I went to a gig last week. It was a band called Spoon. I hadn't heard of Spoon, but they have been going a long time and their fans were certainly enthusiastic.
Supporting them was a guy called Hamilton Leithauser, who sometimes just sang and sometimes strummed a Telecaster while he sang. He was very good, gave it everything.
He was accompanied by a chap in a white shirt and a tie, and a black coat, who was sitting on the end of a battered old Fender Pro Reverb playing a Jaguar.
One of the best, if not the best live guitar sound I've heard. He was playing melodic single notes and two-note chords crystal clean with reverb, except on a couple of occasions where he turned up the guitar's volume and really hit the strings playing some chords, where it got a little bit crunchy, but mainly just louder. It sounded like an electric guitar, and a bit like a piano and a bit like bells - the notes were stiff and strident, no compression. It was just hypnotic.
That's the sound I want. Made me think I might get Ash to rewind my neck pickup to something resembling a chimey Jag pickup at some point, so enamoured was I. Very glad I bought my Princeton. Just want it back!
- Ed
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