How many of you can name a Dutch rock band without googling?
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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:
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Don't cheat. :)
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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.
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Abba is neither Dutch nor are they Rock. And the same goes for the others. I believe Pompeyboy is just being himself. :)
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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:
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Don't cheat. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
As a Dutchy I know of course: - Golden Earring (Long blond animal, radar Love, When the lady smiles)
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You mean Heideroosjes
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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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The SkyScraper tour indeed :) ... you know your stuff, I think DLR had the guitar for the Panama solo, I can't be sure tho, as my head was shaking at full tilt because they where playing a Van Halen track! Haha! I'll maybe have a look into the Jems again, maybe bend your ear if I'm close to a purchase? I'm not up on the Ibanez's range these days. The FrankenStrat is the my only guitar (these days) with active pups, and I haven't plugged it in too many years. Back in the day it was allot more natural sounding than any of the EMG equipped guitars I had. It has a killer midrange boot/cut on board preamp, twanging telecaster to screaming filth in the turn of a dial ... I really should fire it up for old time sake. I'm more into home recording these days, and the actives should (in theory) come into their own in that environment.
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You mean Heideroosjes
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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:
U. G. Leander wrote:
not that I listened to that kind of music
Man point returned. ;)
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Maybe something stung you
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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.