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Post by Taildragger on Jul 13, 2021 23:52:08 GMT -5
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Post by MoJoe on Jul 14, 2021 1:33:54 GMT -5
Wow!
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Post by Taildragger on Jul 14, 2021 12:49:32 GMT -5
Guy sure knows his way around a whammy bar...
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Post by LeftyMeister on Jul 14, 2021 18:12:28 GMT -5
I've tried and tried and tried to like Beck, including this clip. Different strokes...
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Post by Taildragger on Jul 14, 2021 20:10:02 GMT -5
I hear you LM: I like the above clip and most of his early stuff a lot, but find some of his more recent stuff less appealing. I especially dislike a certain shrill, warbley, distorted, "synthy-sounding" flutter which I believe he gets simply by flicking the whammy bar (which he sets up in a rather unusual way). That not withstanding, I still really admire the originality of his playing and especially like his use of volumetric dynamics (loud/soft passages).
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Post by LeftyMeister on Jul 14, 2021 20:30:14 GMT -5
^^ I call it a bumble bee mating with a dolphin.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jul 14, 2021 20:55:50 GMT -5
I like the first track in the link. I think its a pretty unique approach and kudos to him for not being yet another aging pentatonic God.
No disrespect to Clapton and Page. 😄
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2021 1:51:45 GMT -5
Beck is still searching, which is what is cool. He was always doing micro-tonal stuff even on a Les Paul, but took it to another level. Like Gilmour, he also knows how to use the bar in a subtle way....I have friends who say they have no use for a tremelo bar, and on the odd chance they use it, I see why they shouldn't lol.
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Post by MoJoe on Jul 15, 2021 2:17:31 GMT -5
True dat. Digging that clip above. His famed machine-music albums, not so much.
Here's what I like about JB. Sorry Eric, no match. 😏
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Post by Taildragger on Jul 15, 2021 10:49:28 GMT -5
One of my favorite JB clips, MJ. Just wish the audio/video quality was better, but it was shot a LONG time ago.
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Post by Taildragger on Jul 15, 2021 10:51:54 GMT -5
Would've appreciated more talk from Beck, less from blathering music critics, but still worth a listen, IMHO:
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Post by MoJoe on Jul 15, 2021 14:41:36 GMT -5
Same all-out and take no prisoners energy with the Telly, just without a trem. Even more obvious against EC's *conservative* performance. 😎
JB for a rainy day. More talk, less music - some guy..
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jul 15, 2021 14:57:50 GMT -5
Jeez, how old was Tal Wilkenfeld in that vid? She looks about 12.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2021 18:31:28 GMT -5
wow! watching some of these clips. It's like there are players with better technique, speed-wise, two-hand, sweep, etc...but nowhere near the phrasing and dynamics...distinctive tone too. Most instrumental guitarists aren't this accessible to the non-guitar community.
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Post by Taildragger on Jul 15, 2021 18:39:06 GMT -5
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