The origins of Rigtalk?

Shask":13k5x4dv said:
Yes, I remember it all, lol. Good times. I was first on HC in 1996.

I didnt even have internet lol. Maybe dial up idk. Definitely didn't know what a forum was.
 
maddnotez":1bkkt7rp said:
Shask":1bkkt7rp said:
Yes, I remember it all, lol. Good times. I was first on HC in 1996.

I didnt even have internet lol. Maybe dial up idk. Definitely didn't know what a forum was.


Same here lol....hell I didn't even have a puter back then(only 1 guy I knew had one). I remember, whoa man....you have a computer :LOL: :LOL: !
 
sutepaj":1vejgros said:
Anyone remember BILL LEE aka *I STARE AT THE SUN AND LAUGH*. That guy was something else, and then he died but nobody believed he was actually dead.

That was bizarre. He'd call me to talk about an amp he wanted me to build and get progressively more drunk during the call, rather quickly, and was so drunk he'd make no sense. During one call he mentioned mixing pills with booze was kind of his thing. Um...no...not a good idea... Well shortly afterwards someone found his obituary. I still wonder if that was some elaborate troll.
 
No James, he was a real person and did die. He had some clips, some ruled. I just feel he flew a little too close to the sun.
 
sutepaj":4hspgyoy said:
No James, he was a real person and did die. He had some clips, some ruled. I just feel he flew a little too close to the sun.

I've known some other trolls (AHEM!) to have "clips that prove they're not trolls" too, Brian. :)
 
Sgtthump":3sg8q4il said:
A friend sent over a link to this thread. Laughed reading the replies! Ha ha. Those really were some fun times!

Remember when Kage and Carl met in real life at Carl’s apartment in NY and got along fine? Then returned to bashing each other online shortly after that? Ha That was when bashing meant racial jokes and all kinds of other crazy mean stuff. Was funny, though. :)

PS - I was the first user account, but either Mitch or Brad was pissed at me and deleted it.

Chris

Hey Chris,

Hope your well. I did not delete it.

Brad
 
mhenson42":o3ecklwh said:
Bob and Chris started it after the HCAF exodus in 2006. Then there was some sort of falling out and Chris left. They sold it on eBay and Brad bought it. Then he sold/let it go when he had legal issues.

FYI...I did buy it on ebay for $2.5K from Chris and Bob. I sold it to a french company, Audiofanzine for $25K not to long after I bought it. My issues which forced me to leave the board were years later.
 
King Guitar":xkxc531z said:
mhenson42":xkxc531z said:
Bob and Chris started it after the HCAF exodus in 2006. Then there was some sort of falling out and Chris left. They sold it on eBay and Brad bought it. Then he sold/let it go when he had legal issues.

FYI...I did buy it on ebay for $2.5K from Chris and Bob. I sold it to a french company, Audiofanzine for $25K not to long after I bought it. My issues which forced me to leave the board were years later.
Brad, for whatever its worth at this point, I much preferred the Brad version of RT to the current, You always did right by me :yes:
Just sayin..
 
I was first on HC in the chat room when they had that. Probably around 1996 or 97? Not sure, but a long time ago.

I liked chat way more than the forum. I liked the “real time” interaction. When they shut that down, I moved over to the HC forum.

Good times! I stopped being a bonehead online many years ago. I used to jump in the middle of any argument to get everyone riled up. It sure was fun, but seems kinda stupid now. Lol

Chris
 
maddnotez":2byrqyr5 said:
Shask":2byrqyr5 said:
Yes, I remember it all, lol. Good times. I was first on HC in 1996.

I didnt even have internet lol. Maybe dial up idk. Definitely didn't know what a forum was.

Yes, had to log in through AOL, lol.

I think I found HC through the reviews first. Who would not want to find more on a website that had reviews from Rip Glitter!

Lol!
 
sutepaj":x0251g36 said:
danyeo":x0251g36 said:
Who remembers SteveVHT getting the forum into a frenzy over his fuckaroobonzai thread on how awesome the JVM was going to be, then he had a big group buy.I actually got in on that one, it was legit. I just didn't like the JVM and sold it.

Sooo many Cameron threads and Cameron hype and BS. There's a thread on TGP now on Cameron which even got rockinchippi to chime in on. Glad I never lost money on any Scameron amp. :LOL: :LOL: No I didn't get taken on the 357 Choppers BS either.

And last I checked xixixix was on his 16th Powerball amp. What's DerekB been up to? :rock:

No response on the 357 customs talk above? LOL, just kidding with you brother. Good to think about good times of the past. Whoops saw you did address it lol. You know what though, xixixix was always a really cool guy..he was just misinformed and wealthy. I always told him JUST KEEP AN AMP FOR A WEEK...but he was just never happy. We make fun of guys turning an amp around in a week now...he was turning amps over in 6 hours!! :LOL: :LOL:


Remember when xixixi bought the $700 Rectos and got a box full of cardboard?
 
danyeo":2941uycn said:
sutepaj":2941uycn said:
danyeo":2941uycn said:
Who remembers SteveVHT getting the forum into a frenzy over his fuckaroobonzai thread on how awesome the JVM was going to be, then he had a big group buy.I actually got in on that one, it was legit. I just didn't like the JVM and sold it.

Sooo many Cameron threads and Cameron hype and BS. There's a thread on TGP now on Cameron which even got rockinchippi to chime in on. Glad I never lost money on any Scameron amp. :LOL: :LOL: No I didn't get taken on the 357 Choppers BS either.

And last I checked xixixix was on his 16th Powerball amp. What's DerekB been up to? :rock:

No response on the 357 customs talk above? LOL, just kidding with you brother. Good to think about good times of the past. Whoops saw you did address it lol. You know what though, xixixix was always a really cool guy..he was just misinformed and wealthy. I always told him JUST KEEP AN AMP FOR A WEEK...but he was just never happy. We make fun of guys turning an amp around in a week now...he was turning amps over in 6 hours!! :LOL: :LOL:


Remember when xixixi bought the $700 Rectos and got a box full of cardboard?

No shit...?? this really happened??
 
Sgtthump":2mk7sg09 said:
I was first on HC in the chat room when they had that. Probably around 1996 or 97? Not sure, but a long time ago.

I liked chat way more than the forum. I liked the “real time” interaction. When they shut that down, I moved over to the HC forum.

Good times! I stopped being a bonehead online many years ago. I used to jump in the middle of any argument to get everyone riled up. It sure was fun, but seems kinda stupid now. Lol

Chris

Didn't you get a lot of panties in a wad for saying that when Riffy posted clips of 20 different amps they all sounded the same? Which they did? Except for the time when riffy just posted the Steve Stevens version Rebel Yell without the vocals and claimed he was playing it. He did the same thing with some Ratt clips, he just lifted the vocals out of the song and claimed he was playing all the guitars. Just weird when he was a pretty damm good player on his own!
 
MrDowntown":3pgs1k6s said:
danyeo":3pgs1k6s said:
sutepaj":3pgs1k6s said:
danyeo":3pgs1k6s said:
Who remembers SteveVHT getting the forum into a frenzy over his fuckaroobonzai thread on how awesome the JVM was going to be, then he had a big group buy.I actually got in on that one, it was legit. I just didn't like the JVM and sold it.

Sooo many Cameron threads and Cameron hype and BS. There's a thread on TGP now on Cameron which even got rockinchippi to chime in on. Glad I never lost money on any Scameron amp. :LOL: :LOL: No I didn't get taken on the 357 Choppers BS either.

And last I checked xixixix was on his 16th Powerball amp. What's DerekB been up to? :rock:

No response on the 357 customs talk above? LOL, just kidding with you brother. Good to think about good times of the past. Whoops saw you did address it lol. You know what though, xixixix was always a really cool guy..he was just misinformed and wealthy. I always told him JUST KEEP AN AMP FOR A WEEK...but he was just never happy. We make fun of guys turning an amp around in a week now...he was turning amps over in 6 hours!! :LOL: :LOL:


Remember when xixixi bought the $700 Rectos and got a box full of cardboard?

No shit...?? this really happened??

Yup, not sure if he ever got his money back. I think was loaded so losing $700 didn't matter much to him though.
 
I lurked on HCAF for a while, but got sucked in around '04 when a mega-thread started about some soft-porn site with Nikki Nextdoor (or something like that). Someone went off about her "midget thumbs" and I was hooked. :LOL: :LOL:
 
danyeo":2ch0icht said:
Who remembers SteveVHT getting the forum into a frenzy over his fuckaroobonzai thread on how awesome the JVM was going to be, then he had a big group buy.I actually got in on that one, it was legit. I just didn't like the JVM and sold it.

Sooo many Cameron threads and Cameron hype and BS. There's a thread on TGP now on Cameron which even got rockinchippi to chime in on. Glad I never lost money on any Scameron amp. :LOL: :LOL: No I didn't get taken on the 357 Choppers BS either.

And last I checked xixixix was on his 16th Powerball amp. What's DerekB been up to? :rock:


Laughing! I remember all of this. Roland sure loved the Powerball. I had one but sold it after a few months. Derek closed Rock Solid Amps and now owns a vape store. The world keeps changing. I remember DerekB and Wizard of Ozz having huge shitstorm arguments too. :LOL: :LOL:
 
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