A great video - good to see there are young warriors still putting it all out there. Happy 250 to all of you that have served and continue to serve. It has been one of the highlights of my life - except the motorpool days and most cooks.
Continuing the tradition of my buddy increasing his collection and then bringing them to me to check out - he recently picked up this 2018 Gretsch White Falcon.
For those of you who didn't know (like me when I asked him) the two red felted levers control the dampeners for the bass side or the treble side giving independent palm-style muting without having to use your palm... both or either can be engaged. The switch at the bottom by the plug is a standby switch and I'm sure other people on here can give you a run down of the others.
1974 Gretsch Super Chet. Yes, the tremolo is buttery smooth.
Continuing to share some photos and moments - here's our tour of Point du Hoc (it was about 3km east of our Airbnb) and the wind was cranking that day).
They have a lot of the place blocked off now and it's left to mother nature so the bomb craters and other items have started to fade a little over the last 82 years - the spot on top of the pillbox where Reagan gave his speech isn't accessible due to a barricade but you can get the idea of the height and sheer bravery of the Rangers involved.
Here's a video of the Rangers climbing it on the 75th Anniversary and gives a good view of the height. Here's an overview of the mission and the write up for Ranger Leonard Lomell.
Here's another quick video - I was walking down to get a perspective of the distance during low tide to the beach wall - the C-130s were flying back and forth in racetracks around Omaha, Utah and back through Grandcamp-Maisy. With the 30 mph winds that day I'm sure the aircrews were holding on tight.
For all you armor nerds, they had 10 or 12 of these things road ready and driving all over the place. If you ever get a chance to visit Normandy around the anniversary - you'll get to see every vehicle used by Allies / Axis still fully working and operators in full uniform mode.
To all of those that gave the their lives 82 years ago, both Americans and allies, we remember. Here’s some of the our visited memorials in France on this 82nd anniversary. All the way.
My buddy sent this from the track at NASCAR INDY NASCAR race today... said tents and crap blown to hell and back all over the in-field. TYFYS.
At Merlefest over the weekend and saw a Taylor Custom 9-string (I think they made 9 of them for this run). Sorry for the terrible pic but was in a hurry to get out of there and not buy it. The guys at Casino Guitars in Southern Pines may still have it if you're interested and it didn't sell on Sunday.
It played awesome.