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A Man's Got To Know His Limitations....
No, I can't say that I have. First off, until fairly recently, my "guitar heroes" were all folks known for their chops on acoustic guitars. Secondly, even though I finally embraced the electric guitar enough to enjoy playing and performing with one, that didn't happen until I was 40 years old, and I have a hard enough time trying to "sound like me" on an electric guitar without the added burden of trying to sound like someone else.
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My only electric is an SG. My guitar hero = Angus Young.
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2 rosewood teles - George Harrison
Rick Turner model 1 - Lindsey Buckingham Giffin Macro - because of who Roger Giffin is Strats - SRV and so many others Teles - for the same reasons Fender champs, princetons, and deluxes for the obvious reasons Sorry to be so vague, just too many reasons to list. |
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Hey Dru, thanks for the welcome and the props, it's just a partial list. Believe me, my gear far exceeds my play level. I just really love the guitar and everything about it. Thanks again
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Slappy,
That is awesome! Can you tell us a little bit about them? Why do you have two of them? They're way out of my price range but dreaming is free. |
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Gear is a tuff call. I always loved Vai tones, but was already a Carvin guy. You have to appreciate the strat tones of the greats. Zappa Carvin? ha had to go there
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Heroes
Did someone mentioned HEROES ?
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Ricfreak, what an amazing display of guitars!!! I've seen the pic before on another thread. Is this your guitar room?
Whos' the guitarist pictured behind the to Les Paul, next to Joe Satriani? Is it Jimmy Page? |
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There are a couple more 'heroes' not up there due to space limitation.....for example, BB King (Lucille), Al DiMeola (Prism). You are right , behind The LP is Jimmy Page. Gibson Jimmy Page No.2 |
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Like many, in terms of overdriven tones, early Larry Carlton playing his Gibson ES-335 through a Fender Tweed Deluxe on Steely Dan sessions and later on saturated blooming tones by him on a Mesa Boogie Mark I in his early solo work are quite influential.
Haunting, scooped clean blackface blues tones of Robben Ford playing a Fender Telecaster through a Fender Super Reverb or Stevie Ray Vaughan playing a Fender Stratocaster with a Vibroverb are also things that I go after. In terms of jazz, what's not to like about Wes Montegomery's thumb on a Gibson L5 through a Fender Twin or Howard Alden playing a 7-string Benedetto through a Polytone. I also love swing guitar tones and bluesier T-Bone tones from guys like Duke Robillard playing an Epiphone Zephyr Regent through a Fender Deluxe Reverb. What is interesting, is you don't need the exact guitars and amps to go after your influences (you'd be better off with 1/2 of their talent!). They do however provide inspiration when dialing in a guitar/amp sound and how you feel when you play.
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A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings… Last edited by iim7V7IM7; 03-07-2014 at 04:35 AM. |
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ADK - agreed. When I first started looking for an electric, after 40 years without one, I considered a Les Paul (Brian Robertson,Scott Gorham, Slash), a Gibson SG (Angus), a Rickebacker (Hootie). But the guitar that I always went back to was a Butterscotch Tele, due to my all time hero Springsteen, and also Mike Campbell. Is the iconic Springsteen one a converted Esquire though?
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Hero gear
The president of be bop. Joe Pass played mostly Gibson 175's which are waaay outta my price range, so I have and love his Epiphone signature model. The Joe Pass EmperorII. Great for jazz & rockabilly and the price on new ones is right. Mine is a 1999 Samick made and she's a beaut'.
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Paully Yamaha FG700S Dread Epiphone Joe Pass Hollowbody Electric Epiphone Les Paul Special 1 p90's Squier Stratocaster SE Yamaha Thr 5 v.2 Amp Behringer Ultracoustic AT-108 Amp Bugera V5 Infinium Amp Bugera 112 TS Cab Peavey PVi 100 Microphone Tascam DR05 Digital Recorder Cubase AI 6 |
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had a cry baby once but i tossed it (literally) for a morely bad horsie. not as classic sounding, but with only one moving part (the pedal), it's a whole species apart reliability wise. i don't really use a lot of pedals except for the wah, and a flanger. so whatever he used i don't. page rocked marshall's live, but i don't like them and never wanted one. i have a line 6 flextone and currently use a custom, the modern hi-gain, and the rectified settings. need to find a foot switch for that thing though. |