Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: MrBump on June 28, 2009, 11:42:29 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbhngojbrzQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbhngojbrzQ)
I'm always impressed when I hear his playing. One of the few guys around with an instantly recognisable tone, I think.
Interestingly, it looks like he has a locking nut on that strat. They destroy your tone, apparently...
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Mark.
Edit - actually, is it an Earvana nut..?
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It's a Wilkinson roller nut, which they used on the early Jeff Beck Strats. The current model has an LSR nut, I think, so presumably that's one of his old Strats with a big fat neck.
Beck's amazing and totally unique. But when I saw him a few years back, I must admit that by halfway through the show I was a bit tired of all the skronking noises and playing melodies with the whammy bar. I can only listen to him in small doses, after that I'm crying out for something simple!
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Spot on IMO Philly. I watched the live at ronnie scotts DVD a while ago. Very impressive playing but I found myself getting bored after the third song.
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Cute bass player. :D
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Is she really that cute, or do we just like her because she's a woman who plays a stringed electric instrument?
(I think she's pretty cute. :lol: )
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Always been a big fan of Jeff Beck, even though he's lost me sometimes with his forays into fusion etc.
I think he is at his "most listenable" when he has got a good singer fronting the band - Rod Stewart, Imogen Heap - particularly liked what I heard of the Beth Hart gigs...unfortunately Jeff didn't choose to put out any of her songs from the 2006 tour - only poor quality audience recordings available on YouTube.
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Never really 'got' beck, but hell, never really listened. Probably should try but...
Tal however, is great!
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I saw Jeff Beck in The House Of Blues in Las Vegas 3 years ago. It was a blinding gig. I've got a load of his albums and the studio stuff does have more balance to his playing.
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Never really 'got' beck, but hell, never really listened. Probably should try but...
Tal however, is great!
I suppose he's a bit like Marmite or Cornford amps - a lot of people like them , a lot of people don't.
One thing I have noticed is a lot of name guitarists rate Beck highly - Satriani, Vai, Blackmore, Hetfield, Clapton, Page etc. On the other hand when I play some JB to my son (who has a fairly wide taste in music) or the missus I can see that vacant look in their eyes......... :? :?
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I, too, intensely dislike Jeff Beck's 'music', Adam. You are not alone!
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A week or two ago there was a Jool Holland "the blues" special, and Beck was on this and really showed his technique off with a 3 piece band.
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Is she really that cute, or do we just like her because she's a woman who plays a stringed electric instrument?
(I think she's pretty cute. :lol: )
I'm sure she's cute! :D
Think the same of you about small doses... :D
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Think the same of you about small doses... :D
Are you suggesting that you only like Philly in small doses Fernando? Outrageous :lol:
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Think the same of you about small doses... :D
Are you suggesting that you only like Philly in small doses Fernando? Outrageous :lol:
I only come in small doses.
No.... let me rephrase that.... :?
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I only come in small doses.
A bit like Michael Jackson then, apart from the last word. :o
EDIT - I have had a few drinks tonight and realise, if you pardon the pun, that is a little below the belt.
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Think the same of you about small doses... :D
Are you suggesting that you only like Philly in small doses Fernando? Outrageous :lol:
:lol: Owned!
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:lol:
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It's a Wilkinson roller nut, which they used on the early Jeff Beck Strats. The current model has an LSR nut, I think, so presumably that's one of his old Strats with a big fat neck.
Nah he dislikes the big neck sigs that were made for him. Lots of info on his number 1 here :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4EBBPOr2no
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuzqjAQK4LY
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Philly Q 's quotes:Beck's amazing and totally unique. But when I saw him a few years back, I must admit that by halfway through the show I was a bit tired of all the skronking noises and playing melodies with the whammy bar. I can only listen to him in small doses, after that I'm crying out for something simple!
Agree !He is amazing and unique :) as a guitarist..Just record and listen to the best "songs" (parts) from the "Blow by blow"LP,you won't get bored (at least shouldn't :))!A few years ago,i watched him at the BBC Jools Holland show;at the end,he played an incredible version of "Brushed with the blues".Unbelievable feeling and control!
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Just record and listen to the best "songs" (parts) from the "Blow by blow"LP,you won't get bored (at least shouldn't :))!
I do like Blow By Blow and Wired - but again only in small doses, a couple of tracks at a time!
I prefer the old Jeff Beck Group stuff, like Truth and Beck-Ola (in the days when Rod Stewart wasn't a tw@t! :wink: )
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(in the days when Rod Stewart wasn't a tw@t! :wink: )
Are there really days when he wasn't a tw@t?
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Well, in absolute terms he probably was a tw@t all along, but at that point he was singing good songs in a good band - so at least musically he wasn't a tw@t.
(To be fair, the Faces stuff and even some of his early solo material is good too)