Members Angry Grimace Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Originally posted by Iceman7511 Panama Now this song, I'm almost 80% sure was the Frankenstrat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Grimace Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Originally posted by TopJimmy5150 Everything in the song "TopJimmy" is the Ripley Stereo guitar (notice that each string is panned to a different side of the stereo spectrum) except the guitar solo.The song "5150" and "Best of Both Worlds" is indeed a Strat. The '58 flying V is featured on "Hot for Teacher", "Girl Gone Bad" and "Top of the World" (the Rhythm parts, because by that time Ed had gotten into the habit of overdubbing leads over the entire song...the leads have vibrato bar all of them, so it's probably the old 5150 Kramer or one of his new at-the-time EBMMs)"Cabo Wabo" is a Fender Electric 12 string, but is NOT a Stratocaster VII. The solo for "When it's love" is a strat. Not sure about "I'll wait"...it doesn't sound terribly stratty to me. "Cathedral" is a strat. I believe "Secrets" is another song with some sort of Fender 12 string. I can't remember. Live I believe he used a Kramer 6/12 double neck that was built for him for the tour.Ed also used an Ibanez Destroyer all over the first 2 albums...anything without a tremelo dive bombs, etc...is probably the Ibanez. "You Really Got me", "Running with the Devil", etc... No singles coils on that guitar, however."Finish What you Started" was some Teisco or something. I cannot remember. Don't forget the intro to "In a Simple Rhyme" which is a Fender 12 string. I love that song, BTW Secrets was recorded on a Gibson double neck 6/12, live he used that Yellow and black striped kramer doubleneck. From what I understand, he almost never used the "5150" branded Kramer to record with, mostly as a stage guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Speed_Racer71 Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 the only guitar i remember seeing of his that had single coils was a white wolfgang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Simon Garlick Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 I seem to recall that the song "5150" was recorded on the 58 V used for "Hot For Teacher" and "Girl Gone Bad", although the lead part sounds like the Steinberger. The rhythm parts of "Top Jimmy" are the pink stereo Ripley, not a Strat. "Finish What You Started" - Strat "Best of Both Worlds" - Strat"Runaround" - Tele"Cathedral" - Strat As AzzFace observed earlier in the thread, the lead parts on "I'll Wait" and "When It's Love" sure SOUND like a Strat. The 12-string electric pops up from time to time, as previous posters have already mentioned. One instance that I haven't yet seen mentioned is "Poundcake" -- overdubs on the main riff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TopJimmy5150 Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 Originally posted by StewieKablewie Anyway, not sure where you read Girl Gone Bad was the V. I have 1984 transcribed and there's quite a few references to a whammy. Ears say so too... Guitar World, July 1985 Interview. There is NO whammy in GGB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StewieKablewie Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 Originally posted by TopJimmy5150 Guitar World, July 1985 Interview. There is NO whammy in GGB. Well there you go. I just listened to GGB again and I can see how he'd play it without a whammy. Saw it transcribed that way and took it as gospel. GGB is probably one of my top 5 favorite Halen tunes. Now if you can tell me what Dave says after the solo when Ed goes back into the tapped harmonic part, I'll really think you're the man. I think its something like: "These streets taught me emotion. I don't call them my own". Maybe alluding to Mean Streets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mad axe man Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 "women in love" the whole intro is a strat.I love that clock/chime like effect he got on that intro:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TopJimmy5150 Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 Originally posted by StewieKablewie Now if you can tell me what Dave says after the solo when Ed goes back into the tapped harmonic part, I'll really think you're the man. I think its something like: "These streets taught me emotion. I don't call them my own". Maybe alluding to Mean Streets? I've never been able to pick that out, either. I was always too busy listening to Ed. IMHO, the 1984 album has Ed's best guitar tones. Not too fuzzy, just right. Very Clapton-esque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr 5150 Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 I remember seeing a TV interview years ago where Ed said that he used the Flying V on 5150 (the song). He went on to say that he deliberately left the old manky strings on it cos he thought it sounded cool. The tab book from 5150 (album) also mentions the V for the songs... FWIW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Z0S0 Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 The intro to "Hear About It Later" is definitely a Strat...I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudnine Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 Originally posted by StewieKablewie "These streets taught me emotion. I don't call them my own". Maybe alluding to Mean Streets? Right, because a hooker has to fake it. Girl Gone Bad, ie, prostitute, ie, the topic of the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aero Posted March 11, 2020 Members Share Posted March 11, 2020 The song 5150 is on a sunburst strat. Ed carved 5150 into the back of it so he would know which guitar he used...he mentions this in a few interviews in 93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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