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Post by Johnkenn on May 21, 2016 12:06:22 GMT -6
Just because...
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Post by kcatthedog on May 21, 2016 19:32:20 GMT -6
I always enjoy these clips as you get a sense of their rapport as live band. Initially I was sort of underwhelmed by the Let It Be songs but I find now I am really liking the songs, the vocals and how they interplayed the guitar parts: the sense of how they developed the songs with their band's line up, plus Billy  |
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Post by Martin John Butler on May 22, 2016 8:50:46 GMT -6
Let it Be wasn't a favorite of mine either, What's amazing is how they pulled this off outside on a roof. There probably was only a very basic PA system, and they're on a rooftop sending sound off to nowhere. I only have a minute to listen right now, but what I found interesting is what Ringo brought to the table. Two guitars and a bass through Fender amps with no pedals could sound really plain and nasty, but Get Back just swings like mad. There's just something about Ringo's playing that enables magic to happen.
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Post by jimwilliams on May 22, 2016 11:37:45 GMT -6
Harrison is playing one of the two custom all rosewood telecasters Fender made back in 1969. One was given to George, the other to Elvis Presley.
These were solid rosewood and very heavy. George doesn't swing around like he did with the Gretch. East Indian rosewood was also not found in 2" slabs, that's why there is a maple divider in the body.
In 1970 when Fender released the rosewood Telecaster to the public, they hollowed out the body innards to lessen the weight. It still sold poorly and was discontinued a year or so later, plus the wood was very expensive. Fender had problems with the early models, the glue joints would not hold well with that very oily wood. I had one back in 1972 and the maple strip/body joint by the neck had to be re-glued.
Later working with Rex Bogue (Mahavishu Orchestra double neck) I learned that oily tropical woods like rosewood needed to be soaked in a vat of acetone to leach that oil out before you glued it. Fender missed that.
I still play the rosewood Telecaster, my main guitar. It sustains better than any other electric I've played, almost like a compressor is built in.
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Post by Martin John Butler on May 22, 2016 17:53:09 GMT -6
A friend had the rosewood Tele. I wanted to like it because it's so damn cool, but it just didn't feel right to me. I don't remember why, it's been so long. This is what I have now, the Fender Aerodyne Tele. I'm thinking of going back to a maple neck again though, so it might no be around too long. The middle position, with the P90 in the neck position records so well, it'll take something really sweet to get me to part with it though. Attachments:
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Post by levon on May 22, 2016 23:49:23 GMT -6
Magic. Let It Be only sucked because of Phil Spector's involvement, he messed it up royally. Listening to 'Let It Be Naked' decades later, I realized what a great album it was. Ringo Rocks, as does Billy Preston, RIP.
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Post by ericn on May 23, 2016 7:53:03 GMT -6
Magic. Let It Be only sucked because of Phil Spector's involvement, he messed it up royally. Listening to 'Let It Be Naked' decades later, I realized what a great album it was. Ringo Rocks, as does Billy Preston, RIP. Levon I could not have said it better! But as much as White Album showed they could work well apart, Let it be, the original concept being that they would rehearse, then record live in front of cameras and audience, they couldn't work together in the same room like the old days. The music holds its own, but it really was the end! |
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Post by levon on May 23, 2016 22:57:19 GMT -6
Magic. Let It Be only sucked because of Phil Spector's involvement, he messed it up royally. Listening to 'Let It Be Naked' decades later, I realized what a great album it was. Ringo Rocks, as does Billy Preston, RIP. Levon I could not have said it better! But as much as White Album showed they could work well apart, Let it be, the original concept being that they would rehearse, then record live in front of cameras and audience, they couldn't work together in the same room like the old days. The music holds its own, but it really was the end! Yes, sadly their egos killed it. Or maybe they've just been too close for too long. |
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Post by Guitar on May 24, 2016 15:16:03 GMT -6
I've always been a big fan of Let It Be and the rooftop concert... and yes, I am entranced by George's guitar sounds, especially the neck pickup. Maybe I should build a rosewood tele...
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