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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by Nelsonca61 View Post
    1973 and always watching top of the pops, 12 years old a wanna be guitarist, in a School band at St Illtyds, endless arguments with Quo fans who thought that Rossi was better than Dave Hill (He was, but I wasn't having it
    The correct answer is Mick Ronson

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    The correct answer is Mick Ronson
    Massively under-rated guitarist. Didn't muck around, just did what needed superbly. My second ever gig was to see Mick Ronson on his first solo tour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robin Friday's Ghost View Post
    Massively under-rated guitarist. Didn't muck around, just did what needed superbly. My second ever gig was to see Mick Ronson on his first solo tour.
    There is a clip on YouTube where he plays Gene Genie on a Telecaster and it sounds just like a Les Paul .. proof that the sound is all in the fingers

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    There is a clip on YouTube where he plays Gene Genie on a Telecaster and it sounds just like a Les Paul .. proof that the sound is all in the fingers
    That presumes a great deal.
    What pick-ups and amp was he using?
    It's so easy to simulate a Les Paul sound - even more so these days with plug-ins and FX processors.

    I've given a lot of thought to how to define great guitarists and concluded that it's a very individual choice (no surprise there!) and you can tell who you think is great by how often you listen to them playing.
    I acknowledge that Hendrix was a trail-blazer, but I can't listen to him playing for long.
    Blackmore: I can listen to in his early Purple days, but he loses his neo-classical touch for several of his Rainbow solos.

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by Cyclops View Post
    That presumes a great deal.
    What pick-ups and amp was he using?
    It's so easy to simulate a Les Paul sound - even more so these days with plug-ins and FX processors.

    I've given a lot of thought to how to define great guitarists and concluded that it's a very individual choice (no surprise there!) and you can tell who you think is great by how often you listen to them playing.
    I acknowledge that Hendrix was a trail-blazer, but I can't listen to him playing for long.
    Blackmore: I can listen to in his early Purple days, but he loses his neo-classical touch for several of his Rainbow solos.
    It was a bog standard Tele with single-coils into a small amp, while he was doing an off-stage interview. I own both and they sound totally different in my hands

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    It was a bog standard Tele with single-coils into a small amp, while he was doing an off-stage interview. I own both and they sound totally different in my hands
    I'd forgotten you had a great collection of guitars.
    Excuse me being slightly disbelieving, but could you take a reading of the impedence outputs of both PUs, please.

    I've recently bought two Yamaha Revstars - a 620 and a 720. They are brilliant and sound just like a Les Paul!

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by Cyclops View Post
    I'd forgotten you had a great collection of guitars.
    Excuse me being slightly disbelieving, but could you take a reading of the impedence outputs of both PUs, please.

    I've recently bought two Yamaha Revstars - a 620 and a 720. They are brilliant and sound just like a Les Paul!
    You must have Les Paul fingers

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by Cyclops View Post
    What pick-ups and amp was he using?

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by Cyclops View Post
    That presumes a great deal.
    What pick-ups and amp was he using?
    It's so easy to simulate a Les Paul sound - even more so these days with plug-ins and FX processors.

    I've given a lot of thought to how to define great guitarists and concluded that it's a very individual choice (no surprise there!) and you can tell who you think is great by how often you listen to them playing.
    I acknowledge that Hendrix was a trail-blazer, but I can't listen to him playing for long.
    Blackmore: I can listen to in his early Purple days, but he loses his neo-classical touch for several of his Rainbow solos.
    If you want to listen to a genius guitar player and be able to tell you're listening to a genius guitar player you could do a lot worse than listening to Johhny Maar.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JU3bogr4oc

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    There is a clip on YouTube where he plays Gene Genie on a Telecaster and it sounds just like a Les Paul .. proof that the sound is all in the fingers
    Garbage..now we know you are limited on football knowledge but here you are right out of your depth.
    Find a guitarist that can make a strat sound like a les paul or a fender precision like a wal ...good luck

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK View Post
    Garbage..now we know you are limited on football knowledge but here you are right out of your depth.
    Find a guitarist that can make a strat sound like a les paul or a fender precision like a wal ...good luck
    If you watch the video, it was Mick Ronson himself who made the claim! Now I can't make my Les Paul & Telecaster sound the same, but clearly Mick Ronson can

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK View Post
    Garbage..now we know you are limited on football knowledge but here you are right out of your depth.
    Find a guitarist that can make a strat sound like a les paul or a fender precision like a wal ...good luck
    A band my lad played in, the lead AXE had a Line 6, a footswitch, with loadsa pre-set sounds dialled in, he basically could make his Strat sound like what he wanted via this set-up, whilst Ronno wouldn't have had the gizmos back then, modern guitarists have a wealth of tools to make their set-ups sound to whatever they wish.

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by Nelsonca61 View Post
    A band my lad played in, the lead AXE had a Line 6, a footswitch, with loadsa pre-set sounds dialled in, he basically could make his Strat sound like what he wanted via this set-up, whilst Ronno wouldn't have had the gizmos back then, modern guitarists have a wealth of tools to make their set-ups sound to whatever they wish.
    They sound similair. I have a line 6 and i'm not kidding anyone.A pro will choose an axe of choice and not try to make something else sound like it.
    End of lesson:P

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK View Post
    They sound similair. I have a line 6 and i'm not kidding anyone.A pro will choose an axe of choice and not try to make something else sound like it.
    End of lesson:P
    A skint guitarist knocking out covers in a boozer for a bit of extra cash, and who cannot afford to buy his dream has to make do and make his axe sound to what is needed but i do take your point!!!

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    Re: Off Topic, Geetars

    Quote Originally Posted by Nelsonca61 View Post
    A band my lad played in, the lead AXE had a Line 6, a footswitch, with loadsa pre-set sounds dialled in, he basically could make his Strat sound like what he wanted via this set-up, whilst Ronno wouldn't have had the gizmos back then, modern guitarists have a wealth of tools to make their set-ups sound to whatever they wish.
    Mick Robson dimed his amps, hit the strings fairly hard and used vibrato. In his setup all the sound is coming from his fingers. I always use clean amps with the Tele, and Marshall type amps for the Lester, but I am looking for contrast instead of consistent sound. I play them differently too.

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