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I love SRV's version of this track.
Fantastic, brilliant rendition.
Horrible amount of echo, not a very nice sound at all.
I must say that I prefer Beck doing his own stuff to these recent covers.
Wasn't that bothered by his "A Day In The Life" either and thought "Nessun Dorma" was getting scarily close to a guitar version of something off one of those "Pan Pipe Moods" albums from the 90s.
However, something like "Where Were You" can almost bring me to tears and Blow by Blow/Wired are among my favourite guitar albums.
Beck's development since his heyday is extraordinary - he's just got better and better.
It's probably just me, but I don't find Beck's right hand use quite as 'free' and 'comfortable' looking as some other non-plec guitarists, Richie Kotzen or Jared James Nichols for example. Great sound of course.
Great clip.
IIRC, the bobbins are so deep, that the pickup routes have to be deeper than on a normal Strat, in order to allow enough clearance beneath the strings - which is why they're not replicated on his signature guitars.
If I'm honest, I don't much like his sound these days - a bit too middly and compressed for my taste. I also this think the reliance on the tremolo arm has resulted in a lot of what he does sounding very 'samey'.
The best I've ever heard him is on this - using the Tele Gib:
Amazing playing and great sound from the Tele-Gib.
I assume that's the one that Seymour Duncan made? Didn't he take some ultra-rare vintage guitar as a swap for it? I seem to recall JB sounding a bit cheesed off that he let something quite special go. That one sounds pretty nice though!
Also John Etheridge on third guitar with Mo Foster on bass and (I think) Simon Phillips on drums. That's some backing band!
I think you're right about the other players - I had the live album when I was a kid - in the days when you devoured credits. A landmark piece of guitar playing for me.
Glad you liked it.