Original 1966 Fender Electric XII. Kashmir by Unkle Groove

[basicband]

Man, you guys can play and sing anything and pull if off...guitar sounds amazing. Again...hot vocals. Drums and bass...fantastic.

[robertgroove66]

Yep... Yves a fantastic reader lol!!

[eddiegrey]

Heck yeah...killer!

[robertgroove66]

Thanks Eddie! What's up in Electric Eddieland? Still gigging a lot?

Rob

[RITSACHRONOPOULOU]

:))) COOL!

[robertgroove66]

Thanks Ritsa!!

Rob

[wnorcott]

Great sound Rob. I never though anybody could pull off Kashmir without having the Mellotron but you did a great job.

When I was a teenager back in the Jurassic age my brother Bob 10 years older than me, came home with a 1967 Fender Coronado XII the hollow body 12 string Fender, got it at a garage sale for $20. But he sold it to pay for beer or something.

I never quite forgot that but I did forgive him, eventually. Haha.

Anyway great job.

Bill

[robertgroove66]

lol!! Those were the days! I'm 44 and started playing guitar at a very early age. i remember my dad coming back from work with a sunburst Tele with a nice yellowish binding.He said that he rented it from this store see if i'd like to try an electric guitar (up to then i was playing acoustic) This was 1974 and of course it was a pre-CBS Tele Custom. I kept it for a few months, then ask my father to buy it, but he thought that $250 was too much for an old guitar and got me a brand new Kay.oh well

[barabaka90]

Hi Robert! Nice sound!

How do you tune Electric XII. It seems to me, that it's tuned whole step lower. Am I right?

[robertgroove66]

Thanks!

Almost, i'm tuned to DADGAD (Low to high). That's the tuning Page used on it as well as a few other songs.

Rob

[stratocasterbob]

Rock On Rob ! Zep Rules! *****

[edniripo]

Nice one Rob. Very cool guitar.

[robertgroove66]

Thanks Ed!! Yep,funny little guitar with a "smurf hat" shaped headstock lol!!

Rob

[AlmigthyIsDead]

The guitar sound is a bit low, but the video is great and from what I can hear, this sounds awesome. I love the guitar aswell, where do you get these nowadays?

[robertgroove66]

Thank you!!

I've seen some on the net and vintage guitar stores, but they pretty scarce as Fender only made the for a couple of years.

Rob

[skytone27]

Nice job guys-nothing like a little middle east vibe fused with rock "a la Zep"! Guitar adds a nice touch Rob.

PB

[robertgroove66]

Thanks PB!! It's our "Garage à la Zep" version... Not like we had a better one anyway :D

MB

[badboyboogie20080212]

You play the strange guitar.

[robertgroove66]

lol!! Well, i'm a strange monkey, gotta play those strange guitars once in awhile, right? :D

[KennethRMullins]

Hey Rob...This is ABSOLUTELY GREAT...Zep is my all time favorite band... GREAT cover..Thankx for the share....Ray

[robertgroove66]

Thanks Ray!! Glad that didn't find our "Garage" version sacrilegious lol!!

Rob

[xttraffic]

Guitar sounds great , so perfect for this song which you guys nailed . Nice one .

[robertgroove66]

Thanks Dave!! I needed something really full sounding since there's so much stuff on the original, so the open tuning and the 12 made it. It sounds a bit like a garage version of the original, but a garage with an electric door i guess :D

Rob

[stratocasterbob]

Cool Zep Cover ! ZOSO !

The last time I saw anyone play that guitar was Johnny Winter in 1972! *****

[robertgroove66]

Geez i was only 6 in '72!! Time flies...

Rob

[srvfan79]

V'là une reprise qui vaut bien plus qu'un plat de lentilles, j'vous le dis les gars... et en plus ça sent le bon le lotus! Y a de quoi avoir la tête qui tourne, vous êtes trop bon les gars!!!

5 stars pour Rob et sa XII

... ça y est, à parler de chiffre, j'ai mal au crâne 8-\

[robertgroove66]

Hey merci l'cousin!!

Tout comme Tintin, tes commentaires méritent d'être traduits en plusieurs langues... En tout cas au moins en Anglais!! Côté humour absurde t'es le meilleur du web!!

... Bon c'est pas tout, j'vois que tu m'as écrit un message (trop rare ces temps-ci!) sur ton évolution DIY en ce qui a attrait aux grosses pédales en pleine O.D. d'hérissons et de Breton chromé...

Rob

[lewisgreenbaba]

As always the best vibrations from you!!!!!

Live Music with friends, those are the best moments forever!!!! THKS for posting

Lewis

[robertgroove66]

So true, i couldn't said it better. Thanks Lewis!!

Rob

[1Thequickbrownfox]

Love it love it loveit!!! Dam Cool as....:))

[robertgroove66]

Thank you brother from down under :)

Rob

[markjason123]

Very very good

[robertgroove66]

Thanks Mark!!

[robertgroove66]

Thanks to all for watching!! We're #90 most viewed musicians in Canada today!!

Rob :)

[carrp12000]

You guys rock. You need to make an albumn availible, even if its only covers...

[robertgroove66]

Thanks!! I guess we should, but we're so lazy dude. Hell, we consider ourselves lucky if have a rehearsal once a year lol!! We just do these gigs for fun and let some steam off. We basically get drunk and jam.... But you never know we might do it. we already recorded some stuff (just go to our unklegroove MS page) and have a few other that i still have to mix.

Rob

[Noitpure]

What a cool guitar for a killer version of Kashmir!!! Nice!!! Take care, Trina

[robertgroove66]

Thanks Trina!! Yeah it a crazy guitar. Gotta love that "Smurf hat" headstock :D

Rob

[donnaaustin]

sweet

[robertgroove66]

Thank you very much Donna!!

Rob

[AndreasBusshart]

Rob you and the guys sounded fantastic....I like this song in this tempo..you guys keep it alive and kickin'....nice guitar.....Freddie

[robertgroove66]

Thanks Freddie, you're very kind. Well there's a few clams and this one might be a bit over our league, but it worth the try.

Rob

[sabtahi13]

Rob, you got the Rock & Roll attitude, you gotta take chances! This is *plenty* good for the first time out, 5 stars!

[robertgroove66]

Totally agree with you!! It's the best compliment you can give me and i thank you for that. R&R is about attitude, not how fast and clean you can play those 16th note.

Taking chance is the only way you can grow as a musician. Sure i make mistakes, a lots of them, and maybe we try stuff a bit to elaborate for a simple trio format (Our homage to Rick Wright playing a good part of "The Dark Side of the Moon" without keyboards comes to mind) but so did my idols. So why not!! ;)

Rob

[ciclosonico]

Great drummer-singer, great gtr&bass, I definitely would be there in the audience!!!!!!!

Awesome Zep song, you always play with FIRE!!!

Rob, your trio kicks serious asses :)))

[robertgroove66]

Thank you so much Stephano that's very kind!! I a shame that most of my YT friends live so far away, we could have this massive jam!! wouldn't that be cool!!

Rob

[jejouedelaguitarebas]

Wow!!! Ça rock :)

[robertgroove66]

Merci bien :)

Rob

[elbenaso]

Really great job again! Très bien! Greetings from Spain.

[robertgroove66]

Merci beaucoup mon bon ami!! I appreciate it!!

Rob

[fendermac]

There's a guitar I've always coveted.Great work one and all,as ever *****

[robertgroove66]

Thanks Paul!! Yeah, they're pretty scarce did them for about 2 years. I got it because that's what Pete Townshend was using in the studio at some point, and of course Jimmy used one for Stairway to Heaven... but i'll never play that song!! lol!!

Rob

[fendermac]

I know that picture...skinny young Pete sat on a chair with headphones and desert boots!

[robertgroove66]

Yep, that's the one!!

[MaxPatatePowa]

Haha, le FUCK YEAH au début! Vraiment bien rendu, un bon petit tempo un peu plus rapide que l'originale, sa donne une bonne drive! Good job les gars!

[robertgroove66]

lol!! Merci Max!! Ouin, on était primés ce soir là. Il y avait un line up et le Bistro refusait du monde à la porte pis on avait pas encore commencé!! On avait une couple de nouvelles tunes qu'on avait jamais fait live pis qu'on avait monté un après-midi. Pis dans l'fond si jamais c'est pas bon, en les jouant plus vite ça passe plus vite lol!!

Rob

[AlexisGuitar94]

malade! vous devriez faire lemon song aussi! (même si la voix monte un peu ^^)

[robertgroove66]

Tu veut tuer le Yves ou quoi?!! lol!! Juste avec celle-là on dirait qu'il mourrir de combustion sponanée... Ce qui peut être assez dangereux avec notre taux d'alcoolémie :D

Rob

[AlexisGuitar94]

HAHA! désolé Yves XD

[benmols]

schweeeeeeeeeeet

[robertgroove66]

Thankshhhh :D

Rob

[6K6R]

C'est bon les gars 5*****

Claude

[robertgroove66]

Merci Claude!!

Rob

[feelee15]

hey great cover! did you use the tuning page uses?

[AlexisGuitar94]

D A D G A D or some thin like this

[feelee15]

yeah page plays in dadgad for kashmir but I've figured it out in drop D so I dont have to throw everything out of whack when I play this.

[robertgroove66]

Precisely my dear Watson :)

Rob

[robertgroove66]

Thanks!! Yeah, i love that tuning, and considering the fullness of the original and us just being three, it fills the sound and J-F bass playing on that one is amazing.

It's far from perfect, but we had a great time doing it.

Rob

[feelee15]

I thought it sounded great. A little fast to me though

[robertgroove66]

Yeah i agree could have been slower, but like i said on another comment in french. That place was packed, there was a lineup and they were refusing people at the door. So when we got on stage we just went for it the whole night playing 3 over and hour sets, plus a bunch of encores. You have no idea how much whiskey and beers we drank that night just to lower our level of adrenalin lol!! Plus, it was our first go at it, not really certain we would pull if off..in those cases you better play fast!

[feelee15]

haha. NICE! glad there are people coming out to your gigs! I would be a shame if you were playing all this awesome stuff for no one! Keep it up

[SoulTravellers]

Nice criss de belle job Yves!

[robertgroove66]

Oui, J'pense qu'on lui en as demandé pas mal cette fois si. lol!!

Rob

[kidderminsterbro]

hey rg

man that sounded great

great vocals

a strong steady performance

unkle groove is right on

peace,

rich

[robertgroove66]

Thanks Rich. Wish we had a Mellotron (or bette a Moroccan orchestra!!) to fill the sound a bit lol!!

Rob