New Toy for Mr Bonamassa

[Telerocker]

if you follow his Tweets for a while, it'll soon become clear...

Ok, I will have a twit at it. Or is it tweet or tw@t?

[Twinfan]

Dave, you wait until we take you to see Sayce, you'll positively defecate yourself!

Looking forward to it mate!

The gig, not the defecating...

[keith]

Thought he might have got a bank loan and bought Kossoff's Les Paul when he played it up here at the city hall in Newcastle

[FernandoDuarte]

and the Black Country Communion album was underwhelming.  There is something a bit "lacking" but I'm not sure what it is.

I listened to some videos of them on Youtube other day... I liked The Great Divide and One Last Soul a lot, the others not so much...

[Elliot]

I must say I didn't think that the 59 sounded particularly good - but then his sound was way processed and you can't play Steppin Out with a processed sound can you ?

[fbloke]

I must say I didn't think that the 59 sounded particularly good - but then his sound was way processed and you can't play Steppin Out with a processed sound can you ?

I agree completely - the only way to hear what makes a 59 special is to play it more or less clean through an old-fashioned amp like a Fender or similar.  As soon as you whack up the distortion you merely have a very nice fat Gibson tone.  It could be a 59, it could be a 59 re-issue or just a plain old Les Paul standard with Bareknuckles in.  For a true 59 tone you have to listen to the 1st half of Brown Sugar by ZZ Top.  That is the pinnacle of Les Paul tone.

[Philly Q]

I must say I didn't think that the 59 sounded particularly good - but then his sound was way processed and you can't play Steppin Out with a processed sound can you ?

I agree completely - the only way to hear what makes a 59 special is to play it more or less clean through an old-fashioned amp like a Fender or similar.  As soon as you whack up the distortion you merely have a very nice fat Gibson tone.  It could be a 59, it could be a 59 re-issue or just a plain old Les Paul standard with Bareknuckles in.  For a true 59 tone you have to listen to the 1st half of Brown Sugar by ZZ Top.  That is the pinnacle of Les Paul tone.

I was watching Jeff Beck's "Rock'n'Roll Party" DVD the other day.  It's basically a Les Paul tribute concert during which he plays all sorts of guitars - Gretsch Duo-Jet, Gibson L-5, various Teles, his regular Strat and a reissue(?) Les Paul.  He used the Strat for the more contemporary songs, but I was surprised to hear the cleanest, brightest tones coming from the LP - even on the neck pickup!

I must admit, the fat, distorted tone is what I envisage when I think "Gibson".

[Afghan Dave]

Beck can make ANYTHING sound like ANYWAY he wants... blows my mind  :?

[hunter]

I love some of his songs, my favourite being "So Many Roads". If he would compose more of his solos like on this track, I would be much more into him. But I agree that live he falls into repetitive patterns a lot. He is miles away from the versatility of an early 70s Page, or the melodic qualities of a pre Blues era Moore.

He lacks a bit of dynamics in his speed, he is too much in 4th/5th gear for my taste.

As said, if he'd do more down the lines of "So many roads" I would be spending much more time on his music.

[hunter]

Got inspired ... did a clip ... http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=23899.0
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