R.I.P. Clarence!

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Clarence Clemons dies from stroke complications.

Clarence Clemons, the 69-year-old saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1970, passed away on Saturday.

Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen's longtime saxophone player and a legend in the music industry, died Saturday from complications following a stroke he suffered about a week ago.

Clemons' sax has been one of the most defining elements of the E Street Band's sound. He has suffered from numerous ailments over the last few years. He had double knee surgery and even had to perform from a wheelchair at one point.

But his health seemed to be improving. Just last month, he performed with Lady Gaga on the season finale of "American Idol."

Clemons scored a Top 20 hit in 1985 with the song "You're a Friend of Mine," a duet with Jackson Browne that appears on Clemons' album "Hero." Clemons was 69 years old.

The Newark Star-Ledger reports that: "Springsteen's oft-told story of his initial meeting with Clemons felt Biblical: with a lightning storm raging outside, the Big Man tore the door off an Asbury Park club, strode onstage, and made magic. Springsteen would later immortalize this meeting in "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out," a song on "Born to Run.""

Clemons was born in Norfolk, Va., to a Baptist minister who had no love for rock 'n' roll, The Star-Ledger reports. However, he got a saxophone at age 9, and when a car accident ruined his budding football career after college, he dedicated himself to music.

Right well, thanks for all the advice, i think i'll wait about a year for a 1200 then. Or i could wait half a year for a 1000...but the idea of having a 1200 is just unimaginable. I can't even think of playing a guitar that good! 1000 is pretty good too from the sounds of things. Guess i'll just have to see how things turn out.

Micro Cube sound check

Cube - it's about g.d. time I can say this to you ~ HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! I just hope the kid grows up to look like his mother ;-) j/k hon. lol!

Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there!

Happy Fathers Day Dad's, hope you have a wonderful relaxing day..I did, and what a nice dinner I had with all the shrimp tenpura I could eat thanks to my girls :-)

Zenfish: Thanks for the heads up on the cube amp..that demo you did is great, so clean and sweet, and dirty when it needs to be..You touch a little of VAI substance in there..I like it and also think Eric Johnson would agree Zen :-)

ovation1 - BigBunny: Enjoy, and there are lots of peeps that play an 8..Tony MacAlpine does as well, and I like what you can do with it..the tonal destruction is endless!! :-)

i saw Tony with Steve on the G3 Oz tour in 2006... but i couldn't tell he was playing an 8 string O_o like wow

i'm listening to Soraya right now and the Satch & Vai influences are right there tickling my eardrums >=;P but i know it's not them... it's not Joe O_o who has this tone??

edit: oh, how many albums do AAL have?

Ovation _ thx for the check & so kind comment.. this demo is far to be perfect, but it's just a free demo, done after an hard week.. i do it all without guitar pic.

Still thx.

Micro Cube is an amazing small machine.

So is edge or edge pro better? Obviously they must both be awesome to be used in such a great thing as the 1200 :)

Are either of them used in the 1000?

Sorry for so many questions, I just want to make sure that when i do eventually get enough for one, i want to be getting the best guitar. Obviously the 1200 is the best, but i'd have to wait for probably about 1-2 years to get that. Ill be getting a part time job soon though, so that should knock a year off the waiting time. :)

Ibanezebra- one more thing when it comes to looks of the js 1200 and js 1000 ya the black pearl is sparkly and nice but my opinion the js 1200 candy apple red is so nice!! When i ordered mine i have never seen it before just in the guitar catalog, when ups came to my door and i opened it up even the ups man stood their at my door so he could see it i told him what it was we were both stunded at the first sight of that shinny new candy apple red beauty!! Just my opinion man the ca is awsome!! But pretty much any js is gonna be good!!!

CUBE- Hey man happy fathers day hope you and the family are doing well man!! Its been pissing rain out here in alberta ! Hope ya have sun so ya can enjoy the day!!!

BigBunny: I believe Tony was only playing a 7 on that tour, but he also uses an 8 now..he is a musical genius as well, and AAL have only a debut album released, but I read their new album is finished, and s/b released soon! :-) I love the fact that Tosin is giving you the same vibe as me, cause I hear Joe and Steve in there, but not in there, lol....

Zenfish: Again, fine work my friend, the tones w/o a pic are true string to finger, and Richie Kotzen also knows this..kudos bro :-)