keep all the characteristic guitars of the MLTs and only sell those related to the Beatles. But for those there is no reason to clutter this forum. Best wishes to all members.
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Here we go, I made up my mind and decided at the start of the year to sell the guitars in chronological order. I placed the first ad for the first guitar Lisa received a long time ago now. The copy of a Stratocaster, Golden Ton brand.
Here is the link for the announcement. https://www.ebay.fr/itm/393848690346
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Woaw Jung, always present and coming with pretty smart and fair coments. For a fountain pen enthusiast you have got pretty sharp eyes and fair knowledge of guitars. One little mistake though, you have taken the White Epiphone Casino “John Lennon” for the Gretsch White Falcon. Lisa having taken off the pick guard on her Gretsch it’s true that they look close to each other. Do not worry for the minimalism virus, you don’t need it. Stocking 30 pens take much less space than stocking 30 guitars. Then if you want to concentrate on your essential it’s a good idea to.
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Thanks Dan, it’s a difficult question to answer. It depends, your preference, your budget… to be honest, I’m not a big fan of cutaway guitars. Without amplification the sound is so poor compared to the full body ones. With amplification it depends of the microphone you use. My personal observation, as they are with or without amplification the Epiphone sounds better to me but the Gibson seems to be a more sturdy, well bilt, valuable instrument. Actually you’d better ask Mona’s opinion about it.
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The birth of a passion?
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You are welkom.
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It’s a matter of the hand, not the guitar it’s holding. But yes indeed that Golden Ton sounds great.
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In the same spirit
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Excellent idea to propose covering Hendrix. Here’s what to inspire Lisa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRGgoMSJZs4
“It sure would be fun to try and tackle the Hendrix magic one day but we’ll only ever do it if we think we can add something meaningful to a cover” Mona quote.
“something meaningful “to a piece of music? Don’t wory for to much for that, as soon as you Twins play it, you automatically add “something meaningful” just because it’s you.
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Hi Jung,
Well to see me, you would need really sharp eyes (I can’t see myself) because I was in the crowd about fifty meters from the stage. (Behind Mike Love when interviewed). I don’t like being in the front, stuck in a tight crowd.
On the other hand for the MLTs, the concert was in the Epstein theater with seats and when after a few songs, I saw that there was one left in the front row right in front of them, I quickly ran, during a musical pause to seat in this place. But there too I can’t be seen on the videos and that’s quite fine. But to tell the truth, if I was very happy +++ to meet them, from a concert point of view, we are almost in the same situation because we both saw a real Beach Boys concert and my little advantage is to have seen a Mike Massé concert accompanied by our stars. But that’s not really a MLT concert. So I’m like you, I’m waiting and hoping that someday … it happens.
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Hi Jung,
I’m never far from MLTs. We say in French “to love one day, to love always …”
Brian Wilson…, interesting. If I attended a lot of Jazz concerts, from a Pop-Rock point of view, I only attended (on site, in life), only three big concerts in my life, The MonaLisaTwins & Mike Massé, Santana and The Beach Boys – Concert – Knokke, Belgium – 07/21/1987 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyrn-K805ww)
If you take a good look in the crowd, you can probably see me, next to my windsurf board wearing a fuchsia t-shirt … so long ago!
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Hello Mona, thank you for your kind answer.
I could have almost guess it thanks to your excellent “what’s on the table” and “our musical influences part 1 & 2” but I had posted the question on the first of November, so I asked the question in the context of Halloween and the “All saints day” on time to remember the dead and to pay homage to them. Fortunately, everyone you mentioned are still very much alive, apart from the late John Lennon and Georges Harrison. But then, the Zombies is a very good answer in this context. Although the founding members being almost all alive the band died in 1968. Fortunately just after recording Odessey and Oracle and moreover the band was indeed inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Here is an interesting remark discovered on wikipedia “In 1967, frustrated by their continuing lack of success, the Zombies signed a recording contract with CBS Records for whom they recorded the album Odessey and Oracle at EMI’s world-famous Abbey Road studios. (Odyssey was accidentally misspelled by Terry Quirk, an art teacher who designed the cover). [17] The band’s budget did not stretch to session musicians, so they used a Mellotron to fill out their arrangements. According to Argent, they used John Lennon’s Mellotron, which had been left in the studio after the Beatles’ sessions for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. ”
Stay safe and take careAngelo
Angelo