I still think it's probably more likely that they did "Wild Horses" on electric guitars in '71. Perhaps I'm wrong, I just think it's more likely that the acoustic guitar pictured was used for "Prodigal Son", which is tuned in open E or D, so there would have had to have been a second acoustic for "Wild Horses" or it was done on electrics. I susp
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I wouldn't mess with it. Alot of the best pickups on the market today are trying to sound like those old 50's and 60's pickups. If Ronnie doesn't want his '54 Strat pickups I'd gladly take them, but I don't think new pickups are the answer.
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QuoteElmo Lewis Great band name - The Inflammable Pompitous Skydogs (TIPS) That's great haha.....if you don't mind all the syllables
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Nice work Erik....just curious though....what makes you think "Wild Horses" was performed on acoustic? I assumed the acoustic guitar pictured was for "Prodigal Son" and would have been tuned to open D or E. "Wild Horses" would have to be done in standard or open G. Someone may mention that Keith did "Prodigal Son" on a metal bodied National in '
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QuoteMathijs I think your right. Strange to call the vintage '50's PU's 'Texas Hot'.... Mathijs Yes quite strange. I called my local guitar shop and asked about the Antiquity's and the guy compared the Texas Hot's to Fender's Texas Special's and I understand why, with the name and so forth. I made the same assumption at first but I called
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QuoteMathijs I see SD changed its range of Antiquity Strat PU's. He used to have 50's Antiquity and '60's Antiquity, now he added types and names. From the description it seems the Surfer set is the old 50's one. But you can ask questions though the website, they normally answer within 24 hours. Mathijs I'll try the website but I already ordered the Antiqu
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Wow........what a discussion. I think it's "scarred old slaver". The alternative doesn't make any sense. I'm sure Dickenson believed that's what Jagger said and maybe Jagger even really sang that line on a couple takes. I dunno. But I don't believe he wrote the song like that. It's "scarred old slaver" to me. I'm 100% sure of it. B
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QuoteShawn20 ...speaking of Fenders. What are your opinions between the 51 NoCaster, 52 Reissue Tele and Hot Rod 52 Teles? I am in the market for one of these and any and all feedback would be appreciated. The only one of those three that I've played is the '52 Reissue. I liked it very much but it didn't have the original pickups. It has a Fralin in the bridge, which I thou
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QuoteMathijs I think the Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups are the best vintage '50's sounding pickups available, and will probably be closest to Clapton's Brownie and Blackie Strat sound. Brownie is an all original '56, Blackie a composite '57. The Slow Hands of Bare Knuckle are hotter than vintage correct PU's, the purpose is to sound closer to the modern Clapto
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QuoteNickB You may want to try some boutique pickups such as Bareknuckle pickups. I have a set of Slowhands in my Strat and they are good. For a cheaper alternative try Iron Gear pickups. Slowhand pickups huh? Obviously supposed to sound like Clapton, but what phase of Clapton's career? He used mainly two Strats from the late 50's from '69 through the early 80's, then F
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QuoteMathijs I am of the opinion that tinkering with the pickups of a Strat yields lesser differences in tonal quality than with a Tele and especially a LP. There’s some variation though. About all pickup manufacturers provide vintage spec PU’s. These in my opinion sound the best, with Seymour Duncan’s Antiquity the best of the best, and Fralin’s and Fender CS second. There are the overwound Tex-
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QuoteNickB You may want to try some boutique pickups such as Bareknuckle pickups. I have a set of Slowhands in my Strat and they are good. For a cheaper alternative try Iron Gear pickups. Good luck as choosing pickups is minefield and there is a lot of BS talked about pickups and tone. My recommendation is have a chat with Mathjis who is the resident expert 'round these parts. Thanks
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I've been getting into 1950's styled Strats lately. I don't have any real '50's Strats, but modern guitars built with '50's specs. I love the feel of a V-shape maple neck. I'm looking to change the pickups on one of the Strats and I'm looking for some opinions and/or recommendations. The guitar currently has Tex-mex pickups. I'm expirienced with
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QuoteAmsterdamned QuoteTumblin_Dice_07 QuoteAmsterdamned If someone doesn't hear the delta blues here, well I'am sorry. 1967! I listened to that first track for two minutes and I didn't hear any hint of Delta blues.....it was a 10 minute track however so maybe I didn't listen long enough? Or maybe our definitions of "delta blues" aren't the
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QuoteMathijs On the '69 tour he played five-string open G, the low E was removed. There's some pics from rehearsals at Steve Stills house of the Custom LP with five strings. From top of my mind at Hyde Park he still had the low E string. Mathijs Wow, didn't know that about Hyde Park. Cool.
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QuoteAmsterdamned If someone doesn't hear the delta blues here, well I'am sorry. 1967! I listened to that first track for two minutes and I didn't hear any hint of Delta blues.....it was a 10 minute track however so maybe I didn't listen long enough? Or maybe our definitions of "delta blues" aren't the same?
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QuoteGlam Descendant I'm surprised how many here haven't read Keith's book. Anyway, the music was written in Australia; Mick apparently changed the lyrics up during each take in Muscle Shoals. Dickinson's account of the session is one of many good reasons to check out the book. I really enjoyed the book but was surprised at some factual errors. Like Keith claiming tha
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Quotesweetcharmedlife QuoteTumblin_Dice_07 I'm sure it's "scarred old slaver". Or at least that's the way Mick wrote it I'm sure. It was written in the Australian outback while Mick was filming Ned Kelly. Nothing to remind him of Duane Allman out there. Well according to Keith and Jim Dickinson it was written at Muscle Shoals. Yeah yeah yeah according to.......
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QuoteMainman Basically, whenever TNJ was playing Stones songs to himself, he was finding that his sound was a great deal better than anything Keith had been acheiving on record. Consequently, he tracked Keith down and introduced him to his own particular version of 5 string open g tuning. If you believe what's written in Life, you'll believe anything! Wow.....now that's f
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I'm sure it's "scarred old slaver". Or at least that's the way Mick wrote it I'm sure. It was written in the Australian outback while Mick was filming Ned Kelly. Nothing to remind him of Duane Allman out there.
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I've played the songs both ways. It's better with 5 strings. The 6th string just gets in the way anyhow. There's something about the compact nature of the 5 string tuning that is more powerful. Most people that use open G or open A rarely play anything on the 6th string anyway. Plus, with the 5 string tuning, your lowest note (5th string, open) is the root note of the key you&#
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One of the guys in my band...well actually I suppose I'm in HIS band....but anyway....he showed me some Unknown Hinson youtube vids........I had a chance to see him last Sept. but chose the Drive By Truckers instead. Anyway, my buddy thinks that Hinson's act is real. Claims it's so far out there that it can't be fake.... I don't believe that, but he says he does.
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QuoteThe Sicilian I heard of them but never heard any of their music until I played that clip above. Honestly. For me its kind of boring, just from that video not hearing anything else, but it usually takes me a long time to warm to any new music unless it jumps out of the radio. My first impression is Dave Matthews whom I can't stand. I also have a thing for not liking bands with ch
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Quoteskipstone Got Go-Go Boots today. It is more mellow than The Big To-Do. I liked The Big To-Do better than Brighter Than Creation's Dark - too many Cooley songs! But this one will spin for a while. It's good. 16 track 2 inch analog tape, mastered to 1/2 inch, as always. They've been keeping it real their entire career. God I don't know how you can have too many Cooley s
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Quoterocker1 Here's a challenge: For the songs that were performed both on the 78 tour and the 81 tour, find anything played in 81 that tops the best version from 78. That's not exactly something we can accurately gauge is it? I mean it's totally subjective. Just a matter of opinion. I'm sure some people will prefer the '78 performances, some the '81 perfo
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QuoteGazza Well, the original question simply asked about 'biggest touring band'. We're a bit off track speculating about demand for tours that didnt happen. Its not really a question anyone can definitively answer. Yeah I thought about that when I was typing my reply. Had a bunch more stuff typed up about how many people actually saw Elvis and how big the venues were and s
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QuoteGazza If anyone's arguing about 'most coveted ticket', its a no contest when you consider that not one of those 1,156 shows took place outside the USA. An international tour would have blown away anything by anyone else demand-wise. Thanks Gazza. I knew somebody could come through with some stats on the matter. I'm curious though about your last statement. Do y
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Well it depends on what criteria you're using. Do you mean the most popular? Or the band that made the most money from touring? Or the band that played the most shows to the most people? I think the Stones might have been the most coveted ticket during the '70's. They only toured once every three years and it was always a huge event. Other bands, for instance the Grateful D
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QuoteRedhotcarpet QuoteTumblin_Dice_07 Magnificent. Never watched the whole thing before. Definately Keith on all the lead parts. I know Keith paints the Jones-years as a dual-guitar weaving thing but Brian did play mostly rhythm, except the slide stuff of course. The rhythm parts for each player were usually different and complimented each other, and I think that's what Keith is get
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