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Gibson Les Paul Custom Comes Alive!
Or, what the Guitar sound from a Live LP set off !!!.
This is a story stretching over 25 years of sore fingers, countless music theory and practice hours in order to find an explanation for Peter Frampton's specific guitar sound.
1984 "Comes Alive!" playing
A Frampton fan since 1976, I took up studying the electric guitar 8 years later in order to understand why this live LP spelled magic for me. (And still does!)
1994, 10 years playing "Alive"
It took me one year to realize my own CD. The title Alive reveals whose follower I am musically!
1995 1st "The special year"
I hardly had the first copy of my own CD in hand when Peter Frampton himself announced the title "You" off his new album "Frampton Comes Alive 2" on the radio station SWF3 (Now SWR3, D-Baden-Baden).
1995, 2nd "Gibson Les Paul, the Frampton model"
At this time, I toyed with the idea of buying a Gibson guitar. Sure, it had to be his famous model, but, no one knew if he played a standard or modified version.
1995, 3rd "Comes Alive 2"
I like to think that I was the first one get the new release after having beleaguered all Swiss CD-Importers. On the CD's cover there was a note that a concert was to take place on November 7, 1995 in the Volkshaus, Zurich.
The camera's lens in the left, the casing in the right trouser pocket, I smuggled my camera into the building. Nineteen years I had been waiting for this moment to come.
9:15 pm, the lights dimmed out and from the PA system came a slide intro. Suddenly, Peter Frampton himself stood two meters in front of me in the violet spot lights. With his guitar intro he immediately had 1000 people spellbound. The first title he played was the first one off his CD, "Day in the sun". This was followed by "Lying."
The guitar technician handed him his Les Paul custom (only later, I got to know it was a modified one) and he started with "Lines on My Face." This was the magic moment: Peter Frampton and his black Les Paul.
One week later, the pictures I had taken assisted in changing my newly bought Gibson Les Paul. I found that the Gibson is more voluminous in sound than the Fender guitar played so far. The Les Paul is an extraordinary instrument, but to get this indescribable sound it needs a guitarist with the name of Peter Frampton!
1998:
Zum 2. male erlebte ich Peter Frampton "Alive", er spielte als Mitglied in Ringo's All Star Band am "Heitere Open Air" in Zofingen-Switzerland
1999:
Ich werde Mitglied in Peter Framptons Fan-Club (FOF), der mittlerweile aufgelöst wurde.
2000:
Gibson Guitars stellt das Signatur-Modell "Peter Frampton" in limitierter Auflage her. Es ist die Gitarre, welche auf dem Cover von "Frampton Comes Alive!" abgebildet ist.
2001:
Die Pickup-Schaltung meiner Gibson Les Paul Gitarre wird analog dem Frampton-Modell elektrisch umverdrahtet.
2004:
Geplantes Konzert im Z7 in Pratteln/Switzerland am 23. Februar 2004. "Meet and Greet" mit PF eine Stunde vor Konzert beginn. Als ich mit meiner Familie beim Z7 ankam, wurde uns mittgeteilt, dass das Konzert abgesagt sei mit der Begründung, dass der Keyborder Bob Mayo in Basel an einer Herzattacke gestorben sei!
Frampton cancelt seine Europa-Tournee 2004.
Im April tritt Frampton in "50 Jahre Rock im ZDF-D-TV auf.
Im Mai gibt Frampton diverse Konzerte in Amerika und plant einige Konzerte im November in England.
Organisation mit dem Fanclub für ein erneutes "Meet and Greet" in London.
12. November treffe ich dann Peter Frampton nach dem Konzert in der Wembley Arena in London!!!
2005:
Radio DRS3 (Swiss-Radio) sendet ein Interview/Bericht über mich und mein Gitarren Hobby und Music-Idol Peter Frampton. Das nachgeholte Frampton-Concert findet im "Bierhübeli" in Bern statt.
Or, what the Guitar sound from a Live LP set off !!!.
This is a story stretching over 25 years of sore fingers, countless music theory and practice hours in order to find an explanation for Peter Frampton's specific guitar sound.
1984 "Comes Alive!" playing
A Frampton fan since 1976, I took up studying the electric guitar 8 years later in order to understand why this live LP spelled magic for me. (And still does!)
1994, 10 years playing "Alive"
It took me one year to realize my own CD. The title Alive reveals whose follower I am musically!
1995 1st "The special year"
I hardly had the first copy of my own CD in hand when Peter Frampton himself announced the title "You" off his new album "Frampton Comes Alive 2" on the radio station SWF3 (Now SWR3, D-Baden-Baden).
1995, 2nd "Gibson Les Paul, the Frampton model"
At this time, I toyed with the idea of buying a Gibson guitar. Sure, it had to be his famous model, but, no one knew if he played a standard or modified version.
1995, 3rd "Comes Alive 2"
I like to think that I was the first one get the new release after having beleaguered all Swiss CD-Importers. On the CD's cover there was a note that a concert was to take place on November 7, 1995 in the Volkshaus, Zurich.
The camera's lens in the left, the casing in the right trouser pocket, I smuggled my camera into the building. Nineteen years I had been waiting for this moment to come.
9:15 pm, the lights dimmed out and from the PA system came a slide intro. Suddenly, Peter Frampton himself stood two meters in front of me in the violet spot lights. With his guitar intro he immediately had 1000 people spellbound. The first title he played was the first one off his CD, "Day in the sun". This was followed by "Lying."
The guitar technician handed him his Les Paul custom (only later, I got to know it was a modified one) and he started with "Lines on My Face." This was the magic moment: Peter Frampton and his black Les Paul.
One week later, the pictures I had taken assisted in changing my newly bought Gibson Les Paul. I found that the Gibson is more voluminous in sound than the Fender guitar played so far. The Les Paul is an extraordinary instrument, but to get this indescribable sound it needs a guitarist with the name of Peter Frampton!
1998:
Zum 2. male erlebte ich Peter Frampton "Alive", er spielte als Mitglied in Ringo's All Star Band am "Heitere Open Air" in Zofingen-Switzerland
1999:
Ich werde Mitglied in Peter Framptons Fan-Club (FOF), der mittlerweile aufgelöst wurde.
2000:
Gibson Guitars stellt das Signatur-Modell "Peter Frampton" in limitierter Auflage her. Es ist die Gitarre, welche auf dem Cover von "Frampton Comes Alive!" abgebildet ist.
2001:
Die Pickup-Schaltung meiner Gibson Les Paul Gitarre wird analog dem Frampton-Modell elektrisch umverdrahtet.
2004:
Geplantes Konzert im Z7 in Pratteln/Switzerland am 23. Februar 2004. "Meet and Greet" mit PF eine Stunde vor Konzert beginn. Als ich mit meiner Familie beim Z7 ankam, wurde uns mittgeteilt, dass das Konzert abgesagt sei mit der Begründung, dass der Keyborder Bob Mayo in Basel an einer Herzattacke gestorben sei!
Frampton cancelt seine Europa-Tournee 2004.
Im April tritt Frampton in "50 Jahre Rock im ZDF-D-TV auf.
Im Mai gibt Frampton diverse Konzerte in Amerika und plant einige Konzerte im November in England.
Organisation mit dem Fanclub für ein erneutes "Meet and Greet" in London.
12. November treffe ich dann Peter Frampton nach dem Konzert in der Wembley Arena in London!!!
2005:
Radio DRS3 (Swiss-Radio) sendet ein Interview/Bericht über mich und mein Gitarren Hobby und Music-Idol Peter Frampton. Das nachgeholte Frampton-Concert findet im "Bierhübeli" in Bern statt.
Country:
Switzerland
Hobbies:
Music, Guitar-playing, Video
Movies:
Weekend at Bernie, Laurel + Hardy
Music:
Peter Frampton, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Joe Satriani, Stevie Ray Vaughan
