ParlourMan Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Decided to give one of the electrics a wee spin today, I normally do this tune live with my SJ-200TV, but seeing the original clips for Love is All by the Tallest man on Earth I seen he'd used a Gretsch, so I tried it through my acoustic amp to test the sound, was a bit too much for the iPhone as you'll see but very useable in context with the original and it'll save me dragging round a second amp or gigs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_iwMor2dGk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Very tasty PM, anything to do with your recent Stone Roses re-hit phase ? Its actually a timely reminder that electrics are not just for power chords and Marshall stacks utnred to 8. You can also play some very tasty 'acoustic' style on the electric as so well demonstrated by yourself. I have a feeling I might get the Les Paul off the hook sometime and try something similar. Thanks for sharing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Nice one PM... Love Gretsch's Love Dynasonics... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wootpow Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Sounds very good PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 Cheers boys, 101 views and 3 comments, a roaring success..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Like the Gretsch - do you have a chorus effect going? Or is that the i-phone overload? My son plays his ES 120T with a single soapbar pickup thru an acoustic amp, doesn't sound nearly as creamy as those humbuckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Cheers boys, 101 views and 3 comments, a roaring success..... 97 of those was me tryin to figure the bugger out :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 97 of those was me tryin to figure the bugger out :-) hahaha nice one. Top E tuned to D, I think it's called reverse drop D.... Em/F#D/G/C (verse) C, walk down to Am, D (with F# bass note) for chorus * * all relative to the capo position. if ye get stuck pm me and I can send you chord shapes and patterns, its quite easy once you get going. It's not perfect against the record but it's close enough to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Like the Gretsch - do you have a chorus effect going? Or is that the i-phone overload? My son plays his ES 120T with a single soapbar pickup thru an acoustic amp, doesn't sound nearly as creamy as those humbuckers. Except that the dynasonics are the original Gretsch single-coils, Dan. The extra row of screws are just to hold the things in place. Sounding good, PM. At least one of the listens besides BBG was me! Would be interested to know how your Gretsch sounds through a standard amp. Going by what I can see and what I remember about Gretsch switching, you're using the back/bridge/treble pickup there, but maybe it was the two-switch variants which reversed Gibson switch positions. Sounds pretty trebly, in any case, but really does seem a touch acoustic compared with what I'd expect from a semi set to the back pup through a standard amp. Very interesting. Does the amp really make a difference, or is it just the iphone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 As you can hear the iPhone was quite pushed to record a clean sound, it wasn't even that loud to be honest... yeah the dynasonics are single coils, I like these pickups in the angrier electric playing style they're quite rowdy. The acoustic amp had a bit of reverb on it, more than I would normally use to be honest, but I've seen a few clips of the original artist doing this song with quite a reverb laden sound so I thought I'd chase that a wee bit to see how it sounded. The Gretsch itself, it usually sounds quite warm and not too trebly, but then I'm playing it through an all valve Vox amp normally. I'll maybe have another crack at it through the vox, but that could be a bit hard to catch on the video as the valve amp is a much louder beast. The idea is just to break up the purely acoustic sound we have at the minute, after a whole night of it, it might get a bit samey for the crowd who've seen us a few times, so next one I'll be taking the resonator for a couple of tunes and I'll see how the boys like a couple of picky tunes on the Gretsch. Cheers for taking the time to have a peek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 ...but really does seem a touch acoustic compared with what I'd expect from a semi set to the back pup through a standard amp. Very interesting. Does the amp really make a difference, or is it just the iphone? It was through the acoustic amp, mojo, which offers no break-up tones at all, solid state an all that... on the Vox it would have sounded a bit more lively and quite a bit thicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 For anybody that might care to experiment... The Roland Cubes at various sizes can sound excellent used in similar fashion... A nice Gretsch or Rickenbacker fingerpicked With a whiff of delay or reverb Even selecting the 'acoustic' simulator is worth a look-see... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I think that piece sounds just fine on your Gretsch. Nice playing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Really nice tone and fingerpicking. As a fellow pinky-anchored-on-the-pickguard guy, I applaud you, and I envy your use of the ring finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Really nice tone and fingerpicking. As a fellow pinky-anchored-on-the-pickguard guy, I applaud you, and I envy your use of the ring finger. Got a bit of a blush on there... Thanks for the kind words. Best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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