. . . And All That Jazz / March 24 2007
Aren’t guitars great? I’ve just bought a new one: a gold seventies Fender Jazz Bass. It’s gorgeous.
I don’t play bass much but I needed one for various recording duties and this beauty winked at me in the dusty shop and whispered: ‘We should be together.’
I have several guitars: an 80s black and white Fender Telecaster (maple neck); a much-underrated Yamaha SG 3000s; a tobacco sunburst E/Gibson Seraton VSB; and a very versatile Yamaha APX-10D acoustic. But it is my trusty Telecaster that I use more than any other. (I actually have a collection of revealing and fruity photographs with me and my beloved Tele together on satin sheets; I am quite naked in each one. Mail me if you would like to see them – serious guitar-lovers only, please.)
On stage, I’d love to use my Yamaha SG 3000 more – it sounds amazing: warm and sustained but with plenty of top-end bite especially played through my old Fender Twin combo – but it’s just so heavy. Enormous bounce around on stage in front of the spangly backdrops quite a bit when we’re in full flow, and the weight of the Yamaha is just too much for my tender young shoulder bones to bear night after night when we’re on a long tour. It once caused my guitar strap to snap dramatically on the first chord of the first song when Slaughterhouse 5 were playing at the Marquee in London. That really got the show off to a flying stop! Happy days…
On the Fantastic hi-fi today:
Motown – The Hits Collection Volume 1
Orange Juice – The Very Best Of
Billie Holliday – A Flag for Lady Day
Filed under Audio Recording / Bands / Enormous / Guitars / Jazz / London / Motown / Music / Music Production / Pop Music / Recording Studio / Slaughterhouse 5 / Uncategorized
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2 comments on “. . . And All That Jazz”
Jo Beaufoix / March 24th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
More to the point, aren’t grates great?
Fantastic at preventing toddlers from falling into drains, great at making interesting rubbings with wax crayons, and generally accomplished conversation starters.
La famille Beaufoix has an interesting collection of grates dating all the way back to Roman times, one of which can be seen in the Tower of London displayed alongside the queen’s jewells - I know what I’d rather look at.
xx
Napoleon Fantastic / March 25th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Grate! …now you’ve got me all hot and sweaty thinking about the Queen’s family jewels. I need to have a lie down.
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