Jimi75
March 20th, 2008, 02:36 AM
Hey folks,
I have been to the James Blunt concert and felt like standing right in the middle of a young girl church squire. The sound of the band was pretty good and the video animation on the screens was top notch, which could not hide the fact that the music was a little "boring".
But it was interesting to watch the guitarist beside Mr Blunt.
He played a deadly good combination, simple but effective.
2x Marshall 1974x combos, salt & pepper grill cloth. From what I could hear one was clean and one was a little crunchy all in all not distorted. The pedal board consisted of a Wah, Tremolo, Delay, Tuner and a distortin which looked like the T-Rex Alberta.
He played most of the time a 52 vintage Fender Tele in butterscotch and for some songs an ES-335 in white and Tobacco sunburst.
The sound was AWESOME! His lead tone turning on the Alberta was thick and warm, especially with the Gibson. The Tele was perfect for the rocking chord work in some of the songs and of course for the country drenched bends and licks. Both guitars made a good cut in the sound spectrum without killing the other instruments.
This was by far the best sound I heard in a long time and it proved again that less is more - sometimes :-) I know now that I need a Tele....GAS is getting hold of me again....
Jimi
I have been to the James Blunt concert and felt like standing right in the middle of a young girl church squire. The sound of the band was pretty good and the video animation on the screens was top notch, which could not hide the fact that the music was a little "boring".
But it was interesting to watch the guitarist beside Mr Blunt.
He played a deadly good combination, simple but effective.
2x Marshall 1974x combos, salt & pepper grill cloth. From what I could hear one was clean and one was a little crunchy all in all not distorted. The pedal board consisted of a Wah, Tremolo, Delay, Tuner and a distortin which looked like the T-Rex Alberta.
He played most of the time a 52 vintage Fender Tele in butterscotch and for some songs an ES-335 in white and Tobacco sunburst.
The sound was AWESOME! His lead tone turning on the Alberta was thick and warm, especially with the Gibson. The Tele was perfect for the rocking chord work in some of the songs and of course for the country drenched bends and licks. Both guitars made a good cut in the sound spectrum without killing the other instruments.
This was by far the best sound I heard in a long time and it proved again that less is more - sometimes :-) I know now that I need a Tele....GAS is getting hold of me again....
Jimi