MLT Club Member Jim Yahr
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Tough question – can I take more than one? Probably the Yairi Bob Wier:
If there was electricity and I could take an amp it would be the twelve string Strat.
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“Lucy” was a red Gibson Les Paul, that was given to George by Eric Clapton in 1968 or so. Clapton played it on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” on the White Album and it turned into one of George’s favorite guitars. It had an interesting history. It was originally a 1958 Goldtop purchased by John Sebastian. Sebastian traded it to Rick Derringer who basically played it until it was worn out. Derringer sent it to Gibson to be refurbished and ordered it with the cherry red finish that was popular at the time . He didn’t like the finish and sold it to a guitar shop in New York. Clapton saw it a few days later, bought it, and gave it to George as a gift. George named the red guitar “Lucy” after Lucille Ball (a famous redhead). George played it for most of the Beatles Let it Be album and for the rest of his solo career. It was stolen (“kidnapped” according to George) in 1973 and George traded another Les Paul and a Fender Bass to get it back.
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For me it was the harmonies and the fact that they always look like they’re having fun. Their harmonies are very family sounding like the Beach Boys, Everlys, or Bee Gees. And their original music has a “universality” to it. Not universal in the sense that it appeals to everyone, but universal in the sense that it can be played in a number of different styles and still work. My wife is out of town this weekend and I got a little twisted off, went into the studio, picked up the “Orange” chord book and started picking up guitars . The music fits classical style guitar, folk guitar (OM style guitar), pop (Casino though an AC-15) but where it really got fun (tonight anyhow) was when I picked up the Les Paul, plugged into a Marshall, set the gain on 10, and played it Punk style (and which tunes I played punk would probably be surprising).
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10 for 10, I think this one was easier because it was mostly well known tunes.
As a bonus “For What It’s Worth” was a Buffalo Springfield tune (covered very nicely by MLT). 🙂
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8 out of 10, but three were flat out guesses. Nicely done Tomas – this one was tough!
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I missed 2. But I DJ’d my way through college in the late 60’s early 70’s so I heard a lot of music back then. The interesting thing about the whole exercise was the array of different genres that were in the quiz, all of which would have their own station now, but where played together back then.
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Those are all relativity simple – let’s give them a challenge – how about “Little Wing” by Hendrix?
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Jung Roe – On a solid body it does nothing, on an acoustic it might, although we have friends with expensive string instruments (violin, viola, cello) who say the finish contributes to the overall sound of the instrument. But those use a shellac finish while guitars generally use nitrocellulose (generally more expensive) or some type of polyurethane. On an electric hollowbody or arch top (Gretsch, Casino, Gibson ES 335) it probably doesn’t do much since they’re still electric guitars where the pickups respond to via induction rather than by picking up vibrations like a microphone or piezio pickup on an acoustic. The movie “It Might Get Loud” starts off with Jack White nailing a pickup to a board and stringing some steel strings on it then running it straight to an amp. That’s a pretty elemental electric guitar, but that’s all you really need and It doesn’t sound too bad… Les Paul’s original solid body electric guitar was a 4X4 with strings, a bridge and a pickup glued to an acoustic body that was just for show.
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A little harder but 10 for 10 so I’m 39 of 40 right now. The hard part is bringing the music through the background “noise”. I could just turn the sound down but it would be really boring then.
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I’ll play – but only because I made it easy by pulling my top rated off of my iTunes collection.
In no particular order (and definitely not this play order!)
You’re Gonna Lose That Girl
Mercedes Benz
Sweet Lorraine
Still A Friend of Mine
June
This Boy
When I’m Sixty Four
Close to You
Time of the Season
If I Fell -
The third one was way easier – you have to know the first line to sing the song. (I got 10 – I only got 9 on #2).
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Jung – I’m curious, do you know what was used for the solo? After a bit of research, the guy who wrote the piece (Ron Grainer) was known for his use of strange instruments, including a clavichord which is what this sounds like. So piano strings sort of. If it has to be a guitar, I’d say some sort of resonator (which would be really heavy strings compared to a normal guitar).
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Not so much an expert, (I get killed at the Beatles edition of “Trivial Pursuit”) but I just got back from a 5 day 2100 mile road trip (31 hours of driving) and I probably did sing a long with most of the songs in the catalog. So it’s just a matter of flipping through (in my head) the lyrics of the 4 songs listed and coming up with the answer.
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I missed Question 10, so I’m 9 of 10 and 48 of 50 now.
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Tomas – It’s not just age, it’s how much they’re played too. I know of several high end acoustic makers who condition their instruments before they’re released from the factory. They condition them by putting them in a room full of speakers and play music to them. This sets up vibrations in the strings and body that seems to simulate playing. In theory, it should work for solid bodies too, it would just take longer because of the greater mass of wood. I store most of my guitars where they’re exposed to music if I’m listening through speakers and keep them out in the room where I play. Some of the difference between your Casino and ES-330 is simply that the Gibson is going to generally sound better due to the construction. (Unless your Casino is an Elitist). My 2010 Elitist Casino (Made in Japan) sounds way better than my 2005 (Made in Korea) Casino even though the basic Casino has more playing time on it.
