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Topic: Beck anyone? |
Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 8 Jun 2006 11:42 am |
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Wow! Beck sure demonstrates the possibilities of a Stratocaster.
Has anyone heard Ray Charles doing this tune on the Live At Newport LP? |
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Bob Martin
From:
Madison Tn
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Posted 8 Jun 2006 1:25 pm
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I don't know how he keeps that thing in tune and the great tone he get's with his thumb and fingers wow thanks Brad.
Bob |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Jun 2006 2:00 pm
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There's no one like Beck, he's totally unique. I have a live video where he plays The Beatles's "A Day In The Life" and it's pure magic..
Steinar
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"Play to express, not to impress"
www.gregertsen.com
Southern Moon Northern Lights
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2006 2:13 pm
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| Was that the Ray tune Drownin in my Own Tears? |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 8 Jun 2006 6:06 pm
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Great playing, I always loved JB on anything he played.
Last Oct I opened up for Jools's Big Band down here.
They was pretty good,
except there was 2 even better big bands here
the same week.
6 string bass player Laurence Cottle's
was just smoking 2 nights before. |
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Joseph Meditz
From:
Sierra Vista, AZ
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2006 11:53 pm
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| Thanks for posting the Beck links guys! I think as steel players, we should all pay attention to what Jeff does! |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 9 Jun 2006 1:21 am
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Thanx Brad
i've loved Jeff since day 1 & have prefered him to many of the English guitar heroes
he's quite a character & it does show in his way of playin'
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2006 2:39 am
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I guess everybody's already got Dave Ristrim's "Crisis at the Theme Park" CD, with his steel version of "Cause We've Ended as Lovers"? Primo stuff, there. Jeff Beck doesn't seem to understand that there's only SUPPOSED to be 12 tones in Western music, he's like the whammy bar and inside bend master. Not those wankery "guitar face" bends, the sneaky, quick inside ones... did anybody notice how he's got his whammy bar bent up special, to fit under his hand while he's still picking? No, equipment doesn't matter...  |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 9 Jun 2006 8:07 am
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I have loved Jeff Beck's playing since the '60's. The way he would splank and twiddle on the early stuff with the Jeff Beck Group (example: the fills and solos in "Goin' Down") making noises and having them fit "musically" I've often thought is akin to our own Speedy West...
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 9 Jun 2006 9:28 am
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| Somebody clarify for me: I always thought "Jeff Beck" and "Beck" were two different guys... no? |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 9 Jun 2006 9:33 am
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Yes, big difference, Jim.
Baby Boomer: Beck = Jeff Beck
Gen X: Beck = Beck
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2006 9:47 am
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I am also a fan of having a Strat trem set up to be able to raise or lower the string pitch.
I know the SRV method is lower only, which is more tuning stable.
I have mine set up to raise the A-5th string one full tone. Looks like Jeff Becks trem is even higher off the guitar body.
I tried an SRV Strat at a local shop and noted that it uses a Lefty trem on a righty guitar. I really liked the way it felt with regard to playing while having the trem bar in your palm.
My first Jeff Beck album back in HS was "Wired".
'Some cool tunes on that one.
Lead Boots!
~pb |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 9 Jun 2006 10:33 am
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I love watching him play with "bare fingers". Great tone and great control over that Strat. He really digs in.
The big question is... hairpiece or no hairpiece? That's a pretty big doo for a guy 62 years old! |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2006 10:33 am
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| As a finger-picker Strat player, I have bent the trem bar so that I can play it with my wrist. Works well for me.Lower only, stiff springs. [This message was edited by John Billings on 09 June 2006 at 11:46 AM.] |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 9 Jun 2006 6:45 pm
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Jeff Beck may well be the finest rock and roll guitar player, EVER!!
He's the closest thing to Chet Atkins I've ever seen---Put him with a jazz player, the jazz guy will (perhaps) have more/better chops, but Jeff is gonna add something musical to the mix---Probably BLISTER some country, huh? |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 11:49 am
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Jeff Beck first got his fingers moving learning Cliff Gallup's guitar parts from Gene Vincent records, so he's got that rockabilly influence kicking around in there somewhere still. He even released a tribute album, "Crazy Legs", that some people criticized because it was too much tribute and not enough Beck.
(A lot of people don't know that Stevie Ray Vaughan was an aspiring surf guitarist at one time... sucked under by the blues, what a waste, huh! ) |
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Joseph Meditz
From:
Sierra Vista, AZ
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Mark Vinbury
From:
N. Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 5:08 am
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Aside from Jeff's "it's all in the hands" tone,I really liked seeing Jen Batten with her hair down. Great combination these two.
Here's another with them. Jeff on slide
And bleeding,it looks like!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE8I5seKJjM&mode=related&search=jeff%20beck [This message was edited by Mark Vinbury on 11 August 2006 at 06:39 AM.] |
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Chuck S. Lettes
From:
Denver, Colorado
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 7:52 am
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Thanks, Brad. St. Jeff is one of my heroes. I can see why he is one of George Martin's favorite guitarists.
Chuck |
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