Switchblade Ft Jimmy Stiles - TheHumps

Appreciate the visit and the comment. Jim can play some pretty cool stuff and pretty much took the song to another level.

Cheers!

Wayne

Thanks! I wish i could play guitar this good, he rocks.

There are some good guitar simulation programs out there, they are getting better but it's nothing like a human performing with an instrument.

Appreciate the comments!

Wayne

Thanks Mark! Jim is a big fan of Link's music so doing this song was fun to put together and arrange for me and Jim got to go nuts on a favorite song of his. Kept the drums and bass close to the original and Jim did his thang on guitars, he went nuts, ha!

See ya Mark!

Wayne

Thanks for swinging by jamid, yeah Jim and I had something to do with it, ha!

Cheers!

Wayne

Thanks Leon! Link Wray was a man ahead of his time when it came to distortion and hard rock back in the mid 50's.

Hard to believe there are rnb and hip hop artists in the Rock n Roll HOF before Link Wray, what a shame he isn't in it when i consider him a founding father of r n r. Crazy....

Wayne

I hope your recovery is slow and enjoyable, ;)!

Thanks Patricia for swinging by, good to see you around!

Wayne

Many of Link Wray's songs have that Peter Gunn feel, it's a great hook just played differently.

Thanks!

Wayne

Thanks man, my ears are still bleeding from the session, lol!

I have a new idea going with Jim, just putting it together, a rockabilly cover. He plays by instinct, feel. When we record i ask him to prepare and listen to the song, play along with it but not to learn specific parts. He just lets it rip, i totally love this approach when working with him.

Wayne

There is always some things to adjust after a "final mix" so i am never totally happy with my mixes, you just gotta move on at some point. Lots of effects on the guitars presented a few issues i haven't run into often but after a few mixes things sorta fell in place.

Yeah, Jim rocks, ha!

Thanks!

Wayne

Thanks, glad you liked it!

Wayne

Good ears, yes he does use heavy gauge strings. Great old song but maybe not as old as you might think. Even though songs like Rumble were done as early as '56, this one was done quite a bit later in 1979, sure surprised me.

I learned to play acoustic on a Silvertone. Nice sound, bad action = bloody fingertips but honestly, I wish that borrowed guitar was still in my possession. Yup Danelectro made those for Sears.

Bass track i stuck to the original runs, no need to mess with that, used a 55 Gretch drum set in EZ Drummer, killer kick sound!

Thanks for stopping by, check out Norms Rare Guitars and their "guitar of the day" vids, completely awesome way to learn about guitars, especially the ones that matter.

Cheers!