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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae0nwSv6cTU
Jaco Pastorius on Bass and Drums in this track
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSUk8bSVHYc
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Welcome to ROD @Mr. Walker !!!!
Hope you enjoy the board! There's a lot of great folk around here and things to do. We like to use this thread to share whatever music happens to be turning us on at the moment. Please contribute if you wish. Here's one for ya from a favorite artist of mine also named Walker:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o26HgKCcT0
Hope you enjoy the board! There's a lot of great folk around here and things to do. We like to use this thread to share whatever music happens to be turning us on at the moment. Please contribute if you wish. Here's one for ya from a favorite artist of mine also named Walker:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o26HgKCcT0
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And now, for some real fucking musical genius. A good Reggae beat can almost make anyone sound good...
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Hey there @RAMSinLA Welcome to ROD! I got a Jerry Jeff song for you too:
View: http://youtu.be/sLAuzVb-C_o
View: http://youtu.be/sLAuzVb-C_o
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Happy 70th birthday Eric Clapton.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up5r2wA0_B0
http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/eric-claptons-five-fab-guitars/51503
Eric Clapton’s Five Fab Guitars
BY BARRY CLEVELAND
There are lots of “guitars of the stars”-style coffee table books out there, including many containing photos of iconic instruments owned at one time by Eric Clapton. The tome Six-String Stories is unique, however, as the guitarist’s reminiscences fill the book’s 376 pages, alongside extensive specs and other background information on nearly 300 instruments.
The book is published by Genesis Publications and limited to 2,000 copies, signed by Clapton (approximately $568 direct). The proceeds benefit Clapton’s Crossroads Centre Antigua. Visit Genesis Publications for more information.
Here are a few excerpts.
1964 GIBSON ES-335TDC
Serial Number: 67473
Body: Double cutaway thinline semi-hollow, maple, f-holes, maple center block, cherry red finish
Neck: Mahogany, 22 frets, rosewood fingerboard with block inlays
Headstock: Pearl Gibson logo, crown inlay, black 3-ply (black/white/ black) truss cover engraved ‘Custom’
Bridge: Nickel-plated Tune-o-matic with stop tailpiece
Pickguard: Black 5-ply (black/white/black/white /black)
Pickups: Two humbucking with nickel-plated covers
Controls: Two volume, two tone
Switches: 3-position pickup selector
“I think the cherry Gibson ES-335 was really acceptable on every front. It was a rock guitar, a blues guitar— the real thing. Even in those days I may have had reservations about Fenders, in that they were solid, whereas this one was semi-acoustic. What I love about Fenders now I would probably have held in a little bit of contempt in those days, in that they didn’t have any purfling down the side of the neck, and so on.
This guitar had all the finish you would ever want and all the credibility a guitar needed at that time. The fact that Alexis Korner and I played those Kays was because you couldn’t get these Gibsons in England—you didn’t see them. You got copies, German guitars like Hagstroms, Hofner. I bought this brand new either from Denmark Street or Charing Cross Road.
“The ES-335 is beautiful, and I loved it. It was played regularly over the years. It got on albums, it never really changed. It never got old, it never wore down. It never lost anything. I’d play it now. Anything that’s been that long in my life and is still functional— there aren’t too many things that can command that kind of respect. I’ve had no cars that long for instance. There are no other tools in my life that have been as long-serving.”
1956 FENDER STRATOCASTER “BROWNIE”
Serial Number: 12073
Body: Alder, sunburst finish, dated 6-56
Neck: Maple with skunk-stripe truss rod routing, 21 frets, maple fingerboard with dot inlays. Neck date and initials XA-6-56 written in pencil
Bridge: Synchronised tremolo
Pickguard: White single-ply
Controls: One volume, two tone
Pickups: Three single-coil
Switches: 5-position pickup selector with white switch tip (replaced original 3-position pickup selector sometime in the 1970s)
“With Delaney and Bonnie I used my old Stratocaster, Brownie, which was really, really good— a great sound. It was just right for the kind of music I was playing with them.
“I think Brownie dictated the way I played to a certain extent. Because the Strat has less sustain— it’s harder to bend on and harder to hold the bends and apply vibrato— I play more notes. I didn’t look at the change from Gibson to Fender as ‘I’m done with that.’ It was more a case of wanting to try something else.”
1969 ZEMAITIS CUSTOM 12-STRING “IVAN THE TERRIBLE”
Body: Rosewood back and sides, cedar top, decorative back stripe with heart inlays, inlaid heart motif on top’s lower bout, natural finish
Neck: 7-ply laminated maple and walnut, 18 frets, bound ebony fingerboard with silver heart inlays, silver nut
Headstock: Three silver four-leaf clover inlays, silver heart-shaped truss rod cover engraved ‘Eric Clapton’
Bridge: Ebony pin bridge with silver four-leaf clover inlays, silver engraved bridge pins and saddle
Soundhole: Heart-shaped with purple heart amaranth heart inlays, ebony edging
“I finally got to meet Tony Zemaitis in the mid ’60s. I asked him to make a 12-string for me, bigger than he’d ever done before and inlaid with silver. I wanted it to be incredibly ornate. I wanted to explore everything we could. The heart shape and the four-leaf clover on the headstock were my ideas.
So he made this guitar, it probably took about a year, and it was massive. It’s reputed to be the biggest 12-string in the world. It’s about the same dimensions as a mariachi bass. Tony really did a beautiful job. I used it with Blind Faith and I did some other material with it.
“I was involved in a very, very stormy relationship at the time. During one of our big rows, I took the guitar and I demolished it. I took it by the neck and I banged it against the wall until there was nothing left. Then about five years later—I still had the neck—I took it back to Tony and said, ‘I’ve got to tell you a terrible story, forgive me I can’t bear to be without it,’ and I apologized and made all the excuses I could think of. He was shocked, but he understood, so he built another body onto the neck. So this is Mark 2—the first one was destroyed, but the neck is original.”
1980 SANTA CRUZ F
Serial Number: 13
Body: Maple back and sides, spruce top, bound, sunburst finish
Neck: Mahogany, 20 frets, bound ebony fingerboard with slotted diamond inlays
Headstock: ‘SCGC’ logo inlay
Bridge: Ebony ‘belly’ pin bridge
Pickguard: Imitation tortoiseshell
“I don’t play the electric guitar much at home. In the ’80s, I usually played these acoustics that I got from the Santa Cruz Guitar Company because they had a nice sound.”
1995 GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM FLORENTINE
Serial Number: 5 9476
Body: Mahogany, single cutaway, maple top with f-holes, sunburst finish
Neck: Mahogany, 22 frets, bound ebony fingerboard with block inlays
Headstock: Split diamond inlay, Gibson custom shop transfer on back
Bridge: Gold-plated Tune-o-matic with stop tailpiece
Pickups: Two single-coil Alnico V soapbar pickups
Controls: Two volume, two tone
Switches: 3-position pickup selector
“I used this guitar primarily for writing.”
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up5r2wA0_B0
http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/eric-claptons-five-fab-guitars/51503
Eric Clapton’s Five Fab Guitars
BY BARRY CLEVELAND
There are lots of “guitars of the stars”-style coffee table books out there, including many containing photos of iconic instruments owned at one time by Eric Clapton. The tome Six-String Stories is unique, however, as the guitarist’s reminiscences fill the book’s 376 pages, alongside extensive specs and other background information on nearly 300 instruments.
The book is published by Genesis Publications and limited to 2,000 copies, signed by Clapton (approximately $568 direct). The proceeds benefit Clapton’s Crossroads Centre Antigua. Visit Genesis Publications for more information.
Here are a few excerpts.
1964 GIBSON ES-335TDC
Serial Number: 67473
Body: Double cutaway thinline semi-hollow, maple, f-holes, maple center block, cherry red finish
Neck: Mahogany, 22 frets, rosewood fingerboard with block inlays
Headstock: Pearl Gibson logo, crown inlay, black 3-ply (black/white/ black) truss cover engraved ‘Custom’
Bridge: Nickel-plated Tune-o-matic with stop tailpiece
Pickguard: Black 5-ply (black/white/black/white /black)
Pickups: Two humbucking with nickel-plated covers
Controls: Two volume, two tone
Switches: 3-position pickup selector
“I think the cherry Gibson ES-335 was really acceptable on every front. It was a rock guitar, a blues guitar— the real thing. Even in those days I may have had reservations about Fenders, in that they were solid, whereas this one was semi-acoustic. What I love about Fenders now I would probably have held in a little bit of contempt in those days, in that they didn’t have any purfling down the side of the neck, and so on.
This guitar had all the finish you would ever want and all the credibility a guitar needed at that time. The fact that Alexis Korner and I played those Kays was because you couldn’t get these Gibsons in England—you didn’t see them. You got copies, German guitars like Hagstroms, Hofner. I bought this brand new either from Denmark Street or Charing Cross Road.
“The ES-335 is beautiful, and I loved it. It was played regularly over the years. It got on albums, it never really changed. It never got old, it never wore down. It never lost anything. I’d play it now. Anything that’s been that long in my life and is still functional— there aren’t too many things that can command that kind of respect. I’ve had no cars that long for instance. There are no other tools in my life that have been as long-serving.”
1956 FENDER STRATOCASTER “BROWNIE”
Serial Number: 12073
Body: Alder, sunburst finish, dated 6-56
Neck: Maple with skunk-stripe truss rod routing, 21 frets, maple fingerboard with dot inlays. Neck date and initials XA-6-56 written in pencil
Bridge: Synchronised tremolo
Pickguard: White single-ply
Controls: One volume, two tone
Pickups: Three single-coil
Switches: 5-position pickup selector with white switch tip (replaced original 3-position pickup selector sometime in the 1970s)
“With Delaney and Bonnie I used my old Stratocaster, Brownie, which was really, really good— a great sound. It was just right for the kind of music I was playing with them.
“I think Brownie dictated the way I played to a certain extent. Because the Strat has less sustain— it’s harder to bend on and harder to hold the bends and apply vibrato— I play more notes. I didn’t look at the change from Gibson to Fender as ‘I’m done with that.’ It was more a case of wanting to try something else.”
1969 ZEMAITIS CUSTOM 12-STRING “IVAN THE TERRIBLE”
Body: Rosewood back and sides, cedar top, decorative back stripe with heart inlays, inlaid heart motif on top’s lower bout, natural finish
Neck: 7-ply laminated maple and walnut, 18 frets, bound ebony fingerboard with silver heart inlays, silver nut
Headstock: Three silver four-leaf clover inlays, silver heart-shaped truss rod cover engraved ‘Eric Clapton’
Bridge: Ebony pin bridge with silver four-leaf clover inlays, silver engraved bridge pins and saddle
Soundhole: Heart-shaped with purple heart amaranth heart inlays, ebony edging
“I finally got to meet Tony Zemaitis in the mid ’60s. I asked him to make a 12-string for me, bigger than he’d ever done before and inlaid with silver. I wanted it to be incredibly ornate. I wanted to explore everything we could. The heart shape and the four-leaf clover on the headstock were my ideas.
So he made this guitar, it probably took about a year, and it was massive. It’s reputed to be the biggest 12-string in the world. It’s about the same dimensions as a mariachi bass. Tony really did a beautiful job. I used it with Blind Faith and I did some other material with it.
“I was involved in a very, very stormy relationship at the time. During one of our big rows, I took the guitar and I demolished it. I took it by the neck and I banged it against the wall until there was nothing left. Then about five years later—I still had the neck—I took it back to Tony and said, ‘I’ve got to tell you a terrible story, forgive me I can’t bear to be without it,’ and I apologized and made all the excuses I could think of. He was shocked, but he understood, so he built another body onto the neck. So this is Mark 2—the first one was destroyed, but the neck is original.”
1980 SANTA CRUZ F
Serial Number: 13
Body: Maple back and sides, spruce top, bound, sunburst finish
Neck: Mahogany, 20 frets, bound ebony fingerboard with slotted diamond inlays
Headstock: ‘SCGC’ logo inlay
Bridge: Ebony ‘belly’ pin bridge
Pickguard: Imitation tortoiseshell
“I don’t play the electric guitar much at home. In the ’80s, I usually played these acoustics that I got from the Santa Cruz Guitar Company because they had a nice sound.”
1995 GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM FLORENTINE
Serial Number: 5 9476
Body: Mahogany, single cutaway, maple top with f-holes, sunburst finish
Neck: Mahogany, 22 frets, bound ebony fingerboard with block inlays
Headstock: Split diamond inlay, Gibson custom shop transfer on back
Bridge: Gold-plated Tune-o-matic with stop tailpiece
Pickups: Two single-coil Alnico V soapbar pickups
Controls: Two volume, two tone
Switches: 3-position pickup selector
“I used this guitar primarily for writing.”
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Grace Slick! From Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship to just Starship. Who is Jefferson anyway? Or is it like Molly in Molly Hatchet (she is pretty good!) or Leonard in Skynard?
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Have you ever heard of the album called the worst of JA? It's pretty darn good. Came out in early 70's.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-worst-of-jefferson-airplane-mw0000652440
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OK I did my homework. The band isn't named after a home-made roach clip after all... from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane
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The origin of the group's name is often disputed. "Jefferson airplane" is slang for a used paper match splint to hold a marijuana joint that has been smoked too short to hold without burning the fingers – an improvised roach clip.A popular conjecture suggests this was the origin of the band's name, but band member Jorma Kaukonen has denied this and stated that the name was invented by his friend Steve Talbot as a parody of blues names such as Blind Lemon Jefferson. A 2007 press release quoted Kaukonen as saying:
"I had this friend [Talbot] in Berkeley who came up with funny names for people," explains Kaukonen. "His name for me was Blind Thomas Jefferson Airplane (for blues pioneer Blind Lemon Jefferson). When the guys were looking for band names and nobody could come up with something, I remember saying, 'You want a silly band name? I got a silly band name for you!'"
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So there you have it! BTW, Leonard Skynard was a name the band came up with as a mocking tribute to a high school P.E. teacher named Leonard Skinner who hassled them about their long hair.
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The origin of the group's name is often disputed. "Jefferson airplane" is slang for a used paper match splint to hold a marijuana joint that has been smoked too short to hold without burning the fingers – an improvised roach clip.A popular conjecture suggests this was the origin of the band's name, but band member Jorma Kaukonen has denied this and stated that the name was invented by his friend Steve Talbot as a parody of blues names such as Blind Lemon Jefferson. A 2007 press release quoted Kaukonen as saying:
"I had this friend [Talbot] in Berkeley who came up with funny names for people," explains Kaukonen. "His name for me was Blind Thomas Jefferson Airplane (for blues pioneer Blind Lemon Jefferson). When the guys were looking for band names and nobody could come up with something, I remember saying, 'You want a silly band name? I got a silly band name for you!'"
...
So there you have it! BTW, Leonard Skynard was a name the band came up with as a mocking tribute to a high school P.E. teacher named Leonard Skinner who hassled them about their long hair.
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Any acoustic arrangement of Layla is an abomination. It sounds like an old man on quaaludes, lol. Love Clapton, and that song is one of my favorites and a masterpiece, but please it lacks power and passion and should never be attempted on acoustic only, imo. It's like playing AC/DC' "For Those About To Rock" on a nylon string guitar.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEx9O9x8Jnw
In this next video, the band Van Halen sounds fine but David Lee Roth is just mailing it in. Sounds like his voice is shot. What do you all think?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6RaoMXV87Q
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LOL:snicker: