the movie’s early reviews have been positive. it has Rotten Tomatoes 82% fresh rating, the consensus states: “Imaginatively shot and edited, Metallica Through the Never is an electrifying, immersive concert film, though its fictional sequences are slightly less assured.” while Peter Travers of Rolling Stone has his opinion “a full-throttle expression of rock & roll anarchy”, and encouraged readers not to understand the plot, but to “live” it. Chris Tilly of IGN and Peter Rugg of The Village Voice stated a positive review as well. it is a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture and an electrifying, immersive concert film, something like a gigantic spectacle, a virtual-reality experience for every single fan of Metallica all over the world. in my opinion, this is the best Metallica’s achievement so far, and since Metallica is one of my favorites, there will be no spoilers here. you can watch the trailer, though.
Still Halloween and even scarier, the Frankenstrat
The Frankenstrat is Van Halen’s effort in combining the Fender appearance with classic Gibson guitar tonality. It was Gibson PAF humbucking bridge pickup, Floyd Rose tremolo and chrome hardware installed on ash Stratocaster body, maple neck and fretboard. Eddie painted it several times, and the now famous color combination is red body with white and black stripes.
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the Frankenstrat |
what he did is a heavy-modification. The Frankenstrat neck was continually being changed over times. and The first bridge was ’58 Fender tremolo then he changed it to Floyd Rose bridges. The placement of the 1971 quarter was a spontaneous addition when it was recruited to keep the Floyd Rose bridge flush on the body. even he took truck reflectors and put them at the rear of the body just for his fun moments, so is an eye hook to secure the straps.
now, is this scary enough for your Halloween?
here i share guitarworldvideos about van halen’s frankenstrat, a deep intimacy of van halen’s interview about it (go here for fender stratocaster highway one review)