sunvalleylaw
September 21st, 2008, 08:46 PM
Headed across the street to a block party. A shared long driveway with four homes and families was blocked off, with the band on the covered porch of one house, and a barbecue and keg over across the driveway at another. The band included a good friend and some acquaintances, who I have jammed with once or twice before. We had talked about he hopping in with them but had not found time for a practice before hand. I did run through the "guest appearance' song list with my buddy a few nights before.
The band has invested in a significant amount of equipment with two boards, two big EV speakers for a PA, and the guys own gear. They have three guitars up there, a bass, and drums. A guy sat in on harp for some of the numbers and they really sounded good. They did classic rock covers, heavy on the Neal Young, with some Floyd, Tom Petty, Stones and the like. My buddy plays rhythm and sings, and the other two guitars trade lead and rhythm roles. One guy has a Schecter dual humbucker guitar that looks a little like a SG, but is more like an LP with two cutaways, but sharpened in shape as opposed to a true LP. The other guy plays an Eric Johnson strat. I am happy for him. He is a working guy, and when I first jammed with him, he had a Squire Strat (Japanese, white, actually very nice) and one of those cigarette amp things that sticks out of your input jack. He earned some good bonuses last year, and treated himself to his EJ strat, a coupla nice pedals, and a Blues Jr.
After they had played a couple sets, I got to hop in with the guys. Like I said, we had not rehearsed, but I knew the songs we had discussed, and was able to key off the other guys on a couple more. I played mostly rhythm, but since there were three guitars up there, I looked for some space to play some fills, and some mini leads here and there as seemed appropriate. I didn't piss anyone off, and everyone said I sounded good. It was different just hopping in and playing off of what the other guys were doing. It was good practice. I love playing with that drummer. He is a good rock drummer I think.
I got to play the one guy's Eric Johnson strat through his Tube Driver pedal into a mic'd Blues Jr, also plugging my strat into the same rig, then play my own rig to finish up through my own pedals and C-30. The EJ was nice, but I honestly liked mine just as well. It was a lot of fun, and I can't wait til the next time I get to and have some sick tones dialed up out of my new Rodent from DVM and my new Vik to go along with my trusty not so ol' Strat!
The band has invested in a significant amount of equipment with two boards, two big EV speakers for a PA, and the guys own gear. They have three guitars up there, a bass, and drums. A guy sat in on harp for some of the numbers and they really sounded good. They did classic rock covers, heavy on the Neal Young, with some Floyd, Tom Petty, Stones and the like. My buddy plays rhythm and sings, and the other two guitars trade lead and rhythm roles. One guy has a Schecter dual humbucker guitar that looks a little like a SG, but is more like an LP with two cutaways, but sharpened in shape as opposed to a true LP. The other guy plays an Eric Johnson strat. I am happy for him. He is a working guy, and when I first jammed with him, he had a Squire Strat (Japanese, white, actually very nice) and one of those cigarette amp things that sticks out of your input jack. He earned some good bonuses last year, and treated himself to his EJ strat, a coupla nice pedals, and a Blues Jr.
After they had played a couple sets, I got to hop in with the guys. Like I said, we had not rehearsed, but I knew the songs we had discussed, and was able to key off the other guys on a couple more. I played mostly rhythm, but since there were three guitars up there, I looked for some space to play some fills, and some mini leads here and there as seemed appropriate. I didn't piss anyone off, and everyone said I sounded good. It was different just hopping in and playing off of what the other guys were doing. It was good practice. I love playing with that drummer. He is a good rock drummer I think.
I got to play the one guy's Eric Johnson strat through his Tube Driver pedal into a mic'd Blues Jr, also plugging my strat into the same rig, then play my own rig to finish up through my own pedals and C-30. The EJ was nice, but I honestly liked mine just as well. It was a lot of fun, and I can't wait til the next time I get to and have some sick tones dialed up out of my new Rodent from DVM and my new Vik to go along with my trusty not so ol' Strat!