Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 How did Clapton get it? Besides using a Les Paul, I have no idea. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Part of the sound of it was that it was run through the Automatic Double Tracking process they used at Abbey Road. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_double_tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 At the concert for Bangladesh Clapton's guitar is weeping cause it sounds so bad: [YOUTUBE]T7qpfGVUd8c[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Yeah. I was just watching that concert on Tuesday and was thinking the same thing. Harrison's guitar is so much fatter and sweeter sounding, it drowns EC's anemic tone right out, and all George was using was four SF Champs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Yeah. I was just watching that concert on Tuesday and was thinking the same thing. Harrison's guitar is so much fatter and sweeter sounding, id drowns EC anemic tone right out, and all George was using was four SF Champs. And I believe Clapton has the Les Paul with which he recorded the solo on the Beatles record sitting right behind him on a stand. Maybe he was high or something, just about everyone was back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Honestly there doesn't seem to be anything special about the solo, it sounds like a Les Paul through a cranked amp, no effects except maybe some plate reverb on the mixdown (and/or the ADT); best guesses are it was a (cranked) Bassman head, certainly sounds like that to me. Paul got a Blonde Bassman head in '65 and it became a Beatles studio staple, they recorded more songs with that Bassman and any of other amp. Harrison became a huge fan bought one of his own and played mostly one Bassman or the other for the rest of the Beatles duration. It's believe EC used either Paul's or George's Bassman to record the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TruSlice Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 There's definitely some sorta odd chorus effect goin on there, but did they have those then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Beatles27 Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 eric was on heroin at the time, george even made sure his hotel room had some so he could get eric out of his house and onstage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Beatles27 Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 tone a cranked LP with some kinda amp,(probably a fender since fender had given them a package including Hari's rosewood tele around this time) with the studio effect that made it "more beatley" to paraphrase clapton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chandlerman Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Maybe he was high or something, Uh, yeah, it's pretty well known he was wacked out of his mind on heroin at the Concert for Bangladesh. And this from Wiki: Clapton, for his part, recalls the time as a period of "retirement" and that "I really made it hard for myself" in the concert, choosing to play a hollow-body Gibson Byrdland guitar for the bulk of the songs, including his solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", when a solid-body electric guitar (such as a Fender Stratocaster or Gibson Les Paul) would have been more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 If you have not seen , please do...amazing....chock full of tone too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 There's definitely some sorta odd chorus effect goin on there, but did they have those then? Nope. The univibe introduce phase a few years later, and there was tape reel flanging, but chorus as we know it came around '74 or so. What you may hear is the ADT, if you offset something with a super-short delay, you get a detuned effect which is the basis for flange/chorus. But, honestly, I don't hear much of it. What I hear is more like octaves bending out of tune with each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members superdistortion Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 I read it was a Les Paul. Someone on a forum said a Fender deluxe reverb was the amp. Since the album came out in 1968 that kind of narrows it down some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 From what I've read, the solo is going through a Leslie speaker. Cheers, Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke Spinner Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 howsabout this Tone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJh3KaIKDAw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Espresso Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 howsabout this Tonehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJh3KaIKDAw yep,great cover.I think it was the first Jeff Healy song I'd heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PanaDP Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 howsabout this Tone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJh3KaIKDAw Haha, is that guy for real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members o.versteer Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Haha, is that guy for real? You've never heard of Jeff Healey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rick 381 Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Eric played a Les Paul(some say it was the guitar he gave to George that became known as Lucy). The session was Sept.6, 1968 Between 7:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. in EMI Studio 2 at Abby Road. I remember an interview where George said he picked Eric up outside his house on the way to the studio. Eric was waiting outside with his guitar and amp for George. Since George drove cars with little storage, Minis, Astons, I doubt Eric brought a very big amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the new guy Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Haha, is that guy for real? What's so funny about a blind guitar player ( now deceased ) ? Your lack of respect is outweighed by your ignorance. His name is Jeff Healey........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members killerbeez Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 What's so funny about a blind guitar player ( now deceased ) ?Your lack of respect is outweighed by your ignorance.His name is Jeff Healey........ I think that this is about my favorite version of this song....Healey just kicks ass on this song. Raw emotion and mad guitar skills with a completely unorthodox style. Too bad he's gone. This one will give you goosebumps also: SRV and Healey playing look at little sister: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqU9RZqvFKY&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the new guy Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 You said it all............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 From what I've read, the solo is going through a Leslie speaker.Cheers,Glenn That sounds about right to me. I knew I could here something to do with pitch-variation going-on there, but I wasn't sure what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Apparently George is doing some backing vocals for the Healey version. Jeff was certainly a unique talent. Cheers, Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted December 5, 2009 Members Share Posted December 5, 2009 howsabout this Tonehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJh3KaIKDAw Honestly, it there is one thing that bores me to tears is the generic "blues guitar" tone that permeates modern blues rock. So, f'in cliche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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