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THANKS DIETER FOR GETTING ME INTO A WHITE ALBUM MOOD.
I STARTED THIS TRACK ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO BUT WAS NEVER HAPPY WITH THE SOLOS. GOT AROUND TO PLAYING NEW SOLOS, AND TOOK A RUN AT CLAPTON’S FIRST SOLO…ONE OF MY FAVORITE SOLOS, I ADDED MY OWN IMPROV SOLO ON THE OUTRO.
-KARAOKE BACKING TRACK
-MARTIN OOO-28EC
-GIBSON ES-339
-FENDER ULTRA STRATTHANKS FOR LISTENING,
RALPH
Ralph P.
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You nailed it, Ralph. Captured the tone and phrasing perfectly. Impressive vibrato and bends. Improv toward the end is very congruent with the overall vibe. Kudos, sir. As a point of interest, my wife heard this and thought it was Clapton.
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Thank You David…I always appreciate your feedback. The backstory of The Beatles/Clapton collaboration is very interesting. Clapton asked George for a lift into London, and they ended up at Abbey Road Studios. George told EC he wanted him to play on this song. George’s main intention was to get John and Paul to behave and take his song seriously. Just having EC there put the others on their best behavior and they all played brilliantly together and really put in a the effort that George’s song deserved.
The White Album was so much of John and Paul playing like they were making a solo album and the others were just backup musicians. Clapton’s presence brought them back to playing live as a band and you can hear in the track just how good they all were as a band.
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Thanks for listening David, and Thank You Mrs. L.
Respect,
RalphRalph P.
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This is a top quality performance from you as always Ralph. Your guitar parts are excellent but, oddly enough, the part that really stuck out to me was that accompaniment around the 20 second mark – just loved the way you came in with that chorus effect the way. Funny how certain things catch my ear.
On a related note, I was sitting in the car listening to some song I have never heard before and I just could not take my ear off the bass playing in the background. The song itself was nothing special but the bass playing was amazing. I feel that way with your playing sometimes. You really enhance the sound with your accompaniment – testament to your rhythm background I think.
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Thank You Geoff. I love that chorus sound too. Around ’67-’68 guitarists found a way to play through a Leslie Rotating Speaker. Before, Leslies were usually used on Hammond Organs and they have actual rotating speakers inside of a rather large cabinet. The cabinet looks like a piece of furniture, and weighs about 150Lbs.
The Beatles, Clapton, and Hendrix all used Leslies around that time. I used my little cheap pedal that has a Leslie Simulator to try to get a little of that effect.
That type of chorus sound is very pleasant to listen to and adds a really cool vibe.
I’m glad your ears liked that sound.
Ralph
Ralph P.
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Very nice Ralph…I thought your outro fit in perfectly.
Joe
The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
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Yes, you can hear and feel your enthusiasm for this music. I think it’s one of the most difficult Beatles songs to play. Excellently played, including the improvised passages, and a wonderful sound. Please, more of this.
Dieter
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Thank You Dieter. I know you have a great appreciation for The Beatles just as I do. This is one of their hardest guitar songs because of Clapton’s playing…EC is such a master at phrasing and feel…I’ve learned quite a few EC songs over the years, and nothing he plays is ever “easy”…he’s one-of-a-kind.
Thanks for listening Dieter, and thanks for your Beatle covers…love them.
Ralph
Ralph P.
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Thanks John, I really liked the sound of the fills too. I used my Clapton Crossroads Pedal, (rated on YouTube as one of the worst pedals of all time), and the pedal is pretty cheesy sounding. There are 2 settings that really sound good, and the one is the “Badge” setting, which is a Leslie Cabinet simulator. Worth the price of the pedal just for that. I played my ES-339 through that pedal into a Blues Jr.
I’m happy with my playing on the solos. but not thrilled with the sounds. I was playing a practice run through my cheap Fender Mustang Micro Plus Headphone amp, I’d recorded new solos several times, but this take just had the vibe and feel. I know you know that you can play the same thing 10 times and it sounds OK, but then you get that one take that has the feel. Gotta go with “The Vibe”.
Thanks for listening John, and Stay Well,
Ralph
Ralph P.
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