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Leftbender
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| Cal wrote: | In my dreams, they would have played Theme From An Imaginary Western. The tone on Mountain Climbing ..... What was Leslie playing and using for a rig?
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One of my all time favourite songs, Cal. Leslie also played it on Woodstock in '69. There he used a Les Paul Junior with one P100 bridge pick-up. Amps were Marshall.
http://www.guitarhangar.com/default01.php?http://www.guitarhangar.com/guitars/giblpjtlw.htm
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Whew..I started reading these posts from the first one all the way through and I was like in a trance for about 20 minutes...I could actually see all this happening like I was there!!! then my boss yelled some shit aboout paying me for some work or something and I came back to reality, thanks for the musical journey, I was in NYC for a while without even leaving town!!!
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DaveH
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Umm...., I don't think there were P100's back in '69. It would have been the original P90. 
Oh,BTW, I think this is my first post here, I've been registered for a while, but just lurking. My name is Dave, and I'm a guitar player. I live in Woodstock,NY. Hi, all of you!  |
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Leftbender
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Welcome to the Forum, Dave. I hope you'll like it here. You are absolutely right about the pick-up on the Les Paul Junior. I've checked and it must be a P90. That makes it even more awsome how Leslie West sounds on these early recordings.
Greets, Lefty
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DaveH
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Leftbender wrote: | Welcome to the Forum, Dave. I hope you'll like it here. You are absolutely right about the pick-up on the Les Paul Junior. I've checked and it must be a P90. That makes it even more awsome how Leslie West sounds on these early recordings.
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Big amps, turned up loud. I think his picking technique had a lot to do with his tone, also. |
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Cal
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info guys. My post was poorly worded however, and I was wondering what Leslie West was using in New York at this gig.
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Daved
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Sorry, Cal, but I don't think I can be of much help.  I had my hands quite full that night, so I must confess that I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention to Leslie's gear as he had his own tech there to take care of him, and we placed his tech's work area stage-left, over on Brian's (Warren's tech) side of the stage, opposite my world on stage-right.
I do remember that he used a smallish combo amp of some sort, brought in by his tech. And, that he ran his guitar thru a wireless pack which transmitted into some F/X over in his tech's world which were then hardwired out to the amp itself. I remember Brian speaking of his amazement/disappointment a while back when Leslie had sat in at a Govt. Mule show and used a Zoom setup. But I really can't tell you what processing he used this time.
I must also confess that to my humble ears, though he played well, his guitar tone was much thinner and shriller than I ever would have expected from his recorded material.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| Daved wrote: | I do remember that he used a smallish combo amp of some sort, brought in by his tech.
I must also confess that to my humble ears, though he played well, his guitar tone was much thinner and shriller than I ever would have expected from his recorded material. |
Leslie West should never be heard through anything but his dual Marshall stacks, which he tends to tweak (turn up the volume!) several times during a show... |
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Cal
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:48 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks Daved. Shame about that thin tone - for me, that was what put the Mountain into the band, not just a big guy. |
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