Rockola Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Amazing playing! i just saw this Monday night. A co-worker that, up to this point, never acknowledges music or plays an instrument walked up and asked, "You like Jeff Beck?" Then he laid the DVD down.i skipped the chick singer. Maybe she's good, maybe she shares managers, beds or whatever. I could care less about hearing her. s
harry65 Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Four words:Goodbye Pork Pie Hatin a word..............................PERFECT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
radmo Posted June 17, 2009 Author Posted June 17, 2009 Anyone have any comprehensive on his guitar setup?I get the feeling his trem might be set up to pull up? I don't seeany routing behind the bridge.One more guitar hero of many I ignored when I was younger and cutting my teeth. I got into Eddie/Randy/DiMartini/Lynch/Vai/Malmsteen while ignoring the likes of Hendrix/Page/Clapton/Beck/Santana and that era.. (I know.....BLASPHEMY!!!!)Though I have over time listened to and appreciate the works of the 60's heros, Beck always was difficult for me to grasp, both from a listening and playing standpoint. But I definitely feel he was the most technically adept and ingenious of those guitar gods......Why is hindsight always 20/20 and oh so cruel?????????? lol
Gitslide Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 A few months ago, a friend loaned me some sorta bootleg copy of Live At Ronnie Scott's he got from a guy in England . . . fugedabowdit!!!!Is JB the most expressive electric guitarist EVER?????
radmo Posted June 17, 2009 Author Posted June 17, 2009 Found a link for trem setup possibilities similar to Beckhttp://www.strat-talk.com/forum/stratocast...tar-set-up.html
atquinn Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Found a link for trem setup possibilities similar to Beckhttp://www.strat-talk.com/forum/stratocast...tar-set-up.htmlCool link! I'll be downloading the album from eMusic in a couple weeks when my song count reloads. Good stuff!-Austin
tombo Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 I saw him live and up close here in Japan a few months ago. My friend and I kept looking at each other like every 5 minutes with the "WTF, THAT is not possible" face. He was incredible....and all without a pick. Personally, I liked Vinnie Colaiuta almost as much. Tal Wilkenfeld was great too. The coolest part was when she took her solo, and Beck played the bass parts on her bass while she soloed up high on the fretboard.***edited for spelling
earachemyeye Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 He's got a strange style but I like it. He sounds like a jazz sax player sort of. Also they all look like they're having fun which I really enjoy seeing from top notch musicians.Joe
tomteriffic Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 I don't know what it is about Beck. He just straddles all kinds of genres, goes into all kinds of corners and the whole time he's just undeniably Beck. There's all kinds of fusion/shed guys out there that either irritate the hell out of me or bore me to tears, but this is different. Beck just plays any ol' thing he wants, any ol' way he wants. Seeing it a club setting with a top-flight band that is obviously having a blast makes it that much better.Oh, BTW, setting up a Strat to pull up (and return to pitch) without routing isn't that hard once you get the string/spring balance worked out.
chap Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Cool thread! The most amazing rendition of Amazing Grace by Jeff Beck...
Brooks Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 yep.http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/index.p...nie+Scott's
pesocaster Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Have this on DVR and on order...... Made Clapton look like he phoned it in..... and has been for MANY years.... sorry Clapton fans.... He was brilliant that night.... same as on the R&R hall of fame... he is at the top of his game .... and STILL improving IMHO..
Siaip Ciuvas Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Anyone have any comprehensive on his guitar setup?I get the feeling his trem might be set up to pull up? I don't seeany routing behind the bridge.dunno about his personal strat, but his signature strat I have saw once could pul up by a major third (which is much more than a floyd) and was really easy to work with. And its 2 points type, not the vintage 6 screw thingy.
geoff_hartwell Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 In one of the mags (either GP or G1) from the last 5 or so years, was a "once-over" of his personal strat. One of the cool things I remember was the shielding around the strings going through the block. i.e. - strip about half an inch of insulation off of wiring, slip the insulation onto the string and use to cushion around the string at the stress point (awkward angle as the string goes through the bridge) where most of string breakage occurs. I think he acquired that from SRV's tech, but a great trick for strat trem guys. Geoff
fruhike Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 This has been on HDNET recently. Sounds great in HD on the big screen. Look for their sunday concert series.
zorrow Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Well, yesterday my daughter (9 y/o) listened to the whole set and got hooked. She finally said: "Dad, why don't you play like that?" And I was like: "Well my dear, that's Jeff Beck, you know...?" She wanted then some Jeff Beck to sleep, so she went to bed with "Blow by blow" --the only Jeff Beck album I had. Today I purchased the "Live at Ronnie Scott's" CD for her... and right now she's in her room listening to those songs as if they were lullabies.
Siaip Ciuvas Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 good for you! I can get my daughter (12y) further from Avril However my son (6y) gives some hope - his favorite songs now are Chirs Daughtry "Crashed" and Guns'n'Roses "Paradise City". Both he picked up from video games Not to hijack the thread - I had really hard time getting into Beck. Honestly. That's probably why I consider myself crap guitarist
Hamer_SS_guy Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 I still remember when I got into Jeff Beck, when I was 11-12 years old I was a big fan of Deep Purple and Ritchie Blackmore. When I first heard Rainbow Rising I thought "WOW, what a great album". I always get impressed with the drummers. So, after that album I went out and bought Jeff Beck's "Rough and Ready" and "Orange" (because Cozy Powell was on drums), I literally wore those albums out, I love the Beck Group w/Chaman,Powell, Middleton and Tench, still my favorite band to this day. I also love Blow by Blow, Max Middleton is great, he hoes great songs, Wired is also a great album, Narada, Wilbur Bascomb, Middleton, even Jan Hammer was still great then. There and Back was okay, I really love Simon Phillips' drumming, but I never enjoyed Tony Hymas' playing or songwritig (except for Jack Bruce's "How's Tricks"). I was a big Zappa fan in the 80's too. And since I liked his drummers I was looking forward for Guitar Shop, but to me it lacked of good songwriting. I have seen the Ronnie Scott's perfomance on DVD, and must say that it is good to see that he is gone back to his roots a bit more. His backing band is great too.
specialk Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Jeff Beck album, Truth, is a must-have. What makes it great for me is Ronnie Wood's bass playing. Dude shoulda stuck with 4 strings, he's a monster on it.
LittleC Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Let's get one thing straight - there is only ONE Beck!!!
specialk Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 Finally! I was at Costco today and found a copy of JB at RS. $14. I'd been waiting to get this, but never got around to ordering it online. So here it is and I'm getting ready to play it. Hot damn! AAARGHHH! I just found out I bought the Blu-ray disk. Guess who doesn't have a Blu-ray player.... AAARGHHH!
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