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Title: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: hunter on June 13, 2009, 07:15:32 AM

1. Tone is in the fingers.

2. Less gain and treble, more volume = tone.

AMAZING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgdutLwjTb0&feature=player_embedded
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: gwEm on June 13, 2009, 11:29:55 AM
damn you hunter! now i'll be listening to UFO and MSG all day ;)

though it is a really good clip, i'm unsure if neck bending to get dive bomb effects is a strategy i will be adopting myself.
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: Philly Q on June 13, 2009, 11:48:40 AM
God, last time I saw him he was stumbling around and couldn't play a note.  What a difference!  He even looks like some of his hair grew back!  :lol:

Nice to hear (if not see) Gary Barden.  And he has Pete Holmes from Black 'n Blue on drums!
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: Will on June 13, 2009, 12:47:03 PM
damn you hunter! now i'll be listening to UFO and MSG all day ;)

But you are not going to turn down your treble and gain? :P

Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: hunter on June 13, 2009, 12:50:09 PM
damn you hunter! now i'll be listening to UFO and MSG all day ;)

But you are not going to turn down your treble and gain? :P



Only if I can turn up the volume really high.
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: Davey on June 13, 2009, 05:29:28 PM
he's a MONSTER, when he's got his groove on. lets hope he continues with being sober and on top of his game, cos it's really sad to watch when he's off his mind on all sorts of stuff
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on June 13, 2009, 06:27:39 PM
Wow - that was great
Glad to see him on good form again
Also great to have Gary back in MSG - for me he is the true voice of this band


Compare the new version to this awesome version from 1981 with the classic lineup of the band including Cozy Powell on drums
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22RdpmXWWg8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22RdpmXWWg8)
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: gwEm on June 13, 2009, 08:00:18 PM
in someways, i prefer the new version.. those neck bends still make me sick though.
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: keith on June 13, 2009, 08:23:09 PM
Great vid seems to have had a look at himself since I saw him the last time at the Rock and Blues Custom Show.............that was awful and I felt for the guy but.........  at least he's wearing sensible clothing again too

cheers

keith
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: Denim n Leather on June 13, 2009, 09:47:15 PM
Sorry, but I found that kinda boring!
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: Adam.M on June 13, 2009, 11:00:35 PM
Sorry, but I found that kinda boring!

Same.

Never liked Scorpions, never 'got' MSG.

Maybe one day, I'll get it.
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: Matt77 on June 14, 2009, 07:45:46 PM
I've always wanted to like his playing but for some reason something never clicked
I just see loads of other people from the same era that have a feel and technique I admire more
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: DeanS on June 15, 2009, 07:53:11 PM

1. Tone is in the fingers.

2. Less gain and treble, more volume = tone.

AMAZING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgdutLwjTb0&feature=player_embedded

His vibrato has always been the thing, for me anyway.
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: Afghan Dave on June 16, 2009, 01:45:37 AM
Sorry, but I found that kinda boring!

Same.

Never liked Scorpions, never 'got' MSG.

Maybe one day, I'll get it.

Thanks for helping me come out of the closet... I just don't get... it is really boring for me too.

I really LOVE the Scorpions more and more but that's and all the other MSG I've heard makes ZERO impact on me.  :?

(BTW - I think Matthias Jabs is way cooler too)
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: Dr. Vic on June 16, 2009, 08:10:11 AM
The tone is great, for sure, but.....8 minutes to watch and listen... that was tooooo long ! VERY boring !
This video leaves me as cold as ice.   PDT_026
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on June 16, 2009, 12:05:12 PM
Sorry, but I found that kinda boring!

Same.

Never liked Scorpions, never 'got' MSG.

Maybe one day, I'll get it.


Oh shame on you
Admittedly Lost Horizons is a tough example to use - a bit long etc

However I love Matthias Jabs so I wont argue there
Considering that Matthias had to fill Michaels boots to whatever extent  only makes me admire him more
Thanks for helping me come out of the closet... I just don't get... it is really boring for me too.

I really LOVE the Scorpions more and more but that's and all the other MSG I've heard makes ZERO impact on me.  :?

(BTW - I think Matthias Jabs is way cooler too)
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: gwEm on June 16, 2009, 12:11:45 PM
well, we discussed that once before jonothan... and as we agreed at the uli/scorpions concert at Hammersmith recently Jabs wasted Michael and Uli easily!
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: Philly Q on June 16, 2009, 01:21:04 PM
well, we discussed that once before jonothan... and as we agreed at the uli/scorpions concert at Hammersmith recently Jabs wasted Michael and Uli easily!

I think for some reason Jabs has never quite got over the "stand-in" tag, just because he replaced not one but two absolute legends in Scorpions.  Even when he first joined they shoved him aside to make room for Michael to come back.  And he's never written very much (until recently) which made him seem like just a sideman.

And somehow as a result of all that, I think we forget how good he is, so it always comes as a bit of a surprise!

On the live front he comes into his own.  He's always thoroughly professional and not off his face on drink or drugs - whereas Michael has at least a 50% chance of not even knowing what planet he's on that day.  And Uli, for different reasons, is also very much in his own little world.


The same thing happened to Tonka Chapman in UFO (the being overshadowed bit - he can probably outdo Michael in the constantly-ratarsed stakes!).  Great guitarist, totally under-appreciated.
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on June 20, 2009, 06:25:41 PM
Michael Schenker has just released dates for a London MSG gig at the Underworld in Camden - September 16th
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: James C on June 21, 2009, 10:21:38 AM
The only scorps album i have is the classic bites compilation, got to say that Mathias Jabs tone is awesome and he's got a very aggresive style when it comes to the lead work. But i bought strangers in the night on LP and its a league apart, Schenker on form is amazing for me he's got the mix of techniue and feel spot on.
Title: Re: HD Vid from Michael Schenker this month - amazing!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on June 21, 2009, 01:45:08 PM
Strangers in the night is an all time favourite of mine

Live at Budokan is also a great album for early MSG stuff