Robben Ford Discussion

kirk95 · Last edited by kirk95 on Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:48 am; edited 4 times in total

Are you ready for a very cool experience?

You guys know that I'm a techie and love to try new cool techie stuff....here we go!

Please follow the steps below! Laughing

1> Put some Robben Ford on right now!

2> Turn down the lights in the room!

3> Click here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidhenderson/sets/685495/show/

4> Does this rock or what??

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kirk95 · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:58 am Post subject:

Flickr ROCKS!!!

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roadwarriorfortheblues · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:23 pm Post subject: Flickr slide show

Great photos David ! And the Flickr application is very COOL Exclamation

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Rolandgp16 · Member Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 8

Those were great photo's. I saw Eric Johnson in New Orleans a year or so back and the boy is "Diseased with Tone" as Dave would say.......

quoolmon · Member Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Posts: 7 Location: Ohio

great photos .... what song or songs did they play together?? what amp(s) was each player using?

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kirk95 · Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:54 pm Post subject:

Cannonball Shuffle in A
Politician in C
and maybe one more??

Robben's sig chain...
LP-->Zen Drive-->Boss Delay Pedal --> two new reissue twin reverbs.

EJ's chain..
Fiesta Red Early 60's Strat-->real Fuzzface--> new reissue twin reverb.

Let me just say that the first thing I did when I got home was call Alfonso who makes the Zen Drive and ordered one. It's that good!

Robben's tone clean and through the Zen was very close (say 95 to 98%) of his normal tone with the full Dumble Rig with the TC2290. It was that good! Chalk one up for the tone is in the hands guys!

Now I am sure it felt a lot different than the Dumble rig does to Robben on stage. But as someone standing in the audience, hearing the amps mostly through the PA it sounded very very close to the normal Robben tone. Maybe, a little less delay than the normal Robben tone - which I liked!

EJ's tone was no where near his tone the following day through his normal rig. As we all know, EJ spends a lot of effort fine tuning his setup. This was not his setup! It sounded like a Fuzzface through a new Twin - you know that midrangey, buzzy, fuzzfacey, tone.

I got a chance to debrief with Daved after the show. He mentioned that EJ and his tech were pretty blown away by the zen drive.

Me too... the tone and Robben's playing.

Everybody was great at the show, but no guitarist phrases like Robben Ford! He has the gift! Like Michael Brecker has the gift, like Miles Davis had the gift, like Scott Henderson has the gift.... It's intellectually interesting and at the same time so freakin musical...

Totally freaks me out every time I hear it!!!
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davidS · Member Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 34 Location: Dallas

Thanks Dave for the great pictures. That had to be amazing to see both Robben and EJ together.

I totally agree that Robben's phrasing is what is so unique. While his tone and touch are fantastic, its his phrasing that really does it for me.

Now where's Alfonso's phone number.... Very Happy

PierreL · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:15 am Post subject:

Thanks again for the pics Captain. Got a Zendrive myself sometime ago, and that definitely is a great pedal. The AC Booster is gathering dust now...

gill · Member Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Posts: 31

is there a way to down load any of the photos. is there any talk of a dvd or cd of the guitar town show. the zen drive or tube factor? any suggestions or comments thanks to kirk for all he does for the web sites. one hell of a musician and player..... take care to all gill

kirk95 · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:51 am Post subject: Re: great phots

diatonicdude · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:00 pm Post subject:

Hi Kirk,

many thanks for the superb photo's. You are one lucky guy; RF & EJ on stage together in what looks like a fantastic setting!

Now to the Zen pedal. This may be the affordable holy grail for me. How do I get one? Is it the Zen Drive, or Zen Drive 2? Are they REALLY as good as you say, I mean this pedal and my little Mesa amp, and hey presto, one Dumble??

Please let me know the full details.

Many thanks again, and keep up the great work.

Cheer's,

DD
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Rolandgp16 · Member Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 8

I can only imagine EJ's set up. I would assume hes better off in indoor venues where the tonal quality is more controlled rather having to come out on stage with Robben with no sound check (i assume)...I bet it was a great show and I wish I could have been there. Dave you were in for a treat for sure !

roadwarriorfortheblues · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:05 am Post subject: More Eric Johnson photos...

An interview with Eric Johnson is the featured cover story in the September issue of Guitar Player magazine. It's a wonderful interview -- he talks about his new album, "Bloom," and he admits to "loosening up bit" on his obsession with tone. Lots of beautiful photos accompany the article. I took a quick listen to Bloom at the bookstore. I like the variety of music included on the disc. I'm looking forward to listening to it a few more times today.
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telefunk1 · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:37 am Post subject:

This past Saturday I was driving into Austin and listening to NPRs Weekend Edition and who should be a guest but EJ himself. They played several songs on the studio plus an interesting interview. Check out NPRs website - this is all supposed to be available, plus some video of the session.

roadwarriorfortheblues · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:41 pm Post subject: NPR broadcast

Thanks Telefunk for the NPR tip ! That is a nice interview on NPR and the live studio performance (3 songs) is amazing !

The direct link to the NPR broadcast is:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4795689

Click "Listen" to hear the interview & live studio performance.

I've been listening to Bloom for a few days now and I LOVE it Exclamation

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