I`ve been lucky enough to spend an entire gig standing next to Jeff Beck, drink a few beers, chat awhile and ask him some questions about tremelo and the performances I`d seen at Hammersmith Odeon. I also saw him at The South Bank in London and he played with John McLaughlin and The White Stripes. […]
Yesterday we had a look at valves or vacuum tubes and today I`m going to take that thinking to echo. What kind of echo do you like? Crisp clear and digital? I`ve got a Line 6 echo park under my desk but that`s just because I use it for fun at work – it`s not […]
Vacuum tubes? …from outer space ? NO, this is not a post about replacing the corrugated suction hose on your vacuum cleaner or hoover. If you have a valve (vacuum tube) guitar amplifier consider yourself lucky because according to conventional guitar wisdom your tone will be rocking !!!!!!!! Paul has written in asking about the […]
I said yesterday that I`d write about Robert Johnson; there`s a lot of hoodoo wrapped up around the man, in particular that he sold his soul to the devil down in Clarksdale. Originally, Son House suggested, Johnson was not regarded as a good musician but after the trade with Satan he returned with the blazing […]
For those of you out there who are keen on Pink Floyd I thought I`d write a little post that connects Pink Floyd to a certain part of guitar history, english music and associated styles. At the beginning of their career Pink Floyd were a quintessentially English sounding band led by songwriter and folk singer […]