How many of you can name a Dutch rock band without googling?
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:laugh: ... in addition to you having to ignore anything you've previously learned about music structure and tonality! I could never (and still can't) get my head around how their tunes are structured, as you said, especially their time signatures. The only way I could even attempt to muddle through the guitar parts was to learn the separate parts, and string them together as a collection of riffs. I'm listening to Moving Waves just now, shocked at how much it sounds like later period Floyd, they must have been listening to this before they made Wish You Where Here.
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I've not heard of Deeexpus, but will certainly give them a listen :thumbsup: Tygers Of Pan Tang ... Love Potion No 9 Raised On Rock is the 1st song that comes to mind (nice chunky rocking intro guitar riff), they're still frequently played on Planet Rock. How many Les Pauls does you friend have? ... any time I've seen any of their pics/footage, I'm always like "Whoaa, nice gibson!" :cool:
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I've not heard of Deeexpus, but will certainly give them a listen :thumbsup: Tygers Of Pan Tang ... Love Potion No 9 Raised On Rock is the 1st song that comes to mind (nice chunky rocking intro guitar riff), they're still frequently played on Planet Rock. How many Les Pauls does you friend have? ... any time I've seen any of their pics/footage, I'm always like "Whoaa, nice gibson!" :cool:
That's funny. For years, Mickey was a Superstrat/PRS guy. They got endorsed by Vigier for a while but Mickey hated the guitar they made for him so now he's rocking out on LPs. You'll be able to hear their new album which comes out this year.
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Don't cheat. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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DeeExpus: a very nice :thumbsup: ... beautiful guitar playing, a melodic style very reminiscent of Joe Satriani (... high praise intended by that statement). I like the mix of vintage synths (analogues + glissando = :cool:) and the twin/double guitar solo stuff. Moving into a very different genre, have you ever heard of a guitarist/singer/song writer called George Ross Watt (who sadly passed a few yers ago)? ... when I 1st stared out guitar playing in the late 80s/90s, hell bent on Hendrix/SRV/Rory etc this was guy to see in town. There's not alot of his stuff out there (... some old camcorder type footage in youtube, a couple of albums on Spotify). I can't send links as I'm at work just now, but if you search Spotify for "Big George and the Business" and "George Ross Watt" - if you can have a listen to a track called "The Storm" from "The Alleged Album" ... haunting guitar playing.
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Had to google that. You lose a man point. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
...just like all the band members, too :laugh:
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That's funny. For years, Mickey was a Superstrat/PRS guy. They got endorsed by Vigier for a while but Mickey hated the guitar they made for him so now he's rocking out on LPs. You'll be able to hear their new album which comes out this year.
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I'll need to look for some footage of them, when you mention them the Les Pauls where the 1st thing that popped into my head. You can't beat a good Les Paul ... I was a strat guy for years, but got a Les Paul 2 years ago, and since then I've even ventured into ES335 territory :omg: ... the strats don't venture out their cases much these days.
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I'll need to look for some footage of them, when you mention them the Les Pauls where the 1st thing that popped into my head. You can't beat a good Les Paul ... I was a strat guy for years, but got a Les Paul 2 years ago, and since then I've even ventured into ES335 territory :omg: ... the strats don't venture out their cases much these days.
See, no matter where I wander, I always end up coming back to strat styles. My favourite is my JEM-777 - large frets but boy does it sound great and I can abuse it however I like and it stays perfectly in tune.
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DeeExpus: a very nice :thumbsup: ... beautiful guitar playing, a melodic style very reminiscent of Joe Satriani (... high praise intended by that statement). I like the mix of vintage synths (analogues + glissando = :cool:) and the twin/double guitar solo stuff. Moving into a very different genre, have you ever heard of a guitarist/singer/song writer called George Ross Watt (who sadly passed a few yers ago)? ... when I 1st stared out guitar playing in the late 80s/90s, hell bent on Hendrix/SRV/Rory etc this was guy to see in town. There's not alot of his stuff out there (... some old camcorder type footage in youtube, a couple of albums on Spotify). I can't send links as I'm at work just now, but if you search Spotify for "Big George and the Business" and "George Ross Watt" - if you can have a listen to a track called "The Storm" from "The Alleged Album" ... haunting guitar playing.
I haven't heard of him. I'll give him a listen.
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DeeExpus: a very nice :thumbsup: ... beautiful guitar playing, a melodic style very reminiscent of Joe Satriani (... high praise intended by that statement). I like the mix of vintage synths (analogues + glissando = :cool:) and the twin/double guitar solo stuff. Moving into a very different genre, have you ever heard of a guitarist/singer/song writer called George Ross Watt (who sadly passed a few yers ago)? ... when I 1st stared out guitar playing in the late 80s/90s, hell bent on Hendrix/SRV/Rory etc this was guy to see in town. There's not alot of his stuff out there (... some old camcorder type footage in youtube, a couple of albums on Spotify). I can't send links as I'm at work just now, but if you search Spotify for "Big George and the Business" and "George Ross Watt" - if you can have a listen to a track called "The Storm" from "The Alleged Album" ... haunting guitar playing.
Stylistically, he reminds me of another mate of mine. The incredible Russ Tippins[^]
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...just like all the band members, too :laugh:
You can't lose what you don't have. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Don't cheat. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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See, no matter where I wander, I always end up coming back to strat styles. My favourite is my JEM-777 - large frets but boy does it sound great and I can abuse it however I like and it stays perfectly in tune.
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JEM777 ... the one with the tree of life fret inlay? *drool* lol Whole hearted agree with you on the large frets ... it's reason why I don't play my 97 hendrix tribute or my 80's Tokia tst80. I still have a home brew Frakenstrat somewhere that's cased, and in the attic, original Floyd Rose but needs some work done with the locking nut. :(
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I don't think Abba is a dutch band; swedish I think. And we could discuss whether it is a rock band :) But I can be wrong.
You always obtain more by being rather polite and armed than polite only.
Abba is neither Dutch nor are they Rock. And the same goes for the others. I believe Pompeyboy is just being himself. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Stylistically, he reminds me of another mate of mine. The incredible Russ Tippins[^]
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Just had a listen to Russ :thumbsup: ... loving his cover of Jimis Freedom. ... his style reminds me of Audley Freed when he was in the band Cry Of Love. Sounds like he'll fit right into my usual daily listening stack ... and another 1 added to the spotify playlist!
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JEM777 ... the one with the tree of life fret inlay? *drool* lol Whole hearted agree with you on the large frets ... it's reason why I don't play my 97 hendrix tribute or my 80's Tokia tst80. I still have a home brew Frakenstrat somewhere that's cased, and in the attic, original Floyd Rose but needs some work done with the locking nut. :(
hypermellow wrote:
JEM777 ... the one with the tree of life fret inlay? *drool* lol
That's the one. Absolutely love that guitar - beats all my others, including my limited Prestige (yeah, I love Ibanez). Nice, on the Frankenstrat. We all need a Frankenstrat at one time or another. I made one with a Kahler Flyer back in the 80s - that was a lot more stable than a Floyd at the time, and dropped a Sustainiac into it. Boy was that a mistake.
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Just had a listen to Russ :thumbsup: ... loving his cover of Jimis Freedom. ... his style reminds me of Audley Freed when he was in the band Cry Of Love. Sounds like he'll fit right into my usual daily listening stack ... and another 1 added to the spotify playlist!
Cry of Love. Been a long time since I heard that. Yet another to resurrect for my collection. Thanks.
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hypermellow wrote:
JEM777 ... the one with the tree of life fret inlay? *drool* lol
That's the one. Absolutely love that guitar - beats all my others, including my limited Prestige (yeah, I love Ibanez). Nice, on the Frankenstrat. We all need a Frankenstrat at one time or another. I made one with a Kahler Flyer back in the 80s - that was a lot more stable than a Floyd at the time, and dropped a Sustainiac into it. Boy was that a mistake.
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I've been threw a few Kahlers in my time ... they're really easy to drop into Strats. My FrankenStrat has some interesting pickups you might remember? Reflex Reds? HSS - at the time (late 80's again) they were the UK equivalent to EMGs, only IMO allot less sterile and lots more tonal ... I remember having trouble sourcing some 10,000K pots for them! lovely pickups. I always wanted a JEM, never did get round to picking one up yet :( My 1st 'big' gig was a Dave Lee Roth gig, when his band was Steve Via, Billy Sheenan on bass ... and I'll always remember Steve shredding on his triple necked Heart shaped guitar! Happy times!
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I've been threw a few Kahlers in my time ... they're really easy to drop into Strats. My FrankenStrat has some interesting pickups you might remember? Reflex Reds? HSS - at the time (late 80's again) they were the UK equivalent to EMGs, only IMO allot less sterile and lots more tonal ... I remember having trouble sourcing some 10,000K pots for them! lovely pickups. I always wanted a JEM, never did get round to picking one up yet :( My 1st 'big' gig was a Dave Lee Roth gig, when his band was Steve Via, Billy Sheenan on bass ... and I'll always remember Steve shredding on his triple necked Heart shaped guitar! Happy times!
I remember them - they were damn pricey IIRC. Strange take on the active setup as well. Saying that, I never really took to active pickups - they just didn't sound right to me. Ah, the Skyscraper tour - I saw them at Donnington that year. That was the year that two people died at the Guns and Roses set. DLR rocked hard that year and I was pleased that I managed to see him when he was still great. When you saw him did Vai swap his guitar onto Roth for the Panama solo? That was a pretty cool thing when I saw him. And you should definitely get a Jem - trust me, you'll never want to move away.
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You can't lose what you don't have. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
In my defence I have to say, the only Dutch rock band I know is Golden Earring. But I'm old enough to remember "Caught in the act" from the time I was a teenager...not that I listened to that kind of music :zzz: