Robben Ford Discussion

[quote="jbear"]Anyone know? There's a 335 on the cover, but the tone sure sounds like a Strat sometimes. I know that the first Yellowjackets album was recorded with a Strat and that has th ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jO_0EPTwjM

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I've not heard of this GIT concert DVD. Any way to get it?

The only difference Jon07 is I said "more versatile" not "better".

My favorite Robben, lead tones included. Did you know most of those lead sounds (The Hornet, Imperial Strut, Rush Hour) were probably a Yamaha G100 transistor amp? Go on Utube and you can see him usin ...

Exactly right. Some guy on "The Gearpage" tried to compare Robben's slide playing to Sonny Landreth's and I had to point out that Robben did that over 20 years ago and that I would bet that ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWSY8NCTFI4

I like the chord voicings on this version......

I found this a couple of years ago and lost it. Found it again today. This guy can play anything as far as i'm concerned. I never knew he played slide and have never seen him do it again. Every bit as ...

A lot of "The Yellowjackets" album is this amp. The solos on "Imperial Strut" and I believe "Rush Hour" and "The Hornet". I had the 2-12 versions in the eightie ...

[quote="Michael"]Robben and the band great ... at the Independent. The place had a cool kind of vibe, not over crowded, etc. Robben showed my son some love, by speaking directly to him ... ...

Somebody on The Gearpage (I think) said his Dumble died and he was using a red Louis Electric head and 2-12 cabinet.

JohnnyZ that would be so cool. I hope you get to have that happen for you.

Holdsworth, Scott Henderson, Bill Connors, Robben Ford.

Also get "The Yellowjackets" and "The Inside Story" if you like innovation in jazz/blues playing.

Robben is flat amazing. I got to hang with him and help him pick out the sunburst Les Paul he used to use. I told him one of my favorite tones was the tone he got on "The Work Song". He look ...