Richard Thompson is the greatest strat player that has ever lived
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Dogsinplastic
avuncular to no one
Not sure if you're just instigating, but I wholeheartedly agree.
dmn23
Duller than cardboard
I don't remember the details but I think that was an award from Gibson when he was in Nashville for the Americana Music Festival a few years ago.
He did used to play a goldtop LP with P90s for about 15 minutes while he was in Fairport Convention, but that didn't last long.
Flamencology
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He's also played telecasters and the Ferrington with the tele/strat/P90 pickup configuration.
dmn23
Duller than cardboard
I miss the Ferringtons. No tone knobs and no pickup selector switch, but each pickup had its own volume knob. Those guitars sounded incredible.
This era = Ferrington > Mesa V-Twin > Divided by 13
Fireworks start at 5:37...
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Flamencology
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GDSmithTX
Corporate cog
Not in any particular order, just how they rolled off the top of my head.
dmn23
Duller than cardboard
My experience of his shows during the 90s is that it was the period where he was playing the most angular, deconstructed, outer space stuff. Some nights were breathtaking.
Dogsinplastic
avuncular to no one
But he was singing too...shivers.
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
Naaaah.
Dogsinplastic
avuncular to no one
Yeah, but you don't even like May. I think their both stellar players, I just like the vocals from one far more than the other. As I've said before, if I don't like your singing and you do vocal music, I'm out. All the guitar I've heard from Richard is great. He's a top player with a excellent playing voice...if he'd just keep his mouth shut we'd all be better off.
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
I think Brian May's relevancy and veneration is largely due to the death of Freddie Mercury, which shot them back into the spotlight and public consciousness. That's not to say that he hasn't written some classic riffs or didn't have great tone, but we all know who the star was in that band and anyone that says otherwise is engaging in historical revisionism.
Dogsinplastic
avuncular to no one
I loved queen from at least a decade before Freddie died and the guitar was always HUGE in Queen. I think Freddie's grandeur blinded people to how stellar every member of the band was and overshadowed one of the best pop/rock guitarist to ever come from England (or anywhere for that matter). You can't let stage presence and a singular voice give you myopia, it's all there in the music. Being the "star" is the job of the frontman. GRanted Freddie was a far bigger contributor to Queen than DLR was to Van Halen, but DLR was the "star" show/frontman of VH (despite the name), but as history proved, he was not the creative power of that band.
So I get you, but the words flow with wrongness and I can't agree less.
Beyer160
Vagabond Of The Western World
And by all accounts, Freddie was a shit guitarist.
Flamencology
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Brian May contributed some pretty terrific rhythm guitar, but his leads never blew me away, even if there were a couple of iconic ones. They were dramatic and suited the songs, but they were mostly adequate. Nothing too imaginative, nothing that makes you stand up or hold your breath. And his lead tone was thin and shrill.
Anyway, I know that he was brought up by tompetty, and I don't doubt that it makes perfect sense to him, but this discussion has been specific to strat players from the get-go.
Anyway, I know that he was brought up by tompetty, and I don't doubt that it makes perfect sense to him, but this discussion has been specific to strat players from the get-go.
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
I mean, May used Strat pickups from some British knock off (Burns) on his guitar, so maybe that's the thread connection?
Oh, and you need a thin and shrill tone when you're going to quadruple track it every. damn. time.
Flamencology
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I mean, May used Strat pickups from some British knock off (Burns) on his guitar, so maybe that's the thread connection?
Oh, and you need a thin and shrill tone when you're going to quadruple track it every. damn. time.
Ah yes, the Randy Rhoads effect.
But I feel that's the case with his live sound as well.