Stratwank1

[dreamofways]

Sounds vurry nice. Big Santana influence?

[frogslips]

Thanks for letting me know. I'll check out the JamMan.

[frogslips]

What pedal did you use to capture the rhythm section? I could spend a lot of time with a device like that.

[Dieselgeek02]

@frogslips -- It's a Line 6 DL4 modeler. It only has 14 seconds, so it's not very useful. Much better off with a JamMan or some such.

[BluesRockGuitarist]

These are the kinman blues right?

[Dieselgeek02]

@BluesRockGuitarist Yes they are those models, ca 2001

[sodoomia]

holy shit man, this sounds awesome! what scales did you use?

[Dieselgeek02]

@sodoomia I used whichever ones contained the notes I wanted:) Sorry, I'm not a formally trained musician. I couldn't tell you a Dorian from a Mixolydian.

[sodoomia]

@Dieselgeek02 ah, i'm not either, but i don't make up for it with talent like you do, haha.

any specific key it was in?

[Dieselgeek02]

@sodoomia It's basically in A minor. The opening chord is a Dm7, then an E7 on the 7th fret (add the G on the B string), then finally a regular A minor barred at the 5th fret.

[sodoomia]

@Dieselgeek02 Alright, thanks bro.

[jlfoster3509]

Hey man you made Kinmans sight!! (thats how I found this video).I think I might try to get those pups later this month see you at CCC this summer!

-Jake

[diminishedlogic]

what do you think about the celestion blue?

[Dieselgeek02]

@diminishedlogic -- It's all that it's hyped to be. Worth every penny, and pure magical in tone.--JMO

[diminishedlogic]

it sounds like it. I will definitely invest at some point.

[GuitarEd48]

Great!Nice playing and very good sound!

[bill007rock]

Sounds great....really nice playing and such a sweet tone!

[abletonSuite7]

W00t this is the best song ever

[blueswrecker]

Hi,

Great tone... what,s the first pedal on the solo the 2nd one was a FD2?

Thanks

[Dieselgeek02]

It's a regular non-modded Tubescream RI TS9. The second pedal is the FD2.

[BadCompany98]

What kind of loop pedal is that?

[Dieselgeek02]

It's a loop mode on the Line 6 delay box. It only does up to 14seconds, so it's pretty useless. Hence, the monotony.

[Dieselgeek02]

These pickups are the AVn Blues pickups from Chris Kinman.

I love them.

[cricro18]

Good sound !

it is pickup Kinman set Blues ?

[Lukeblueslover]

ops...you told the settings at the beginning..by the way I found that these pickups should be the kinman blues. I've heard a lot of samples and I think that these p.u. are the fatter sounding of the entire kinman catalogue, despite of what people says about the others, like the woodstocks that are supposed to be the more warmer sounding...what do you think about that??

[Lukeblueslover]

Which kind of pickups do you use? they're awesome sounding...they got deepness and brightness at the same time..and a sweet rounded overdriven sound. Just Wonderful. tell me also your settings and all (thank you ;))

[Dieselgeek02]

Sorry for the monotonous loop-- my DL4 only does up to 14 seconds:(

[loyseugene]

No Man, that was SWEET! I came here from the pickup site but listened for 7:43 cuz it was good.

[nanooman]

I'm in the same boat. I'm thinking of using Kinmans. Nice video. Do change up the loop on a long video. Thanks for the great demo of good tone!

[2kwolfgang]

Nice tone!! I just found this link on the Kinman website. I'm thinking of upgrading my strat pups to their "blues" model.

ROCK ON!

[Dieselgeek02]

I don't know if Zion offers different neck profiles at all. All i know is that they feel very nice in the hand. By only beef with this guitar is that the nut width is slightly narrower than I'd prefer. I like the 1 11/16, and this is 1 5/8. The radius is 12", which is flatter than a std Fender, but it feels OK once you adjust to it. Zions are designed for really low action, so the 12" radius is part of how you do that without fretting out.

[LamiaFusion]

Love the clip...found it from kinman's sound page. wonderful playing. Wonderful sound.

Question about the Zion: do they have options on neck profiles or are they all Cs?

[RobHardie]

what Dr Z is that?

[Dieselgeek02]

It's a Stang Ray, basically his version of a pre-Top Boost AC30.  I love it.

[fenderistic]

Are Zions pretty good?

or did you just stick some nice pickups in?

-thee elliot mitchell

[Dieselgeek02]

I'd consider them to be in the same league as a Tom Anderson, Grosh, Collings, Suhr, etc.

[cutehammet2]

i prepare real single coil strat sound..

[dandandanh]

what chords are you playing here for the rhythm?

your playing is absolutely great here btw, that Dr. Z sounds godly.

[Dieselgeek02]

The chords are just basic 1, 4, 5 rock. In this case, it's Dmin7 (5th pos), E7 add minor3rd, and Amin (5th pos).

[Dieselgeek02]

I believe the Kinman site mistakenly lists this as a clip played with a reissue '62 Strat. In fact, it is a Zion Bent T guitar made in 1996, fitted with Kinman AVN-Blues pickups. I'll have to email Chris to let him know. It's an easy mistake as the reference to Kassad's clips with his '62RI can be misunderstood.--DG

[BucksOwin]

Nice playing amigo! I got here from the Kinman site and I LIKE those pups!

[Dieselgeek02]

The loop is just the "sampler" mode of a Line 6 Delay Modeler (DL4). It only has a 14 second capacity, so things can get monotonous.--dg

[flyers9715]

What did you use to get the rhythm to loop like that? By the way, sounds great.

[nightschool]

Nice. Very tasty.

[Meulmeester]

Man it sounds great, can listen to this allday!

[Kassad62]

whouhahou ! very good. touched the heart...

[klasek]

Excellent phrasing! I especially liked the Santana-like stuff at 3:46 and 6:10.