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| Vinyl kills |
Does he ever play a Gibson Les Paul anymore? If not when did he stop using it? Live and in studio.
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| ebmp |
He does not use a Les Paul anymore... Unfortunately.. I dont think this Gibson ES 355 fits him, although it´s reaally a beauty
I wish he used that Black Beauty Les Paul he used in the 70´s |
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| 72Tele |
I think Keiths best guitar is the late 50's double cutaway Les Paul Junior that he only uses on Midnight Rambler. Great guitar that out of the box was around $125.00 now more like $2500.00 and if played by Keith $250,000.00. He also plays a single cutaway sunburst LP Junior that he used on stage as recently as No Security. |
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| ebmp |
Yeah that Double Cutaway has a greeeaat sound...
I really like the Tele´s sound though. How does he get that YCAGWYW sound? Does he use any effects? |
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| Mikey |
he used a beautiful sunburst LP during the VL tour for Satisfaction.
I personally liked the white Tele for Satisfaction used for BTB. |
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| Mel Belli |
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ebmp wrote:
He does not use a Les Paul anymore... Unfortunately.. I dont think this Gibson ES 355 fits him, although it´s reaally a beauty
I wish he used that Black Beauty Les Paul he used in the 70´s
Yeah, what is it with the heavy reliance on the 355s? I don't get it. Other than the fact that they're comparatively lightweight, I don't think they're giving him any tone he couldn't find in a more versatile guitar. |
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| CraigP |
What was the guitar he used on Live at the Max on Satisfaction that Ronnie was using otherwise that tour? They were white and had a very hot, unique metal-ish tone |
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| Mel Belli |
Those were the Ernie Ball Music Man guitars. Keith used them on the '88 Winos tour, and must've turned Ronnie onto them. Later, in '93, Keith had one in black. I thought they sounded fantastic -- probably my favorite non-Tele sound Keith has had in the past 20 years. |
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| Ramrod |
On the 'Voodoo Lounge' tour in Sydney, Keith used his single cutaway 50's Les Paul Junior on 4 songs - 'It's all over now','Sympathy', 'Monkey Man' and 'It's only rock'n'roll'. It sounded fantastic. He used what looked like could have been an actual late 50's Les Paul Standard on 'Shattered' and 'Satisfaction'. Needless to say, it also sounded fantastic and the closest I've heard to the studio sounds live for 'Satisfaction'. He played the white Fender Strat on 'Miss you', but all other electrics for the rest of the songs were his various Telecasters, as per usual.
I think he should use Les Pauls more too. He used them extensively in the '60's (Standards and Customs) for all their classic recordings and also a lot in the '70's (Juniors), so why not now?. I think Les Pauls give their sound more meat. |
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| Mathijs |
A Gibson ES-355 is NOT any lighter than a good Les Paul.
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| speedfreakjive |
last time he used one, I think, was Voodoo Lounge Tour.A sunburst one. |
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| Wayneowl |
Didn't he use a Dan Armstrong 'glass'(?) guitar sometime in the mid 70's? John Fogerty has a nice Les Paul Jnr as well. Their tone is bitchin' |
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| Stonesmillenium2001 |
He used a Dan Armstrong from 1969 to 1972. He used a couple onstage. One capoed and one uncapoed. He used only one in 1969 on the united tour and that was an uncapoed guitar.
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| unrockstar |
wouldn't his interest in the country-ish twang and love of soul/funk keep him away from les paul's...and more into tele's and the like? Some peeps think that les pauls are too meaty for that kind of music... |
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| Mathijs |
>>the country-ish twang and love of soul/funk keep him away >>from les paul's...
I guess not, as the Stones aren't a country or soul/funk band...
I guess Keith just doesn't like Les Pauls that much anymore. The LP Custom was his main guitar from 1966 until 1971, and when his guitars got stolen in July 1971 he replaced all with LP's and Tele's, but for one reason or another, he never fancied the LP as he used to. At the beginning of the '75 tour there's a Standard and a Goldtop, and on the '78 and '81 tours a Junior Special and TV Junior pop up once in a while, but that's about it. In 1997 he played a ES-355 for the first time again in public since 1971, and it has stayed one of his main guitars since then. The feel and touch, but also the sound, differ greatly from a Les Paul, but the weight is about the same.
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| unrockstar |
yeah, but aside from the blues, and later reggae, keith became obsessed with old school country players (gram parson/ry cooder influences there) and soul music...they weren't a funk or a soul band, they just tried to be a funk and soul band on many albums (billy preston hellped so much there)....from doing marvin gaye covers to ripping off the isley brothers...the white rock and roll boys always did funk and soul...there's not one album past the 60s whre that isn't obvious on numorous cuts...and even the 60s records have many examples...
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| Wayneowl |
Les Pauls don't sound very good in Open G or Open D, where as Tele's do |
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| Barney Fife |
quote:
Mel Belli wrote:
Yeah, what is it with the heavy reliance on the 355s? I don't get it. Other than the fact that they're comparatively lightweight, I don't think they're giving him any tone he couldn't find in a more versatile guitar.
335s and 355s are VERY versatile guitars! |
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| Wayneowl |
There's another thread going about Keith's Skulls & Daggers guitar, but i think they've got the name mixed up. I think the guitar they're refering to is 'Micawber', his butterscotch tele (Open G, no capo)(?).
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