theHumps

Well the guitar riffs have probably been played by every guitarist who ever picked up a guitar and they are fantastically simple, embarrassing actually, lol. But that's all this needed, simple riffs and that gritty tone out of this Epiphone. I feel I ripped Gibson off by buying this at such a ridiculously low price. And Epiphone just came out with a $1300 series of gits using the Custom Shop electronics and hardware. They look like they are worth every penny.

I almost added some keys and some more guitar at certain points but like most times I ended up not. The ending...just wanted it to end i suppose, he.

Wayne

Thanks Wayne

Yup, right there nearing punk.

Thanks Paul!

Wayne

Thanks Danke!

I could have never written this song using my Strat or my Les Paul, this git has that tone for the attitude it needs. I go to this Gibson site and love "The Collection" series. Peter Frampton is the latest interview. He says the same thing about each guitar he owns, they all have their own sound and character for the particular song he wants to write. The Noel Gallagher interview in the "Icons" series is epic, lol.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfPWFpDpmnYO530l9ivmC6Q

Cheers!

Wayne

Hey pal, good to see you!

My version is a little more garage band that the original version. This was done in '72, just before people had had enough and wanted a drastic change musically and I think songs like this led the way with it's driving guitars and vocals. I had only heard this for the first time about 6 weeks ago and it just struck me as punk in it's basic form before the guitars got a lot thicker. It's a fun song, great lyrics but a tough one for me to sing both parts in this key, Bb.

Be good and hope all goes well down under!

Wayne

Thanks man!

I certainly hope so, from a personal point of view of course, he.

Wayne

Everyone knows this band except me, I'm a little late to the game, lol.

The Wanderer, great Dion song. I've heard their version, more rocked up than the original.

This was easy enough to cover and a great fun song.

Thanks Angelus!

Wayne

Thanks!

Thanks!

These "inspired by Gibson" Epiphones are a steal for the price they are charging and the quality of these guitars. The P 90 Pro pickup is hot!

Wayne

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Wayne

Thank you Manuela!

Wayne

That Death in Vegas track is so similar to Matchstick Men, how did they not get sued for copyright? It's a neat track but way too close for comfort in my opinion, lol.

I've been checking the Quo a lot on youtube, so many cool tracks, lots of energy in their songs. And so much live stuff posted, they put on a show!

Wayne

Thanks Alex!

To be honest, I think it works today as well, it's just a great track.

Wayne

I've known Pictures of Matchstick Men since I was a kid and even as I grew older I still had never heard any other tracks by these guys on the radio or on an album owned by any friends.

It's fun to stumble on some great classic rock tracks by an artist that surprises you with their songs other than their big hit.

Be good!

Wayne

Thanks Ed!

I tried keeping the guitars more on the clean side like the original. My new Epiphone Les Paul Jr can give the clean rock tone in so many ways, always loved this classic guitar.

Good to see you again!

Wayne

...the basis of everything. lol, that's great!

Thanks man but the brilliance comes from Rossi and Young.

Gotta say I love this guitar, the neck feels right and the tones I'm getting through my tweed Fender Bronco amp(direct in) works well with it.

Take care!

Wayne

Ha! That's funny and a compliment, tell her thanks! The more I check them out the more I'm surprised they never made more of a mark on US radio. Really only Matchstick Men was played over here.

The Quo's still rockin', live tv from Germany just 2 years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abifktfBNgg

Thanks, take care folks!

Wayne

Thanks man!

I try not to over produce my tracks, the keep it simple stupid approach, he. I wish I had harmonicas in all the keys because I might have added some here and there, possibly in the end to fill in some spaces.

Take care!

Wayne

Thanks Michael!

Wayne

Appreciate the kind words! Been working a lot on the bass, hardest instrument to get right I believe.

Cheers!

Wayne

*blushing*

What I did with the piano and accordion was to combine them to create an effect rather than have them stand out individually in the mix. To me they almost sound like a guiro percussion instrument. Now I own a guiro but decided to engineer a similar sound by combining the piano and accordion, it's just how it worked out, fortunately.

Also I don't crush my mixes with low threshold levels on my compression in my master track which allows me to mix that sound more in the back of the mix, as an effect.

Hope that helped explain my thinking.

Take care!

Wayne

Thanks Angelus for the nice compliments!

I took a couple months off to basically get away from recording and set up all my new gear(comp, interface, guitars, software...). Come back with fresh ears.

Wayne

Thanks Paul!

Wayne

Appreciate the kind words! Just doing my own thing in a world of people not doing my thing, lol.

Cheers!

Wayne

I haven't updated to Live 12 yet but I heard it comes with the new Bold plugin so I should be covered in the future. ;)

Thanks!

Wayne