I had the exact same setup as you with my band a few years ago. The Valvestate amps were great budget amps for big overdrive sounds like the Oasis rhythm sound but I found you can't readily clean the overdrive sound up to get something a bit less heavy like you can with an all valve amp. I've heard this is common with amps that have transistors. After trying various guitars/pedals wi
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Great thread - I balked when I first saw it but I think I'm re-evaluating their post '78 work as I read some of these great playlists.
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Texas fan and Tumblin Dice have touched on the reasons, and really you could dedicate an entire wiki site to this discussion alone, but the jist iof it is down to a combination of different guitar sounds which suit the song and different tunings used to play certain songs (for Keith's parts). An example of the contrast in sounds: Tumbling Dice - recorded in open G tuning, recorded wit
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Yep, all of the above checks out. Thanks for the information and links all of you, I was keen to understand what I had.
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So potentially the others were all remixed for commercial release? Cool - thats cleared that up!! Thanks for your help.
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Okay, looking for some help from you fine folks if thats ok. I travelled to the US recently on business and met a guy who used to be in the music industry, who passed me a CD containing five "incredibly rare" stereo remixes of studio Stones songs. I'm looking to see if what I have is commercially available or not, and if anybody has any history regarding these remixes. The songs
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Thanks CC - to eBay!!
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I'm torn by this album because it features so many studio overdubs; still I'd rather listen to this than Live Licks.
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QuoteLieB But if he's limited by his arthritis, we'll have to respect that. The band should, in turn, respect the audience and not charge them £160 a ticket to watch a session band featuring dancing by Keith Richards and Ron Wood. Seriously Blondie and Mick are the best guitarists in this band now, which is depressing as hell. I actually don't think its limited to Keith - I
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This gig was truly terrible, its been posted by others here before: But by way of balance, lets also remember the good ole days : Always blew a second chance......
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QuoteLorenz I'd like them just to make it more louder overall. Add some compression, please. That would do the trick! I agree - I'm usually against any tinkering with classic albums but as long as the original mix is freely available, why not try something different with the reissue? Iggy and the Stooges "Raw Power" album got a total remix, and it was interesting to hea
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QuoteErik Snow Why not release a "live-Exile-sampler" instead of a DVD.....they could include Rocks Off from LIVE LICKS. What the HELL???? Are you insane? There is so much wrong with this I don't know where to start. Why would you want more of the weak-assed, C-Grade musicianship the band has constantly offered since '81? Why aren't we ripping the band's collect
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QuoteChrisM I would say both contribute to the overall sound but when all is said and done, it really comes down to the player. Agreed. However, these Ampegs tend to make all humbucking guitars sound similar, and all single coil guitars soud similar in my opinion, something Marshalls of the period are also guilty of.
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QuoteThe Greek i am not sure but i think that in a previous post on here it was said that the guitars(keith,mick taylor)were not overdubed just the vocals because mr i am so vain did not like some of his vocals. Confirmed based on the audience recordings of the shows doing the rounds. To be honest, probably a wise choice given how out of tune Jagger was on alot of the tracks. Check out the
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He never used the Bigsby in anger, I think it was probably more cos Chuck Berry went thru dozens of Bigsby Equipped Gibsons in his time, and maybe it was a homage? Or he might have liked the different sound compared to the stop tail Gibsons he had.
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Not for Open G sadly - he uses them for Standard Tuning songs only these days, Open G tends to be songs like Honky Tonk Women, Tumbling Dice, Happy, Jumpin Jack Flash, All Down the Line etc...Telecaster territory only these days. Also, different bridges change the tone of a guitar a hell of a lot, however the Ampeg amps that the Stones use tend to obscure much of the individual character of ea
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The V and Keith/Brian's Gibson ES330 made it on tour but didnt get as far as the stage - they can be seen in miscellaneous rehearsal pics taken from the tour. And don't forget the Dobro Acoustic used for the Mick/Keith acoustic slot on the tour. I wish someone would force a damn Gibson into Keith's hands for Open G songs again.....
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