Saw the great les paul himself play live new york city 2007. He played for 3 houres. During the 3 houre's les paul played he never once played or mention gibson les pauls. He played 3 of his Epiphone les pauls and one of his Fav's is the Eppi 56 Gold Top
I have one question...is it possible to change pickups on this guitar and put the seymour duncan 2 alnico pro pickups???...because of size of pickups???
@mariosmetradio GIBSON GOLDTOP IS 1300 EURO / 1400 EURO SE VAI ALL'ESSEMUSIC DI MONTEBELLUNA FRIULI SENNO VERSO I 1500 1600 EPIPHONE LES PAUL GOLDTOP 560 600 EURO
I wouldn't call it 'blues' really, but it's a helluva blues-rock jam. You sorta lost the feeling in the beginning shred, but for the most part, you've got a very Slash-esque hard rock style going on. I approve.
I grew up in Austin, knew SRV -used to talk to him after his gigs. He told me a joke that applies to all of you who are criticizing -
How many guitar players does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: 12 - One to change it, 11 to stand around saying they could do it better. (get a life)
We said, pity how in every walk of life you have these bitter people spewing their hate for themselves on others specially when it comes to music when it's very essence is to bring people together. I've seen SRV in concert but never had the pleasure to met him. You are lucky, peace.
@buhmabee Not everyone hates themselves. I know it's a difficult concept for you because you think people just reflect what's inside themselves onto others. No! it's not hate for themselves, it's hate for others. Others are fucking retarded and give them the shits so they are treated with disdain and contempt. Some people really are total fuckwits, and they should be treated that way. This guy playing isn't one of them.
This could actually sound awesome with a backing track and the right chords along with good amp settings - however, this is more like hard rock rather than blues
Blues ??????? You call it blues ????? Have you ever heard some ? you should go slower and play with you heart instaed of speed "technic"....this guitar should be used that way .......great guitar !!!!!
all that gain is just hiding the fact he isn't much of a player... and it sounds like a solid state amp, which makes every guitar sound like a 150 dollar piece of junk
@daydreamer96 Sounds kind of reminiscent of slash, and he's pretty bluesy, listen to johnny winter play, just cuz it's fast doesn't mean it's not blues.
not sure what a bumblebee is but p-90s are single coil pick-ups that tend to be bright and edgey whereas humbuckers are double coils and tend to be warmer and resonant. it`s a matter of taste. there is no right or wrong, no matter what some say..........
bumble bees are capacitors not pickups...and the difference between humbuckers and P90s is... HBs are rather warm, fat and beefy, mid-sounding pickups, while p90s push the heights and the lows and sound more lively and crystalic clear.
though, to johnmayer, i understand the facepalm bit, but as to questioning the blues thingy, it just shows one`s lack of understanding of the diversity of the genre.
take jimmy page or berne torme for instance, or pat travers. blues by heritage and roots, but rockers at heart.
goldtop blues is a tip of the hat to all that is great about fingers on the fretboard and passion for playing.
rock on dude it sounds awesome, ive been wanting a strat with a p90 p-up and to those who seem to be arguing over the sound of, well franly idk i dont think i went back enough pages to figure out what you guys are fighting about, JUST SHUT UP,AND START E-MAILING EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF CRAMMING THE COMMENTS SECTION WITH IT.
hey luke you did say that those guys didn't use distortion. but you slao correctly stated that their tones were OVERDRIVE. overdrive is different than distortion. rhody being being such a fantastic tech should know the difference. just because you work at guitar center and restring guitars doesnt make you a tech rhody. i'm lookin for a nice hand built guitar. what do you have? the whole debate comes down to this, shitty pickups sound like shit, good ones sound good.
For RhodyHaze: Respect the others point of view...argue with them, but respect is the first thing.
So if you want to have at least a professional appearance, since you said you're a guitar tech and all, just don't insult people because they think in a different way from you. You lose in credibility and sound like an angry youtube-teenager (you know what I'm talking about).
oh 1 more thing lukeblueslover you wanna be retarded excuse for a musician i build guitars and im also a guitar tech and i repair peoples guitars and they pay me for this s i know more than you do hell ive probly forgotten more than you will ever know you stupid festering piece of shit and i would once again like to remind you that you are a dumbshit whos opinions have no basis and you have no buisness talking about anybodies tone and i repeat you are a dumbass !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I only said that a single coil with lots of distorsion usually sounds bad...but is still a problem in the sound settings, of course, you could play with some distorted humbuckers and sound like shit and maybe have a more interesting tone with a single coil (the first that comes into my mind is Tom Morello). As for the other bullshit I am too a guitar tech and they pay me for that...so it surprises me why you react this way...Such a stupid way.
also lukeblueslover you dumbshit ive seen yer video and you have no buisness talking about anybodies tone and yes a p90 is a single coil but i bet a p90has more copper wire on its single coil than any humbuckers have on both coils oh and did you know mr pickup expert the more overwound a pickup is the darker it sounds so if a p90 has more windings than a humbucker then it actually has a fuller sound than a humbucker with the added benifit of a better string attack and a punchier sound dumbass!!!
In the middle of all the "dumbass" "dumbshit" "piece of shit" and all, I've just read that thing about the p-90's. The "fuller" sound...after that there's no need to argue anymore. mmm Just wondering why they put two coils togheter to create the humbuckers since they could have overwound the single coils right from the beginning?Maybe only to avoid the cyclic hum?oh my god, that's a MISTRERY!
So it's still my opinion that have no basis?
At least on my side there are some unexceptionable truths
hey lukeblueslover you dumbass there are no physical limits that keep single coils from being used with high gain or from sounding good see what your expressing is called an opinion and a pretty stupid opinion at that the only diffrences from humbuckers and single coils sound wise is single coils have a tighter more focused bright sound where as a humbucker has 2 coils that provide a full dark sound
I play a goldtop through a digitech Death Metal and a Boss Ds1 OD pedal because p-90's have a perfect balance of output and tone it sounds awsome for classic rock and grungy tones my HB equipped LP is for shredding, besides, each person should have their own sound even if the ampsucks.
no offense...but how can you tell that he has a good sound???the quality of the footage is much more than bad. And I've got a question for alistarirthegreat...why did you bought a p90 equipped guitar for that heavy dist. sound???
I kike blues,rock,hard rock,heavy metal,thrash metal,Doom,etc.You can play these styles with single pickups:Ritchie Blackmore,Yngwie Malsmsteen,my friend Fran...Etc.I like the alistairthegreat sound with P-90 pickups.I respect your opinion but the guitar sound have posibilities infinities.I use Marshall 800 and Gibson les paul custom with humbuckers,if I play heavy or thrash metal use Boss SD-1 too.
yes for shure, but they're isolated examples..blackmore and even malmsteen have a vintage-ish sound, surely blackmore's sound isn't comparable to the one of a metal guitarist with humbuckers on his instrument. And for good reasons, since the single coils are the first kind of pickups and they are, anyway, even if overwounded, not suitable for hi-gain settings, it's a physical limit. By the way, if you like his sound I respect that. Cheers
singe coils equipped witha high gain setting just sound so good you cant just say humbuckers are the only thing good for hi gain distortion stuff and hes not really playing metal its more classic rock, P 90's are perfect fpor that they just seem to scream and sound so nice with OD
no offense to him, but for me his sound insn't that good. And it's not a case that few people use single coils for hi-gain settings. And as I said it's a physical limit that heavy amounts of dist. sounds shitty and messy with a single coil.
stevie ray vaughan never used lots of distortion...neither led zeppelin used "distortion" when page used a Tele (that is a completely diffrent guitar, even if also equipped with single coils), they used an overdriven/fuzz sound(for zeppelin) and hendrix had a completely diffrent sound... I have a strat and I know that guitar pretty well. I'm talking about HIS distortion, it has nothing to do with those sounds.
dude...do you have any idea what you are talking about at all? Yea Page used tones of distortion, so did Vaughan, have you ever even heard pride and joy or The Girl I loved?
Yes i do know the difference between Page and Vaughan tone, and they are different, but what im saying is that they do use distortion on alot of blues tracks and its kinda ignorant to say they dont but i suppose in the long run it doesnt matter, no offense intended dude.
I never said they didn't use distortion man. Vaughan had a more overdriven sound and Page used distortion...but that's not the point, their sounds have nothing to do with the one in this vid. And that's all I'm saying.
Hey alistairthegreat, don't listen to the jerks out there. It's obvious that your just trying to give us an idea of the guitar sound, so screw the critics. I for one am glad you did it, cheap camera audio or not. Besides, who are these people? And who made them experts on the blues? The blues begat rock, and the modern guitarists can blend 'em all. To hell with the naysayers, keep rockin'/bluesin'/jazzin, or whatever!!!
Hey Michaelfender, the difference between P-90s and P-100 is that the P-90 is a single coil pickup, and the P-100 is a humbucker with stacked coils. The P-100 doesn't sound identical to a P-90, but is certainly less noisy, especially with distortion.
This is so cool. Reminds me of Led Zeppelin I've asked a few people, and it's probably a stupid question, but what's the difference between p100's and p90's?
Is that an Epiphone Gold Top? How noisy do the P-90's get with your distortion? I've heard they are quite noisy, but I've been thinking about getting a 56 Gold Top. Oh, Nice playing too.
hey, glad you like the pick-ups. i recently got my ampeg v-4 fixed so the p-90s sound magnificent and loud too. i run the risk of eviction now though......
i'm getting Jon to wind me a set of mini-humbuckers...i can't wait...i like your vid and playing by the way...i think the sound of p/u was pertty effectivly conveyed...if your poor like me you have to decide...microphones and PODS or pickups and tubes...thus far tubes has won out cause i like to play live, so i don't own any thing for a studio..thanks for posting...cheers
well thanks for the words of support. my individual style has allowed me the pleasure of working with guys like pat travers, rick santers and a little known guy called brad campbell, who played the bass for a little known female performer called janice joplin, who few people have heard of.
my recollection of playing statesboro` blues was at double speed through a marshall stack, and it was just fine for a room full of bikers.
well... ill have 2 disagree w/ all those guys who try tellin you to change your style. sure blues is played almost clean by most blues artists. but u know. for me music is my way to express myself. i mean sure its great if you can play a solo like somebody else did before you. but for me thats just not the right thing to do. especially blues / bluesrock .. its about expressing your feelings. and i dislike ppl who think theyre great just cause they can play some song to the T
all great guitarists... whoever this might be to you... all of them didnt start out or developed their style by looking up tabs on the web. they didnt cover anybody elses work. and if they did, they did it their own way. so keep up your style. do it your way and express yourself... sounds like great work to me anyways. and dont tell me again i dont know what good music is like - i named the reason for my opinion and i told you what music means to me.
i love awful tone, and sloppy playing is my favorite thing to do.
that and laughing at some of the opinions posted here by um, guitarists..........
relax people, it was recorded on a still camera with a piss little microphone and i bashed off a riff or two for my mate who builds pick-ups and wanted a clip for a client.......
I'm going to agree with the other comments, boring playing, and way too much distortion.
The only way to become a good player is to realize when you make mistakes, you can't when you play with that much gain (which is the reason many shredders use a ton of it and crappy SS amps, to hide sloppiness).
I have to agree with you hamish, awful tone and sloppy playing. You do have the skills but you're playing is just a bit all over the place, i think you jumping the gun trying to get the speed before the accuracy, trust me i know how it is i was the same. Well anyway, good luck.
the amp is a line 6 flextone with a slightly blown speaker, recorded with my camera so the quality is impaired somewhat, but it was a way to get the clip posted.......
it`s interesting how different people react to distortion.
i take the paul gilbert approach.....distortion is good.
"distortion is good" hehehe. I love p90's under heavy distortion. I have a Gibson LP Junior and it sings through an overdriven amp. My big amp is a 50Watt Laney GH50L which is like what Paul Gilbert uses.
Bring it on home.... and take off your death metal distortion - P90s need to sing through a Vintage Tube Amp... Keep playing - loose the high gain distortion and let you hands create the tone.
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finndigg 2 months ago
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Saw the great les paul himself play live new york city 2007. He played for 3 houres. During the 3 houre's les paul played he never once played or mention gibson les pauls. He played 3 of his Epiphone les pauls and one of his Fav's is the Eppi 56 Gold Top
stratdem 4 months ago
WOW best sound ever......was this in Flac ?
vass700 8 months ago
no sound-wtf
CDNBOBify 9 months ago
Can't hear any sound here.
gangtwanger 1 year ago 7
your playing was either so good or so bad it blew out my speakers
loverofpie32 1 year ago
@loverofpie32 same here, what the FUCK happened....
dontfunkaround 1 year ago
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PreGuitargod 1 year ago
I have one question...is it possible to change pickups on this guitar and put the seymour duncan 2 alnico pro pickups???...because of size of pickups???
sorry on my english???
:/
draganmoconja 1 year ago
not really blues except for one part. Your playing was definitely really good man!
nitroguitarist255 1 year ago
Don't rape a goldtop in this way! Remember, she has a soul!
ledclark 1 year ago
wow. I'm sorry, but that's not "magnificent tone" at all.
quilicimusic 1 year ago
Nice sounding P-90's. Playing is good too...thanks.
zouavefrench 1 year ago
What is the cost in euros of this guitar??
Thanks.
mariosmetradio 1 year ago
@mariosmetradio
i`m not sure. the tokai guitar has become illegal in canada, but i think you can buy them without hassles in britain.
alistairthegreat 1 year ago
@mariosmetradio GIBSON GOLDTOP IS 1300 EURO / 1400 EURO SE VAI ALL'ESSEMUSIC DI MONTEBELLUNA FRIULI SENNO VERSO I 1500 1600 EPIPHONE LES PAUL GOLDTOP 560 600 EURO
MsSlash222 1 year ago
nice playing but i'm not sure how one would call this blues...
permian11 1 year ago
I am looking to get some P90s and I am looking for the hottest, grindiest P90s available
any suggestions?
JDog1024 1 year ago
I wouldn't call it 'blues' really, but it's a helluva blues-rock jam. You sorta lost the feeling in the beginning shred, but for the most part, you've got a very Slash-esque hard rock style going on. I approve.
ReverendBarrow 1 year ago
Well played, keep 'em coming.
buhmabee 2 years ago
most these haters just envy. fuck em. the blues is the devils music and i think ya made him proud.
sikkinixx82 2 years ago 2
Man, if you think that's a magnificent tone, you need to get out more...
laservampire 2 years ago 2
0:37 = Bring It On Home off of Led Zeppelin II. I absolutely love that album
tMattLZ 2 years ago
@tMattLZ YES. you are a man of fine taste. and this guy kinda messed up the riff.. :P
LedZeppelinisgod100 2 years ago
I grew up in Austin, knew SRV -used to talk to him after his gigs. He told me a joke that applies to all of you who are criticizing -
How many guitar players does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: 12 - One to change it, 11 to stand around saying they could do it better. (get a life)
wathafuh 2 years ago 4
We said, pity how in every walk of life you have these bitter people spewing their hate for themselves on others specially when it comes to music when it's very essence is to bring people together. I've seen SRV in concert but never had the pleasure to met him. You are lucky, peace.
buhmabee 2 years ago
@buhmabee Not everyone hates themselves. I know it's a difficult concept for you because you think people just reflect what's inside themselves onto others. No! it's not hate for themselves, it's hate for others. Others are fucking retarded and give them the shits so they are treated with disdain and contempt. Some people really are total fuckwits, and they should be treated that way. This guy playing isn't one of them.
melindagreenjeans 1 year ago
This could actually sound awesome with a backing track and the right chords along with good amp settings - however, this is more like hard rock rather than blues
thecosmicstring 2 years ago
Not too impressive....... Lacks taste.... Can you say noise?
MrCrstine 2 years ago
Blues ??????? You call it blues ????? Have you ever heard some ? you should go slower and play with you heart instaed of speed "technic"....this guitar should be used that way .......great guitar !!!!!
BELOROYAN 2 years ago
habsfan..the amp is an ampeg v-4 100 watt tube amp dipshit.
as for the playing....post your own and let the other posters be the judge.
alistairthegreat 2 years ago
all that gain is just hiding the fact he isn't much of a player... and it sounds like a solid state amp, which makes every guitar sound like a 150 dollar piece of junk
habsfan170 2 years ago
SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!
mikebeefroy13 2 years ago
@daydreamer96 Sounds kind of reminiscent of slash, and he's pretty bluesy, listen to johnny winter play, just cuz it's fast doesn't mean it's not blues.
noremac91 2 years ago
That a Gibson or an Epiphone?
MyEverConstantSmile 2 years ago
p-90s hum becuase they aren`t shielded like humbuckers...so keep them from neon lights and computer screens and you`ll be happy.
alistairthegreat 2 years ago
ZEPPELIN at :43 !!!!!!
Beautiful guitar... do the P90s hum a lot though?
Obelix5150 2 years ago
no zeppelin starts at 38
amast3rMind69 2 years ago
epiphones p 90s do more
CreatureerutaerC 2 years ago
he puts up his middle finger at 0:06
EMAN120102 2 years ago 2
bring it on home
amast3rMind69 2 years ago
Awesome!!!
Grandma Mary
Fr3derick 2 years ago
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Great sounding pick ups! try playing the riff in "bring it on home" with an "A flat" instead of an open "G" and JP will love you for it!
LiquidVoodooRocks 2 years ago
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LiquidVoodooRocks 2 years ago
Nice playing man.
mattchurchill 3 years ago
the jack...
skateur59255 3 years ago
good les paul
ste7295 3 years ago
hmmmm so powerful that guitar is all i want......
DonFicoMontana 3 years ago
Nice! I just bid on a set of his P90 custom wound pickups on the bay. What are yours wound to?
formula73 3 years ago
What the pickups are here? Gibson or other?
Vladymir1916 3 years ago
Damn right! Make it know who it's working for!!!
viletantrum 3 years ago
love the bring it on home bit at the end
stepblep 3 years ago
was that first bend meant to be like that?
WanderingMendosa 3 years ago
...and this guitar is plugged through what amp? pedal?
praga37 3 years ago
more like shreding neither blues
Geokouu 3 years ago 2
epi or gibson??
OfficialBrad 3 years ago
epi gold top 56
sufjan74 3 years ago
thanks for the positive comments.......
grunty.
yeah.
alistairthegreat 3 years ago
Some nice tech playing !.
Would like to hear you with more feeling !.
Grunty sound. :-)
daveyg06 3 years ago
FUCKING AMAZING
Chicagokilla17 3 years ago
not sure what a bumblebee is but p-90s are single coil pick-ups that tend to be bright and edgey whereas humbuckers are double coils and tend to be warmer and resonant. it`s a matter of taste. there is no right or wrong, no matter what some say..........
alistairthegreat 3 years ago
whats the difference between P90s and humbuckers because i have bumblebees or something and they have too much mids
jl7571677 3 years ago
bumble bees are capacitors not pickups...and the difference between humbuckers and P90s is... HBs are rather warm, fat and beefy, mid-sounding pickups, while p90s push the heights and the lows and sound more lively and crystalic clear.
Th3SundanceKid 3 years ago
thanks bro....i appreciate the comments.
though, to johnmayer, i understand the facepalm bit, but as to questioning the blues thingy, it just shows one`s lack of understanding of the diversity of the genre.
take jimmy page or berne torme for instance, or pat travers. blues by heritage and roots, but rockers at heart.
goldtop blues is a tip of the hat to all that is great about fingers on the fretboard and passion for playing.
alistairthegreat 3 years ago
I really like tht zeppelin riff in there :P
paintballman111 3 years ago
sick video man u should probably get a better camera tho lol but nice playing
guitarlord199 3 years ago
awesome video man and sweet goldtop
VRWES 3 years ago
rock on dude it sounds awesome, ive been wanting a strat with a p90 p-up and to those who seem to be arguing over the sound of, well franly idk i dont think i went back enough pages to figure out what you guys are fighting about, JUST SHUT UP,AND START E-MAILING EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF CRAMMING THE COMMENTS SECTION WITH IT.
StairwayToZeppelin78 3 years ago
hey luke you did say that those guys didn't use distortion. but you slao correctly stated that their tones were OVERDRIVE. overdrive is different than distortion. rhody being being such a fantastic tech should know the difference. just because you work at guitar center and restring guitars doesnt make you a tech rhody. i'm lookin for a nice hand built guitar. what do you have? the whole debate comes down to this, shitty pickups sound like shit, good ones sound good.
westsidepablo 3 years ago
Blues?
*facepalm*
JohnMayer07 3 years ago 17
For RhodyHaze: Respect the others point of view...argue with them, but respect is the first thing.
So if you want to have at least a professional appearance, since you said you're a guitar tech and all, just don't insult people because they think in a different way from you. You lose in credibility and sound like an angry youtube-teenager (you know what I'm talking about).
Yours was such a pathetic reaction.
Cheers.
Lukeblueslover 4 years ago
Y'all are some angry bitches. cool it
frigomama 4 years ago
oh 1 more thing lukeblueslover you wanna be retarded excuse for a musician i build guitars and im also a guitar tech and i repair peoples guitars and they pay me for this s i know more than you do hell ive probly forgotten more than you will ever know you stupid festering piece of shit and i would once again like to remind you that you are a dumbshit whos opinions have no basis and you have no buisness talking about anybodies tone and i repeat you are a dumbass !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RhodyHaze 4 years ago
Cool down mate, are you serious 'bout that?
I only said that a single coil with lots of distorsion usually sounds bad...but is still a problem in the sound settings, of course, you could play with some distorted humbuckers and sound like shit and maybe have a more interesting tone with a single coil (the first that comes into my mind is Tom Morello). As for the other bullshit I am too a guitar tech and they pay me for that...so it surprises me why you react this way...Such a stupid way.
Lukeblueslover 4 years ago
also lukeblueslover you dumbshit ive seen yer video and you have no buisness talking about anybodies tone and yes a p90 is a single coil but i bet a p90has more copper wire on its single coil than any humbuckers have on both coils oh and did you know mr pickup expert the more overwound a pickup is the darker it sounds so if a p90 has more windings than a humbucker then it actually has a fuller sound than a humbucker with the added benifit of a better string attack and a punchier sound dumbass!!!
RhodyHaze 4 years ago
In the middle of all the "dumbass" "dumbshit" "piece of shit" and all, I've just read that thing about the p-90's. The "fuller" sound...after that there's no need to argue anymore. mmm Just wondering why they put two coils togheter to create the humbuckers since they could have overwound the single coils right from the beginning?Maybe only to avoid the cyclic hum?oh my god, that's a MISTRERY!
So it's still my opinion that have no basis?
At least on my side there are some unexceptionable truths
Lukeblueslover 4 years ago
hey lukeblueslover you dumbass there are no physical limits that keep single coils from being used with high gain or from sounding good see what your expressing is called an opinion and a pretty stupid opinion at that the only diffrences from humbuckers and single coils sound wise is single coils have a tighter more focused bright sound where as a humbucker has 2 coils that provide a full dark sound
RhodyHaze 4 years ago
Thats not blues fucker, thats just technical bullshit, worthless.
1950sRedAirliner 4 years ago 9
I play a goldtop through a digitech Death Metal and a Boss Ds1 OD pedal because p-90's have a perfect balance of output and tone it sounds awsome for classic rock and grungy tones my HB equipped LP is for shredding, besides, each person should have their own sound even if the ampsucks.
deholli79 4 years ago
liked the 2nd half especially...
kefrisk2 4 years ago
beautiful guitar, gibson or epiphone, well done mate, what sort of amp u usin
bazzabalboa 4 years ago
I like your sound,The guitar is Epiphone or Gibson?The Pickups?The Amp?
Said me,said me...Great sound.
Thank you
dist71 4 years ago
no offense...but how can you tell that he has a good sound???the quality of the footage is much more than bad. And I've got a question for alistarirthegreat...why did you bought a p90 equipped guitar for that heavy dist. sound???
Lukeblueslover 4 years ago
I kike blues,rock,hard rock,heavy metal,thrash metal,Doom,etc.You can play these styles with single pickups:Ritchie Blackmore,Yngwie Malsmsteen,my friend Fran...Etc.I like the alistairthegreat sound with P-90 pickups.I respect your opinion but the guitar sound have posibilities infinities.I use Marshall 800 and Gibson les paul custom with humbuckers,if I play heavy or thrash metal use Boss SD-1 too.
dist71 4 years ago
yes for shure, but they're isolated examples..blackmore and even malmsteen have a vintage-ish sound, surely blackmore's sound isn't comparable to the one of a metal guitarist with humbuckers on his instrument. And for good reasons, since the single coils are the first kind of pickups and they are, anyway, even if overwounded, not suitable for hi-gain settings, it's a physical limit. By the way, if you like his sound I respect that. Cheers
Lukeblueslover 4 years ago
singe coils equipped witha high gain setting just sound so good you cant just say humbuckers are the only thing good for hi gain distortion stuff and hes not really playing metal its more classic rock, P 90's are perfect fpor that they just seem to scream and sound so nice with OD
aec0691 4 years ago
no offense to him, but for me his sound insn't that good. And it's not a case that few people use single coils for hi-gain settings. And as I said it's a physical limit that heavy amounts of dist. sounds shitty and messy with a single coil.
Lukeblueslover 4 years ago
well i play alot of hendrix and ray vaughan stuff and led zeppelin and they sound awesome on a strat with single coils
aec0691 4 years ago
stevie ray vaughan never used lots of distortion...neither led zeppelin used "distortion" when page used a Tele (that is a completely diffrent guitar, even if also equipped with single coils), they used an overdriven/fuzz sound(for zeppelin) and hendrix had a completely diffrent sound... I have a strat and I know that guitar pretty well. I'm talking about HIS distortion, it has nothing to do with those sounds.
Lukeblueslover 4 years ago
dude...do you have any idea what you are talking about at all? Yea Page used tones of distortion, so did Vaughan, have you ever even heard pride and joy or The Girl I loved?
leonkennedy74 4 years ago
what? Do you have ANY idea of the differences between Page and Vaughan tone??
Incomparable
Lukeblueslover 4 years ago 3
Yes i do know the difference between Page and Vaughan tone, and they are different, but what im saying is that they do use distortion on alot of blues tracks and its kinda ignorant to say they dont but i suppose in the long run it doesnt matter, no offense intended dude.
leonkennedy74 4 years ago
I never said they didn't use distortion man. Vaughan had a more overdriven sound and Page used distortion...but that's not the point, their sounds have nothing to do with the one in this vid. And that's all I'm saying.
Cheers man
Lukeblueslover 4 years ago
its a line6 , tolkai les paul goldtop with p90's i know because thats my dad playing
ilikepickles47 4 years ago 2
alistairthegreat.... great sound men, beuty guitar, its a gibson o epiphone men????
" el sonido es un poco pesado, o con mucha distorcion para el blues, pero bien ¡¡¡¡"
nice guitar men
dasound222 4 years ago
thanks powr......i shall keep rocking.
words to live by.
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
Hey alistairthegreat, don't listen to the jerks out there. It's obvious that your just trying to give us an idea of the guitar sound, so screw the critics. I for one am glad you did it, cheap camera audio or not. Besides, who are these people? And who made them experts on the blues? The blues begat rock, and the modern guitarists can blend 'em all. To hell with the naysayers, keep rockin'/bluesin'/jazzin, or whatever!!!
powrsuply 4 years ago
Hey Michaelfender, the difference between P-90s and P-100 is that the P-90 is a single coil pickup, and the P-100 is a humbucker with stacked coils. The P-100 doesn't sound identical to a P-90, but is certainly less noisy, especially with distortion.
powrsuply 4 years ago
This is so cool. Reminds me of Led Zeppelin I've asked a few people, and it's probably a stupid question, but what's the difference between p100's and p90's?
Michaelfender 4 years ago
haha! you call this blues?
plechatam 4 years ago
ramus, thanks. that`s what i was attempting to achieve.
and for those who came looking for a more traditional approach to blues, i`m sorry to disappoint.
pinky? no need for such while playing simply.
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
great blues man. and nice gritty tone.
Ramu911 4 years ago
NOT blues
and what happenned at the end?
sbh0064 4 years ago
you'll open up a whole new window
if you start using your pinky when improvising
SlashBash69 4 years ago
thanks craig.
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
nasty...i love it
craigsimz 4 years ago
good but that is DEFINATELY not blues
redsoxhater2468 4 years ago
weltar, you live in a place that doesn`t include billy gibbons, jimmy hendrix or any other bluesman using grit and dirt from the soul.......
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
this is blues? man, where do i live?
Weltar 4 years ago
...and Led Zeppelin. "Bring it on Home"
papaooomaumau 4 years ago
That is not blues. That is some stupid shredding shit.
papaooomaumau 4 years ago
showw
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BRASILLL!!
ronaldoalveskuhlmann 4 years ago
Is that an Epiphone Gold Top? How noisy do the P-90's get with your distortion? I've heard they are quite noisy, but I've been thinking about getting a 56 Gold Top. Oh, Nice playing too.
JayDeeSG 4 years ago
uhm... sounds good but thats not blues, dude
thomizz 4 years ago
absolutely.......
and the laney is delicious.
do the niegbours share your joy?
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
hey, glad you like the pick-ups. i recently got my ampeg v-4 fixed so the p-90s sound magnificent and loud too. i run the risk of eviction now though......
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
i'm getting Jon to wind me a set of mini-humbuckers...i can't wait...i like your vid and playing by the way...i think the sound of p/u was pertty effectivly conveyed...if your poor like me you have to decide...microphones and PODS or pickups and tubes...thus far tubes has won out cause i like to play live, so i don't own any thing for a studio..thanks for posting...cheers
farrows 4 years ago
well thanks for the words of support. my individual style has allowed me the pleasure of working with guys like pat travers, rick santers and a little known guy called brad campbell, who played the bass for a little known female performer called janice joplin, who few people have heard of.
my recollection of playing statesboro` blues was at double speed through a marshall stack, and it was just fine for a room full of bikers.
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
You played guitar for a guy that played bass for Janice Joplin. No wonder you call yourself "the great"
BluPup8 3 years ago
n sry but youtube wouldnt let my post my comment in one shot xD
generationrocknroll 4 years ago
well... ill have 2 disagree w/ all those guys who try tellin you to change your style. sure blues is played almost clean by most blues artists. but u know. for me music is my way to express myself. i mean sure its great if you can play a solo like somebody else did before you. but for me thats just not the right thing to do. especially blues / bluesrock .. its about expressing your feelings. and i dislike ppl who think theyre great just cause they can play some song to the T
generationrocknroll 4 years ago
all great guitarists... whoever this might be to you... all of them didnt start out or developed their style by looking up tabs on the web. they didnt cover anybody elses work. and if they did, they did it their own way. so keep up your style. do it your way and express yourself... sounds like great work to me anyways. and dont tell me again i dont know what good music is like - i named the reason for my opinion and i told you what music means to me.
keep it up.
generationrocknroll 4 years ago
i love awful tone, and sloppy playing is my favorite thing to do.
that and laughing at some of the opinions posted here by um, guitarists..........
relax people, it was recorded on a still camera with a piss little microphone and i bashed off a riff or two for my mate who builds pick-ups and wanted a clip for a client.......
keep the comments coming though, i like a laugh.
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
that's not blues
ISCHNIK 4 years ago
nice pickups. With less distortion it will sound more natural :)
ericmelvin10 4 years ago
hamish, thanks for the encouragement. maybe you would be good enough to post some of your playing when you get a moment.......
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
I'm going to agree with the other comments, boring playing, and way too much distortion.
The only way to become a good player is to realize when you make mistakes, you can't when you play with that much gain (which is the reason many shredders use a ton of it and crappy SS amps, to hide sloppiness).
Anyway, sloppy playing, and poor tone, sorry.
hamish5178 4 years ago
I have to agree with you hamish, awful tone and sloppy playing. You do have the skills but you're playing is just a bit all over the place, i think you jumping the gun trying to get the speed before the accuracy, trust me i know how it is i was the same. Well anyway, good luck.
Cheers,
Alan,
alanstrainor 4 years ago
sounds good to me: Far better than I can manage!
nikh158 4 years ago
sounds great, what amp you using?
amx390 4 years ago
the amp is a line 6 flextone with a slightly blown speaker, recorded with my camera so the quality is impaired somewhat, but it was a way to get the clip posted.......
it`s interesting how different people react to distortion.
i take the paul gilbert approach.....distortion is good.
if i want clean i`ll play acoustic.
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
"distortion is good" hehehe. I love p90's under heavy distortion. I have a Gibson LP Junior and it sings through an overdriven amp. My big amp is a 50Watt Laney GH50L which is like what Paul Gilbert uses.
eyes0nly2003 4 years ago
distorsion sucks. You can have this tone with any peice of wood w/cheap mike
quundar 4 years ago
Bring it on home.... and take off your death metal distortion - P90s need to sing through a Vintage Tube Amp... Keep playing - loose the high gain distortion and let you hands create the tone.
TEWSTTEST 4 years ago
no, actually it`s a tokai......
alistairthegreat 4 years ago
maybe cuz it is as epiphone...duh...its cool dude/...nice guitar like it...
Fenderkid67 4 years ago
play some clean licks....might sound better....right now it sounds like a cheap epiphone
loomis4747 4 years ago
what a dick! Nice tone!
Voneville 5 years ago
nice guitar, but I don't find your playing interesting, to be honest.
erikfrusciante 5 years ago