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therollingmanu
damn, your majesty, u must have responded, while I edited my message...
Ah,right you are. I assumed that he used this guitar for JJF because he did so from 60-71 and my mind filled in the rest. Or course, we are assumiing the guitar is tuned to open G. Perhaps it's in standard or dare I say something else. I'll have to listen to the show to see what songs are in A in work from there.Quote
His Majesty
The capo is on the 2nd fret, for JJF etc it's usually on at the 4th fret.
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Erik_Snow
Nearly forgot...I do have a photo of the guitars, from backstage in Vancouver 1972...
by Ken Regan, Vancouver 06-03-72
This is fabulous! This is something I have been looking for the last 20 years or so!
The firs couple of shows of the '72 tour are a bit mysterious, as they did have problems with shipping gear. I have always understood that for the Vancouver and Seattle gigs they were playing with some of the backup gear, and they were experimenting with some gear they acquired after the robbery at Nellcote in July '71.
From left to right: Ampeg Armstrong bass, used throughout the '72 tour, but in Seattle Bill played his Competition Mustang Bass (also on this picture).
Then a 3 pickup Custom with Bigsby: I have never ever seen this guitar in the Stones camp! Keith's Customs were stolen in '71, and this probably is the replacement.
'54 Tele: Keith used this one throughout '72 to '76, then the tongue was removed. I am not sure this is the same guitar as Malcolm, but it does look like it.
The famous Gibson ES 345 that was used by Taylor after he left the Stones. Uncertain if this is the same 345 used on Exile and before on tour.
Fender Musicmaster: Absolutely cheapest of the cheap, and for sure a replacement guitar. Never seen again -and never seen before.
Bill's Mustang bass, never to be seen after the Seattle '72 gigs.
Micawber: acquired in March '71, here still without the PAF neck pickup fitted. The pickup was fitted somewhere along the '72 tour. Also stil with original three-saddle bridge.
A sunburst Tele. I have one picture from Seattle '72 of this guitar. Is this the '67 Sunburst he used ever since '81? It does not look like it. Is this a loan or rent?
'57 Strat. Used throughout the '72 tour, seen briefly on the '79 NB tour, and again in '88 for press shots.
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Erik_Snow
Vancouver June 3rd 1972, by Gregory Melle
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I´m not really a guitar geek but I´ve never seen any other pics of Keith playing a Fender Mustang (Or is this a Jaguar?).
Vancouver´72 is such a strange show...
BTW thanks for the pics Erik.
Hi Torn&Frayed, yes I noticed that as well, quite surprising
All the other Vancouver 72 photos of Keith playing that guitar is either B&W, or Keith was standing in the shadows - which made me think it was some sort of "extra sized Telecaster"....it's not before now that I see it's a red Mustang
Maybe Mathijs or open-g will chime in, while waiting for With Sssoul...
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open-g
I agree we see all 3 famous Teles (Malcolm, Micawber, Sonny) before modification to Humbuckers and modern bridges.
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andrewm
That's a really good question about the Custom capoed at 2nd fret and what song it's used for. 'Ventilator' is in G and, just listening to the Vancouver recording right now, they don't transpose it or anything, definitely key of G. Noticing, too, that, after tuning quickly, it sounds to me as though Keith goes into the intro to 'Torn and Frayed' without changing guitars....which seems odd since I was sure he was playing Ventilator in open G and Frayed in standard tuning. Maybe there's a cut in the tape (or maybe the old version of the show I have mixes the set list order up).
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His Majesty
The group photos by Ken Regan from 1977 where Keith is holding a custom appears to show a 50's headstock angle with grovers thus it's most likely an actual 58-61 custom.
Always possible he removed the bigsby!? Or that it's simply yet another custom!
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His Majesty
The group photos by Ken Regan from 1977 where Keith is holding a custom appears to show a 50's headstock angle with grovers thus it's most likely an actual 58-61 custom.
Always possible he removed the bigsby!? Or that it's simply yet another custom!
I only have two pics of the shoot, and on both the guitar is hard to see. On the shots the block markers look very plastic and different to 50's ones.
Anyway, it wouldn't surprise me that in the warehouse he has a dozen Customs, a dozen Standards, two dozen Juniors, a stash of dozens of Strats and Tele's...I mean, he's been a millionaire since '65 and a known connoisseur of vintage guitars.
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vudicus
Mick Taylor uses the red Fender Bronco for the "Only Rock 'n' Roll" video
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bigfrankie
I was thinking the same thing. Did MT ever play lead on BBJ after that? I thought that was unusual too. They were in reverse role for that completely
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Erik_Snow
Nearly forgot...I do have a photo of the guitars, from backstage in Vancouver 1972...
by Ken Regan, Vancouver 06-03-72
This is fabulous! This is something I have been looking for the last 20 years or so!
The firs couple of shows of the '72 tour are a bit mysterious, as they did have problems with shipping gear. I have always understood that for the Vancouver and Seattle gigs they were playing with some of the backup gear, and they were experimenting with some gear they acquired after the robbery at Nellcote in July '71.
From left to right: Ampeg Armstrong bass, used throughout the '72 tour, but in Seattle Bill played his Competition Mustang Bass (also on this picture).
Then a 3 pickup Custom with Bigsby: I have never ever seen this guitar in the Stones camp! Keith's Customs were stolen in '71, and this probably is the replacement.
'54 Tele: Keith used this one throughout '72 to '76, then the tongue was removed. I am not sure this is the same guitar as Malcolm, but it does look like it.
The famous Gibson ES 345 that was used by Taylor after he left the Stones. Uncertain if this is the same 345 used on Exile and before on tour.
Fender Musicmaster: Absolutely cheapest of the cheap, and for sure a replacement guitar. Never seen again -and never seen before.
Bill's Mustang bass, never to be seen after the Seattle '72 gigs.
Micawber: acquired in March '71, here still without the PAF neck pickup fitted. The pickup was fitted somewhere along the '72 tour. Also stil with original three-saddle bridge.
A sunburst Tele. I have one picture from Seattle '72 of this guitar. Is this the '67 Sunburst he used ever since '81? It does not look like it. Is this a loan or rent?
'57 Strat. Used throughout the '72 tour, seen briefly on the '79 NB tour, and again in '88 for press shots.
Mathijs
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Palace Revolution 2000
If the guitar (Custom capoed 2nd fret) was indeed used here it has to be either Rocks Off or maybe even "Gimme Shelter". First gig of the tour; and all kind of things were tried out, went wrong. Keith completely screws up "Rocks Off" anyway; on "Loving Cup" I think he plugging a jack into a guitar right while Jagger is singing with the piano, LOL. Of the dropped songs "Ventilator" sounds good, "Loving Cup" too. "Torn & Frayed" does not come off well.