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December 25, 2010 at 5:42 pm #81111vincentgalloMember
I have been playing Mike Matthews amplifiers for many years and would like to now own a two or four speaker version of a Mike Matthews amp. I hope someone here can help. vincentgallo@vincentgallo.com
December 25, 2010 at 6:18 pm #113293companymanParticipantare you really Vincent Gallo, the actor from Buffalo?
December 25, 2010 at 6:45 pm #113294vincentgalloMemberYes I am, please don’t hold it against me !!! kind regards, Vincent Gallo (longtime EH user and lover)
December 25, 2010 at 6:55 pm #113295companymanParticipantQuote:Yes I am, please don’t hold it against me !!! kind regards, Vincent Gallo (longtime EH user and lover)hahaha…..I lived in Buffalo for 8 years in the late 80’s-early 90’s, went to Buff State majoring in Art (painting) and gigged around town, worked as a guard at the Albright-Knox Museum, my ex-girlfriend auditioned for Buffalo 66, didn’t get the part though….I have great memories of that town!Very cool to meet you, I have been obsessed with EHX for 30+ years! Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2010 at 7:42 pm #113296Mr.GrimMemberwow nice to finally see some fellow members from my area! and an actor at that! im from Lockport NY, its a 20 min drive to Buffalo or Niagara Falls ether way. Welcome and thank you for joining us!
December 25, 2010 at 9:07 pm #113297vincentgalloMemberThanks for the welcome.
December 25, 2010 at 9:37 pm #113298Fender&EHX4everModeratorDo you have any recordings, videos, or pics you would share of you performing with EHX gear?
What are some of your favorite EHX products?
December 25, 2010 at 11:01 pm #113299g00dhonkMemberloved buffalo 66. got any pics of your gear?
December 26, 2010 at 2:42 am #113303vincentgalloMemberHi Fender&EHX4ever;,
GREAT SITE btw. I have been using EH gear since my first band days in the 70’s. In the band GRAY (with bandmate artist Jean Michele Basquiat) my entire sound was basically five out of tune strings left on a cheap Japanese guitar running through EH effects including a digital delay or what was sometimes called a 2 second delay (mine has crapped out many times and I would love to find another if anyone is selling ).
Photos of my live shows are rare and not very detailed. However there is something I will post here someday soon, which may be of interest to this cool group.
I own pretty much everything EH made and with them I reverse engineered every effect to create a modular guitar effect system of just EH effects. The basic guts of each EH effect have been mounted to an aluminum chassis and then to a faceplate in a manner similar to MOOG and Buchla modulars. I made multi panels, input panels, mixer panels, and out panels of my own designs as well as one panel that is a master supply with various voltage taps. Each effect has a mechanical relay engage and disengage bypass. I used super high quality pots and jacks and added op amps to secure voltages were that would make an improvement. The panels are all one of two sizes and can slide in the custom cabinet rack in any order. It is a 1/4″ patching system. I still need to find one more Solid State Reverb and Random Tone Generator to add to the system as I have several other effects which I use in multiples and would like to do the same with these. I would also love to find backups of my Echo 600 and Digital Delays units as they both got very hammered over the years and are becoming quite difficult to repair. I hope if anyone here is ever willing to sell any of those 4 units that they please let me know.
My interest in the Mike Matthews amps is related to buying one directly from Mike and the memory of that. I lost that original amp and would love to replace it. Mine had X 4-10″ speakers, though I would purchase an X 2 -10″ version. I would love to find any Mike Matthews amp or speaker cabinet stuff. I would not claim they are great sounding, and boy do they need constant technical attention to keep them quiet, but I have a special connection with them. I hope someone here can help.
Did you guys know EH had their own store next to Manny’s on 48th Street in NYC around 1981? It was a very, very narrow shop (the thinnest I have ever seen). That’s were I purchased my Digital Delay and eventually a 16 second Delay. They were not cheap then and I remember the amount of my yearly income it required to get those was pretty high.
December 26, 2010 at 3:06 am #113304companymanParticipantI recently watched Basquiat; The Radiant Child, I didn’t know you were in Gray…..that must have been an exciting time! I would love to see pics of your modular EHX system!
December 26, 2010 at 3:55 am #113307vincentgalloMemberThey mention in the film i was in the band with Jean. I do not appear in documentaries though and rejected Tamara’s invitation to appear. I did some music around 1980 that was used in another Basquiat film called Downtown 81. Very EH heavy.
December 26, 2010 at 3:58 am #113308vincentgalloMemberMy most radical EH effect heavy recordings are with my industrial noise band Bohack. the LP “IT TOOK SEVRAL WIVES”. It is an extremely raw recording and musically extreme as well, very heavy on the EH delays and loops
December 26, 2010 at 4:41 am #113309companymanParticipantI have to say that your choice of King Crimson in the Christina Ricci dance scene in Buffalo 66 was perfect, unexpected and perfect.
Do you have any pics of your modular EHX unit thingy?
December 26, 2010 at 5:36 am #113310vincentgalloMemberI have not taken any yet but i will soon. I went on US tour with my band rriiccee last month and made a special case that held only 10 modules (effects) i am sure someone photographed it, in spite of my request for no photos. the faceplates are all white.
December 26, 2010 at 7:28 am #113311Fender&EHX4everModeratorQuote:Hi Fender&EHX4ever;,GREAT SITE btw. I have been using EH gear since my first band days in the 70’s. In the band GRAY (with bandmate artist Jean Michele Basquiat).
I love the 96 movie Basquiat. I’ll have to pop in the dvd again and watch that. I’ll be on lookout too for Dowtown 81. NYC in the late 70s and early 80s seemed so full of creative energy. Wish i coud go back in time and participate.
I need to check out GRAY, Bohack, and rriiccee. Where should I start?
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