Andrew 4222 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Good example of a player using his volume and tone a lot is (my favourite who I talk about too much) joe bonamassa He fiddles constantly And I'm going to see him tomorrow night, only downside is that I've to go to Liverpool to do so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34507 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 He is, or was, playing the Arena this month is/wasn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4222 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Was last week I think, he tweeted about being in Newcastle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13861 Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 I've seen him a few times but didn't fancy the Arena for one reason or another. I've seen him at South Shields Custom House, The Sage Gateshead, Newcastle O2 Academy and Leeds Cockpit - which as the smallest venue was the best. All great gigs, the first time was £12 and the rest weren't too much more, the sage being £25, I wouldn't be surprised if he's a £50 ticket man now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34507 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The idea being that if you get the right one you needn't get another, although that doesn't stop a lot of people. Regarding the amp - always get that before the guitar & it doesn't have to be too expensive, you could probably get by on £180-400 for an amp that would do the guitar wonders. All depending on what sound you're looking for! To be honest, my problem is that I'll pretty much be playing it at home, so need something that sounds decent, but isn't crazy loud. So like that Fender Champ 600 would have done the job. There's a Vox as well, the AC4TV, which might do the job. The orange tiny terror can be switched back to 7 watts from 15 as well, so that's a possibility, although that's at least twice the price of the other two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4222 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I was pretty pissed about the champ, been looking at amps for months and Im back to square one on it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13861 Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Gemmill - Yeh you need to look at volume too. I had a Fender Pro Junior which was great for that, a Fender Blues Junior will do the same job but with reverb. It depends again on style - some of the Orange amps are great but it's more suited to a heavier type of music or at least Classic rock, most of them don't have effects loops either - so you need to take that into consideration. Not all the low volume amps work well either - my Orange Rocker 30 - is better at low volume than my 5 watt Marshall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34507 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Is the Pro and/or Blues Junior decent at low volume like, Tom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13861 Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Yeh definitely a good house amp, they can be loud if you want them to though! I think mine was a 10w job whilst the blues junior is a 15w with reverb and a bigger speaker. When I used mine I had a multi effects pedal too, so you still got a good valve sound but you could also make decent enough Morrello style madness etc etc. Wish I hadn't sold my little pro junior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 On the subject of 'It Might Get Loud', I thought it was a great idea that turned out to be shit. Jimmy Page has produced some great work, but I suspected he is a knob with all the stealing music and shagging 14 year olds, and on the evidence of this film it seems to be true. I'm not really a big fan of the Edge or Jack White's guitar work, so they were just taking up space in the film. Could have been really good if they got a different mix on. Hard to get the right balance of personalities/guitar styles for something like that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonamental 0 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) He's done Newcastle already on this tour (just watched a vid of him doing his new song there - in fact one he linked to). Missed out on seeing him this time round 'cos no fucker wanted to go and I hate gigs on my own. Good thing with that is though he tours almost constantly so he'll be back either on his own or with BCC in a year. But whilst you are seeing him tomorrow Andrew, I will be watching Rival Sons and Black Country Communion instead! Edited March 27, 2012 by Bonamental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4222 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 you'll be watching BCC tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonamental 0 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Er.... Black Stone Cherry even. Its been a long couple of weeks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13861 Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 On the subject of 'It Might Get Loud', I thought it was a great idea that turned out to be shit. Jimmy Page has produced some great work, but I suspected he is a knob with all the stealing music and shagging 14 year olds, and on the evidence of this film it seems to be true. I'm not really a big fan of the Edge or Jack White's guitar work, so they were just taking up space in the film. Could have been really good if they got a different mix on. Hard to get the right balance of personalities/guitar styles for something like that though. If they were to do it again - who would you like to see? 1. 2. 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I was fine with Jimmy Page being in it because he has created some classic riffs/guitar sounds, and the parts where he demonstrated the ideas behind certain songs were a lot of fun to watch. As for two who I think would be willing to do it, and wouldn't clash personality wise, I'd go for: 2. Jeff Beck. 3. Lindsay Buckingham. 3 I'd really like to see go through their styles: 1 Ry Cooder 2 Hendrix 3 Jerry Reed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34507 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Keith Richards would have been good crack on it, if his book's owt to go by. What a life that bloke's had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Thing is with Keith, his arthritic fingers can hardly play a lick anymore, he wouldn't be able to accurately recreate some of the sounds he's made on the Stone's best records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4222 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Show was brilliant! Slow Train Last Kiss Midnight Blues Dust Bowl You Better Watch Yourself Sloe Gin Ballad Of John Henry Lonesome Road Blues Song Of Yesterday Steal Your Heart Away Blues Deluxe Young Mans Blues Woke Up Dreaming Mountain Time encore was Driving Towards The Daylight (title track for his next album) Just Got Paid Midnight Blues and Just Got Paid in particular had me and of course, the '59 was on show as well as a bunch of other otherworldly gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13861 Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Nice! He's always great to see, although you do get tempted to go and steal all of his guitars. or just one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4222 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 got home to the beacon theatre DVD I preordered ages ago too, its a very bonamassay week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonamental 0 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) I love his Just Got Paid. Does he still do the Dazed And Confused bit as well now Bowgie's not his drummer? Glad it was a good one. His Young Man's Blues is pretty good too. Hang on, no Woke Up Dreaming? Did he do any acoustic stuff? BSC were quality last night, really high energy good fun. Bit pissed off though, cos Rival Sons were on before 8, so only saw 3 songs cos my mates' train was late. Jay Buchanan has got to be the best singer I've ever seen live. Phenomenal. Edited March 29, 2012 by Bonamental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4222 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 yes he does, Tal kicked ass all night Woke ups there before mountain time young mans blues was ace he and tal did a guitar/drum duel before it, there were bongos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonamental 0 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'm really not doing very well in this thread am I? That sounds awesome! Stuff I've seen of Tal all looks pretty good really, it just made me wonder a bit how he'd change things with having a different guy there. On the subject of drummers though, John Fred is an absolute beast. Drum solo into drum solo with his fists. Mentalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12767 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'm really not doing very well in this thread am I? That sounds awesome! Stuff I've seen of Tal all looks pretty good really, it just made me wonder a bit how he'd change things with having a different guy there. On the subject of drummers though, John Fred is an absolute beast. Drum solo into drum solo with his fists. Mentalist. Heard about that. Ridiculous carry-on. I, and the rest of the drummers union, are appalled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34507 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Drum solos are so tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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