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Did you use
a flanger effect on all instruments or just on your guitar 0n the
song "Land of
a thousand nights". We used real tape phasing on
the majority of the track...It's a great effect. I had read
a long time ago that you were running acoustic brand heads onstage
with 15" speakers. I used to use
Acoustic 270 heads with JBL 15" speakers. Alot of people thought
I used tubes but I didn't start with that until Mahogany Rush IV,
and even then I only used them in the studio...never live.
For awhile I used some tube heads live in the 80's but I
found them to be very unreliable. I now use a Pre-Amp that I
custom build for myself, along with whatever high output
power amp I can find...Crown, Ashley, Yamaha...you name it.
The sound is largely made up by the method of playing. I can
use just about any amp and EQ it till it sounds reasonably
like my own, although I prefer to just use my own and forget
about the hassles. I've even toyed with the idea of selling
the design for my amp to the guitarists who want it, but
it'll probably be a while before I get the chance to get
around to that. Have you ever performed
Hendrix's Machine Gun in its entirely? I have seen you do
bits of it and have always been left wanting
more! In the early years of M. Rush,
we did Machine gun almost every night in it's entirety, when
we were playing the schools and stuff. I always enjoyed it,
along with the other stuff we did then. It seems like it was
a lot more fun in those days.... I
saw you in Boise Idaho in 1979 and you were wearing all leather,
weren't you too hot? Actually, I wear leather so
that I will get overheated. I find that the hotter I get,
the better I play for some reason. When it's cool on stage I
kinda don't get into it as much, so i started wearing warm
clothes to heat up. Strange, don't you think? Who were your musical
influences? Hendrix, The Beatles, The
Doors, Quicksilver, Santana, Johnny Winter, The Grateful
Dead, Jefferson Airplane and most of the late sixties
artists that had a psychedelic flair. Also Pink Floyd and
older Bob Dylan, among others. How young were
you when you recorded "Maxoom" I recorded "Buddy" and "Funky
Woman" before my seventeenth birthday and continued
finishing the "Maxoom" album for the next few
months. Who are the band members
now? Myself, Peter
Dowse on bass, Josh Trager on drums. Is there another 6 was 9 album
that you were involved with? There was only
one "6 was 9" album. Unfortunately the band disbanded right after
it was made. The leader/writer was Jamie Hebert, who played guitar
with us on the last couple tours. What are the other albums that
you've played on? I've done quite
a few guest spots in the past. I played with "April Wine" on a cut
called "So Bad" and I did a project with Ainsley Dunbar,
which never came out called "The Fire Project". Recently, I
did a Live Blues Jam down in New Orleans with Kenny Wayne
Shepard and James Cotton on the upcoming Bryan Lee album.
September release, I think. (Released 11-97) Did the King Biscuit Flower
Hour ever record you live? I don't remember, but it may
have happened. If someone knows, please tell me. Have you ever
played "Finish
line", "Tales of the Unexpected" or "Ain't Dead Yet" live? I've played
all those songs live on occasion. "Finish Line" was a tune that I used to do
live even before the first album came out and so was
"Poppy". What other famous guitarists
have you ever jammed with? I've jammed
with Kenny Wayne and Bryan Lee, who would be the most known guys,
not
counting the weird time Ted Nugent came out on my stage and
did his "challenge" thing in Detroit. I've done many a show
with many famous guys and we got along good, but it doesn't
always result in jams unfortunately. Recently played with Uli Roth as
well. Will you ever do a live
video? I'll probably
do a live video one of these days, I just never really liked playing
to
cameras and I've shyed away from it most of my career. (He
is working on a DVD now) Do you ever play an acoustic
guitar live and do you fingerpick? I can fingerpick and I do all
of the time, but I'm only now considering doing onstage on
the upcoming tour. What strings do you use
most? I use mostly anything that I
can get my hands on, as long as they don't break. The brand
isn't important. What's your favorite guitar to
play? My favorite guitar is my main
SG Les Paul, which was made only in 1961 and has a great
feel. Although I have 14 guitars, I only have 2 like that,
but my new stratocaster with which I did some stuff
recently, is a great sounding instrument although I don't
like the strat's feel 'cause it's a bit short-necked and
stiff. Who do you like out of the
newer guitar players? There are so many great
players, it's really hard to say. I may not really dig what
they do personally, but they're still real good at it. Most
of the guys that make me smile are pretty well, not so
young. Do you know if any of the other
albums will ever be released on CD? Like I said,
it's really up to CBS. I know that from "Full Circle" on, I have
the right to do what I want, so I will put those out. I've tried
to get
my rights back, but they want a fortune that I don't have at
the moment. Anybody got any ideas? What's your favorite song to
play live? My favorite
live song is still "I'm a King Bee" 'cause I get to get down on the blues,
especially the quiet parts. I also love "Poppy", "Roadhouse
Blues", "Free" and "Juggernaut". Did you really have a guitar
showdown with Ted Nugent and blow his doors off? Click here
to read the "FULL
STORY" from Frank
himself. What is the
meaning of the lyrics in "Something's Coming Our Way"? The song is basically about the
expectation of a day in which we all will need to come to
terms with our way of life and how we have spent our time
here. Have you ever seen Randy
Hansen's tribute to Jimi Hendrix and how do you feel about
him? Click here
for the "FULL
STORY" about
Randy. What is your brother Vince up
to these days? Vince is just sort of chilling
and doing a few things with music and sound...productions
and stuff. Will you ever
play any songs from the "Maxoom" album live? I hope to play
at least three of the "Maxoom" songs on the next tour. They'll probably be
"All in your Mind", "Back on Home" and "Buddy". How do you feel about Uli Roth
and his simularities to your style of playing? Again,
as I said earlier, it's not so much simular to me as it is to the
style that we have
all chosen to be simular to. He's a great player with a
great heart and soul for the music that he produces. I'd
like to do something with him one day, if he'd want
to. Recently played live with Uli on the Legends of Rock tour 2002. Will
you please play "Stories
of a Hero" and "Land of a 1000 Nights" live on this
tour? Since you've ask, we'll give it
a try. What kind of music do you
listen to most? I listen to very little music
really, but mostly Blues, Jazz, Hendrix, The Beatles, The
Doors, and you won't believe this, but I just love Tony
Bennett. Strange mix huh? I also like symphonic music and
most things psychedelic and hypnotic, as well as Celtic
music. How much money do they want for
you to get your rights back from CBS and 20th
Century? CBS and 20th Century want more
money than I've got or can get, so if any of you out there
are young entreprenuers who want to get in on the record
business and have deep pockets, gimme a call!!!
(grin/wink;) When is your
birthday? I was born on Saturday,
November the 20th, 1954...and for all you astrologers out
there, it was 15 after midnight. What
is the meaning of the song "Land of a 1000 Nights", especially the
talking part in the middle? "Land of a 1000 Nights" is
a representation of an acid bummer, one of a few that I
experienced in my young teen years...especially the part in
the middle. Did
learning the guitar come fairly easy for you or did you just lock
yourself
in a room
and not come out until you were the "Master"? It came very easy for me
because OTHERS locked me in a room and playing the guitar
was the only thing there to do.(...when I was in the
hospital on an LSD bummer in the fall of 1968) I've seen you play live several
times for over two hours, do you enjoy playing live that
much? I enjoy being on the road and
playing live more than doing anything else, including riding
my bike (Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail) This web site is excellent. Did
you help design it or was it really just from a big fan of
yours? This site was done completely
by Willy without my knowledge, until I came across it, we
have since become friends. Do "new" guys
like Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd do justice to the art of
playing
the blues? Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd
only need to feel right about what they do for it to be just. I
don't know Jonny,
but I've done a soon to be released Live blues album for Bryan Lee
on which myself and Kenny Wayne played together, and I think that
he really believes in what he does. Whether I like it or not, when
someone plays is purely a matter of my personal taste, as is the case
with any kind of music at all, not just guitar. I'm not sure that
anyone can claim that you need to do justice to the art of playing
the blues. I'm not even sure that it's an art. I would think that
anyone who feels the blues that they play, and I don't mean they have
to be sad, is doing justice to their feelings. As to the blues as
a standardized "art form", I suppose that so many have done
it so similarly for so long that there is now a tendency towards purism
in the circle of blues lovers, but I feel that this is a rather stiff
attitude, certainly not worthy of consideration. We have to be careful
that while in the pursuit of non-conformity, we don't get caught in
the trap of all "non-conforming" in the same way, as this
just begets an even worse form of conformity. The true rebel walks
alone and, when joined by others of his kind, rebels even against
them. The true rebel's only cause is to rebel. Where
can I find any "Ivan
Schwartz" artwork? Unfortunately, my good friend
Ivan died of cancer some time ago and the only original
artwork that still exists is some that I have seen around
Montreal on the walls of some nightclubs, which he sold to
them before he died. I don't know if there is any other work
anywhere that he has done, but I may have the originals of
Strange Universe or Child of the Novelty
somewhere. What is your favorite song,
lyrically? That's a tough question. If you
mean my favorite song that I wrote myself, I can't really
pick one. Some that I like are Stories of a Hero,
Juggernaut, Free, The King Who Stole the
Universe...etc... Have
you ever played "Madness" live? Not that I can
recall. What
equipment did you use on "I'll Play the Blues For You"? I believe I used a Marshall Amp
along with a custom Lado guitar that I own, one of two.
However, at that time I was playing some stuff with a custom
guitar that belongs to a friend of mine, Phil Reznick, and I
may have used that guitar but I don't remember. How
did "Poppy" get
it's name? A poppy is something that is
rather soothing and pleasing, yet it can be strangely
hypnotic, if you know what I mean, and so the name seemed
appropriate at the time, since the tune is kind of
hypnotic. Does
being religious have any affect on the way you write & play? It has just about every effect
on the way I write although not neccessarily on the way I
play. What's
your current amp & speaker set up? Well,
I'm still using the homemade pre-amp (sort of a cross between a
Boogie and
a
Fender twin) along with 15" Fane Acoustics speakers when I
play live, but I use only my old Marshall in the studio, and
have done this on every record beginning with Mahogany Rush
IV. Do you still race
cars? I don't race anymore because I
don't really get the time, but I still love it and watch it
alot. Most of the time I get my thrills now by riding my
motorcycle (1993 Harley Davidson Heritage
Softtail) How
was "Guit War" done
and what are you actually saying in there? It was done with a little
Fender Amp and a Strat. The lyrics, if you could call them
that, were taken from portions of the Bible. Try to figure
out where they come from in the Book. Frank, I was wondering if you listen(ed) much to any
black artists from the 70's like Curtis Mayfield, Bobby
Womack, Parliament or any of the funkier kinda stuff? I
always liked alot of soul music and R&B (which kind
of grew into soul), and also gospel. I liked all of the
bands and artists you mentioned, as well as Sam Cooke, Ray
Charles (who kind of merged gospel and R&B), T-Bone
Walker, early James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Sam and Dave,
Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, The Temptations, Al Green, and
even Mahalia Jackson (the greatest gospel singer I ever
heard). But later on I also really came to like three
artists in particular, which were Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder
and, most of all at that time, Sly and The Family Stone. I
was never a record collector and don't have many now either,
other than what some folks give me. I don't think I ever
walked into a record store and bought a record, even once in
my life. I just heard alot of this music because of the
times. I don't own any records by the other guys you
mentioned either, but Josh is an avid collector of CD's, it
seems. He's always coming over with this or that CD or
walking around with tapes and stuff like that, of all kinds.
I'll check out the Carson Downey Band... sounds
interesting. You ever consider releasing an in concert dvd? Jim West of Just In Time Records has just asked me that
same question three days ago. We'll see where it leads. Ever consider doing a film score? I
toyed with the idea of Film Scoring, but on one occasion I got to
score an
orchestral piece for a singer
(not film) and the amount of work it entailed left me
reluctant to do it again. Certainly if it were to be done
with others as a team, or if it would only be scoring with
guitar based music it would be easier, but the amount of
time I put in and the little payment I ended up with after
expenses left me saying "never again". But we'll just wait
and see what happens. Personally, I don't really believe
anyone would give me a gig like that because they usually
like to use people who are more notable than I am. But they
might want to use one of my existing tracks, and that I
would welcome, depending on the film, of course. Would you ever compromise by shortening a song for radio
airplay? I've actually done a shortened version of He's Calling
that is finding its way onto some radio stations here, and I
hope it will get on more of them. I included this version on
the upcoming Sony Box Set, so maybe we'll get a chance to
have it get out there. Are you familiar with Eric Gales, Shawn Lane and Jeff
Healey? I like all of the guitarists you mentioned and think that
they are very talented individuals. I've never jammed with
them, though. Actually, I've jammed with very few famous
people during my time in the music business, other than the
ones who played in my band. This is not because I didn't
want to, but because most of them didn't ever ask or invite
me. What is your favorite movie of all time? For my all time favorite movie, that's a cinch. Although
there are many I could list, my absolute favorite of all
time, and probably will remain so, would be Franco
Zeffirelli's 6 hour and fifteen minute version of Jesus Of
Nazareth, which has a huge cast of great actors and a
relatively unknown, Robert Powell, in the title role. It is
a masterpiece of historical filmmaking. What was the most psychedelic album that you ever
heard? That would probably be an album from the early days
called Tonto's Expanding Head Band. It's all early
synthesizer music. I believe that the two gentlemen who
played the synths (their last names were, I believe,
Margoleff and Cecil... not sure of the spelling)went on to
careers as synth programmers for some top-name artist's,
like Stevie Wonder. I
have always wondered one thing about your playing and how it relates
to your
early LSD experience? It seems there
was very little time between when you picked up the guitar
for the first time in the hospital and when you became
incredibly great - probably less than a couple of years. Do
you naturally pick up new skills very quickly, or do you
think that somehow the LSD "rewired" your brain and because
you were recovering while also starting guitar, this
rewiring accelerated your development on guitar. In other
words, if there was a piano in the recovery ward instead of
a guitar, would we be listening to another Chick Corea right
now??? I
can't speak as a biochemist or a doctor as to whether the drug,
LSD, actually
performs any type of such
modifications. I can only speak as a witness to my own
experiences with that drug, and come to a conclusion based
on a feeling, and on firsthand knowledge of my own self. I
don't think that LSD, or any psychedelic drug, actually
creates the trip that one finds oneself on after taking it.
I believe that it starts a process within the body that
chemically alters, temporarily, certain brain structures,
and these altered processes do the rest of the "work", even
if the drug were to be, somehow, magically removed from your
system entirely. The trip that one finds oneself on is of
one's own making, very much like dreaming, although you are
physically awake. But one of the most striking facets of
this situation is that, while you may become highly unaware
of certain things going on around you, you become
excessively aware of things going on inside of you, and you
begin to interpret regular functions as a whole different
thing altogether. So, it would not be uncommon for one to,
say, "hear" the rushing of one's own blood, but to interpret
it as thunder in the distance, and to add that thunder to a
cacaphony of other noises and visual mis-interpretations,
and create a "trip". Much like one mis-interprets physical
sensations while sleeping which result in dreams of a
totally unrelated nature... an alarm clock ringing that one
hears for but a split second, which results in a seemingly
very long dream, having at it's end the sound of a bell, or
perhaps the sound of an onrushing train blowing it's horn
wildly. So, all of that said, I can only surmise that my
heightened state of awareness of myself, along with an
immense terror and panic, produced the ability to actually
focus on any little thing that might serve as an escape from
the "danger", and to clutch onto it like a drowning man
clutches a piece of debris. In my case, it happened to be a
guitar. I played it in the hospital incessantly, and
afterwards every single moment that I was awake I played it
and played it. Couple that need with a chemically heightened
sense of imagination and you get the situation whereby I,
mis-interpreting certain realities (if there really is such
a thing, but I digress), thought that the music I was
"hearing in my head", due to memory, was music I was writing
myself. So, if I thought of a song by the Grateful Dead, I
thought I was writing that song. So I "worked on my song",
so to speak. Basically, I was one inch from permanent
insanity... a scary prospect indeed. I also firmly believe,
in retrospect, that had it not been for God I would have
remained so. I might have still been a guitarist after all
of this, but I would have been a very crazy one. I do pick
up new skills rather quickly. Whether this is my
birth-nature or simply an extension of my "nature due to the
experience", is anybody's guess. As pre-LSD Frank I was
inclined to be quick about learning things but not to such
an extent, in my opinion, although my parents do tell me
that I was so. And I believe that you are right. If it had
been a piano, I would have done the same with that. It's not
so much to do with the instrument as it is the need to do
something in a focused manner, as a type of therapy. I've
never really considered myself a "guitarist" as much as a
musician, whose instrument happens to be the guitar right
now. I also play a few others, but if it weren't for the
fact that guitar became the focus, I might have actually
been a drummer since I like that instrument more. EDITOR'S
NOTE: I'm glad it was not a Pan Flute! Somehow, Frank Marino "Master of the Pan
Flute" doesn't get me excited. WW Frank,I
noticed at the beginning of The E.O.T.S.track there is a soundbyte
that
sounds like,"On the resolution
condemning Israel".Can you give a little insight as to the
significance(if any)of this and how does it relate in any
way to whats happening in the Mid-east right now? Do you
have any opinion on whats happening over there? You
will notice that in the opening track, titled Storm Warning, there
is the sound
of a radio being tuned to
different stations which are reporting many different things
going on in the world, while a maelstrom of noises and
violent sound effects overlay the foreground... sort of a
collage of unpleastantness relating to world and other
affairs. None of these radio reports was constructed...
they're all real reports of actual events. Now, it should be
noted that this track is titled Storm Warning, because that
is exactly what it is meant to do... warn of an impending
storm. But the other most notable thing about this track,
which could not be known by many of you, is that it was
originally recorded as long ago as the mid to late
seventies. In fact, if you listen to Ain't Dead Yet from the
Power Of Rock And Roll album, you will hear, blended into
the background of the drum solo, the actual beginning of the
Storm Warning track. And the fact that this was done so long
ago is significant, because we can see how nothing has
really changed in the world since then, especially with what
is now happening in the Middle East. Now, you asked me for
my opinion on the goings on in the Middle East, and I could
write an essay on it, but I'm going to only say, very
briefly and without detail that, while I disagree with
suicide bombings and terrorism for obvious reasons (like
everyone else I know, including Arabs, of which I am born
half), I also find the Israeli invasion and occupation of
Palestine to be equally abhorrent. Like President Bush and
the rest of the world, I call upon them to leave Palestine
immediately, and to end the occupation permanently. That
said, I will only say, sadly, that all of this must come to
pass, as it was foretold that it would. Killing begets
killing. Murder can not be justified, even if you call it "war". When are people going to understand this? When God
Himself comes to judge, as He most certainly will? And when
this happens, who will dare act as an advocate for the
guilty? Who will dare to tell Him that it was at all
justified? I wouldn't want to be that person who dares to
contend with the living God. There's no future in it,
believe me and, contrary to the opinions of some, where God
is concerned it isn't a democracy. Everyone loves to
arrogantly and presumptuously trumpet, "God is on our side!"
But I ask them to humbly consider the question, "Who is on
God's side?" Your music is great, and very impressed by the many
unique styles you forge into your own original style. Was
wondering what type of recording mikes did you use for your
guitar and vocals during the Columbia years/records you
made, and did you use different mikes for your recent record
you made? Well, in the old days we did alot of combinational stuff,
meaning many microphones on single cabs. But I've found,
over the years, that you are far better off to use one
single mic on anything like that, and not have to deal with
the phasing issues. It takes a bit more work and a bit more
going out to the room to make adjustments, but in the end
it's worth it, because it sounds more natural. The Eye Of
The Storm album is a case in point. This album was done with
just one cabinet, one Shure SM57 (Dynamic, imagine that),
and a relatively small room at medium level. Vocals would
usually be done with a condenser, like a U87a or even an old
U47. and sometimes an Electrovoice CS15 or AKG 414. These
days I just stick with the U87 for my own voice, but the
microphone type should be matched to the voice of the
singer. A U87 on me sounds different than the same thing on
another person, so you've really got to listen and let your
ears be the judge. We used to use every kind of microphone
you could think of, and we did some pretty wierd stuff with
'em over the early years, but I believe that it all comes
down to simply finding the right combination for the right
cab, and so forth, and keeping the phase issues to a
minimum. I have more of a lower to midrange vocals, will to look
into the U87a or even an old U47 as you advised. Someone
told me there's also these tube mikes out in the market,
what's you're feedback regarding these types of mikes? Would
an old U47 be the ideal mike for my kind of vocal range? Like
I said, you can't just judge the mike until you've tried it on the
voice.
Some work wonders, and some
supposedly "great" mikes sound awful on some voices. The
problem has to do with what it is that makes a mike have a
certain sound in the first place. Basically, anything that
has a "sound" only has it due to out of phase cancellations
in certain frequency ranges, as well as in phase
multiplications in others. In short, a mike has what might
be best described as an "EQ" of it's own, though not done
electronically as much as acoustically. Now, if the
frequencies being suppressed on a given mike are not those
one would want to suppress for a given vocalist, then you
will find yourself trying to "put them back" by using EQ, so
the spiral of losses begins, which ultimately detracts from
the overall "reality" of the voice. Likewise, if that same
mike has an abundance of resonance at frequencies that are
not desirable, then you go back to the EQ to cut them, and
fall into the same trap. I guess that, by now, you've
guessed that I'm not a fan of using EQ if it can be helped.
On the other hand, "flat" mikes are really not very good for
voices, because what is considered technically "flat" is
absolutely undesirable for a pleasing sound, so once again,
back to the EQ for correction, right? The human ear hears
frequencies with an added emphasis in the midrange (1K and
slightly beyond), and as volume increases, the ear hears
these frequencies at a greater proportion to the rest, so
the louder you go, the more midrange you hear in proportion,
even if the original sound is flat. This is why you will
always see the graphic equalizers at a loud disco set up
with a "smile" EQ pattern. The mids are cut heavily so that
the ear puts them back at loud volume, and the music becomes
intelligible again at these volumes. Discos play music very
loud, so the "smile" is very deep on the graphic EQ. So,
there is no trick for mikes, except to try them. On a given
voice, one mike's natural boosts or cuts will "EQ" the voice
"acoustically" (or any other instrument, for that matter),
and this is always better than EQ done electronically, for a
host of reasons too numerous to explain here. Maybe I should
write some kind of column or something...heheheh. You have implyed that you yourself are not that pleased
with the Power of Rock and Roll album. Is that a
misconception from my side or have i gotten it right? I used to dislike it, but now I actually like more of it
than I don't. It had a bit to do with the fact that they
forced me to use that ridiculous cover, so I never listened
to it again after that. But upon further review, I actually
do like, even love, some of the tracks, most notably Ain't
Dead Yet, Running Wild, and two or three others. But I don't
like the title track very much. Where was the 1978 Live album recorded and where is the
rest of it? It is actually a compilation of twelve shows, or so,
edited into one. Done in the South, I believe. The missing
music is not the stuff on Tales. Maybe the future will allow
us to release it someday. I thought it would be great to hear you do an all
instrumental album of music that crosses over all styles of
psychedelic, jazz, blues and rock. Sort of like more songs
along the lines of Poppy. Any chance, comments? There's a reasonably good chance I'd do something like
that. We'll have to see how things pan out this year. Which guitar did you play March 26 at the Spectrum,
besides the Glynn that you played Strange Universe with? No, it was my usual one of the last few tours. The
modifed SG Les Paul style Guitar, with the DiMarzio
pickups. I've
been scanning the web reading reviews on various Uni Vibe pedals.
I came across
the Fulltone Deja Vibe website
and it had your name as a "devotee" listed there. If your
familiar with this product can you shed some light? Is this
the best sounding vibe pedal you've heard? I've read in the
past that you build, or have someone build, the pedals you
need..I'm going after a "Vintage" sound and this pedal (Deja
Vibe) seems to be the most favored unit. Well, there's really nothing quite like an original
Univibe. Some of the newer remakes sound a bit too...clean,
I guess. I have used the other one you mentioned, and it
works O.K., but I haven't really used it for awhile, mainly
because the guy who owns the company and I had a wee bit of
a misunderstanding over something a long while ago, and I
had put it away at the time. I never really went back to
using it, because I do have an original anyway which was
actually given to me by Rob Bizz. My own original is in
pieces and I've kind of been trying to put it back together
for awhile now. Although I've been listed on that page as
using that version of the pedal, that listing was put there
without me knowing about it, for a long time. It was when I
got in touch with the guy to tell him that there was an
error, that he offered to let me have one of the pedals in
return for the error. After that, like I said, a small
misunderstanding developed (he misunderstood something, not
me), and so I told him I would put the pedal away and did
(even though he said not to, to be fair), and I just kind of
forgot about it. I've never used it since, and I don't think
I ever will, to be perfectly honest. I try to use newer
stuff when it comes out but, more often than not, they just
don't sound as good as the older discreet component stuff.
So I tend to build and rebuild my own gear. 2003 Interview with Frank Marino Click here
to read the interview by Eric en Linda
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