Spudmurphy
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I had a DVD recorder for Christmas - one that you can transfer from VHS - HD - DVD.
So I had a play around with it and transferred one of my brother's TV programs from VHS to DVD.
Let me explain - in TV/Film circles my brother (Gerald) is a well known designer and designs the sets for TV and film productions.
Programs he has worked on include major productions from the Albert Hall, Sydney
Opera House etc. Period progs for the BBC - District Nurse.
He has also done 3 series with that German Professor guy who cuts up human bodies on TV ( yeah in the "coldness" of internet type that sounds totally gruesome but the program was riveting!!)
Anyway, onto the subject of the thread, He worked on a show back in 1998 for the BBC, called "Still Rockin'" and the artists involved were all Welsh - Dave Edmunds, Pino Palladino, Mickey Gee, Gerraint Watkins, Andy Fairweather-Low, Henry Spinetti, Ahran Ahmun.
Mt brother knew jack 5h!t about guitars and when he showed me sketches I cringed!!
I told him that it had to be a Telecaster. He also went for a Les Paul shaped stage with Piano keys in the background and a giant Plectrum - it sounds naff, but when it was all lit up by the lighting director, it was amazing!!
Anyway - I grabbed some screen shots from the DVD to show you the giant guitar.
It was kept in storage for a while and was eventually destroyed.
I hadn't been introduced to EB guitars then otherwise I would have got him to use an EB guitar (with permission of course!)
After the show I hung around with Dave Edmunds and Pino and had a blast!!
Here's the opening credit which was a fluid animation cutting away and going into the actual headstock decal
Heres the giant guitar
here's a shot of the Les Paul Stage & the end credit with "big Bro" Murphy!!
So I had a play around with it and transferred one of my brother's TV programs from VHS to DVD.
Let me explain - in TV/Film circles my brother (Gerald) is a well known designer and designs the sets for TV and film productions.
Programs he has worked on include major productions from the Albert Hall, Sydney
Opera House etc. Period progs for the BBC - District Nurse.
He has also done 3 series with that German Professor guy who cuts up human bodies on TV ( yeah in the "coldness" of internet type that sounds totally gruesome but the program was riveting!!)
Anyway, onto the subject of the thread, He worked on a show back in 1998 for the BBC, called "Still Rockin'" and the artists involved were all Welsh - Dave Edmunds, Pino Palladino, Mickey Gee, Gerraint Watkins, Andy Fairweather-Low, Henry Spinetti, Ahran Ahmun.
Mt brother knew jack 5h!t about guitars and when he showed me sketches I cringed!!
I told him that it had to be a Telecaster. He also went for a Les Paul shaped stage with Piano keys in the background and a giant Plectrum - it sounds naff, but when it was all lit up by the lighting director, it was amazing!!
Anyway - I grabbed some screen shots from the DVD to show you the giant guitar.
It was kept in storage for a while and was eventually destroyed.
I hadn't been introduced to EB guitars then otherwise I would have got him to use an EB guitar (with permission of course!)
After the show I hung around with Dave Edmunds and Pino and had a blast!!
Here's the opening credit which was a fluid animation cutting away and going into the actual headstock decal
Heres the giant guitar
here's a shot of the Les Paul Stage & the end credit with "big Bro" Murphy!!
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